Star Wars COMIC Reveals Luke's Lightsaber Crystal is OLDER Than the Jedi Order - Star Wars Explained

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[@user-oo4gs2yf2r]

I still like the idea that Luke found Qui Gon Jinn's crystal in Obi-Wan's hut and was able to bond with it with Jinn's help.... unbeknownst to Luke.

[@darthdarth2736]

My thoughts exactly!!!

[@johnswoboda9809]

I thought this had been the official story, too, since it was in one of the post-Phantom Menace novels that Obi-wan carried Qui-gon's lightsaber for a while before he built his second one. I think it makes the connection between Anakin and Qui-gon even more special that Luke would ultimately redeem him him through a duel using a lightsaber that was virtually identical to Obi-wan's but with Qui-gon's green crystal, in effect meaning the three most important men in Anakin's life - the Master who was a father figure, the mentor who was a brother to him, and his own son - were all part of his redemption from the Dark Side.

[@rustyshackleford81]

***Meanwhile at Disney*** "Put a chick in it, make her lame and gay!"

[@NorthSpider]

Same with me, the idea of Luke finding the green crystal from Qui Gon Jinn's lightsaber in Obi-Wan's shelter. Or maybe even the one from Yoda. 🐸☄

[@MrTheHeadlines]

I just love how deep Star Wars lore goes I wish they put out more movies about Jedi and more shows about them and the history

[@talonmathis8397]

That’s why we all love Star Wars 🤘🏻😎💜

[@Dr-puppenstein]

They don't need more they need better quality

[@p12423073]

I thought Timotht Zahn and Michael Stockpole were why we all love Star Wars.

[@danielboatright8887]

In the classic EU, between ESB abd ROTJ he visits Bens old house, and finds a small machine for making replacement lightsaber crystals, as well as a datapad on how to use it, then proceeds to spend several days in meditation guiding the crystals growth so its flawless before cutting it to fit into the tool of a Jedi.

[@aaronsmithjr.5505]

I actually like Luke’s glass crystal that he had to make on Tatooine. But that’s old legend stuff. Because of the synthetic nature of this crystal, it would’ve been extra extra powerful like a deep core Sith Lord blade. I love the story and amazing channel.

[@Lord-Connor7683]

Hey an interllactual

[@aaronsmithjr.5505]

@@Lord-Connor7683 we be smart🛐

[@nathanchun4880]

People also theorize that he used Qui-Gon Jinn’s crystal

[@aaronsmithjr.5505]

@@nathanchun4880 I’ve never heard of that, but I can’t eliminate the legendary possibility. Either way that is certainly better than the canon version.

[@majesticmsfc]

Legends explanation is my preference too.

[@CharlesMosley129]

it always saddens me when Star Wars sets up such optimistic possibilities for the future of the Jedi Order. there is no reward for us fans. they lift my hopes just to crash me down when i remember that there will be no "return" and they all will die. great writing. that is why i lean toward the Expanded Universe.

[@raggarbergman]

I am trying to unite the old legends (the solo kids) with the parts of the new canon I like as for example Rogue One. :) I tried to like the sequels but they made some decisions I didn't like. For example I am not a fan of killing the Skywalker bloodline and the subplot with the debrise of the Death Star II felt a bit to much Indiana Jones for me. Also that part where Rey and Kylo seemed to be able to breach spacetime continium. Also felt a bit crazy to withold the information both on how Kylo got hold of Vader's helmet and Maz got hold of Anakin's saber.

[@ronnyhansson8713]

i always löiked the suggested event that he used Qui-Gons old crystal and schematics he found in Kenobis old dwelling (the cur scenes suggest it and so have others after that) - to bind hiom closer to the jedis of old and the ones that found and tried to form Anakin

[@BDCsSanctuary]

I always thought his green one was from Qui Gon's lightsaber, but this is still cool.

[@LiveDefiant]

None of this matters. The sequels have shit all over Luke and his legacy.

[@jaieregilmore971]

Yep and he through away his green lightsaber further insulting his character.

[@thalastianjorus]

Just have to say that I am glad they're bringing more and more Legends lore into Canon. With their current movie and show writers being completely inept - that the Storyboard is taking things from the old writers is a wonder thing.

