I n Star Wars, the sequel trilogy’s Kylo Ren was a formidable antagonist who wielded a unique lightsaber with a cross-guard hilt that set him apart from any Jedi or Sith who had come before him.

We learned in The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary that the now-infamous red lightsaber had a cracked kyber crystal. Thanks to The Rise of Kylo Ren #4, we now know that the broken crystal is a ...

It actually comes from the item used to generate the lightsaber’s blade – the Kyber crystal. The one in Kylo Ren’s just so happens to be cracked. Take a look below: In the canon, Kyber ...

He did bleed the crystal, as intended ... What do you think of this origin for Kylo Ren’s lightsaber? Let us know in the comments. All four issues of The Rise of Kylo Ren are on sale now.

The final moments of the issue show Kylo Ren building his own lightsaber, turning his kyber crystal red with fury and adding the extra bits to his hilt when the crystal proves too powerful for the ...

rough-and-tumble nature of Kylo Ren’s lightsaber. Our theory is that Ben Solo began this process with his Jedi lightsaber and cracked the kyber crystal during his descent into the dark side.

Ren ultimately betrayed Snoke and ... The reason for both of these aspects is because Kylo’s lightsaber is powered by a flawed kyber crystal, and in the case of the cross-guard, lateral vents ...

First, they had to add two more blades to the earlier, tungsten-based lightsaber to ... as any fan can tell you, Kylo Ren constructed his blade using a cracked Kyber crystal, giving it a crackling ...

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The custom crude design of the lightsaber was an ancient design that was thousands of years old. Kylo Ren used a cracked Kyber crystal, and it was not strong enough to withstand the power of the ...

"Kylo Ren's Lightsaber is an unusual design ... all spawning from a cracked kyber crystal that is the cause of their ragged, unstable appearance. An array of focusing crystal activators split ...