- PLOT TWIST - In TROS, Rey hands this lightsaber to Leia (after having trained with it for a bit) and says "I'll earn your brother's saber one day". A couple of complications from this. 1) Rey 'gives it back' to Leia. So Rey doesn't own it. Leia does? 2) Rey refers to it as "YOUR BROTHER'S" saber. 3) My brain hurts.

of course its anakins he killed like 33 kids with it

Anakin's lightsaber: *exists* General Grievous: *It's Free Real Estate*

It's Anakin's lightsaber. He made it, and Obi-wan took it from him after defeating him in combat. Palpatine dubbed him "Darth Vader," after saving his life. Most, if not all, Sith Lords assumed a new name when they embraced the Dark Side, but Anakin remained despite what he (Vader) called himself. Luke made his own lightsaber as part of becoming a Jedi Knight. Rey Palpatine made her own weapon, even though Disney Star Wars (legal) is not canon.

This mystery will never get old... Just like the younglings

2019: The Rise of Skywalker 2020: Anakin’s lightsaber: A Star Wars story

Lightsabers are like art, regardless of who got ownership over it, it's still the creator's. That's why Obi-Wan, says "your father's lightsaber"

Remember in A New Hope when Obi-Wan says to Luke, "This was your father's lightsaber." That is all I needed

From my perspective, it will always be Anakin's lightsaber because it is a historical artifact. If a museum is currently in ownership of George Washington's Sword, it's still refered to as George Washington's Sword. That was his sword, regardless of who currently owns it. Whoever is in possession of that lightsaber owns "Anakin's Lightsaber".

Rey: *Buries Anakin's Lightsaber in the sand* Anakin: "Yeah, that ain't mine anymore."

Anakin: I don't like sand Rey: just burries his lightsaber in sand Anakin: it's treason then

and then out of respect for the skywalker family, she buries the lightsaber at the skywalker homestead on tatooine, making the lightsaber abandoned, and belonging to nobody.

In the very first movie, we're introduced to the lightsaber. "Your father's lightsaber" says Obi-Wan to Luke.

It's anakins lightsaber A: The blue crystal called for Anakin L: The green crystal called for Luke R: The yellow crystal called for Rey

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Even Obi-Wan said to Luke "your father's Lightsaber"

This shouldn’t be a question, it’s Anakin’s lightsaber…even LucasFilm acknowledge this when they have Rey bury it and build her own. That lightsaber was never Rey’s, a case for Luke can be made but it still doesn’t ring true because ANH (the first Star Wars movie ever) literally refers to it as “your fathers lightsaber” it’s Anakin Skywalker’s lightsaber. Rey saying *“I’ll earn your brother saber one day”* doesn’t mean it’s Luke’s, it just means she doesn’t know the full story of the lightsaber in question. Luke would never himself call that lightsaber his own, he would 100% refer to it as his fathers lightsaber…the one he himself construct is his lightsaber.

It's Anakin's. The Kyber Crystal bonded to him.

When Luke "lost" his lightsaber, it was still literally, physically in his clenched fist, therefore never leaving his possession. If someone removed it from his hand, they would be stealing it.

Since Rey created her own lightsaber with Leia and Luke’s/Anakin’s cyber crystals technically Rey’s yellow lightsaber is also there lightsaber

I mean my goodness, it's not a mystery it's Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber...

Legally Anikan Skywalker is not dead until the end of episode 6. Changing your name isn't a legal death. Meaning Obi-wan STOLE Anikan's lightsaber and then gave it to Luke. At this point in time it is still Darth Vader's property until it is salvaged and the appropriate amount of time has passed for legal transfer of unclaimed property. Make those corrections and then take into account known laws of the old republic, the empire, and the new republic and you will have a complete record of ownership.

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I pray people who hate Rey and the Sequels so much never get to use the Force. Ever. They don’t deserve it.

Actually Rey buries the lightsaber in the sand and it sunk in it. Therefore it became the whole skywalkers family lightsaber because we see Luke and Leila as force ghosts in there and it only makes sense that Anakin is now the owner as well because that was his new home when he came back to help his mom. So actually it is the whole Skylar family lightsaber now. It this is my theory, it is still Anakins lightsaber because he is technically not dead because he learned the path to immortality and he is still living in with the force. So according to legal terms, he never actually intended to gift it to anyone meaning that it is still anakins.