[@budgiewhisperer2738]

Dude please keep doing what you do, your voice is perfect and intriguing, I lobe watching youd videos, you learn so much 😃

[@Gor85]

This is extremely cool. :) I'm glad crystals have thoughts and feelings. Luke's lightsaber reminds of Yoda :) Luke is great Jedi Consular😊 May the Force be with you too😊

[@kadbenson7540]

Love these new comic videos!

[@TheGenericavatar]

In Legends, force users can create artificial kyber crystals using the Force and a geological crystal forge. The red crystals were usually created & used by Sith and fallen Jedi. Luke found instructions on how to both create artificial kyber crystals and light sabers buried under Ben Kenobi's desert dwelling, and that's how he made both.

[@Bottera82]

I like the legens version better

[@brokenbridge6316]

I don't know. I think I liked the legends explanation a bit more.

[@jaieregilmore971]

Yeah it kinda fit with character changes a synthetic crystal into the light.

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@jaieregilmore971---True

[@hedonisticpunkvatos]

Thank you for this holocron on Luke's saber. This enlightened and delighted me so much.

[@theenitehawk]

Love this on point, extremely interesting

[@darylsdesigns6679]

I would really be interesting to imagine Luke with a white or a purple lightsaber.

[@crazylarryjr]

The white one is a possibility, due to him keeping the red one, but I can't see a purple one. Yes he has a similar proclivity to either side like his father, but other than the cloned emperor series (And he was force tricked into it) he's never once ever moves that way. Mace Windu got his purple one, as a gift from someone on his home planet, it wasn't made and I believe this is canon. There hasn't yet as far as i know ever been someone that has made a legit purple one

[@davidsmith7962]

Wow. I never knew that. This is cool.

[@tamarkad5874]

As someone who doesn't read the comics, this was great. Please give us more of these nuggets from the comics and the books. I've read some of those, but not in a few years.

[@corujariousa]

Thanks for the video! That's the kind of deeper story complexities we need to be added to Star Wars productions. That universe is so rich, it deserves a super production TV series with many seasons. Like Game Of Thrones, but with a better ending. 🙂

[@jenniferlapos9542]

This is also the issue where Luke first gets the idea that there's a possibility that his father could be brought back from the dark side. This is taken up in earnest in Issues #42-#43. I'd like to see you do a video on that since it's an important part of Luke's character arc in Return of the Jedi.

[@SPAZ2D2]

This was a interesting video . Great work SW

[@jamesbrunet4304]

I prefer the version from shadows of the empire where he focused the forced as he made a synthetic crystal

[@raymondf2213]

I like the idea of him keeping the red crystal, as it is a nod to lukes red shoto saber he has in legends.

[@markshaw431]

Beautiful

[@MisterRose90]

“your ministrations to me would be a form of violence.” Wow doesn’t that sound familiar….

[@desMachina]

Well made video

[@keonraleigh2956]

I loved this video🙋🏾‍♂️💯

[@brianridlon4160]

Very awesome story very awesome

[@evilchaosboy]

It's ok. It does give a plausable reason and I like the fact that the crystals are sentient and will work best when paired with the right user.

[@ScrubGamingProductions]

Luke in comics and novels is impressive. I also enjoyed his veteran take in TLJ even though it doesn't match what's out there

[@RetiredTSgtUSAF]

I loved Star Wars so much as a kid I had is on an album and listened to it on a phonograph. They did not have VHS movies yet so if you liked one you went to the record store and purchased an album of it. I could repeat every word spoken in the movie. Can't do it anymore but back in the late 1970s it was easy.

[@aaronsmithjr.5505]

I would bring the red Sith Crystal into Rainbow torture. It would be looking like a Lavalamp when I’m done with it!

