Darth Revan's Lightsaber: Colors, Hilts and Canon vs Legends

Darth Revan’s lightsaber has no single color, because Revan is a Legends character whose blade changes between games, comics and reference books [1]. The Sith Lord version carries a red blade. The Jedi versions are blue, violet or green, depending on which source you open [1][2][3]. Current canon gives Revan a name and a legion, but no lightsaber [4]. This page sorts the two named hilts, the colors, and what is solid or unverified. The costume side is on the Darth Revan costume section.

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Last checked: 2026-11-09.

Quick answers

• Color: red as a Sith Lord, violet or blue as a Jedi, with other colors in some media [1].
• Continuity: Legends. Canon only mentions the name [4].
• Named hilts: Fallen Revan’s Lightsaber and Redeemed Revan’s Lightsaber [2][3].
• Fate: left behind with the mask and robes on Yavin IV [1][3].
• First appearance: Knights of the Old Republic, 2003 [4].

Is the Darth Revan lightsaber canon or Legends

Wookieepedia keeps two separate Revan articles, one for each continuity [1][4]. The Legends article covers the Knights of the Old Republic hero, the Mandalorian Wars and the Jedi Civil War. The canon article is short.

In canon, Revan returns through a mention in a 2019 reference book, The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary. It names a Sith Eternal army legion after him, and says only Sith cultists knew the name [4]. The canon article lists no lightsaber and no on-screen appearance. A scene that would have shown Revan in The Clone Wars was cut, and a 2025 LEGO series that includes him is marked non-canon [4]. So every hilt on this page is Legends.

The lightsaber colors guide covers canon colors in general. For where red blades come from in canon, read the red lightsaber page.

Revan’s lightsaber in Knights of the Old Republic

Knights of the Old Republic (2003) lets the player customise Revan’s looks and weapons, so the game itself never fixes one saber [1][4]. Revan’s official biography has to pick one, which is why sources disagree [1].

The hilt that fans call the Sith saber first appeared in that game as the standard hilt of all one-handed lightsabers [2]. In 2008 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia identified it as Darth Revan’s saber [2]. The hilt shows up again in a vision in Knights of the Old Republic II and in the remake [2]. Wookieepedia’s Revan page also lists the Knights of the Old Republic comic series and The Old Republic: Revan as sources that show his saber differently [1].

Fallen Revan’s Lightsaber

This is the weapon Revan used before and during his reign as Dark Lord of the Sith [2]. Wookieepedia describes it as a single blade with an alloy metal hilt, usable as a Jedi or Sith model, built before 3963 BBY [2]. BBY means before the Battle of Yavin, the calendar Star Wars stories use.

The original crystal was blue. After the Sith Emperor turned Revan to the dark side, Revan kept the saber but swapped in a synthetic crimson crystal [2]. He used it in the later years of the Mandalorian Wars, and during the Jedi Civil War against the Jedi, including when Bastila Shan led a strike team to capture him [2].

The name “Fallen Revan’s Lightsaber” comes from the 2020 release of the hilt in the game Star Wars: The Old Republic as a Cartel Market item [2]. The wiki page itself is a stub and says it needs better referencing, so treat the details as a fan wiki summary [2].

Redeemed Revan’s Lightsaber

The second named hilt is a violet saber, first depicted in Star Wars: The Old Republic in 2011 [3]. It is Revan’s weapon toward the end of his life [3]. Wookieepedia says Revan carried it when he was freed from stasis and fought at the Foundry space station, and that it stayed with him until he fell for the last time on Yavin IV. After that it was left behind with his mask and robes [1][3].

The in-game model was designed by Tanner Hartman [3]. In the mobile game Galaxy of Heroes, the Darth Revan character carries this saber, but with four ridges on the grip instead of three, which the wiki calls an inconsistent depiction [3]. The Jedi Knight Revan character in that game carries the Sith saber instead, the reverse of what the names suggest [2][3].

The Legends article also says that after the Foundry, a darker Revan acquired a second red saber and controlled two more with the Force [1].

What color is Revan’s lightsaber

It depends on the year and the medium. Wookieepedia’s Legends article lists the changes in story order [1].

The Fallen page gives its own list for that hilt: violet, blue and red [2]. The wiki also argues that a red blade changing to purple mirrors his move from Sith Lord to Jedi [1]. That is the editors’ reading, not an official statement.

What happened to Revan’s lightsaber

In the Legends account, Revan’s mask and saber were left behind when his body vanished after he became one with the Force on Yavin IV [1][3]. The wiki treats the violet saber as the one he kept until then [3].

The Sith saber has no such ending. It was in use when Bastila Shan’s strike team captured Revan, and the Redeemed saber is listed as its successor [2]. No source I opened says what became of the original hilt.

The handbook entry and what is unverified

The handbook card (handbook/sabers/revan-variable.md) says the color depends on the player, the type depends on the player, the continuity is Legends, and the first appearance is Knights of the Old Republic in 2003 [5]. Its own header says none of it was verified and that no source was opened [5]. It rests on old forum threads and memory, and is not a source on this page.

Checked against Wookieepedia today, three of its points hold: the Legends label, the 2003 first appearance and player choice in the game [1][4]. The line that the color depends on the player is true only for the game, since every other medium picks a color [1]. The card also lists Knights of the Old Republic II and the 2011 online game, but the wiki ties the Sith hilt to a vision in the sequel and the violet hilt to the online game [2][3]. The 2004 year it gives for the sequel I did not verify.

Building a Revan style saber

The easiest build is the Sith version: a dark metal hilt with a red blade, since the red Sith look is what most costumes use. For the costume side, the Darth Revan costume section lists the mask, armor and robe parts. The red lightsaber page covers red blade choices.

If you want to make the hilt yourself, the 3D printed lightsaber hilt guide shows how to print one that fits electronics, and the build your own lightsaber guide covers the parts. Wookieepedia’s sources list a Star Wars The Black Series Force FX Darth Revan Lightsaber among Revan merchandise [1]. I did not open a product page, so its specs and price are unverified.

Sources

1. Wookieepedia, Revan (Legends), https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Revan/Legends (read through the public API, accessed 2026-11-09)
2. Wookieepedia, Fallen Revan’s Lightsaber, https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Fallen_Revan%27s_Lightsaber (accessed 2026-11-09)
3. Wookieepedia, Redeemed Revan’s Lightsaber, https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Redeemed_Revan%27s_Lightsaber (accessed 2026-11-09)
4. Wookieepedia, Revan (canon), https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Revan (accessed 2026-11-09)
5. Handbook card handbook/sabers/revan-variable.md (marked unverified in its own header)