--- title: Star Wars Introduces New Lightsaber Emoji for Twitter description: Just use the hashtag #lightsaber to make it show up canonical: https://time.com/3953823/star-wars-lightsaber-emoji/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-10T16:59:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:42.633Z og:title: 'Star Wars' Introduces New Light Saber Emoji for Twitter og:description: Just use the hashtag #lightsaber to make it show up og:url: https://time.com/3953823/star-wars-lightsaber-emoji/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2603c508997f5eff/6987eb803c16395de645589f/star-wars-force-awakens2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: star-wars-force-awakens2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Star Wars' Introduces New Light Saber Emoji for Twitter twitter:description: Just use the hashtag #lightsaber to make it show up twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2603c508997f5eff/6987eb803c16395de645589f/star-wars-force-awakens2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Star Wars_ Introduces New Lightsaber Emoji for Twitter ## Video: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer [Watch (HLS stream): Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Z2jYG2aP.m3u8) (1:30)  _Published 2014-12-03. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer_ by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jul 10, 2015 4:59 PM UTC  Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force AwakensLucasfilm/Disney by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jul 10, 2015 4:59 PM UTC If the C3P0, Stormtrooper and BB8 emoji weren’t enough to keep your Twitter feed action-packed, _Star Wars_ has introduced a new emoji: a red lightsaber. Twitter users need only tweet the hashtag #lightsaber to make the icon appear and effectively slay any intergalactic haters.  The emoji are part of the brand’s promotion for the upcoming _Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens_, opening in theaters in December. > [](https://twitter.com/starwars/status/619538834460704768) ### See the Concept Art For the Original Star Wars Movie Trilogy  C-3PO and R2-D2 Courtesy of Lucasfilm  The Millenium Falcon Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Darth Vader Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Y-Wings line up against the Death Star Courtesy of Lucasfilm  An X-Wing versus TIE fighters Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Hoth Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Echo Base Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Battle of Hoth Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Battle of Hoth Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Cloud City of Bespin Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke versus Darth Vader Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke Skywalker versus Darth Vader Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Dagobah Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Jabba's Palace Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Jabba's Palace Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke Skywalker versus a rancor Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Jabba's fall Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Endor Courtesy of Lucasfilm  B-Wings Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke Skywalker versus Emperor Palpatine Courtesy of Lucasfilm ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3953823/star-wars-lightsaber-emoji/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3953823/star-wars-lightsaber-emoji/"},"headline":"Star Wars Introduces New Lightsaber Emoji for Twitter","datePublished":"2015-07-10T16:59:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:43:42.633Z","description":"Just use the hashtag #lightsaber to make it show up","url":"https://time.com/3953823/star-wars-lightsaber-emoji/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","twitter","Star Wars topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2603c508997f5eff/6987eb803c16395de645589f/star-wars-force-awakens2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2603c508997f5eff/6987eb803c16395de645589f/star-wars-force-awakens2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"star-wars-force-awakens2","caption":"Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens","creditText":"Lucasfilm/Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3953823/star-wars-lightsaber-emoji/","name":"Star Wars Introduces New Lightsaber Emoji for Twitter"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer","description":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Z2jYG2aP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-03T13:30:09.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Z2jYG2aP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3953823/star-wars-lightsaber-emoji/","duration":"PT1M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3953823/star-wars-lightsaber-emoji/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```