Anna Daniels
For many years, fans believed that Luke lost his green lightsaber at the end of Return of the Jedi when the second Death Star was destroyed. It’s a well-founded assumption, given that Luke tossed the saber aside when Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) tried to convince him to turn to the dark side shortly before he had to flee for his life from the exploding Death Star. However, when The Last Jedi hit the big screen in 2017, a flashback showed that Luke still had the green blade when he confronted his nephew Kylo Ren, originally known as Ben Solo (Adam Driver), at his Jedi school about the young man’s dark-sided tendencies.
So, if Luke still had the green lightsaber in his possession when he was training a new Jedi Order prior to the events of even The Force Awakens, why doesn’t he still have it? Unfortunately, there’s no official answer given to fans in the films.
Luke never reveals in the Star Wars sequels what he did with the weapon or who else may have it, and at no point does he wield it either. Still, there are a number of possibilities as to the weapon’s whereabouts. For one, it could have been destroyed in his battle with Kylo Ren and the destruction of the new Jedi Order. Luke, who opted after that disastrous attempt to reignite the Jedi, may well have destroyed it himself before he went into hiding, or even tossed it into the waters of Ahch-To along with his X-Wing.
Written by: Looper
