A silver lightsaber is a rare weapon in Star Wars, it does not exist in Star Wars canon but it remains popular among fans of Star Wars Legends.
the primary crystal known to produce a silver-colored lightsaber blade is the Durindfire crystal. This rare Lightsaber crystal is found on the planet Tatooine and gives lightsabers a unique and striking silver hue.
In addition to the Durindfire crystal, other rare kyber crystals and unique circumstances in Star Wars Legends can also result in a silver blade. However, Durindfire is the most notable and well-documented example.
Obtaining a Silver Lightsaber With The Durindfire Crystal
Obtaining a silver lightsaber can be achieved by acquiring the Durindfire gem which is uniquely found on the planet Tatooine.
The Durindfire is a rare and precious crystal, this crystal made a lightsaber blade glow silver or white in color.
The silver color was very unusual and surprised most Jedi and Sith when they saw it, unlike other crystals, the DurindFire was more commonly used by modern Jedi rather than ancient ones.
The special ability of the Durindfire gem was its excellent energy absorption including blaster shots and Force lightning. This made lightsabers with Durindfire gems extremely dangerous against enemies using Force lightning.
What Does a Silver Lightsaber Mean?
The silver lightsaber symbolizes neutrality, purity, elegance, peace and balance.
- Neutrality: The silver color represents a mediator in conflicts, striving to see all sides and make fair decisions. The silver lightsaber signifies a balanced and neutral approach, avoiding extreme positions.
- Purity: The silver lightsaber symbolizes a clear and honest heart. Its user acts with good intentions and strives to remain free from corruption or selfish desires. The silver lightsaber indicates their commitment to being morally clean and true.
- Elegance: The silver lightsaber is a symbol of grace and skill, both in and out of combat. It reflects a refined and elegant presence, making their movements and actions stand out.
- Peace: The silver lightsaber represents a calm and composed demeanor, working tirelessly to promote peace and understanding. It symbolizes their tranquil nature and efforts to maintain harmony within the galaxy.
- Balance: The silver lightsaber embodies both the dark side and the light side of the Force. It reflects the balance within its user, indicating the coexistence of these dual aspects.
To learn more about the meanings behind lightsaber colors, check out our article 17 Lightsaber Color Meanings Explained.
Who Has a Silver Lightsaber in Star Wars?
Corran Horn, Nejaa Halcyon, Keiran Halcyon, Alema Rar, Imperial Knights, Ry-Gaul, Tionne Solusar, and Maulkiller are the only characters known to have a silver lightsaber within the Star Wars universe.
1. Corran Horn
Who is Corran Horn?
Corran Horn was a man from the planet Corellia, he worked as a pilot and investigator for the Corellian Security Force. Later, he became an excellent starfighter pilot known as an “ace” with the Rogue Squadron for the New Republic, after that, he was an important hero for the New Republic. Later, Corran Horn became a Jedi Master of the New Jedi Order.
Corran Horn’s Silver Lightsaber
Around 11 ABY, Corran Horn built his own silver lightsaber on the planet Courkrus, he used scrap materials from a crashed ship. For the main crystal, he used the Durindfire crystal, he also added an emerald and diamond as focusing crystals using jewels from furniture in his room.
The design came from hidden instructions in columns written by his grandfather Rostek Horn and the process took about two days. It was a dual-phase lightsaber that could change its length, twisting it made the blade extend to three meters long by bringing its second set of crystals into alignment.
2. Nejaa Halcyon
Who is Nejaa Halcyon?
Nejaa Halcyon was a man from Corellia, he was a Jedi Master in the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic. During the Clone Wars, he was a General in the Grand Army of the Republic. Near the end of the war, the Dark Acolyte Nikkos Tyris killed Nejaa Halcyon. Even after the Republic ended and the Jedi disbanded, Halcyon’s family survived and his wife Scerra married Halcyon’s friend Rostek Horn, she took his last name to hide their identities from the Galactic Empire.
Nejaa Halcyon was found to be force-sensitive when he was very young, so he was taken to Coruscant to be trained as a beginner in the Jedi Order making a silver lightsaber for his own use.
Nejaa Halcyon’s Silver Lightsaber
Nejaa Halcyon possessed a silver lightsaber. Like other Jedi from the Halcyon family, Nejaa Halcyon couldn’t use telekinesis very well under normal circumstances. However, he had a special ability to absorb energy from things like blaster bolts or lightsaber blades. By using this absorbed energy, he could do telekinetic tasks like other Jedi, such as when he destroyed a dark Jedi with a Force crush. Halcyon was also very good at using mental projection through the Force.
