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| The Lightsaber is the name of a weapon that plays a key role in the movies, games and novels that constitute the Star Wars universe. Lightsabers are science fiction versions of their namesake, the saber, but with the metal blade replaced by something resembling a solid bar or cylindrical beam of pure energy about one meter, (3.28 feet), long which can differ in color (red, blue, green and purple in the six films and other colors appear in the Expanded Universe). Though they often behave like regular swords, they have been depicted as able to penetrate and cut through most matter with little or no resistance, and to deflect shots from blasters, the ranged weapons used in the Star Wars franchise. The lightsaber first appeared in the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977). In the original film trilogy lightsaber blades were blue, green or red. The various Expanded Universe (EU) sources, action figures and the prequel films introduced a new color purple, which is now canon to the series. According to the Expanded Universe the color of the blade is determined by the color of the crystal embedded in the hilt. Other crystals can be used for variations of blade intensity and length but the color is determined by the main crystal only. In the game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, a lightsaber can have three crystals; one for color and two crystals for other properties. Most Jedi wield either green or blue lightsabers Red is usually associated with the Sith whereas blue and green colors are usually associated with the Jedi. Silver and purple are sometimes associated with Gray Jedi, Jedi that stay in the middle and are neither darkside or lightside. Orange, pink, white, gold, yellow, and viridian typically do not represent either side, and have been seen used by both. |
