Lightsaber construction

Commissioned by Dorling Kindersley and Lucasfilm, I built this cut-away Darth Maul lightsaber for The Phantom Menace Expanded Visual Dictionary, published to celebrate the release of Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace in 3D. It was quite a nice little job and I had 5 days to design, build and deliver the prop, with some very loose art direction from the author of the book. The guts were made with mainly stainless steel found parts, that were sourced from the same company that provided…

Lightsaber technical drawings

Luke Skywalker's green lightsaber, also known as Luke Skywalker's lightsaber or Luke Skywalker's second lightsaber, was a Jedi lightsaber constructed by Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker during the Galactic Civil War. It was modeled on the third lightsaber of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, though its kyber crystal emitted a green plasma blade unlike the blue produced by Kenobi's. Skywalker constructed his own lightsaber after losing his father's in a duel with the Sith Lord Darth Vader. He used it to…

The Lightsaber is arguably is the most prominent weapon across the Galaxy being highly favored by Force users throughout the Eras of time,before we go

During his years as a Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi fought with three lightsabers. His first had a blue plasma blade and a hilt similar to that of his master, Qui-Gon Jinn. Obi-Wan used this weapon until Darth Maul kicked it into a deep shaft on Naboo. He then constructed a new, blue-bladed lightsaber with a similar design. After attaining the rank of Jedi Master, Obi-Wan built a third saber, also with a blue plasma blade. He used this saber until he sacrificed his life aboard the Death Star…