9 Star Wars Questions Not Even Fans Know The Answer To
1. Why Are Disney OBSESSED With Blue Lightsabers?
Ending on a question that may not have even crossed your mind before, but one you'll likely struggle to find an answer for, why on earth is the House of Mouse so into those blue lightsabers in its projects?
Think about it. Ever since Disney bought Lucasfilm back in 2012, how many times have viewers seen a Jedi or hero fighting with a sky-coloured laser sword? An awful lot, particularly in the sequels.
Rey and Finn obviously used the Skywalker family weapon during Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Luke Skywalker didn't really pull out his old green lightsaber during Episode VIII - The Last Jedi or IX - The Rise of Skywalker (outside of flashback sequences). The latter also debuted Leia's lightsaber on the big-screen - yep, blue again - and then it only gave us a small glimpse at Rey's yellow one before the credits rolled.
Characters who have been known to use other lightsaber colours have also had their blades changed in various projects. Ahsoka was given a blue lightsaber makeover in The Clone Wars, while the green lightsaber-sporting Depa Billaba and Cere Junda were given blue blades in The Bad Batch and Jedi: Survivor TV show and game respectively. Cal Kestis, the lead protagonist of that series, has also been canonised with a blue lightsaber despite players being able to choose what blade he wields in the games themselves.
Despite the Jedi being known to use a number of different coloured Kyber crystals when crafting their weapons, Disney seems to be obsessed with the colour first seen being used by Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi all the way back in 1977.
Sure, The Acolyte gave viewers a few other colours for a somewhat refreshing change, with the odd green and yellow one, and even a purple lightwhip being used. But Master Sol - the lead Jedi in the project - still boasted a blue sword, and away from that show, it's been a blue life for so many of the Jedi in the Disney era.
But why? Is Disney afraid of experimenting more with the colours their heroes use in their galaxy far, far away? Do they just think blue is the colour that represents the light side best when clashing against a Sith lightsaber?
Who knows. But hopefully they mix things up a little more in the future, eh?