This Star Wars Lego Lightsaber Has a Kyber Crystal and I Love It

This month, Lego released one of its coolest Star Wars units ever. Nonetheless, it’s not a set you can buy. It solely comes with the acquisition of a much larger, more expensive set—however when you’ve got the means, not solely is it price it, it comes with a hidden shock.

I not too long ago cracked open my piggy financial institution to buy the Final Collectors Collection of Jabba’s Sail Barge, each as a result of it’s superior and in addition due to that particular present. With each buy of the Sail Barge comes a 1:1 Lego duplicate of Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from Return of the Jedi. And, as someone who collects lightsabers, I needed to have it. It’s solely 145 items so it’s a comparatively small set however, whereas constructing with it, I used to be shocked to see it got here with a kyber crystal.

Now, within the lore of Star Wars, each lightsaber has a kyber crystal in it. They’re principally the secret sauce that makes the blades come alive. Nonetheless, you by no means see the crystal. It’s contained in the saber. And, as you’ll be able to see within the above picture, you don’t see the kyber crystal within the completed construct of the lightsaber. However it’s in there. Listed here are just a few photos.

As you’ll be able to see, it’s fabricated from two neon inexperienced round items, lining up with the colour Luke’s saber ignites with. And although you, the builder, see them and put them within the saber, you then rapidly cowl them up, by no means to see them once more.

However I really like that. I adore it a lot. That’s why Lego is solely among the best toy manufacturers on the market. That’s a element that solely somebody with a deep love and data of Star Wars would insist on and put in there. It’s incredible.

It does, nonetheless, carry up an even bigger subject. Why doesn’t Lego make these lightsaber units extra regularly? Sabers are arguably the preferred piece of Star Wars iconography and, with only some hundred items every, would make an unbelievable present for the Lego Star Wars fan in your life, at an reasonably priced value level. Units which can be round 150-200 items are normally between $15 and $50. A lot better than the $500 it price to get this one. Which additionally comes with an unbelievable Sail Barge, however, nonetheless.

So sure, this Luke Skywalker lightsaber set is superior, it has a kyber crystal in it, and we wish to purchase one million extra Star Wars lightsabers identical to this one. Which might you prefer to see first?

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