Baylan Skoll's Lightsaber: Color, Hilt, Duels and Replicas

Baylan Skoll’s lightsaber is a single orange-red blade powered by a kyber crystal, and it is canon only [1]. He built it as a Jedi student in the last years of the Republic, with help from the architect droid Huyang, and he carries it in the Ahsoka series as a mercenary [1][2]. This page is about the saber itself: the color, what we can say about the hilt, how he fights, where it shows up and what a replica costs. For the color’s meaning across Star Wars, see the orange lightsaber page, and for the Sith blade it is often mistaken for, see the red lightsaber page.

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Last checked: 2026-11-11.

Quick answers

• Blade: orange-red, single [1].
• Crystal: kyber [1].
• Builder: Baylan Skoll, during the late Republic Era [1].
• Where: the Ahsoka series, first pictured in the 2023 teaser trailer [1].
• Fate: not stated in the sources read; season 2 is scheduled for 20 January 2027 [3].
• Legends: no Legends version found; the character is new to canon [1].

Who Baylan Skoll is

Skoll is a Force-sensitive human who served as a Jedi Knight and General in the Clone Wars and survived the Great Jedi Purge [2]. He later became a mercenary, took Shin Hati as an apprentice, and joined forces with Morgan Elsbeth while she searched for Grand Admiral Thrawn [2]. Wookieepedia places the series in 9 ABY, which means nine years after the Battle of Yavin, the calendar Star Wars stories use [1].

The official Databank entry is thin. It calls him a lightsaber-wielding mercenary for hire, lists Ahsoka as his only appearance, and says nothing about the weapon itself [4]. For the weapon you have to go to the wiki, and its saber page is a stub by its own banner [1]. That is worth knowing before you trust any single number you read about this hilt.

Blade color and crystal

The wiki lists the blade as orange-red and the crystal as kyber [1]. Showrunner Dave Filoni said the color was deliberate. In an April 2023 interview he said the blades of Baylan and Shin are tinted orange rather than plain villain red, and that this hints the characters may not be what they seem [8]. Wookieepedia adds that Filoni remembered Darth Vader’s blade looking a little orange in effects shots as a kid, and wanted a two-tone blade that would not let young viewers decide Baylan’s side too early [1]. The comparison with Vader is covered on the Darth Vader lightsaber page.

The longer story of orange as a lightsaber color, including Shin Hati’s saber and the Legends gray Jedi, is on the orange lightsaber page and is not repeated here. How a kyber crystal sets a color is explained on the kyber crystals page.

The Baylan Skoll lightsaber hilt and size

Here the sources are thinner than people assume. Wookieepedia gives the model as a single-bladed lightsaber and the culture as Jedi, and it gives no hilt dimensions, materials or a description of the grip [1]. The handbook card for this saber says the same: the source page does not describe the hilt [10]. So there is no confirmed length or weight for the on-screen prop in anything read for this page.

What the replica makers say is a different matter, and it is worth labeling as such. Disney’s store page describes its set as modeled on the saber Skoll wields in his two-handed style [9]. The Screen Rant report on Hasbro’s replica says the removable blade is sized to match the unusually long blade Skoll wields in the show [7]. Both are product descriptions, not statements from the series. Together they suggest a long hilt and blade built for two hands, which fits how he fights.

The part of the story the wiki does state is the build. Huyang helped Skoll construct the saber when he was a student, and in the series the droid identifies the owner from a hologram of the hilt [1]. For another saber with a back story told through its builder, see Ezra Bridger’s lightsaber.

How Baylan fights with it

Wookieepedia describes his style as long, two-handed, heavy strikes, backed by his strength and stamina, which let him overwhelm opponents [2]. It adds that he deflects blaster bolts, and that he was skilled enough to match Ahsoka Tano and to beat her in their first duel [2]. The wiki does not name a lightsaber form for him, so this page does not assign one. For what the numbered forms are, see the lightsaber forms page.

The first duel happens on the planet Seatos over a star map mechanism. Skoll fights mainly to keep Ahsoka away from the map [2]. She burns her left hand on the heated metal, and he presses his attack until she is locked at the cliff edge, then sends her over it with an upward strike [2]. The second clash is on Peridea. This time Ahsoka uses both of her sabers and the two are evenly matched, until Huyang fires missiles from his shuttle and the smoke gives her an opening to escape [2]. Ahsoka’s own blades are on the Ahsoka Tano lightsabers page.

Where the saber appears in Ahsoka

Wookieepedia lists the saber in Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Six, Seven and Eight of season 1, plus Season 2 [1]. It also lists a comic variant cover and a mobile game [1]. The handbook card lists the same seven episodes [10]. The table below sorts the main uses by event, as the wiki describes them.

