‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens': Details To Crossguard Lightsaber's Crystals Seemingly Revealed In 'Heir To The Jedi'

The new crossguard lightsaber in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has endured so much scrutiny over its design ever since it was featured in the first official trailer released for the movie in November. Previous reports have even taken particular interest at the concept of the weapon’s tri-bladed hilt containing crystals. However, this design is said to be nothing new as it was supposedly already hinted in the novel “Star Wars: Heir To The Jedi.”

The events in “Heir To The Jedi” reportedly takes place after “A New Hope” but before “The Empire Strikes Back.” According to Hitfix, the novel tells Luke Skywalker’s efforts to utilise the Force and also narrates how the Jedi Master was able to get hold of a rather unique lightsaber that holds crystals. Details to this “odd” weapon were revealed in some of the book’s passages posted by Hitfix on its site, which somehow explain the mystery behind the design of the crossguard lightsaber in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

Upon discovering the lightsaber, Luke Skywalker reportedly dismantles it and finds three crystals embedded within its hilt. According to the passage, one of the crystals is placed on a platform to give the lightsaber its colour. Meanwhile, “two additional crystals floated above it, balanced so precariously on mounting ridges that they could easily be disturbed.” These crystals were described as “wafer-thin slices” of amethyst, which could easily scratch or cloud if manually put back into place. Luke Skywalker senses the lightsaber no longer works properly after it’s been dismantled. He soon realises that only the power of the Force can ensure the proper alignment of the crystals back to the lightsaber’s hilt.

Although the book passage may be short, it leaves a clear imagination of what this lightsaber in “Heir To The Jedi” may look like. The positioning of the crystals supposedly somehow describes the crossguard lightsaber in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

A source once told Jason Ward from Making Star Wars that the bottom part of Kylo Ren’s crossguard lightsaber in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” also holds a crystal chamber with protection. However, the weapon is said to be incomplete since Kylo Ren still has to find some of its missing pieces.

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