Kyber Saber The Kyber Saber was an ancient artifact of the Jedi created by Baird Kantoo and was later discovered by Rowan Freemaker . Description . The Kyber Saber was a sword made out of several pure kyber crystal s . It was so powerful that its maker , a Jedi Master named Baird Kantoo , smashed it and hid the crystals throughout the galaxy . History . Origins . Before the dawn of the Old Republic , a Jedi Master named Baird Kantoo forged a sword made of pure kyber crystal s known as the Kyber Saber . As the first lightsaber , the Kyber Saber was said to magnify the wielder ' s Force powers a thousandfold . Upon wielding it , Kantoo discovered its creative potential to reshape landscapes and destroy whole planetary bodies with a single swing . Realizing that the weapon was too dangerous for any individual to wield , the Jedi Master smashed it and hid the crystals throughout the galaxy . The Freemakers and Naare . During the Galactic Civil War , the Sith Lord s Darth Sidious and Darth Vader learned about the Kyber Saber from the Jedi Archives and decided to obtain it . Darth Sidious planned to collect all the kyber crystals and use them to destroy the galaxy in one big blast . The Sith Lords dispatched the Sith agent Naare to retrieve the shards of the Kyber Saber . Naare traveled to the jungle world of Nal Kapok where she found the Kyber Saber ' s hilt in an underground cave . During that trip , she encountered a Force - sensitive boy named Rowan Freemaker and his B1 battle droid Roger ; whom she saved from being devoured by a dianoga . Naare managed to convince Rowan that she was a Jedi Purge survivor . After relating to him the history of the Kyber Saber , she gained Rowan ' s trust and offered to train him in the ways of the Jedi . Naare then settled with the Freemakers at the Wheel space station by tricking the owner into renting her a room for one credit . Later , Rowan sensed through the Force that the second Kyber Saber crystal was in the Balgaroth asteroid field . While Naare and his older sister Kordi Freemaker argued about Rowan ' s safety , Rowan and Roger sneaked off on a ship to the Balgaroth asteroid field . There , they discovered that the second kyber crystal was lodged in a rock over a vat of lava . Despite retrieving the crystal , the two were quickly captured by the Hutt crime lord Graballa , who desired the crystal . Rowan ' s older brother Zander and sister Kordi mounted a rescue mission with the help of Naare . While escaping from Graballa ' s base , the kyber crystal was sucked out into space . After escaping Graballa and his henchmen including the bounty hunter Dengar , Naare was so enraged with the Freemakers that she attempted to destroy their starship , the " StarScavenger " . However , Rowan sensed the second crystal and managed to retrieve it ; earning Naare ' s praise in the process . After a false lead on Cloud City , Rowan managed to obtain the third Kyber Saber crystal from a Trandoshan statue on the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk . Rowan ' s discovery pleased his " master " Naare . Despite these initial successes , Naare soon encountered delays in her mission to recover the remaining kyber crystals due to the Freemakers ' preoccupation with other matters . Growing impatient , the Emperor suggested that Naare slice up Rowan ' s family to motivate the boy in a hologram message . Rowan accidentally discovered the message and realized that Naare was a Sith . Race for the Kyber Saber . Rowan informed Kordi , Zander , and Roger and the Freemakers fled their garage on the Wheel . After escaping Naare , the Freemakers resolved to find the remaining Kyber Saber crystals so that the Empire could not use them for destructive purposes . On Takodana , Rowan managed to obtain the fourth Kyber Saber crystal from Maz Kanata . However , Naare joined forces with Graballa , who wanted the crystals to raise funds to build a beachside resort and cafe . In order to catch Rowan , the two reached an agreement to share the crystals . With the help of Graballa ' s starship " Rancor ' s Fist " , Naare managed to steal the fourth , fifth , and sixth Kyber Saber crystals from the Freemakers on Takodana , Ningoth , and Naboo . Despite losing Rowan , Naare managed to track the Freemakers ' movements by using a tracking device she had planted on Roger ' s bagpack . After learning that the seventh Kyber Saber crystal was on the frozen planet of Hoth , the Freemakers managed to delay Naare by seeking refuge with the former Sith clone Jek - 14 on the planet Zoh . When Naare and Graballa learned of their whereabouts , the Freemakers raced their opponents to Hoth . There , Rowan and his siblings discovered that the last Kyber Saber crystal was hiding in an underground ice cavern . After recovering the last crystal , they engaged Naare and Graballa in a brief battle . In the end , Rowan managed to trick Naare by offering a fake ice shard to her . Before Naare and Graballa discovered the deception , the Freemakers fled offworld on the " StarScavenger " . After their adventure on Hoth , Rowan decided that he could not endanger his siblings . He and Roger sneaked away on a Z - wing and fled into hyperspace . Rowan and Roger hid with the last Kyber Saber crystal on an uncharted planet . There , Rowan completed his Jedi training with the help of Roger ' s memories and some training droids . Meanwhile , Naare conceived of a plan to lure Rowan out of hiding by torturing Zander and Kordi . Naare destroyed Zander ' s starship collection and Kordi ' s credit s , causing them emotional harm . Rowan sensed their pain through the Force and returned with Roger to confront Naare . Despite besting Naare and Graballa ' s henchmen in a fierce skirmish , Naare learned that Roger knew the location of the last crystal . After stealing the droid ' s head , she terminated her deal with Graballa and used her Force powers to drive him out . Naare then departed on her Eclipse Fighter to reclaim the seventh crystal . Naare ' s gambit . Using the knowledge stored in Roger ' s databank , Naare traveled to the uncharted world and reclaimed the seventh Kyber Saber crystal . After reassembling the Kyber Saber , Naare was contacted by the Emperor , who expressed anger that his servant was handling his " prized weapon . " Tired of serving the troublesome Sith Lord , Naare rebelled and used the Kyber Saber to destroy an Imperial fleet above Coruscant . Having decimated Palpatine ' s defenses , Naare attempted to declare herself Empress . During the fighting on Coruscant , Rowan and the other Freemakers managed to steal back the Kyber Saber . Despite being pursued by Imperial forces , the Freemakers escaped into hyperspace . Aware of the Kyber Saber ' s danger , Rowan decided to destroy the weapon by throwing it into the lava fields of Sullust . Palpatine was angered by the theft of the Kyber Saber and placed Rowan on the Empire ' s 27th Most Wanted List . Meanwhile , Graballa and his henchmen caught up with Naare and had her frozen in carbonite as punishment for breaking their deal . In space , the Freemakers joined the Rebel Alliance at the invitation of Admiral Ackbar , who had learnt of Rowan ' s exploits . Despite the Kyber Saber ' s destruction , the Emperor mistakenly believed that Rowan still had it and ordered his hunter droid M - OC to recover it . . However , right before the Battle of Endor , he managed to retrieve it from Sullust and use it to defeat M - OC , who was guarding the main reactor on the Second Death Star . It was destroyed , once and for all , when the rebels destroyed the space station , although Rowan survived by getting a pickup from the " StarScavenger " .