QUESTION: “Anakin returning Ahsoka’s lightsabers with a few upgrades was an incredible moment. Did Anakin find a way to alter her kyber crystals to emit blue blades, or did he somehow swap them out entirely?”
DAVE FILONI: “Anakin knows enough about lightsabers to be able to alter the angle or frequency of the saber blade, or crystal, to make it more like his own. As far as the story goes, I wanted to show a clear connection between the Master and Apprentice relationship of Anakin and Ahsoka, so I decided to shift her lightsabers to blue, like Anakin’s. Him tinkering with her lightsabers while she is gone shows that he was always thinking of her. And the lightsabers are then a representation of her in the story, and his thoughtfulness regarding her. His changing the color can also be seen as him exerting control, or being too protective, which is very Anakin. He means well, but often takes things too far when trying to express how he feels. Changing the sabers, modifying them, improving them shows his care, but also his ego–something that Ahsoka is familiar with. So the simple adjustment of the lightsaber color serves as many aspects of the relationship between the two characters.”
