The Origin of Kylo Ren's Lightsaber Revealed in STAR WARS: THE RISE OF KYLO REN Comic
For those of you who are curious about the origin of Kylo Ren’s wicket looking lightsaber, the Star Wars prequel comic book series The Rise of Kylo Ren, reveals how that distinctive lightsaber came to exist.
The series has taken us through Ben Solo’s fall into darkness as he leaves Luke Skywalker's Jedi Temple, how he fell in with Snoke, and how he first met the Knights of Ren and took the name of Kylo Ren.
It turns out that his burning and racking red lightsaber that Kylo Ren is now associated with is the same lightsaber he built while training to be a Jedi. However, the original glowing blade was blue in the beginning. After Ben turned to the dark side, he wanted to make his lightsaber's kyber crystal bleed. This is the process that gives the lightsabers of every Sith Lord their red blades.
Ben kind of overdid it when attempting to make his kyber crystal bleed and in the process, he also cracked it. When he tried to put his lightsaber back together with the kyber crystal, the unregulated energy from the broken crystal caused the lightsaber to short out.
As a way to fix it, Kylo installed the crossguard, which allowed for the excess energy of the blade to shoot out from the hilt's side. That is the moment that Ben fully made his transformation into Kylo Ren.
All four issues of The Rise of Kylo Ren are on sale now. The collected edition will be released in July.
Star Wars: The Rise Of Kylo Ren
(W) Charles Soule (A) Will Sliney (CA) Clayton Crain
Collects Star Wars: The Rise Of Kylo Ren (2019) #1-4.
With Ben Solo’s fall comes Kylo Ren’s rise! As the son of Rebel Alliance heroes Leia Organa and Han Solo, and Jedi Master Luke Skywalker’s nephew and protégé, Ben Solo has the potential to be a great force for light in the galaxy. But the Skywalker legacy casts a long shadow, the currents of the dark side run deep and Ben has Darth Vader’s blood in his veins. Voices from both his past and future tell him who he must be. He will shatter, he will be reforged and his destiny will be revealed. Snoke awaits. The Knights of Ren await. Ben Solo’s path to his true self begins here.