[@vlonedc6589]

i always like to think that luke found qui gons crystal in obi wans house on Tatooine. It brings the story together better

[@InimicalRabbit]

I'm really sick of this new canon about Luke's kyber crystal. The deleted scene from ROTJ and the text from SOTE were perfect the way they were. Why is there such a wealth of kyber crystals throughout the galaxy that the Empire has not discovered or claimed? It makes sense that Luke had to forge his own crystal like the Sith did (in the old canon) because the Empire had access to the Jedi archives and would have hoarded or destroyed the crystals to erase the legacy of the Order. Now Luke is talking to crystals through meditation and acting like their career advisor. When Luke created his crystal in Ben's hut over the course of weeks the effort nearly killed him, now he's taking a day-trip to crystal-land and looking at some weird crystal scientist's wares like he's at a Costco. The Yuuzhan Vong needs to pay a visit to Disney.

[@alecjackman2655]

Well one of the main reasons is that synthetic crystals don’t exist in canon because the Sith method was changed the “bleeding” the crystals. Besides we’ve already seen places littered with Light Sabers such as the Planet of Malachor in Star Wars Rebels so it isn’t impossible to assume this guy got the crystals with places like that.

[@TheJereld]

I agree. The story was fine with SOTE.

[@adrianalva3455]

Near the end of Empire: Yoda says "You must complete your training!" to convince Luke not to chase after his friends. Then, in RotJ, Yoda tells Luke, "No more training do you require." He knows he can no longer distract Luke with practice time in some skills. It is time for Luke to make a decision. Becoming a Jedi is not a matter achieving a certain skill level, or completing a course of classes. It is not a college degree. The skills practiced are an avenue to deepen the connection with the Force. It's not just running, jumping, and flipping; it's opening yourself to allow the Force to flow through you to accomplish these things. The lightsaber. It must be constructed with an understanding of how the power flows through it in the most even and efficient manner. It takes a deep understanding and connection to the Force to see how to connect and align the components to achieve that. That's why two Jedi will construct different lightsabers even though they start with the same components. Even off an assembly line, the purity of the metal in a wire could be different in this batch. The miniscule deference in the power supply output could require a great change in the emitter. Which facets of the crystal should the energy pass through? To know these things requires a great connection to the Force. This is why Vader recognized his SKILLS were complete by constructing his own lightsaber. It showed Luke's connection to the Force was at that level. Now, it was time for him to make a DECISION, and join him on the Dark side. Or not.

[@funinlyfe1250]

I really like this story I hope in the future we can get new characters as good as the skywalkers story wise

[@marshallrobinson1019]

I have doubts about this. The novelization of RotJ established Luke as constructing a lightsaber using materials from Obi-Wan's workshop on Tatooine. It's also a deleted scene. I get it. They want to keep making money from the franchise

[@jaieregilmore971]

it would be cool if he use the red crystal as his shoto Lightsaber similar how Luke made one with his duel with lumiya in legends.

[@teedepefanio4974]

The Crystal Kyber was down to cyber, but the Darkside didn't remember how ..

[@hellarrownoe6410]

Its interesting that lightsaber crystals seem to have some personality and or soul. I guess its something along the lines of the crystal choose the force user. If it doesn't it doesn't choose the Force user. The connectivity will not work as well. The force is an energy of connctive tissue. Both in the structure of everything in the Star Wars universe. As well the inhabitants of said universe. So it makes sense for the crystals who choose which force user they connect with. Because they like everything else in the Star Wars universe. The force connects it all.

[@YokaiX]

Harry Potter wands

[@hellarrownoe6410]

@@YokaiX Yeah I that's what I was thinking of. But just in terms of Star Wars universe lore.

[@kingshadow8782]

Heck Yeah!

[@jermf35]

I liked this issue. And it being new gives me hope that star wars cab be saved. Now they need to do this in movies making Luke powerful and continue his story from were George Lukas left off and ignore what Disney has done

[@ZombieHitler]

The Force is such a cool conceptual design. Infinitely versatile, almost a new form of Science.

[@SHARKVADERS]

WHAT ...NNNNNNOOOOOOO

[@kingshadow8782]

WHAT😳🙄?

[@ryggamortis7594]

Would have been more satisfied with luke finding qui gons lightsaber and using that crystal to power his blade, it would have been poetic having luke strike down vader with the blade of the man who freed him and started this whole mess. The idea is very “samurai” in nature.

