The controls for the weapon are also placed on the casing, connected to the individual parts of the weapon. Most cases are metal, covered with a rubber or plastic coating to allow for better grip.

The casing for the lightsaber varies depending upon the person using it, in style and form. There are many parts required to build a good lightsaber, all of which will be detailed below: Inevitably, these are extremely complex articles to construct, although an advanced user can, in a hurry, create one over the course of several days, although generally such weapons will be of a lesser quality than a blade that has been constructed over the course of a few weeks to a month, the normal time necessary for the creation of a lightsaber.Īmong both groups, it is expected that a student should create their own lightsaber prior to becoming a Jedi Knight, partly as a result of the complex ritual involved in building such a weapon, and also in part due to the connection formed between the lightsaber and it’s wielder in the course of building it, since they become not only intimately familiar with the parts used in the construction (and can hence modify it if they wish to do so), but also connected to the weapon through the Force as a result of the last part of lightsaber construction. The Jedi Order requires that its members all use the powerful and advanced weapon that has, over the course of millenia, undergone many changes with regards to appearance and modification, but has inevitably become the signature weapon for any trained Force User in the Galaxy.

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