We can likely rule out it being Luke’s second lightsaber, since it’s blue and not green, but that still leaves the possibility of it being Obi-Wan’s lightsaber – or possibly a new one that Rey herself has constructed – on the table. From the looks of things in this handy-dandy image chart below, we can see that the “before” image resembles Anakin’s second lightsaber (which is also Luke’s first, Finn’s, and Rey’s), while the second one looks like either Obi-Wan Kenobi’s second lightsaber or Luke’s second:
Let’s start off with the actual pictures themselves that outright show the two lightsabers (as observed by BrandonTheComicMan of r/ StarWarsLeaks) – or rather, lightsaber icons:Īside from the obvious differences in Rey’s costumes, two different lightsabers can be seen as weapons icons. Here’s a quick explanation why you shouldn’t look too much into it.
Recently, it came to light that the kickass footage we just saw in the Star Wars Battlefront II Assault on Theed stream featured shots of Rey with two different lightsabers, leading to loads of speculation that she’ll be making a new weapon of her own in The Last Jedi.
