Anakin Skywalker ' s second lightsaber Anakin Skywalker ' s second lightsaber was the weapon constructed and carried by Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker during the Clone Wars , and was later carried by his son Luke Skywalker during the Galactic Civil War . Specifications . Incorporating many of the elements from his first weapon , Anakin Skywalker ' s lightsaber was specifically designed to facilitate Skywalker ' s practice of Form V lightsaber combat . As per Form V weapon specifications , the lightsaber had a solid casing ( either as a whole or in multiple sections for maximum protection against power surge deterioration ) and a heavily shrouded blade emitter . The beveled emitter was designed to designate separate facets of the blade for either offensive or defensive purposes . The lightsaber hilt included a ridged hand grip , as Djem So required its users to maintain a solid grip on the hilt . It was also later modified to allow it to operate underwater . Before being passed to Luke Skywalker , the weapon ' s hilt had been slightly altered so that the original fastener belt was changed into a ring . History . Carried by Anakin Skywalker ( 22 – 19 BBY ) . First blood . After losing his first lightsaber on Geonosis , Anakin Skywalker set about building a new lightsaber . He carried the weapon during the Battle of Rendili , but it didn ' t taste first blood until he engaged in a lightsaber duel . The weapon was also used by Skywalker in other early battles such as the battle with Asajj Ventress . After the duel , in which Anakin was victorious , the weapon was wielded by Skywalker for the rest of the Clone Wars . Anakin used this lightsaber for many battles to come . Handed over . Anakin Skywalker wielded the weapon during the Battle of Teth , using it in a rematch with Asajj Ventress during the Republic ' s attempt to rescue the Hutt child , Rotta , in order to curry favor with the child ' s parent , Jabba Desilijic Tiure . Escaping the planet alongside his Padawan , Ahsoka Tano , with Rotta in tow , they managed to make it to Tatooine , where they were shot down by MagnaGuard piloted starfighters . Once planet - side , Skywalker sent Ahsoka to take an alternate route to Jabba ' s palace while he would serve as a decoy for Dooku personally overseeing the operation . Confronting Dooku in the Dune Sea , Skywalker wielded the weapon against the Count in a rematch , before breaking off from the duel when he learned that Ahsoka and Rotta had been ambushed by Dooku ' s droids . Stealing Dooku ' s speeder bike , he raced across the desert to Jabba ' s palace and was met by Jabba ' s interpreter at the entrance . Demanding to know Ahsoka ' s location , the droid led Anakin into the palace to meet with Jabba , on the condition that Anakin hand over his weapon . Skywalker did so , but when he met with the Hutt crime lord , he learned that Jabba believed Dooku ' s deception that the Republic had kidnapped his son . In desperation , Anakin reclaimed his lightsaber with the Force and held it to Jabba ' s throat . Thankfully , before negotiations collapsed completely , Ahsoka Tano arrived with a still living Rotta . Despite his joy at having his son back , Jabba still prepared to execute the two Jedi for perceived slights , only for him to be contacted by Padmé Amidala who revealed that Dooku had schemed with Jabba ' s uncle , Ziro Desilijic Tiure , to kidnap his son . Jabba spared the Jedi , and made a treaty with the Republic . Stolen . During the war , the Republic managed to discover Dooku ' s location aboard a freighter . Anakin Skywalker devised a plan to get aboard by allowing himself to be captured , leaving his lightsaber with Obi - Wan Kenobi while wielding a replacement , allowing it to be destroyed to make his capture more convincing . Kenobi then infiltrated the ship by entering one of the exterior hatches in a spacesuit . Freeing Anakin and returning the lightsaber , the two went after Dooku . However , Dooku managed to flee through an escape hatch built into the floor of his meditation chamber , with Anakin in swift pursuit . Dooku managed to make to the hangar and take off in his ship just before Anakin could catch him , forcing Kenobi and Skywalker to give chase . However , the ships flown by both parties were damaged and they crash landed on Vanqor . As the Jedi hunted for Dooku , the Count ambushed them in a cave , telekinetically causing a cave - in . With the Jedi trapped , Dooku stole Anakin ' s lightsaber and returned to his ship . There he encountered a group of space pirates led by Hondo Ohnaka . The pirates agreed to give Dooku passage to the nearest planet , Florrum . However , en route , Anakin ' s lightsaber was quietly pick - pocketed from the Count , along with Dooku ' s own weapon . The Count was taken hostage , and the two lightsabers were kept by Ohnaka as trophies . Ohnaka proceeded to ransom Dooku to the Republic , and Kenobi and Skywalker were sent to confirm whether it was actually Dooku . However , Ohnaka then double - crossed the two and captured them as well , planning to squeeze more money out of the Republic . However , after several attempts , the Jedi and Dooku managed to escape , reclaiming their respective weapons . Kenobi and Skywalker initially used Ohnaka as a living - shield , but when Dooku fled , they let him go , wanting no unnecessary hostilities from