Because the energy released was not encased within the focusing field that shape… Master Qui-Gon Jinn used a very simplistic single-bladed lightsaber with a green kyber crystal.

Exact copies of lightsabers A typical lightsaber is depicted as a luminescent blade of magnetically contained plasma about 3 feet (0.91 m) in length emitted from a metal hilt around 10.5 inches (27 cm) in length. The list is ordered alphabetically by character name. Lightsabers are cinematic icons, having appeared in every Star Wars movie since 1977's A New Hope, when Luke Skywalker first fired up the blue blade entrusted to … 1.