The issue with this is that we have to take star wars lore into consideration, which means that the lightsaber, no matter who has it, still belongs to the being who imbued it with the force. Just because a person uses it doesn't mean it belongs to them since we've seen in multiple stories that a person who takes a lightsaber from, say, a sith tomb, could be possessed by the sith spirit since the lightsaber is imbued with apart of the spirit. Its why Luke's lightsaber was never Anakins, it was the green lightsaber he himself built, and I'd like to point out something else, a very important detail that people tend to ignore where even in the OT, it was considered Anakin's lightsaber, and that's when Obi Wan gave the lightsaber to Luke, where he said "This is your fathers ligthsaber." Right there, it shows that, even though Kinobe had possession of it, he still considered it Anakins since that's the ideology of the Jedi. So because of these, I have to say it has always been and will always be Anakins lightsaber, and that, until Rey builds her own, she technically doesn't have an actual lightsaber of her own.

The mystery is solved in the first movie ever of Star Wars. Kenobi: “Your fathers lightsaber”

The Lightsaber belongs to Rey cause she is all the Jedi and Luke was the son of Anakin, Luke allowed Rey to use the lightsaber and Obi-Wan gave the lightsaber to Luke, cause he knew Luke deserved it and Luke knew that Rey deserved it.

Now the lightsaber is no ones cause rey left it on the desert planet and got a new yellow saber

It’s Anakin’s, think of it like this, if someone kidnaps your child, it’s doesn’t mean it’s not your child anymore, it’s still your child and it’s still yours, remember obi wan took it from Anakin, Anakin didn’t give it to him, it’s still Anakin’s lightsaber

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Figured I'd chip in my 2 cents (not saying its the right answer just what I go by). A youngling has to complete their first lightsaber before becoming a full Jedi. As we know (From Clone Wars which is cannon) to select their Crystal the younglings must enter a crystal cave on the planet of Ilum and the crystal will call to them, then they must overcome their biggest weakness to retrieve their crystal and leave the cave. Taking this into consideration, WHO would have retrieved the crystal embedded in the saber in question.......It would be Anakin. Anakin overcame the trial of the crystal cave, exited with his crystal and therefore constructed the saber using his earned crystal. Now is it true that Rey and Luke "Possessed" the saber at some point yes. But as we see, they also constructed their own sabers which we can assume were done so after retrieving their own Crystals, overcoming their own obstacles, and completing their first builds. So here is how I conclude; Luke and Rey were "younglings" or "Padawans" at most (using Jedi terms of rank) while using Anakin's Saber, and during that time they learned, trained, and used it but given the owner of the CRYSTAL that powered it has a connection with Anakin, it is Anakin's saber who was the only true JEDI to use it. You can let your son or daughter drive your car while they are learning but if you own the TITLE to the car, they may use/possess the car at times, but until they own the title it is yours. Saber = Car, Crystal = Title. Thats all I got.

SW IRL: this is Rey’s lightsaber Me who just bought it on amazon:

It's not Anakin's, nor is it Rey's. It is General Grievous's fine addition.

It's Anakin's Lightsaber, Lightsabers are like paintings they have one single creator. Rey's lightsaber is the yellow one, Luke's Lightsaber is the green one, it doesn't matter who was using it at what time. It will always be called Anakin's Lightsaber.

This is Anakin's lightsaber. Luke and Rey later made their own

Anakin's lightsaber is like the town's bike... everyone has had a ride.

You forgot: The starwars universe has different legal laws

“It’s Rey’s.” It’s treason then.

It’s ANAKIN’S. Luke’s lightsaber was the green one.

