What do you do with lightsabers?

No seriously what do you do?

For those into Jediism, I know many have their own light sabers? Does it have important significance, perhaps spiritual significance in owning and/or creating one?

Do you collect them, make your own. When you have them, do you use them for practice for fighting? I know some are interested in martial arts, fencing ect.

If you have a lightsaber, how many do you have and what kind?

Suprised there hasn't been any responses so far, so guess I'll start.

In regards to significance, my saber has been a heavily important part of my Jedi Path. For me it is a symbol, but more importantly it is a tool. It is one you can train with. They're heavy, as a sword is, and requires practise to use properly, and even more to use with mastery (as all things do). A lightsaber can bea reflection of the Jedi that wields it. Mine, as it stands currently, is simple and humble, as I strive to be, with a white blade (canonically a sign of a healed bleeding crystal, symbolizing the healing and change from my previous, destructive life).

I plan on having a collection, but for now I only have one, and I use it for training. I train for combat, practising cuts, blocks, ect to train my body in strength, and I train in flow to enhance my stamina and awareness of body.

And finally, I only have one. It's a simple hand and a half hilt with a simple short blade (28 inches from the emitter) with another 37 inch blade I use for combat training. I do plan on getting staff extensions for it so I can extend the hilt to naginata and saber pike lengths for varied training.

I just ordered my first.

I ordered one because I need more exercise, I have trouble finding exercises, and, based on the videos, spinning one looked really fun and within my physical capabilities at the moment.

It will also make the lightsaber and foam sword fights I have with my kids much more epic.

Arisaig basically nailed it right on the head. It is both a tool to train yourself with, and a symbol of your faith. Everything from its size and shape, to its color, it is all a part of the individual Jedi that wields that specific lightsaber.
Also, a Jedi shouldn't feel vain about getting one that makes the neat sounds from the films, even that holds a spiritual connection as being a reference to the origin of our religion. At least, for me it does.
An older Jedi named Kevin Cottam initially saw the lightsabers as being incredibly vain, especially due to their price in some cases. However, he said that he got one to carry because people were actually expecting him to have one. His lack of a lightsaber was actually disappointing to some people, and so he eventually got one and became very fond of it.

The trend seems to be in line with how I see my lightsaber. It is a symbol of my beliefs and practice as much as wearing certain articles of clothing/jewelry or hair grooming standards are to another. It is a tool for training, meditating on and with. I know those that will never travel anywhere without their bible, I always have mind on or close to me. I maintain it, clean it and while it doesn't actually emit a blade of plasma, it is strong enough to use defensibly is need be. As a Jedi it holds meaning to me as a symbol to the path I have set for myself.

When it came to choosing a color that was a bit difficult. Using the source material of the books and movies I feel that the yellow blade was the color for me. Eventually I will build my own but for now I have purchased mine.

I wonder do most have the standard lightsaber? Do any have double bladed ones, curved hilt ones, lightsaber pikes ect.?

I myself am wondering where a good source for ordering lightsabers or lightsaber building materials are? Are there video or image tutorials on combat forms to follow?

This might help a little. There are some on youtube on how to construct realistic ones, single blade, double blade ect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emrSVgJ_x5I

Stormcaller wrote: I myself am wondering where a good source for ordering lightsabers or lightsaber building materials are? Are there video or image tutorials on combat forms to follow?

There are many places, in the end it really comes down to how much work you wanna put into making it, your budget, and what its for.

I'd look into Saberforge and Ultrasabers for most basic sabers, as well as Pach Sabers if you want a nice budget saber to see if you're really interested in going all out in the saber game. ;p

I have a side question I didn't know where else to put, but what are the meanings behind the color of lightsabers?

Kaulder wrote: I have a side question I didn't know where else to put, but what are the meanings behind the color of lightsabers?

Only the meaning you apply to it.

Arisaig wrote:

Kaulder wrote: I have a side question I didn't know where else to put, but what are the meanings behind the color of lightsabers?

Only the meaning you apply to it.

That’s true ari as long as we all agree purple is the best....lmao

If you cover your clear crystal with thermochromic dust (or even better, the whole crystal be thermochromic) then the hilt can serve as a cradle to transfer body heat to the blade colour
A good way to train on calmness if someone could make it work!!

I was wondering if the color represented anything and that is why a Jedi chooses it or they choose it because it's their favorite color. The humming sounds those electronic lightsabers I hear can be good meditation white noise for some people. Anyone try it?

There are certain ones that I really enjoy because they're so relaxing. Deep, bass ones are definitly my jam. There is one I'm hoping to get on my saber soon based off the Throne Room theme from TLJ, really relaxing and has actually been my meditation track for almost a year now.

https://www.facebook.com/ksithsaberfonts/videos/2279447142095426/

^^ Link to the font I'm talking about. ;p Its truly mesmerising.