3. Keiran Halcyon
Who is Keiran Halcyon?
Keiran Halcyon was a man from the planet Corellia, he was a Jedi Knight who worked for the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic, he lived about 400 years before the Galactic Empire came to power and the Great Jedi Purge began.
Keiran Halcyon was found to be force sensitive so he was brought into the Jedi training academy. After passing his final tests, he became a Jedi Knight as decided by the Jedi High Council. Halcyon chose to study independently to become a Jedi Guardian.
As a well-known Jedi from Corellia, he went on several missions to protect his home planet system, one important thing he did was stop the dangerous Selonian Afarathu cult in the year 380 BBY.
Keiran Halcyon’s Silver Lightsaber
When making his lightsaber, Halcyon put in a Durindfire gem that made the blade have a unique silver color, he also used old Jedi techniques from the Jedi Temple records to make his lightsaber blade able to extend up to 3 meters long.
Although the Halcyon family was strong in the Force, they were not good at telekinesis, one of the most common Jedi abilities. Instead of being held back by this, Halcyon Jedi focused on improving their mind advantages where other Jedi might be weaker. Keiran Halcyon, for example, was also skilled at absorbing energy making him powerful in different ways.
4. Alema Rar
Who is Alema Rar?
Alema Rar was a Rutian Twi’lek female Jedi Knight who served the New Jedi Order but fell to the dark side due to her difficult past and inner turmoil. Born into poverty and enslaved as a dancer on Ryloth, she and her sister Numa were rescued by Jedi Knight Daeshara’cor and trained on Yavin 4.
The Rar sisters fought against the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, but Numa was killed pushing Alema towards the dark side. She later joined the Myrkr strike team and developed feelings for Anakin Solo.
After becoming a Jedi Knight, Alema fought in major battles of the war, but her grief and anger were manipulated by Sith Master Lomi Plo leading her to fully embrace the dark side as Night Herald of the Gorog.
Believed dead after the Swarm War, she reemerged seeking revenge against the Skywalkers and Solos during the Second Galactic Civil War. Her attempts to harness Sith powers and alliances failed, she was killed by Jagged Fel at Lumiya’s retreat.
Alema Rar’s Silver Lightsaber
Over her thirty years, Alema Rar used several lightsabers. Her first lightsaber which she built with an Adegan crystal, had a silver blade. During an escape from the Yuuzhan Vong, she and her sister had to abandon their lightsabers but kept the crystals as jewelry. During the war, she made another silver lightsaber.
After falling to the dark side, she used this lightsaber against her enemies but lost it to Luke Skywalker who destroyed the crystal and returned the hilt to her. Later, Alema constructed a new blue lightsaber.
5. Imperial Knights
Who Are The Imperial Knights?
The Imperial Knights, also known as the Knights of the Empire or Imperial Jedi, were Force-users loyal to the Emperor during the Fel dynasty’s rule of the Galactic Empire. They were fully trained in the Force and rejected the dark side, unlike earlier Imperial Force groups.
Although they didn’t follow the dark side, they also didn’t strictly follow the light side. The New Jedi Order saw them as Gray, and the Imperial Knights considered the Jedi to be like family.
The Imperial Knights pledged their loyalty to the Emperor, serving the Force as represented by him. By 130 ABY, Emperor Roan Fel was a fully trained Imperial Knight and the leader of the group.
If the Emperor ever turned to the dark side, it was the Imperial Knights’ duty to either remove him from power, even if it meant killing him or to bring him back to the light. Their ultimate loyalty was to the Force.
After Darth Krayt took over the Empire in 130 ABY, the Imperial Knights fled the capital with their Emperor and became part of his Empire-in-exile.
By 137 ABY, Emperor Roan Fel regularly sent Imperial Knights on missions to form alliances with the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances and the Jedi Order. They often fought on the front lines of the Second Imperial Civil War against Darth Krayt’s forces on planets like Vendaxa, Mon Calamari and Had Abbadon.
The Imperial Knight Lightsaber
Each Imperial Knight carried a white-silver lightsaber. The design showed their unity and the Empire’s control over each Knight. The lightsaber had a gray, tube-like handle with black ridges and typically had a slanted emitter that produced a white-silver blade, unless customized.
Each Knight made their own lightsaber during training using synthetic crystals and techniques from Emperor Palpatine’s Book of Anger. The lightsaber could work both on land and underwater and was one of the tools the Knights used to protect their leader, which was their main job.