An SDCC 2023 props article on StarWars.com is the wiki’s source for the first identification of the hilt as Skoll’s [1]. Another saber in the same story belongs to Sabine Wren, who is covered on the Sabine Wren lightsaber page. For every blade in the series, film by film, see every lightsaber by film.

What happens next

The sources read for this page give no end for the saber. At the close of season 1 Skoll is on Peridea, searching for a power he believes is hidden there, and the wiki does not say that the saber is lost or destroyed [2].

Season 2 is scheduled to premiere on 20 January 2027 [3]. Ray Stevenson, who played Skoll in season 1, died in May 2023, and Rory McCann was cast as Skoll for season 2 in January 2025 [2][3]. Wookieepedia already lists Season 2 among the saber’s appearances [1]. Treat anything beyond that as unconfirmed until the episodes air.

Canon and Legends

Canon is the continuity Lucasfilm treats as current. Legends is the label for the licensed stories that came before the April 2014 reset. Baylan Skoll first appears in the 2023 Ahsoka series, which is canon [2][3]. I looked for a Legends page for his saber on Wookieepedia and found nothing, which is what you would expect for a character created nine years after that reset. If you see a Legends claim attached to this saber, it has no source I could open.

Replicas

Two licensed replicas were found on official pages. Hasbro’s Star Wars The Black Series Force FX Elite model is made to resemble Skoll’s saber, with a removable blade, LED lighting and sound effects including progressive ignition, a clash effect and a duel mode [5]. It needs three AA alkaline batteries that are not included, is rated for ages 14 and up, and carries a warning that its flashes may trigger epilepsy in sensitive people [5]. The box holds the saber, a stand, a barrel plug, an allen wrench and instructions [5]. Hasbro Pulse listed it at $249.99 as of November 2026, sold out, with a limit of three per customer [6]. Screen Rant’s report on the launch gave the same price [7].

Disney’s Legacy lightsaber set has an orange blade about 34 inches long and a hilt about 14 inches long, runs on three AAA batteries that are included, and comes with a belt clip, display stand and protective case [9]. Disney lists it at $249.99, and the page showed it out of stock when I read it in November 2026 [9]. The page calls it modeled on the two-handed saber and “inspired by” the saga, so it is a licensed collectible and not a copy of the prop [9].

Both are display collectibles with electronics, not dueling swords. To compare them with other Force FX hilts, read Black Series Force FX lightsabers and the lightsaber replica guide. If you would rather build a pixel blade in a similar color, see neopixel lightsaber.

The handbook card

The handbook card (handbook/sabers/baylan-skoll-orange.md) says orange-red, single blade, canon, first appearance Ahsoka in 2023, and lists the seven episodes [10]. Its header says it was checked on 2026-11-01 for color, type, first appearance and episodes [10]. Today’s reading of Wookieepedia agrees on all four. The card’s replica line says no replica was verified, and that is now out of date, since the Hasbro and Disney pages above exist [5][9]. The card’s hilt line, that the source page does not describe the hilt, also matches what was found [10].

Sources

1. Wookieepedia, Baylan Skoll’s lightsaber, https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Baylan_Skoll%27s_lightsaber (read through the public API, accessed 2026-11-11)
2. Wookieepedia, Baylan Skoll, https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Baylan_Skoll (accessed 2026-11-11)
3. Wikipedia, Star Wars: Ahsoka, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Ahsoka (accessed 2026-11-11)
4. Star Wars Databank, Baylan Skoll, https://www.starwars.com/databank/baylan-skoll (accessed 2026-11-11)
5. Hasbro, Star Wars The Black Series Baylan Skoll Force FX Elite Lightsaber instructions, https://instructions.hasbro.com/en-us/instruction/star-wars-the-black-series-baylan-skoll-force-fx-elite-lightsaber (accessed 2026-11-11)
6. Hasbro Pulse, Star Wars The Black Series Force FX Elite Baylan Skoll Lightsaber, https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/G07015L00 (accessed 2026-11-11)
7. Screen Rant, Baylan Skoll’s Orange Lightsaber Brought To Life In Unique New Black Series FX Elite Reproduction, https://screenrant.com/baylan-skoll-orange-lightsaber-hasbro-black-series/ (published 2024-11-19, accessed 2026-11-11)
8. Screen Rant, Dave Filoni Confirms Orange Lightsabers In Ahsoka, https://screenrant.com/ahsoka-dave-filoni-orange-lightsabers-response/ (published 2023-04-09, accessed 2026-11-11)
9. Disney Store, Baylan Skoll Legacy LIGHTSABER Set, https://www.disneystore.com/baylan-skoll-legacy-lightsaber-set-star-wars-418149061835.html (accessed 2026-11-11)
10. Handbook card handbook/sabers/baylan-skoll-orange.md (header: checked 2026-11-01; replica line unverified)