--- title: Video Follows the Journey of Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber description: Luke Skywalker's lightsaber has always been an integral part of the Star Wars story. canonical: https://time.com/4276149/luke-skywalker-lightsaber-journey/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-30T15:06:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:11.785Z og:title: This Epic Video Follows the Journey of Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber og:description: From 'The Phantom Menace' to 'The Force Awakens' og:url: https://time.com/4276149/luke-skywalker-lightsaber-journey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Epic Video Follows the Journey of Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber twitter:description: From 'The Phantom Menace' to 'The Force Awakens' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Epic Video Follows the Journey of Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 30, 2016 3:06 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 30, 2016 3:06 PM UTC Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber has always been an integral part of the [_Star Wars_ story](http://time.com/4112165/every-star-wars-death/). First introduced in 1977’s _A New Hope_, the iconic blue-bladed saber has belonged to three major characters—Anakin, Luke and [Rey](http://time.com/4253729/daisy-ridley-appearance/)—throughout the series, and played a significant role in the latest installment, [_The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4271127/force-awakens-unseen-footage/). **Read More:** [Watch Harrison Ford Explain Han Solo’s Fate in _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4259592/harrison-ford-force-awakens-sneak-peak/) Now, YouTube user [Christopher Sherwood](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMRkALcNuTIWMNiJIhzR6Q) has compiled a video chronicling the path of the lightsaber across all seven movies set in the galaxy far, far away. Beginning with Qui-Gonn Jin teaching a young Anakin about the significance of the Jedi weapon of choice in _The Phantom Menace_, the footage follows the path of the lightsaber all the way up until Rey holds it out to Luke in the final scene of _The Force Awakens_. Watch the full video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4276149/luke-skywalker-lightsaber-journey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4276149/luke-skywalker-lightsaber-journey/"},"headline":"This Epic Video Follows the Journey of Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber","datePublished":"2016-03-30T15:06:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:11.785Z","description":"From The Phantom Menace to The Force Awakens","url":"https://time.com/4276149/luke-skywalker-lightsaber-journey/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars","star wars: the force awakens","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4276149/luke-skywalker-lightsaber-journey/","name":"This Epic Video Follows the Journey of Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber"}}]}] ```