[@user-yq9im9dk9z]

Make a video about synthetic crystals blowing up in canon, unlike Legends.

[@kingshadow8782]

Very good!

[@emo565]

Luke finally got his red light crystal like in legends

[@carlosgarza400]

Would've preferred the synthetic

[@l.hans0692]

no canon does a lot better than legends when it comes to lightsabers

[@Crocthunder]

I like how luke having a fake crystal is cool somehow to you

[@phicks7963]

"The Sacred planet of Illum has been plundered and no Kyber crystals remain" seriously hurt me

[@RickyD1984]

Wow 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@michaelcharlesthearchangel]

Aside from being the writer of Star Wars Episode X, I also work with crystals and gems 💎. Crystals are usually millions to even a billion years old or even older.

[@gabrielhathcock1848]

I think in a way the red kyber showed Luke the path he needed to take in order to save Vader.

[@spiralinglight]

The youngling slayer 5000

[@robertagu5533]

This more of that Disney added BS messing with the lore again?? ISNT it said that green crystal came from Qui Gon or a whole new one??? An either way isn't just about most or all the natural saber caliber crystals one can get an use basically older then the order as a whole given how long it can an often pretty much does take for a natural crystal of any kind to form??? Something measured often in centuries and longer.

[@alecjackman2655]

Never in canon was it mentioned that Luke used Qui Gon’s crystal

[@thebuildbear]

But I also heard that he had to create the crystal using a blast furnace and had to shape it himself.

[@MarvinHartmann452]

I think it was a synthetic one, if I remember correctly. But I read it years ago so I can be wrong. It was before the prequels came out.

[@Crocthunder]

I like how the EU messed with lucas lore all the time but you prob dont give a fuck

[@charlescowan6121]

I seem to recall that luke used a synthetic crystal because finding kyber crystals in the wild was impossible because the empire over mined them. Then he found it in obiwans basement next to the skeletons of small people.

[@jamcalx]

Disney needs to stop...

[@highlander723]

Actually like this with the kyber crystals actually connecting with the Jedi.

[@danielboatright8887]

In the pre-disney EU, Luke went back to Obiwans hut before ROTJ and discovered an old furnace/machine for rapidly growing a crystal, and spent several days in meditation guiding its growth. He also found writing that indicated it was a normal accesory during the clone wars so if a Jedi lost their saber they could craft a crystsl to build a new one. None of that bleeding nonsense.

[@malcolmcummings4871]

He said the crystal was young by Khmer crystal standards, meaning most if not all lightsabers have crystals older than the Jedi order

[@Llangion]

I would like to know what happens to the red crystal.

[@josephrichardson7366]

I wanna know what Luke did with the red crystal since he took both?

[@Crocthunder]

I think he holds onto it till TLJ , the art book for it mentions him holding onto a sith crusader one

[@roguetheoutlander8800]

Isnt Luke's crystal synthetic?

[@wolfdotzip4053]

in legends yes

[@jackstraw732]

Synthetic crystals don't exist in canon

[@kongzilla9962]

Cannon sucks

[@wolfdotzip4053]

@@kongzilla9962 most of it yes

[@Crocthunder]

Doubt you actually delve much into it, EU mostly sucked and ive read em all . People only circle jerk the good stuff out of 40 years of books with many ok / bad / good books

[@yupnope3171]

Can't recall the book but, i read he made the crystal.

[@metalreaper493reaper2]

I don't get how Luke could offer grgu yodas Saber when Mas Amedia tossed it into the orb thing and burned in the comics which I'm positive are cannon

[@uhmnameplease]

well... from a geologist's standing point, this should be expected. Crystals, by definition, require a LONG time to form. And besides that, the youngest rocks on earth are about 10,000 years old, as it takes time for minerals to go thru the process called diagenesis. So in all likelihood, ALL kyber crystals are older than the jedi order. :)

[@jasco.gaming]

Which comic is this from, I want to find it now

[@knowvoid9958]

"You've experienced violence, I think" (Luke killed 27,000 people minus the deathstar)

[@colourfaze86]

Pretty sure it said in a book that he synthetically created it. Shadow of the Empire I believe?

