Important to watch before use:

Obi-wan Kenobi’s Lightsaber was the result of having just the right junk at hand.

It has been noted that much of the production design of ANH, on Tatooine especially, came from the acquisition of airline and military scrap. At the time, it was very cheap and they bought it in bulk. Jet engines were taken apart to build blasters, droids, snub fighters, and through some sheer luck, it would seem that a handful of parts with similar diameter came together perfectly to form what was for a long time, the most mysterious saber of the saga.

With only a handful of images and diagrams to work from, the exact construction of Obi-Wan’s saber was a mystery until 2005. Created from an assortment of scrap, and disassembled and recycled after ANH was done shooting, it was near impossible to get any new or closer looks at the prop. A few parts were obvious— such as the Graflex clamp, or faucet knob pommel (though the exact make and model took time to pin down).

Popular theories from the early speculation days included machine gun and motorcycle parts. Slowly the image became clear. Other Star Wars props that used parts from the same source lead to discoveries. For example, IG88’s head was known to be part of an old jet engine— when said engine was found and disassembled by a fan, somebody recognized Obi-Wan’s emitter amongst the pieces. Today, all parts have finally been identified. Some of them are common, others are incredibly rare.

Thankfully for fans, reproduction parts crafted from originals have lead to recreations that are at least 90% accurate.

This Obiwan’s Lightsaber Replicas, produced in 2024, is among the closest in accuracy to the original real world parts!

Part List for Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Ligthsaber, as seen in Episode 4 – A New Hope

From left to right:

1 – Pommel – Armitage Shanks Sink Knob: Starlite model – produced in the 1960’s
Note: c’est donc un robinet d’eau chaude 🙂
Example:

2 – Lower Grips / Booster – Browning ANM2 machine gun booster, World War II
Note: c’est une pièce de fusil d’assault de la seconde guerre mondiale…


WWII BRITISH BSA . MODEL: BROWNING MKII MG RCAF. CALIBER: 303 BR

3 – Clamp – Graflex Flashgun Clamp, produced in the 1930’s
Note: C’est une partie d’un flash d’appareil photo des années 40, elle permet d’attacher le flash à l’appareil photo. C’est ce même flash qui a servi à créer le sabre de Luke Skawalker dans l’épisode 4 et 5 (puis 7).

Graflex 4 x 5 Speed Graphic Camera with Graflex 3-Cell Flashgun.

4 – Clamp bubble Strip – Texas Instrument Exactra 19/20, (European model) – produced in the 1970’s
Note: c’est une pièce qui servait en dessous de l’écran d’une calculatrice Texas Instrument des années 70 (permettant de faire une loupe sur les chiffres affichés).

TI-20 ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR

5 – Clamp transistors – Marconi Elliott
Note: Des composants electroniques (gros transistors) mis sur le côté… pour faire joli?

6 – Upper Grips / Grenade section – British No.3 Mk1 Rifle Grenade, World War I, produced in the 1910’s
Note: Une grenade, d’un fusil lance grenade british de la première guerre mondiale, ça le fait quand même non?

7 – Emitter – Rolls Royce Derwent engine balance pipe, produced in the 1040s
Note: Et une petite pièce d’un moteur d’avion pour compléter le tout ^^

Source:
The Complete Lightsaber Guide – pour en apprendre plus sur les sabres laser 😉
SWLB_March_2020

2 Button Controls

Terminology:

Click = do short click (so Double Click is two short clicks in quick succession)
Long Click = hold button for 1 second and release
Hold = hold button down
Clash = hit the saber
Hold + Clash = hit the saber while holding the main button 

