And that has to do with a subtle change that finally gave the weapons their namesake quality by actually casting light.
They’re powerful weapons and tools, and we’re told time and again throughout the films how important they are - each weapon marks the personal style of its Jedi wielder - and how critical it is that each warrior never lose theirs.īut it wasn’t until the modern sequel Star Wars movies that the lightsaber really came into its own on film. The Star Wars saga is full of iconic imagery, characters, weapons, and spaceships, but perhaps none more so than the lightsaber.