In fights, Imperial Knights used their lightsabers for attacks and wore special cortosis gauntlets for defense, which could turn off an enemy’s lightsaber and allow the Knight to strike. When not in use, the lightsaber was usually clipped to the Knight’s belt.
Imperial Knight lightsabers were used by the order starting around 130 ABY. They were heavily used in 137 and 138 ABY during the Second Imperial Civil War when the Empire-in-exile fought against Darth Krayt’s Galactic Empire.
Early in 137 ABY, Imperial Knights Antares Draco, Ganner Krieg and Marasiah Fel used their lightsabers in a fight against Darth Krayt’s Sith on the planet Vendaxa. During this battle, Cade Skywalker, a former Jedi turned bounty hunter, picked up Marasiah’s lightsaber and attacked the Sith. This marked the beginning of his return to the Jedi path.
Over the next year, Imperial Knights fought Krayt’s forces on planets like Bastion, Dac and Had Abbadon, with Sith being defeated on Taivas and Coruscant. During the battle on Coruscant, Roan Fel tried to use a bioweapon to destroy all life on the planet. Draco killed Fel with his white lightsaber to stop the Emperor from committing a dark side act.
6. Ry-Gaul
Who is Ry-Gaul?
Ry-Gaul was a human Jedi Master who worked for the Jedi Order at the end of the Galactic Republic. As a Senior General in the Republic’s army, he fought in the Clone Wars against the Droid Army of the Separatists. When the Jedi Order was broken up and the Republic turned into the Galactic Empire, Ry-Gaul went into hiding. He was eventually killed during the Great Jedi Purge.
Ry-Gaul was a tall, dignified and quiet man who rarely spoke. However, when he did, people listened because he was wise and experienced, earning him a lot of respect.
Ry-Gaul’s Silver Lightsaber
Ry-Gaul crafted a silver lightsaber when he was a Jedi Knight. He was very skilled in lightsaber combat but usually avoided fights by intimidating others.
According to Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ry-Gaul’s fighting style was similar to Qui-Gon Jinn’s Ataru technique. Kenobi also observed that, much like Jinn, Ry-Gaul was surprisingly quick for his size and remained strong and graceful in his movements.
7. Tionne Solusar
Who is Tionne Solusar?
Tionne Solusar was a Near-Human woman Jedi Master from the planet Rindao. She studied Jedi history and was one of the first students in Luke Skywalker’s New Jedi Order.
Tionne played a big role in recovering the lost knowledge of the Old Jedi Order. She took part in many key events including the Yuuzhan Vong War, she often protected younger Jedi Knights.
Tionne fell in love with Kam Solusar, another of Luke’s students, and they got married. After becoming a Jedi Master, Tionne served on both the Masters’ Council and the Jedi High Council that came after it. She and her husband also led the Ossus Jedi Academy.
Tionne Solusar’s Silver Lightsaber
Tionne Solusar built her silver lightsaber after joining Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Academy, she spent almost a year looking for the spiral mist-horn and crystal-pearl to build her lightsaber. She was among the first students in the New Jedi Order and crafted her weapon using traditional Jedi techniques.
Tionne used her silver lightsaber in various missions, notably during an expedition to Bast Castle where she, along with other Jedi, retrieved Obi-Wan Kenobi’s lightsaber. She was also involved in a confrontation at Exis Station against a false Force user named Orloc where she sustained injuries while protecting her fellow Jedi and recovering stolen artifacts.
8. Maulkiller
Who is Maulkiller?
Maulkiller was a clone made on the planet Kamino by Darth Vader, he was created by mixing genes from the Zabrak Sith apprentice Darth Maul and the human Galen Marek who had died.
The clone had gold eyes, silver skin and black tattoos. Differences between Maul and Marek’s genes caused problems that made the clone unstable in body and mind leading to his destruction not long after he was made.
Artwork of Maulkiller was made by Amy Beth Christenson. Maulkiller first appeared in 2010 as a bonus avatar for people who pre-ordered the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the video game “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II” from GameStop.
Maulkiller’s Silver Lightsabers
You could only get Maulkiller’s silver lightsabers by preordering the GameStop exclusive version of “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II” for PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. When using these lightsabers, players had less Force energy. The preorder bonus was named “Maulkiller Silver Saber Crystals”.
Frequently Asked Questions
The silver lightsaber is never mentioned in Star Wars canon, it appeared only in Star Wars Legends.
Yes, silver lightsabers are extremly rare.
The Durindfire gem which gives lightsabers a silver blade color was extremely rare because it could only be found on the planet Tatooine.
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