What does Kenobi do wtih Qui-Gon's Saber?

I think he should have kept it in honor of his master. I heard that he gave it to Fisto who used it in the Geonosis Arena. Anybody know more about this?

 

A STARWARS.COM FORUM post by Close Yet Far states:

"After Obi-Wan killed Darth Maul using Qui-Gon's lightsaber he kept it. Seeing as Darth Maul kicked Obi-Wans lightsaber into the area where he knocked Obi-Wan into, Obi-Wan was unable to get his lightsaber back because it was deystroyed. Obi-Wan went on to use Qui-Gon Jinn's lightsaber long after the event of Episode I. If you read the book Rogue Planet by Greg Bear Obi-Wan uses Qui-Gons lightsaber in that book."

Sounds good to me!

 

that's pretty good. Any other stories?

 

The first couple of books in the Jedi Quest series or so, the two Jedi Apprentice Special Editions and I think in "Outbound Flight".

 

Here all this time I thought he put in a time-capsule and waited for Krayt to find it, so he could put it on display next to Kol's hilt. k

Seriously, he used it until it was time to make the new hope one.

 

If you recall, he had a different one in AOTC than in ROTS, so he used it until it was time to make the second one.

 

but.....it was green in TPM. How can it be the same saber if it's blue in AOTC

 

Obi-wan reconstructed his TPM Lightsaber, which he used during the years leading into and throughout much of the Clone Wars. After becoming a member of the Council, Obi-wan built the saber which he would use up until his death.

 

Okay a few points here. Didn't they recover Darth Maul's body from the bottom of the bottomless pit to confirm that he was a Sith Lord? If so maybe the lightsaber was still down there. Secondly, Obi-Wan loses his AOTC saber when he gets sent to the execution arena....so unless he got it back at some point it shouldn't be the same one he uses during the Clone Wars.

 

This falls more in line with the eu than the films. But while Maul's body was recovered, nothing was ever said about Obi-wan's saber. This all stems back to the fact that in the TPM novelization, Obi-wan decides to use Qui-gon's saber. Terry Brooks was lead to believe or had just assumed that was going to be the case. Greg Bear kept that for "Rogue Planet". But once the publicity photos began appearing, we saw which saber Obi-wan was using. So along the way, Jude Watson I believe, made the switchover. I haven't gotten to read the Jedi Quest series, so I don't know all the details. Now, following Geonosis, since the planet was captured by the Republic and the Jedi, I believe that Obi-wan's saber was recovered. In the Clone Wars comics and the first season of the micro shorts, Obi-wan's saber was drawn like the AOTC saber. Starting with the comics in early 2005, his OT saber was in use.

 

I dunno....a planet's a big place, and barring the one case where Obi-Wan conveniently drops his weapons right at Commander Cody's feet I don't think the clone troopers actually would've been looking for a one Jedi's lightsaber as they rampaged through Geonosis.

Not to mention that it's very likely Dooku kept the thing for himself, or even given it over to Grievous after the battle.

 

He probably used it until he constructed another. After that, it would the property of the Jedi Temple, as attachments are forbidden.

 

Not if they're ordered to pick it up. Or a Jedi found it while raiding the warroom.

It's not on Grievous' belt and Dooku didn't hold on to it.

It's not an attachment. An attachment in Star Wars is what we see between living people. Not objects like Lightsabers.

 

How do we even know that the one obi-wan gave luke in ANH wasnt qui-gon's? the color?

 

The saber hilt and "This is your father's lightsaber..."

 

It was destroyed when Luke blew up the DS. Nothing in the films or any other reference leads us to believe that Obiwan wasn't using the lightsaber he used to kill Maul which was Qui-Gon's. He did pick up Anakin's lightsaber in ROTS which was definitely reserved for Luke in ANH. When Obi gave himself to the FORCE in the DS his lightsaber was left on the deck(Qui-Gon's lightsaber he used to kill Maul) and later destroyed when Luke blew up the DS.

 

Obi-Wan's saber hilt is different from Qui-Gon's even in AotC and the blade color is different.

 

Ok..I wasn't looking at the hilts that closely.

 

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Luke's Lightsaber in ROTJ.

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Qui-gon's Lightsaber in TPM.

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Obi-wan's ROTS and ANH saber.

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Obi-wan's saber in TPM, AOTC and the Clone Wars era.

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Anakin's Clone Wars, ROTS, ANH and TESB saber.

 

Wow..now that's a closer look. Thanks!

 

The Lightsaber that Old Ben used to battle Vader one last time, is the same one we see him use in RotS. In the EU, Anakin Solo finds the lightsaber in Bast Castle. So if you follow the EU, Vader kept it after he struck Ben down

 

Yet, by Attack of the Clones, Obi-Wan was no longer using Qui-Gon's lightsaber. So what happened to it?


I do find it a little sad that it took Obi-Wan quite a while to stop using his master's lightsaber. This tells me that it took him a while to get over Qui-Gon's death.

 

Why does Stover say in the ROTS novel that Anakin based his design on Obi-Wan's?

 

Because Stover's a moron. The design is nothing like Obi-Wan's

 

I wouldn't say Stover is a moron as that's too harsh and not called for. More like he was taking liberties again. But, of course, it's not like he wouldn't do that or Lucas wouldn't correct that because he line edited the book.

I think it was more of a symbol. His dedication to be like his Master. As to what happened, it was probably left in the Archives.