the pirates . However , they also warned Ohnaka that Dooku wouldn ' t be so forgiving . Compassionate mistake . After the Battle of Ryloth , Anakin Skywalker was sent on leave for a " meditative retreat " . Instead , he went to the Senate Office Building and tried convincing his wife Padmé Amidala to come with him so they could spend time together . Amidala refused , as she was too tied up with her work . As a last ditch effort to sway her , Anakin entrusted the lightsaber to her . However , they were interrupted by Bail Organa calling Padmé off for a Senate meeting . Amidala was forced to leave before she could return the lightsaber . Unfortunately , a group of bounty hunters , led by the fearsome and bloodthirsty Cad Bane , attacked the Senate Office Building and took the Senators at the meeting hostage . While Bane commenced with negotiations with Palpatine , Anakin attempted to rescue the hostages , but being unarmed , he was brought down . Bound and thrown in with the Senators , he was able to retrieve his lightsaber from Padmé . As Bane and his posse left , Anakin managed to save all present by cutting a hole in the floor , allowing the Senators to escape just before Bane detonated the explosives surrounding them . Executioner . Anakin Skywalker wielded the weapon during the Battle of Cato Neimoidia and the Battle of Coruscant , cutting down numerous battle - droids with the weapon . When Kenobi reminded Skywalker that they were on a rescue mission , and that rescuing the chancellor was more important than blowing up the ship by hand , Skywalker gripped the lightsaber with his mechanical arm so hard that its handgrip creaked in protest . Eventually , he wielded the weapon during his final battle against Count Dooku aboard the " Invisible Hand " . Giving into his rage , Skywalker viciously used the weapon to beat back Dooku and slice off both the Count ' s hands . Holding his lightsaber alongside Dooku ' s weapon at the Sith Lord ' s neck , Anakin executed the Count at Palpatine ' s behest . Soon afterwards , Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi were caught in a ray shield trap and were brought before General Grievous . The lightsaber briefly became part of Grievous ' collection , with the General planning to execute him with it . However , thanks to careful timing with Kenobi and R2 - D2 , they broke free and Skywalker quickly reclaimed the weapon , destroying one of Grievous ' IG - 100 MagnaGuards before cutting down most of the droids on the cruisers bridge . Weapon of a Sith . Later , following the duel between Mace Windu and Darth Sidious , Anakin Skywalker used the weapon to remove Windu ' s right hand , ensuring the Jedi Master ' s death , and his own fall to the dark side of the Force . After his conversion into the dark side , Anakin continued to carry his Jedi weapon , though Tionne Solusar later theorized that he continued to wield the blue - bladed weapon to avoid alerting his eventual victims of his recent conversion . Darth Vader carried the weapon during the , brutally cutting down hundreds of Jedi with the saber , with notables including the Temple swordmaster Cin Drallig after a brief duel . The weapon again saw use when Vader brought it with him to Mustafar and viciously executed the Separatist council . Its last usage in Vader ' s hands was in the Sith Lord ' s battle with his former Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi . Vader wielded the saber aggressively , but was ultimately cut down by Kenobi ' s blade due to his own recklessness . While Vader managed to survive , the lightsaber was taken by Kenobi to Tatooine . Carried by Luke Skywalker ( 0 – 3 ABY ) . Gift of a Jedi . The lightsaber remained in Ben Kenobi ' s possession for the following nineteen years , until he was presented with the opportunity to give the weapon to Luke Skywalker . After rescuing Luke from a Tusken Raider attack , Kenobi presented young Skywalker with his father ' s lightsaber and explained its previous owner ' s history ( from a certain point of view ) . Skywalker ' s early training with the weapon consisted of Form I velocities onboard the " Millennium Falcon " . Luke advanced remarkably fast , able to effectively deflect blaster bolts after only one brief session . Battle against Darth Vader . After Ben Kenobi ' s death at the hands of Darth Vader , Luke Skywalker continued to wield his father ' s weapon throughout his early Jedi career . Without Kenobi present to train him , Luke was forced to improvise and self - teach , resulting in an instinctive though highly skilled practice of Form V lightsaber combat . Luke was forced to demonstrate this skill against Vader , though not before Leia Organa took up the weapon and stood against Vader while Luke was incapacitated . Despite her valiant efforts , Leia was only briefly able to hold her own against Vader , being brought down by several light though brutal slashes . At that moment , Skywalker was able to free himself , and he stood against Vader . However , despite his own skill with the weapon , it was nowhere near enough to stand against the lightsaber ' s former owner , and Luke was forced to rely on the spiritual assistance of Kenobi to take Vader . Skywalker and Kenobi ' s spirit both completely exhausted themselves against Vader , but not before managing to amputate his right arm . However Vader , himself weary , stumbled