This Star Wars Lego Lightsaber Has a Kyber Crystal and I Love It

This month, Lego released one of its coolest Star Wars units ever. Nonetheless, it’s not a set you can buy. It solely comes with the acquisition of a much larger, more expensive set—however when you have the means, not solely is it value it, it comes with a hidden shock.

I just lately cracked open my piggy financial institution to buy the Final Collectors Sequence of Jabba’s Sail Barge, each as a result of it’s superior and likewise due to that particular present. With each buy of the Sail Barge comes a 1:1 Lego duplicate of Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from Return of the Jedi. And, as someone who collects lightsabers, I needed to have it. It’s solely 145 items so it’s a comparatively small set however, whereas constructing with it, I used to be shocked to see it got here with a kyber crystal.

Now, within the lore of Star Wars, each lightsaber has a kyber crystal in it. They’re principally the secret sauce that makes the blades come alive. Nonetheless, you by no means see the crystal. It’s contained in the saber. And, as you may see within the above photograph, you don’t see the kyber crystal within the completed construct of the lightsaber. But it surely’s in there. Listed here are just a few pictures.

As you may see, it’s fabricated from two neon inexperienced round items, lining up with the colour Luke’s saber ignites with. And although you, the builder, see them and put them within the saber, you then shortly cowl them up, by no means to see them once more.

However I really like that. I find it irresistible a lot. That’s why Lego is just top-of-the-line toy manufacturers on the market. That’s a element that solely somebody with a deep love and information of Star Wars would insist on and put in there. It’s improbable.

It does, nonetheless, convey up an even bigger concern. Why doesn’t Lego make these lightsaber units extra often? Sabers are arguably the most well-liked piece of Star Wars iconography and, with just a few hundred items every, would make an unimaginable present for the Lego Star Wars fan in your life, at an inexpensive worth level. Units which are round 150-200 items are normally between $15 and $50. A lot better than the $500 it value to get this one. Which additionally comes with an unimaginable Sail Barge, however, nonetheless.

So sure, this Luke Skywalker lightsaber set is superior, it has a kyber crystal in it, and we need to purchase 1,000,000 extra Star Wars lightsabers similar to this one. Which might you prefer to see first?

Need extra io9 information? Try when to count on the most recent Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s subsequent for the DC Universe on film and TV, and all the pieces you have to find out about the way forward for Doctor Who.