Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 8 Biggest Reveals From Force Friday
4. A Lack Of Luke's Lightsaber
While most of what we have learnt from the film comes from what is on display, one thing of note comes from something we don't see: the MacGuffin of the film, Anakin/Luke's old blue lightsaber. Star Wars caused a bit of a stir recently when they posted a clip of The Force Awakens showing Finn preparing to use the lightsaber, only weeks after after a poster from D23 had already confirmed that he'd be in possession of it. However, despite a variety of toys of John Boyega's character, such as the Black Series figure above, none of them are in possession of the weapon, with a blaster in-hand instead. While this may simply be a case of keeping things as spoiler-free as possible (the toys being manufactured before those images were released), it could also be an indication that the lightsaber isn't his primary weapon, and maybe he isn't the Force sensitive character his possession of the lightsaber has led people to assume.
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