People who say its Luke's or Rey's are clearly wrong. Its Anakin's. Just because the most feared sith lord in the galaxy said "Yeah you remember me? Anakin? Yeah no i killed Anakin, im now Vader. Yeah i did that without going through the legal paperwork of changing my name, ill just change it and wont tell anyone. So im still Anakin but not Anakin, you get me?" that doesnt mean his name just changes on the spot. Lets debunk the arguments: Just because we saw luke with it first doesnt make it his, Luke never inherited it, Obi-wan literally just took the lightsaber after beating Anakin on mustafar and gave it to luke, so its not inheriting. Rey just doesnt even belong to be mentioned as its owner. Disney is stupid so that argument is worthless. It only called to her because of Disney so again its worthless, Rey is only holding the lightsaber currently because of Disney again worthless (if you want to say that its hers because she holds it, Finn held the lightsaber before Rey, so at that time was the lightsaber his? NO (yes i know he says finn didnt own it, but his reasoning is justified, people just say its rey's because she holds it, they dont give a reasonable reason)). Luke never gave it to her, he threw it off the cliff and Rey went and took it, again because of Disney so worthless once again (It was never luke's to begin with so he cant just give it to her) Anakin constructed it, had it the longest (this argument is stupid but ill include it), Killed younglings with it, Old Ben told luke it's his father's lightsaber. IF YOU GO ONTO GOOGLE AND SEARCH ANAKIN'S LIGHTSABER THE IMAGE OF IT LITERALLY COMES UP. If you want to bring legality into this, like i said Anakin never LEGALLY changed his name to DARTH VADER, meaning its just a title, like Commisioner or General. So even though he goes by Darth Vader doesnt mean he is not Anakin. You're entire argument relies on this point which i just debunked. So its not Rey NOT A SKYWALKER's saber its Anakin's.

"This is legally Rey's Light Saber" Fans of the prequels and the Originals: It's Treason then

Technically Luke’s cut off hand held the saber for the longest time

but as the saying goes "that was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away" who knows what has happened to it now.

Obi-Wan stole the saber from Anakin, still his property

Spoiler: Its tatoine’s light saber

Okay listen it just doesn’t feel right calling it “Rey’s lightsaber” I mean Anakin did slaughter younglings with it that has to count to something

Rey doesn’t have a light saber, she never wielded one 😂

why can't we just say it is the SKYWALKER saber and be over with this? I know Rey isn't a "skywalker" and I hated that scene too, but like yea

When people call it Rey’s lightsaber I die a little inside

This entire theory can be proved wrong by considering the fact that Star Wars might not use our legal system...

Disney & Lego licensed this lightsaber last year. They called it Luke Skywalkers lightsaber. I personally will always refer to it as Anakins lightsaber. As he created it.

It belongs to Sand now. The lightsaber once owned by Anakin now belongs to his mortal enemy. It’s like poetry, it rhymes.

7:46 Maz said that the “lightsaber was Luke’s.” Therefore, she knew it was Luke’s saber. And since she didn’t return it to Luke, it is larceny by finding. Therefore, she technically committed a crime

This is not the real question, the real question is: Where the f is Luke’s green lightsaber?

I think its Anakin's because it was never actually passed down to Luke, it was stolen by Obi-Wan on Mustafar, its like saying "Oh I own this thing, somebody who stole it gave it to me.".

What I want to know is if someone lost a stolen object, and it was found by a third party, is it still the original owner's responsibility to collect it within 3 months? Because Luke was not the rightful owner when he lost it. The lightsaber was basically stolen from Anakin by Obi-wan and later given to Luke. But it should still be the legal property of Anakin.

Luke’s is green Anakin has the blue and reys is yellow

Obi wan. "Gives luke lightsaber with no rules" Luke. "Looks down the hilt and presses button. Obi wan. Oh no Luke. "Gets lightsaber in eyeball" Obi wan. Time to find leia

rey in the rise of skywalker putting the saber in the sand! the sand owns the saber...

Technically, that's not Rey's. Each owner had a different iteration of the lightsaber. The model you're holding looks like it's from Revenge of the Sith, meaning in the time period represented, that's modeled after Anakin's. But if you really want to get truly technical, that lightsaber is yours.

Obiwan: Here is your fathers lightsaber. He killed 30 children with it.

Anakin was redeemed in the Return of the Jedi, therefore, he owned the lightsaber.

To me, it's anakins lightsaber Lukes is the green one Yellow is reys Also anakin didn't legally die it was stolen And they abandoned it at the end

This has been the most useful star wars video I've seen in a long time that I can actually impress someone irl lol

The law doesn’t recognize sith transformations. Anakin Skywalker will always be Anakin Skywalker. Therefore, obi wan stole the lightsaber, making every owner thereafter illegitimate.

It’s Anakin’s because Luke has his Green lightsaber and Rey has her new yellow one

Great job, you just pissed off the entire fandom. It's the Skywalker lightsaber, and Rey is not a Skywalker.

