Kanan ' s lightsaber Kanan ' s lightsaber was the personal two - piece lightsaber of Kanan Jarrus , a Padawan who survived the destruction of the Jedi Order . Description . The lightsaber built by Kanan Jarrus had a blade length adjustment control . During the reign of the Galactic Empire , Jarrus kept this lightsaber hidden . Rather than hang it on his belt by the belt ring , which would easily identify him as a Jedi , Jarrus stored it directly on his belt as two separate pieces , with the main body and grip of the hilt at the small of his back and the emitter shroud on his left side . Jarrus merely needed to insert the emitter section into the main body and twist to lock them together . The lightsaber also had a low - power setting to avoid injuring sparring partners during practice . In this setting , the blade had a different shade of blue , and the weapon vibrated at a slightly higher pitch . History . When he was a Padawan , studying under the guidance of Jedi Master Depa Billaba , Jarrus — then known as Caleb Dume — built his own lightsaber . After the destruction of the Jedi Order , Dume escaped the death that befell most Jedi and went into hiding . At first , he hid it in a compartment aboard Janus Kasmir ' s ship , the " Kasmiri " . Dume then went under the assumed name of Kanan Jarrus . He kept his lightsaber hidden so he would not be identified as a Jedi and killed . He nonetheless secretly carried it with him everywhere he went , including on the planet Gorse and its moon , Cynda , during the conflict on Gorse . Fourteen years after the fall of the Jedi , the lightsaber was discovered hidden on the " Ghost " by Ezra Bridger , an orphan thief from Lothal who was taken in by Jarrus and the crew of the " Ghost " . During the crew ' s mission to rescue Wookiee slaves from the spice mines of Kessel , pinned down by a squad of stormtrooper s Jarrus used his lightsaber and revealed himself as a Jedi to Agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau . This surprised the Imperial who then ordered his men to concentrate their fire on him , which Kanan reflected using Form V , thereby giving the crew and the Wookiees a chance to escape Kessel . This action drew the attention of the Jedi hunter known as the Grand Inquisitor . Kanan later used his lightsaber to duel against the Inquisitor at the Spire on Stygeon Prime , using Form III . During their second confrontation on Fort Anaxes Kanan was rendered unconscious , and despite Ezra ' s attempt to use it he was easily disarmed by the Inquisitor who used it in conjunction with his own to fend off a large Fyrnock summoned by the Padawan . Kanan would later recover it while escaping . After his capture Kanan ' s lightsaber was confiscated by the Inquisitor . During what would prove to be their final clash the Inquisitor displayed Kanan ' s weapon clipped to his belt as a trophy , forcing the Jedi to use his apprentice ' s , as the two fought Ezra used the Force to pull Kanan ' s lightsaber to his hands and used it to fight against the Inquisitor . When Ezra was knocked away and was thought to be dead , Kanan took back his lightsaber and was able to defeat the Inquisitor and escape with Ezra on the Jedi hunter ' s TIE Advanced v1 . Kanan would continue to wield his lightsaber as part of the early rebellion , crossing blades with many opponents including Darth Vader , the Seventh Sister , the Fifth Brother , the Eighth Brother , former Sith Lord Maul and even his own apprentice when he was temporarily possessed by a Nightsister spirit until shortly before his death when it was knocked from his grasp by Rukh . The lightsaber was recovered shortly afterwards by Governor Arihnda Pryce , who presented it to Grand Admiral Thrawn as proof of the Jedi ' s death .