Standard Controls While Blade is OFF

• Turn On / Ignite Saber* = Click PWR
• Turn On / Ignite Saber (Muted) = Double Click PWR
• Change color (one at a time*) = Click AUX
  *if pointing down will go to previous
• Scroll Presets (using twist menu) = Long Click AUX
  Turn Right (Stepped) = Next Preset
  Increment by 5 = Hold PWR + Turn Right
  Turn Left (Stepped) = Previous Preset
  Increment by 5 = Hold PWR + Turn Left
  Click PWR = Select Preset
  Hold PWR = Select and Ignite Preset
  Click AUX = go to First Preset
• Check Battery Level = Hold AUX, Click PWR
• Play Track = Long Click PWR pointing up
• Track Player = Long Click PWR parallel
  Turn Right (Stepped) = Next Track
  Turn Left (Stepped) = Previous Track
  Click PWR = Play Current Track Once
  Click AUX = Random (will play current track and then randomly select next tracks)
  Hold PWR + Turn Right = Rotate (will play current track and then next sequential tracks)
  Hold PWR + Turn Left = Loop Current Track
  Long Click PWR = Stop Track Player
• Force/Quote Player = Hold PWR
  If quotes exist in current font pointing straight down will toggle between Force/Quote and play
  *Quotes play sequentially 1,2,3…
  If parallel will do Force/Quote based on current mode

Standard Controls While Blade is ON

• Turn Off / Retract Blade* = Click PWR 
• Blast Effect = Click Aux
• Multi-Blast Mode = Long Click Aux
  Each Swing in Multi-Blast Mode will deflect Blast effect
  To exit, click AUX or do Clash
• Clash Effect = Clash Saber
• Stab Effect = Stab (thrust and impact tip of blade on object)
• Lockup Effect = Hold PWR + Clash Saber 
• Drag Effect = Hold AUX + Stab Down
• Melt Effect = Hold AUX + Stab Parallel or Up
• Lightning Block Effect = Hold PWR + click AUX
• Force/Quote = Long Click PWR (parallel or down)
• Color Change = Hold AUX + Click PWR (parallel or down)
• Multi-Phase Preset Change
  Hold AUX + Twist = Next Preset / Color
  Hold PWR + Twist = Previous Preset / Coler
  
  

Edit Mode (for information – example Edit the volume, the rest shouldn’t be edited)

Enter Edit Mode = While Off, Hold AUX + Hold PWR

While in Edit Mode controls are as follows:
Rotate Forward, Increase Value, Confirm “Yes” = Turn Right (Stepped)
Increment by 5 (Fonts, Tracks, Blade Length) = Hold PWR + Turn Right
Increment by 500 (Ignition Time, Ignition Delay, Retraction Time, Retraction Delay) = Hold PWR + Turn Right
Increment by 5000 (Ignition Option2, Retraction Option2) = Hold PWR + Turn Right
Rotate Back, Decrease Value, Confirm “No” = Turn Left (Stepped)
Increment by 5 (Fonts, Tracks, Blade Length) = Hold PWR + Turn Left
Increment by 500 (Ignition Time, Ignition Delay, Retraction Time, Retraction Delay) = Hold PWR + Turn Left
Increment by 5000 (Ignition Option2, Retraction Option2) = Hold PWR + Turn Left
Select, Save, Enter = Click PWR
Cancel, Revert, Go Back = Click AUX
Go to Main Menu (from sub-menu) – Hold AUX
Exit Edit Mode – Hold AUX (or rotate to “Exit”) while in Main Menu

Soundboard = ProffieBoard 3.9
Sound Fonts / blade colors list:
1 – Old Ben Kenobi / Cyan
2 – Obi-Wan Kenobi / Blue
3 – Luke Skywalker / Green
4 – Mace Windu / Purple
5 – Darth Vader / Red
6 – Rey / Yellow
7 – Ahsoka Tano / White
8 – Kylo Ren / Unstable Red

To do

List from chassis top to bottom

• Pixel blade connector
• Battery contacts
• Battery
• Accent Pixel Strips (10 pixels) x2
• Accent Pixel ring
• Accent pixel (crystal)
• Motor 47rpm
• Accent Pixel Strips (6 pixels)
• Soundboard
• 28mm Bass Speaker 3W

Battery type

KEEPPOWER 18650 3.7V 3000MAH
15A HIGH DRAIN PCB PROTECTED
REMOVABLE LITHIUM ION BATTERY