Star Wars Vintage Lightsabers

The lightsaber is the traditional weapon of the Jedi. Because its use is not widespread outside the Jedi ranks, its intended use is for defense and utility, but all Jedi are trained for dueling as well.

The lightsaber's blade is pure energy or plasma and has no mass. The loop of energy ior plasma is contained in a strong magnetic field. Light sabers operate on the arc-wave principle and gain their energy from crystals: Jedi use natural crystals, whereas Sith use synthetic.

Each lightsaber is unique, and is constructed by hand by their Jedi owners.

Vintage lightsabers are hard to come by, so this list also includes current ones. I'm a bigger fan of the newer ones anyway. Mine from childhood has an inflatable saber end with a flashlight base. Impressive for an 8 year old, but less so now!

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Star Wars Vintage Darth Vader

Darth Vader is the product of a Jedi consumed with anger and jealousy. Having lost much his body and almost his life in a battle, Vader is unable to keep himself alive without the life support of his suit, which regulates his temperature, internal organs, and assists with breathing.

Vader quickly rose through the ranks of the Empire and amassed much power and knowledge of the dark side during his rise to the top. Vader and the Emperor plotted to lure Luke Skywalker to the dark side during one of the movies pivotal scenes.

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Star Wars Vintage Yoda

Yoda is a bit of a mystery. He is a common character, appearing in every Star Wars film except the first theatrical release (episode IV). Yoda is one of the most respected Jedi, holding a seat on the Jedi high council before the Empire.

Over 900 years old, Yoda has trained many notable Jedi, including Count Dooku, Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi (before Qui-Gon Jinn takes over as Obi-Wan's master), Ki-Adi-Mundi, Kit Fisto, and Luke Skywalker. Prior to being assigned to a master, all young Jedi candidates are first trained by Yoda.

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Vintage Star Wars T-65 X-Wings

X-wings are so named because their wings split in half to form a flat "X" shape viewable from the front or rear of the craft. Each X-wing has an external cockpit where a droid can be loaded. The droid then handles things like navigation and repairs.

Luke first pilots an X-wing during the attack on the Death Star

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