Well obviously it’s Anakin’s Lightsaber because Anakin Skywalker is the Jedi who constructed the lightsaber

Disney doesn’t have a say in who’s lightsaber it is

When luke threw it off of a cliff he was also littering.

The lightsaber actually now belongs to Sand 1. Rey buried both lightsabers IN sand which is abandonment 2. Rey buried with intend. 3. Sand can't even accept it but still gets it anyway.

10:03 technically it’s not Reys light saber because Kylo Ren is Darth Vader‘s grandson and so it should be passed down to Kylo Ren

It’s not called Rey’s lightsaber. Rey just owns Anakin’s lightsaber.

But didn’t Obi-Wan steal it? Anakin never gave him permission to take it, so it’s Anakin’s.

Rey buried the lightsaber at the end of rise of Skywalker. meaning no one own it. Buy burying it she gave it up.

No, Annakin, Luke and Rey had in every case an own special Version of the Saber. 3 different Sabers. So every Person had its own Lightsaber. Annakins is smaller, fix Bunny ears etc. Lukes had 2 Buttons,no Lens Reys has a Lens,only 1 Button The Saber you have, is Reys. I can see it from here.

“Your father’s lightsaber” it’s Anakins

Obi-wan Kenobi’s words are “this is your father’s lightsaber”. “Your father’s lightsaber” these words alone sun it up already.

the problem with this is because i can illegally change my name like anakin did and say that the old me is dead, that doesn't mean that i am actually dead, since obi wan took it that means that obi wan stole it and he has no right to just give it away

I like how basically my guy just teaches us new words while we learn about anakins/Luke/Rey’s lightsaber

Me: sees thumbnail Me in my head: How can you do this, it’s outrageous, it’s unfair!!

I don’t care who “owns” it. It’s anakins

Prequel: its anakins Original: its anakins Sequels: its a……anakins?

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StarWars IRL: says 4% voted for Luke’s lightsaber Screen: says 5% Me: *Visible confusion*

Everything was less confusing But disney just gotta ruin it all

Star Wars isn’t really a universe known for having the tightest laws considering slavery is legal.

"Whose lightsaber is this?" Anakin's. Who constructed it? Anakin. Who wielded it the most?, Anakin. Who used it and killed them all, not just the men, but the women, and the children too? Anakin. Who killed 30 younglings with it? Anakin. On the contrary, Luke only fought a single battle with it, and Rey used it with no reason, for no reason, and then burried it *in sand!!*

no one cares who currently owns it. it is anakins lightsaber because he created it and mastered it.

Just like the Darksaber will always be Tarre Vizsla’s; that is always Anakins lightsaber. I’m glad The Rise Of Skywalker basically confirmed it. Anakin built that lightsaber. Luke built his green lightsaber. And Rey built her yellow lightsaber. Whoever builds it is the true owner. Even Jedi Fallen Order calls the lightsaber you are using by its original owners name, Jaro Topal. Even though it was gifted to Cal

Actually, nobody owns this lightsaber. In TROS, Rey buried the lightsaber on Tatooine and abandoned it. Therefore, the lightsaber has no owner (currently).

The one you're holding is Rey's because it has a gold clamp card and the short nose. It'd be Luke's if it had the silver or bubble clamp card, no grip screws or the long nose. It'd be Anakin's if it was thinner and had knurling around the center grip

Simple: Rey owned Anakin's lightsaber (and then buried it in sand to mess with his force ghost) The law is all well and good but a lightsaber is something that a Jedi builds for themselves. You can own and use someone else's lightsaber but it is not YOUR lightsaber.

Rey's lightsaber, it is not. Deserve it, she does not.

I reckon it's Anakin's because he constructed it, mastered it, and he's worthy of it because he bonded with it. It was his originally, so I think it's his.

Whoever created the lightsaber is the owner what I mean is that rey has her yellow saber and Luke has his green saber

Didn’t obi-wan in theory mug him, he just cut the guy and stole his stuff? Edit: Thanks so much for the likes!

Kylo is a descendant, he has a legal argument that the lightsaber may indeed be his.

It’s like a car, you can be the keeper and/or the owner. Anakin is the owner of the saber but rey is the keeper of the saber