Fans for days star wars Over the moon due to numerous announcements regarding franchise Lucasfilm And Disney, thanks to Star Wars Celebration 2023 which is now taking place in London. An event that gives us information on all new current and future projects in the Star Wars universe, starting with the next series Ahsoka. And precisely that, fans have been able to discover recently bad guy This new series centered on the famous Togruta will not be exactly as usual, and for a very specific reason.
New lightsaber?
Thanks to Star Wars Celebration 2023, fans got to know more about the long-awaited next series, namely Ahsoka. Thanks to a first trailer published earlier in the week, we were able to discover the release date, which is set for August 2023, as well as a preview of the characters, among which we find some cult characters from the animated series. Star Wars: Rebels.
But this trailer also gave us a look at the new antagonists of the series Ahsokawith Belon Skoll, played by Ray Stevenson, and his apprentice Shin Hati, played by Ivana Sakhno. But if his new users of the ball’s dark side surprise fans, it’s mainly because of their lightsabers and more specifically the latter’s color. Indeed, we can see that Their lightsabers are not red as usual, but tend towards a reddish-orange color. A detail that raised serious questions from some fans, who wondered if it was a simple visual effect or if it was hiding something else.
To whom a question Dave Filoni, co-creator of the series AhsokaBut also The rebels, answered recently, following the presentation of the new series during this weekend’s Star Wars Celebration. Filoni therefore formally confirmed with it Screen Rant that Balon and Shin used orange lightsabers, and this choice was far from trivial. Then he explained:
I like it a little more orange. It is very well seen. You are the first to notice it. It was completely intentional. I don’t want them to be an attractive red. I remember as a kid Vader’s lightsaber and its visual effects would fluctuate, maybe changing to a slightly orange color. I didn’t want to go orange, but it marks a little something for the kids, that it might not be what they first think. Good thing you noticed that. Nothing is accidental.
As we know, the colors of lightsabers in the Star Wars universe are far from meaningless. However, the meaning of this color still remains a mystery.. But this is not the first time fans of orange have seen it. In particular, we have seen similar lightsabers in the comic series. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: War Released in 2012, used by the Mandalorian Knights. But apart from these tasks the legendFans have seen a canon in video games Star Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderAs a pre-order bonus.
Then there are several theories about the origin of this orange color, some explain that lightsabers of this color can only belong to Jedi who have sworn not to use their weapons. But till date, no official data has come to invalidate or confirm these assumptions.
And to continue and discover on the same theme Name of the actor who will be playing the role of Grand Admiral Thrawn in this series AhsokaSee our previous article on this topic here.