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Is it ever explained why Kylo Ren's Lightsaber is the way it is?
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It was supposed to look cool I think is the long and short of it. There's probably some bullshit justifying it, though.
Not in the movies, but it's explained somewhere that the crystal he is using is cracked.
His lightsaber is an ancient design and the crystal itself is cracked, causing the blade to be unstable.
It was built around a dangerously flawed kyber crystal; therefore, the lightsaber relied on its lateral vents to prevent the cracked crystal from overloading. Its focusing crystal activators served to split the lightsaber's red-yellow[SUP][7][/SUP] plasma stream into three channels, creating the crossguard blades, or quillons, which appeared after the ignition of the main blade.[SUP][4][/SUP] The lateral vents, from which the quillons emerged, diverted the extra heat produced by the crystal to either side of the hilt, giving the crossguard lightsaber an unstable and serrated appearance.[SUP][2][/SUP] Though he was capable of repairing his lightsaber, Ren favored its unstable and volatile nature.[SUP][1][/SUP] Its partially exposed inner workings allowed for easy modifications and upkeep.[SUP][11][/SUP]
from wookiepedia
from wookiepedia
I seem to recall an explanation that it's because he didn't receive proper training and cobbled together a lightsaber hastily without any guidance. The venting is representative of his reckless pursuit of power no matter the cost.
Edit: Turns out I got this part wrong, my bad.
Edit: Turns out I got this part wrong, my bad.
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oh...makes sense in the world of StarWars.
I thought old lightsabers attached to the belt or somesuch?
I always read it as his lightsaber's design is overclocked and it needs exhaust ports for the extra energy. The main beam looks "messy" compared to others too, like it's barely holding together
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Google lacks the proper discourse and snark I look for when asking questions of this sort.
Like with much us the stuff in the sequels, you gotta read the comics or novels or some shit to get the whole story.
Ever since the Disney canon reinvented the EU ancient lightsabers are shown to have crossguards and generally bear a larger resemblance to swords.
On a meta note. I remember when that first teaser trailer was revealed people were saying that the vents would be useless but Kylo has managed to use them in some way in every movie.
imagine the genius who designed the at-at in the star wars universe.
i mean, why? "in case we need to close in really slowly over perfectly flat terrain"?
i mean, why? "in case we need to close in really slowly over perfectly flat terrain"?
I love that SNL Undercover Boss skit where the Stormtooper talks shit on how it looks. :)
Personally, I dug it. But the double-bladed Maul design will always reign for maximum Sith edge.
Personally, I dug it. But the double-bladed Maul design will always reign for maximum Sith edge.
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In short, the crystal was cracked. Which is what made the blade look so unstable, and also required extra venting on the sides to release excess energy/heat.
That's the canon reason.
The real reason was because it looked cool and unique.
You say that as if the OT explained everything. Back in the day you needed to read a comic to know how Luke built a new lightsaber, (one with a different color btw because surprise that's a thing now), where he got his Return of the Jedi outfit from, etc.
Until they later retconned the explanation for his outfit when they made the prequels. Whichfelt the need to explain that Anakin built 3CPO, is literally Jesus, and that he blew up a space station at the age of ten while flying a ship for the very first time.
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Is the one in the middle left supposed to be Tim Allen or what?
SHOW ME
where in the OT explain how lightsaber works,
show me when they discuss kyber cristals please
All canon explanations aside. This at the end of the day is the core reason it looks the way it does.
The world building in the ST isnt good though. The ST failed to inspire new content interest from people like the PT did.
a neat part of the OT is how they just drop stuff without explaining it. Who knew what the Clone Wars were before the prequels? It just sounded cool, weird, and science-fictiony
edit: i said best earlier but it's not the best part, just a part that it seems modern audiences can't abide
do you really think people where interested on the PT content?
that was george stubborness in making Clone Wars more than anything.
The current most popular piece of SW media is basically a prequel to the ST and has gone out of its way multiple times to explain some things from that era. And I doubt they'd sign off on stuff like Rangers of the New Republic if there wasn't new content interest.
They never go into anything about why lightsabers are different colors or designs in the movies. It looks like it because that's what it looks like. I don't think you need more than that in the movie. The cracked crystal and metaphor for his own unstable nature I think is fine, not sure why people dunk on it.
Star Wars explained generation. I love lore but for a segment of the franchise it seems like everything has to fit into the SW box with no room for imagination.
This is as much as you're getting
Luke fiddling with the crystal chamber underneath the ignition
They wanted something edgy for the edgelord space nazi prince, and this is what they came up with
According to what I've seen, yes. LF had many things that originated in the PT including games(Battlefront 2, Bounty Hunter, Republi Commando, etc.), the clone wars cartoon that everyone loves, Darth Plagueis story and many more. Even the old republic is inspired from the PT worldbuilding.
The clone wars animated series is just icing on the cake.
Ive yet to see anything derived from the ST to inspire interest
Lol this is what immediately came to mind. "It looks poorly built and dangerous!" "Well then you don't have to look at it anymore!!"
That...is not a particularly well-drawn rendition of Adam Driver.
Should of tried watercooling and adding extra lights to it.