Q 01/05

What does young Anakin call Qui-Gon's lightsaber in The Phantom Menace?

A) Light blade

B) Plasma knife

C) Laser sword

D) Jedi torch

Answer · why

C) Laser sword

Laser sword. Spotting it is how the boy works out that his guest is a Jedi Knight: 'Only Jedi carry that kind of weapon,' he tells Qui-Gon.

Q 02/05

In The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo uses Luke's lightsaber to cut open which creature?

A) A wampa

B) A tauntaun

C) A bantha

D) A dewback

Answer · why

B) A tauntaun

A tauntaun. Finding Luke half-frozen on Hoth, Han slices open his own dead mount and pushes him inside for warmth while he puts up a shelter.

Q 03/05

Which animation technique gave the lightsabers of the original Star Wars trilogy their glow?

A) Stop motion

B) Matte painting

C) Cel shading

D) Rotoscoping

Answer · why

D) Rotoscoping

Rotoscoping. The reflective rods used on set stopped glowing whenever they tilted toward the camera, so artists traced over each one by hand, a frame ...

Q 04/05

In Star Wars canon, a lightsaber's kyber crystal stays colourless until what happens?

A) It is cut and polished

B) It is fitted into a hilt

C) It is charged with power

D) A Jedi bonds with it

Answer · why

D) A Jedi bonds with it

A Jedi bonds with it. Younglings must each find their own crystal in the ice caves of Ilum, and it takes on its lasting colour only once it has attune...

Q 05/05

Which Star Wars villain most famously wields a double-bladed lightsaber?

A) Darth Vader

B) Darth Maul

C) Asajj Ventress

D) Kylo Ren

Answer · why

B) Darth Maul

Darth Maul. In The Phantom Menace Obi-Wan Kenobi cuts the weapon in half, yet Maul survives and later fights on with the half that still works.