Star Wars – is that this the place Luke Skywalker’s inexperienced lightsaber is?

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is now tantalisingly near hitting cinemas, with anxious followers hoping the ultimate instalment of the Skywalker saga will resolve some main unanswered questions.

For many, a type of questions issues the whereabouts of Luke Skywalker’s inexperienced lightsaber, which made its first look in The Return of the Jedi, and most just lately for a quick flashback in The Last Jedi.

In TLJ, Luke is seen hesitantly wielding it over a sleeping Ben Solo/Kylo Ren as he debates whether or not or to not kill his doubtlessly evil nephew (cue disapproving grumbles from half of the Star Wars fanbase).

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But as we all know, the entire state of affairs quickly backfires on Luke as Kylo loses it and burns down your complete Jedi Academy.

That’s the final we noticed of Luke’s inexperienced lightsaber – the Jedi opted for his unique blue one when he Force projected himself in entrance of Kylo on the finish of the movie – however have we seen the final of it?

At least one fan on Reddit does not appear to suppose so, having give you an in depth principle on the place the laser sword could be, and the way it will pop up in TROS.

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RDruner870 means that, similar to in ROTJ, the saber is stashed away in R2-D2’s secret compartment, because the droid was with Luke on the time the Jedi Academy burnt down.

They go on to foretell that, when all hope appears to be misplaced, R2 will as soon as once more launch the saber from his secret storage compartment to Rey, who will presumably use it to cut The Emperor in half.

Perhaps she ought to attempt dicing him into tiny bits after which feed him to some Ewoks, simply to verify he is undoubtedly lifeless this time.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has a launch date of Thursday, December 19 within the UK and Friday, December 20 within the US.

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