Why Palpatine HATED Darth Vader's Lightsaber - Star Wars Explained

upon the completion of his transformation from Anakin to Vader the Sith Lord had to make several adjustments in order to refit his life in accommodation with his new suit part of that began with just learning how to walk again and how to properly wield the force but while he had been able to get these functions back reasonably quickly Vader still had difficulty with one thing his lightsaber greetings curious acolytes of the force and welcome back to our archives in the now Legends novel dark lord the rise of Darth Vader we get a candid inside look into Darth Vader's life during the very first couple of weeks following the Mustafar instant and his medical procedure three standard weeks had passed and Vader was on his way to becoming the Dark Lord that we all know today but there were still many roadblocks to overcome one of which being his construction and use of his lightsaber after losing his old one to Obi-Wan on Mustafar despite Sidious doing what he could to help Vader adjust the two men fundamentally disagreed on the purpose function and an ideal of the lightsaber itself this was something that was reflected in each of their opinions about the lightsaber construction as neither Sidious nor Vader considered each other's weapon to be suitable for the Sith cause so why was this what made them disagree so heavily on something like lightsaber construction well the answer lies in today's Holocaust but before we opened today's holocron we'd like to thank the sponsor of today's video on a saber not only is a Jedi's lightsaber a sacred item to them and them alone but it's custom made by each individual Knight of the order to suit their own needs and style as one of the leaders in lightsaber replica creation Ona saber Prides themselves on creating high quality custom and original lightsaber Hills hilts that rival the workmanship of the most talented Jedi and Sith alike right now they are running a 40 off sale for a limited time and if you use R code stupendous you can receive an additional 15 off thank you again to Ona saber for sponsoring today's video and let's open the holocron for the first couple of weeks until he rebuilt his lightsaber Vader had been using Darth Sidious blade as a temporary one however Sidious Hilt was noticeably much smaller than his larger gloved hands required and a one-handed style was difficult to use if not outright impossible Vader was still trying to get out of the habit of trying to fight like the energetic Anakin and because of that a one-handed style would not suit him very well it would be only a couple of days later that Vader would refuse to actually use Sidious lightsaber again for combat purposes and desire to construct his own new Sith blade we'll Now read the passage from dark lord the rise of Darth Vader to see how this went Sidious had provided the synth Crystal responsible for the Crimson blade along with his own lightsaber to serve as my model and while he could appreciate the handiwork that had gone into fashioning the inlaid gently curved tilt of Sidious as lightsaber he preferred a weapon with more ballast determined to please his master he had tried to create something novel but it ended up fashioning a black version of the lightsaber he had wielded for more than a decade with a thick rigid hand grip a high output diatom core and Power Cell dual phase focusing Crystal and forward mounted adjustment knobs down to the bevel dimitter shroud the hilt mimicked anakins the book would later go on to explain that this had been a huge problem due to the fact that Anakin's Hilt had encouraged a more loose grip closer to the emitter but this type of fighting style was rendered nearly impossible by Vader's clunky suit instead Vader had to make his lightsaber practically huge in comparison to Anakin so that he would be able to grip the weapon properly it had very little style or substance to it whatsoever and was very industrial looking clearly used only for its functionality his large gloved hands made it difficult to use it any other way and he needed his lightsaber to be large enough to accommodate a tighter two-handed style of fighting as we read Vader's thoughts explain how he disliked Sidious lightsaber because he regarded it as an antique the weapon of the emperor was rarely ever used in combat and to be honest it was never really meant to be used made of extremely valuable and expensive materials the lightsaber of Darth Sidious was incredibly well crafted even Darth Vader acknowledged the fine work of the craftsmanship by the fact that it was made out of such highly prized Metals however this was meant to be an insult to the Jedi and not sidious's innate pride in the weapon it was a statement to humiliate the Jedi by making a mockery out of their ideals ideals of humility as well as a way to flaunt sidious's wealth and establish himself as the one on top of the pecking order but because of this Vader believed it was more like a piece of jewelry than an actual weapon Sidious mentions that he believes the Sith have grown beyond the use of lightsabers not so much power in a power way but in an idealistic way their enemies were all but vanquished and it was time that the siths stop being militaristic and began to truly seek the secrets of the dark side philosophically decidious lightsabers are a relic of the past his expensive Hilt is a manifestation of that belief the fact that to him lightsabers were now little more than accessories accessories meant to be a statement of power and confidence in the dark side and the supremacy of the Sith to the Jedi but Vader did not agree with this sentiment whatsoever his rage towards the Jedi still burned deep and he desired to satisfy this bloodlust utility and efficiency were What mattered not status Vader's lightsaber reflects his desire to bring order and stability to the Galaxy by force and by an iron fist not to mention it caused him constant pain by all accounts Vader should never have been able to fight again but Vader defied those odds and proved that no matter what the hindrance was he is the chosen one he is Lord Vader he is the Jedi's Reckoning his lightsabers was large and built to be tough and Powerful just as his suit is Vader's lightsaber is the very definition of the word weapon an instrument of death and destruction both hilts are insulting to the Jedi Sidious mocks the Jedi humility and Vader mocks the Jedi as a challenge a self-proclaimed status as peacekeepers by using their iconic weapon against them to the Jedi a lightsaber is a tool for peace and justice but in the hands of dark Lords it is a harbiter of pain and death Vader enjoyed battle too much but Darth Sidious wanted to move past the lightsaber and focus on the gifts of the force establish a hierarchy and Rule and master the weak Vader wanted to Cull and destroy the weak as a grim reaper Sidious believed that there was no one left to challenge him but Vader believed they shouldn't stop until that was a reality their clashing ideals about how to run the Empire is silently displayed in the very hilts of the lightsabers themselves we see this in the last couple of lines from the novel passage we read a moment ago he had ended up fashioning a black version of the lightsaber he had wielded more than a decade ago down to the beveled emitter shroud the hilt mimicked anakins just by Vader's lightsaber alone there are pieces of Anakin with this being the major fact as to why Darth Sidious hated Vader's lightsaber it was literal proof that there was still some part of Anakin left deep within him this is shown very clearly just moments after Darth Vader rises from the operation table in Revenge of the Sith after Vader reaches out with the force Sidious tortures him with Force lightning and prods at him to grasp her his lightsaber to which Vader responds that his lightsaber was destroyed Insidious tells him that he is wrong tells him that he has missed the point entirely that that was Anakin's lightsaber that it was never Vader's and that his old self needed to be left to burn on the shores of Mustafar and yet the lightsaber that Darth Vader constructed was eerily similar to Anakin proving to Sidious that his Apprentice had missed the point in the end Darth Vader hated Sidious lightsaber because he viewed it as a weapon that was more of a jewelry piece than anything substantial an artifact of old that he could not use and Vader constructed a weapon and sidious hated Vader's lightsaber because it represented the last remnants of Anakin Skywalker but now my friends we would love to hear your thoughts and insights on this in the comments down below and as always May the force be with you

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Keywords: Darth Vader, Palpatine, Palpatine Lightsaber, Lightsabers Explained, Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars Theory, Sith, Jedi, The Acolyte, Ahsoka

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Length: 8min 34sec (514 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 22 2023