[@endgel]

Synthetic crystal are legends while this is canon.

[@TheJereld]

The green lightsaber is a 2nd rate lightsaber. In SOTE, he built from Obi's manuel. It's not stronger than a traditional blue lightsaber. Luke didn't use a kyber crystal, he made one.

[@zephirol4638]

i mean the jedi order isn't all that old this should be beyond obvious, all crystals should technically be older.

[@johnpetersen1737]

It's almost like the people who wrote the comic book don't understand how old rocks are......

[@Crocthunder]

Its fucking starwars, George lucas sure didnt understand how sound in space works , Charles soule is a godsend for starwars stfu

[@SOLH-vq3lh]

10/10

[@Fulcrum4747]

Wouldn't most of them be older as it takes forever for them to form I mean even regular crystals on earth take forever to form.

[@96smittyjr]

I like this story though I always loved the fan canon that his green crystal was actually qui gong’s old crystal that Ben had held onto

[@thecowboyofoklahoma5866]

So now they have either retconned how Luke made his lightsaber and got his crystal or have officially made this how he got the crystal. Before it was thought he used a sith technique to make an artificial crystal...now he is using an authentic crystal, just a really old one.

[@freakzeke6404]

That Dr is definitely a reference to Thanos

[@CaptnYestrday]

So what happened when he tried to heal the Red Crystal again???

[@rhunter42dragon]

Only problem with this is that previous works had stated that the green lightsaber crystal was a synth crystal that Luke created shortly before the mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba.

[@willythemailboy2]

That's because the early works were written before Disney adopted the Harry Potter wand-chooses-the-wizard logic. Before that, light saber crystals were literally just gemstones chosen mostly for aesthetic reasons.

[@SithLordDarthBane]

Since the Jedi order is about 30k years old. Any crystal anywhere would be older than that since they formed with the planets. Which are billions year old.

[@Tommatto]

The quartz that makes up my countertop is older than the human race.

[@MarvinHartmann452]

There was already an history about it. Oh well.

[@razradrenaline]

Does this mean that in cannon his crystal is no longer synthetic

[@kongzilla9962]

Arnt they all older then the order just like crystals here?

[@ronin2167]

I prefer the legends description and sometime not of things. I don't care for the whole midicholorian crap. nor do I care for living crystals. Too much mystic crap. I liked the idea of anyone being able to become a jedi through proper training and dedication and I liked that any crystal could be used for a saber, when red crystals were synthetic and gifted to a Sith apprentice by their master.

[@brent3569]

Almost all minerals are much much older than mankind

[@tylerpye3466]

I mean crystals do take several hundreds of thousands of years to form.

[@ShadowCthulhu]

I thought Luke made his crystal, based on the deleted scene from Return of the Jedi.

[@TheOneTrueMod]

Even comic book luke is better then rey could ever be

[@ZayaMillis]

She could have been great if they actually cared when they wrote the sequels.

[@wrought-ironheroEMIYA]

Can we please stop complaining about Rey? I understand she was written terribly but bringing her up every chance you get isn't going to change the past

[@samuelrobles3737]

Nah thats capped

[@samuelrobles3737]

Rey is better. I have spoken

[@anthonymedina3384]

The original characters canon and legend will always be the best

[@Emmanuyael]

As geodesic formations, aren't all naturally occurring kyber crystals implicitly OLDER than the jedi order? :))

[@adamjensen7870]

This is awesome! I want to see all of these comics! Subscribe!

[@Dashtinations]

As a geological formation aren't all crystals older than the Jedi order?

[@fearless204571]

What comic is this from?

[@will_the_don]

Anyone know what issue this is?

[@YamsDaKilla95]

What comic book is this?

[@hankskorpio5857]

I guarantee that Leia is the one to purify it after Endor and thats how she gets her Blue saber or idk why they would make this random crystal important. Its definitely not Kylo's we already lnow that from other comics.

[@djnavarro3212]

Huh. I would’ve thought that like Anakin his own son would have a strong bond with his lightsaber after he losted it on Mustafar to Obi Wan. Guest not

[@anthonyp6896]

I think this is pretty awesome