I know I am mildly late to the conversation, but I own two lightsabers, and I thought I’d provide some perspective. The first lightsaber that I received was a gift that I received from my father. It is one of those long Dark Arbiter with a massively “too large for my choice in hilt” blade. I think the significance behind this one was a sign that my father was okay with this choice in lifestyle regardless of his fundamental Christian upbringing. He was a bit more on the liberal side of accepting me as a person after I got out of the military, but I know when I was in that heavy militant atheist stage, he was hurt, but willing to love me for me.

That saber now rests on top of my miniature bookcase that I’ve turned into a small shrine. It sits in front of the statue of Buddha and is accompanied with my mala, singing bowl, and a painting I did of the Dharma Wheel Symbol that Senan designed for me in the signature. This one is more ceremonial now and just sits there as a symbol/reminder of the path and the compassion and acceptance.

The other lightsaber is one of the ones that I made in my Apprenticeship with my Teaching Master. Throughout the length of the relationship, I kept telling him that “I wasn’t creative” and passed on a lot of times to express myself through a creative outlet. I’ve always held the mindset that there are people who are creators and then there are those who are consumers, and when it comes to art, I was most definitely a consumer. When I was doing that lesson, I considered just doing something small, but meaningful, with words or a ceremonial mala, but I thought I would step out of my comfort zone and make the most of the lesson.

I think there are pictures of it still up on my profile if my memory serves me right. All I know is I tried to upload them to the specific journal entry and the images had a cool kaleidoscope effect.

In honesty, I don’t use them as much as others might here, but I will take them out and perform slow, moving meditations with them every now and again. As far as combat goes, I recognize that they won’t deal that much damage so most of my combat training is either done with a staff or English long-swords. I can whip that staff around pretty well (most styles aren’t as flashy as need in the movies), but I’m still really fresh when it comes to learning how to maneuver with a sword.

So I guess for me, mainly, lightsabers serve as tools to help either prime me to the path or serve the purpose to help ground me to the present moment in moving meditation.

*Oh and the Arbiter is Purple and the one I made is green

In the real world, it's entirely personal, thus has whatever meaning you assign to it.

Within the mythology, it's fairly similar, but can also speak to one's views on The Force, and the role one played within The Jedi Order. by the time of The Clone Wars, there were 3 schools of thought within the Order: Consulars, Gaurdians, and Sentinals. Amongst Consulars, who focused primarily on mastery of The Force and it's "manipulation", green was the most common saber color to be found. Among the Gaurdians, who focused more on Saber-based combat, the big winner was blue, and among those rare number that ascribed to the more balance Sentinals, yellow. It is still largely up to the individual, however, as exemplified by Mace Windu with his purple saber, or Luke who favored green in spite of not really fitting with much of the Jedi teachings, nevermind the schools of thought. I'm not aware of any weight given to the color of one's saber, even within the text of the mythology.

Very well stated Stormcaller. The original meanings, at least from Lucasarts perspective, are as such.

Things changed when Disney took over tho. And, honestly, it was one of the bigger changes they made that I think that actually made Star Wars better.

In the new Disney canon, all crystals start out white, clear. But they are fragile and cannot handle the strain of being the housing for the power that is a lightsaber. So a Jedi meditates on it, and it takes on the colour of their Force energy, becoming a true and honest reflection of themselves for all the world to see.

Green for those that want to study the Force and all its mysteries.

Blue for those that wish to serve the living Force (people, nature, animals) and will protect it.

Yellow... well, not much is known about it, but from what I've seen and read it belongs to those that will give up their own identities completely to serve the Force, becoming vessels for the Force without any personal bias or will.

Purple (being a mix of red and blue) being those that can tap into but not fall victim to the dark side, or, at least, their own emotions. Mace Windu, for example, didn't channel the dark side within himself, but instead turned that inner darkness into joy, his love of combat, to fuel himself to greater heights.

Red, however, used to be synthetic crystals. Now, it is a crystal that has been forced to 'bleed' after being taken from its Jedi and being subjected to intense dark side energy.

And then, finally, white (my own colour), is when a bleeding crystal is made whole again. It returns to its roots, stronger for the struggle (as we all are), and becomes white and whole again.

But, again, those are someone else's interpretations of the meanings. If you want a hot pink saber because its your fave colour, go for it! You want a pale blue one because you wanna colour coordinate your saber with your eyes, go for it! You wanna be a Jedi and have a red one anyways? Hell yeah!

Mine just arrived. This is a website photo, but it's exactly what mine looks like. I have a green blade.



It is amazing. This weekend I will go out in the yard and begin my spinning training.