into an ancient well before he could capture the Skywalker siblings . Desperation and deprivation . Shortly before the Battle of Hoth , Luke Skywalker used the lightsaber to escape from a wampa , and it was used shortly thereafter by Han Solo to slice open a dead tauntaun to keep the young Jedi alive . During the battle itself , Skywalker used the weapon to cut open a hatch on the bottom of an Imperial walker prior to throwing in a grenade to destroy the enemy vehicle . He then carried and used the weapon during his training under Yoda on Dagobah . Shortly after this , Luke carried the weapon with him to the Cloud City on Bespin in a bid to rescue his friends from Darth Vader . Engaging the Sith Lord in a lightsaber duel , Luke demonstrated his vastly increased skill with the weapon , impressing its former wielder . Ultimately , however , Luke ' s lightsaber hand was sliced off by Vader and fell , along with the lightsaber it carried , into the depths of Cloud City . The Emperor ' s trophy ( 3 – 9 ABY ) . The lightsaber , still clutched by Luke Skywalker ' s hand , had become lodged in one of Cloud City ' s lower air shafts and eventually was recovered by a maintenance drone . The drone deposited the hand and the lightsaber in Smelting Core D . There , it was discovered by Groggin , the Smelting Core ' s supervisor . Groggin had no use for the hand and decided to have it incinerated while he would keep the lightsaber , which he planned to melt down . However , the arrival of Darth Vader in the smelting facility prevented Groggin from taking such action . After a round of aggressive negotiations , Vader left the facility with the hand and the lightsaber in his possession . Though he had other plans for the hand and the lightsaber in mind , Vader was compelled by Palpatine to bring the two items to the Mount Tantiss storehouse on Wayland . There , the Emperor made Vader turn Skywalker ' s hand and lightsaber over to him . Six years later , the mad Jedi clone Joruus C ' baoth ordered that a clone of Luke be produced from the appendage , and that he be armed with Anakin ' s old weapon . When Skywalker arrived , leading a New Republic strike team to destroy the cloning tanks of Wayland , he was forced to fight the clone , which was being controlled by C ' baoth . It was ultimately killed by Mara Jade who then used Anakin ' s old saber to kill C ' baoth himself . Upon the team ' s return to Coruscant , Luke presented her with the weapon as a gift . Carried by Mara Jade ( 9 – 40 ABY ) . Mara Jade owned the weapon until her death at the hands of her fallen nephew Jacen Solo in 40 ABY , though she would often use her purple lightsaber . Most notably , she used the blue blade on Nirauan during the Caamas Document Crisis , on Chiss Ascendancy / Jedi / Empire of the Hand - joint mission to recover the " Outbound Flight " , during the Yuuzhan Vong War and also during the Second Corellian Insurrection . Dream of the saber ( c . 40 ABY ) . Around 40 ABY , shortly before he became Darth Caedus , Jacen Solo dreamed of his mother Leia Organa Solo using Anakin Skywalker ' s lightsaber against him , as he was contemplating on whether or not to sacrifice her and his father so he could become a Sith . The lost lightsaber ( c . 40 ABY ) . During the time around the Second Corellian Crisis , the lightsaber seemed to have been taken from the possession of Skywalker survivors and ended up in the hands of a Dark Jedi . Ben Skywalker managed to track down the lightsaber , still in the possession of the Dark Jedi . The Dark Jedi was preparing to imbue the weapon with the power of the dark side , but Ben took it from him before he was able to do so . Though it is not known what happened in the ensuing battle , it can be assumed that Ben slew the Dark Jedi as well as the other dark - siders who were present and took his grandfather ' s weapon as his own . After the death of his wife , Luke Skywalker retired the weapon , where it remained in the Jedi Temple . Behind the scenes . Anakin Skywalker ' s lightsaber in was machined to look like Luke Skywalker ' s lightsaber from and as they ' re canonically one and the same . The original hilt carried by Mark Hamill in " A New Hope " and " Empire Strikes Back " was made from the flash attachment of a Graflex 3 cell flash unit , a flash tube attachment used on forties - era press cameras , with the ridged grip made by gluing portions of hard plastic ' T ' track used for the sliding doors of display cabinets ( often mistaken for wiper blades ) onto the bare cylinder , and the switch plate fashioned from the LED display of a 1974 calculator ( In ESB the switch plate was replaced with part of a circuit board ) . Mara Jade Skywalker is depicted with the lightsaber on the cover of " " . In the 2004 digitally - remastered version of " A New Hope " , due to a color correction error , Luke ' s lightsaber appears green rather than blue in some scenes . This is later corrected in the Blu - ray release . Current location . Anakin ' s lightsaber and Luke ' s hand are currently on display as part of the " Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame Exhibition " at MoPOP Museum of Pop Culture ( Formerly EMP Museum ) in Seattle , Washington . The lightsaber prop traveled to space with shuttle Discovery in October 2007 . The prop for Luke ' s lightsaber was auctioned on December 11 of 2008 for $ 240 , 000 .