What Happened To Yoda's Lightsaber In Star Wars

Summary Yoda lost his lightsaber in a duel against Darth Sidious in Revenge of the Sith, and it was eventually destroyed on Coruscant.

Yoda kept another lightsaber on Dagobah and never used it again after his defeat, but Luke Skywalker gained possession of it after Yoda's death.

Luke eventually offered the lightsaber to Grogu, but its fate after that point and whether it was used by one of Luke's other Padawans is undetermined.

Yoda is one of the most well-known Jedi in Star Wars, but the fate of his iconic lightsaber is much more mysterious. Yoda was mostly known for everything but his lightsaber, as his skill with the Force made him one of the most powerful Jedi in Star Wars. Yoda was so skilled with the Force that he didn't even need to use his lightsaber until the final moments of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones during his duel with Count Dooku. Though it was only introduced decades after Yoda's first appearance, his lightsaber had a much more extensive history than its first short battle.

Yoda was about 900 years old at his death, and he had centuries of experience as a Jedi Master. His long life also meant that his lightsaber had an equally long history. Even just the end of his lightsaber's journey spans the course of several Star Wars movies, TV shows, and comic books, and it can be hard to keep track of the path it took through so many different stories. That path was rather important, though, and the ultimate fate of Yoda's lightsaber could continue to be an important part of future Star Wars stories, such as New Jedi Order.

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Yoda Lost His Lightsaber In A Duel Against Darth Sidious

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The last time Yoda used his lightsaber was in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Since Yoda was one of the few Jedi survivors of Order 66, he volunteered to fight Darth Sidious - better known as Emperor Palpatine - while Obi-Wan Kenobi dueled the newly minted Darth Vader. During their duel, Sidious knocked Yoda's lightsaber out of his hand with a bolt of Force lightning, and it tumbled to the floor of the Senate building. Shortly after, Yoda was defeated and had to flee without his lightsaber, which fell into Palpatine's possession.

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In the aftermath of Order 66, Palpatine began a widespread propaganda campaign against the Jedi to prevent the galaxy from turning them into martyrs. He wanted to paint the Jedi as treasonous terrorists and assassins, and one of the ways he accomplished that goal was by destroying their legacy. Palpatine's lackey, Mas Amedda, gathered several of the Jedi's lightsabers, including Yoda's, and incinerated them during a public display. Thus, the lightsaber Yoda used for the majority of his time as a Jedi was destroyed on Coruscant in 19 BBY.

Yoda Kept Another Lightsaber On Dagobah

Yoda felt an immense amount of guilt and shame after his defeat at Darth Sidious' hands, as he felt that he failed not only in his duel, but also in not seeing Palpatine's rise to power. To help deal with his guilt, Yoda vowed to never use a lightsaber again. After he fled to Dagobah at the end of Revenge of the Sith and began his exile on the swampy planet, Yoda began using a bow to hunt for food, and he relied solely on the Force instead of his blade. That didn't, however, mean he never had another lightsaber.

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The Jedi Master had more than one lightsaber over the course of his centuries-long life - Yoda gave away his first lightsaber in Young Jedi Adventures - and he had more than just those two. Though Palpatine destroyed Yoda's primary lightsaber, he had another that he took with him to Dagobah. Because of his vow to never use a lightsaber again, though, Yoda hid his second blade in a chest in his home there. His lightsaber would remain in that chest until his final days, and his final Padawan.

Luke Skywalker Took This Lightsaber After Yoda's Death

Yoda died and became one with the Force in 4 ABY, during Return of the Jedi. Luckily, he didn't die alone, as his final Padawan, Luke Skywalker, was present for his last moments. Yoda was able to give Luke a few lessons and reveal that he had a sibling - Leia Organa - before his death, but he was also able to give Luke something immediately following his final breath. Luke took Yoda's second lightsaber from his chest on Dagobah and kept it with him for at least a few years after the end of the Galactic Civil War.

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Grogu Turned Down Luke's Offer To Take The Lightsaber

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Luke never used Yoda's lightsaber himself - it was designed for a much smaller Jedi than Luke, and he had his own - but he did eventually find a use for it. In The Mandalorian season 2, Din Djarin and his adoptive son, Grogu, were searching for Luke. He eventually found them and came to their rescue at the end of The Mandalorian season 2, and Luke took Grogu to become one of his first Jedi Padawans. Shortly after their training began, however, Luke offered Grogu a choice about his own future.

During their training, Luke could tell that Grogu still had a strong emotional attachment to Din. Since he was going off the teachings of the Jedi Order before him, Luke made it clear to Grogu that if he were to continue to train as a Jedi, he would have to forego any emotional attachments, meaning he would never see Din again. To illustrate that requirement, Luke gave Grogu a choice: if he picked the Beskar chain mail, he would return to Din and never become a Jedi, but if he chose Yoda's lightsaber, he would forget about Din and continue to train with Luke.

Yoda's Lightsaber May Have Survived Until Luke's Jedi Academy

Grogu chose the chain mail over Yoda's lightsaber, and his training ended there, meaning Luke still had possession of Yoda's lightsaber for an indefinite amount of time. Years later, however, Luke would start his own Jedi Academy on Ossus and begin training new recruits. Unfortunately, this is a rather sparse area of Star Wars canon, and Yoda's lightsaber hasn't yet appeared at Luke's Jedi Academy. While Star Wars hasn't confirmed who eventually ended up with Yoda's lightsaber, it's possible that Luke still had it when he began training younglings, and that one of his Padawans might have been the right size to use Yoda's historic blade.

The ultimate fate of Yoda's lightsaber still remains unknown, though, especially given how Luke's Jedi Academy turned out. The Jedi Temple on Ossus was eventually destroyed by Ben Solo, and many of Luke's younglings were killed in the fires. Luke then went into exile on Ahch-To shortly after the destruction of the Temple, and he likely didn't sift through the ruins looking for Yoda's lightsaber. Therefore, the blade could still be buried in the ruins of Ossus, a scavenger could have found it, or Ben Solo, who would later become Kylo Ren, might have returned for it and the kyber crystal within.

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Yoda's lightsaber presents a rather large hole in established Star Wars lore, namely the period of the Star Wars timeline between the era of The Mandalorian and the beginning of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. While the franchise has begun to fill in some of those holes with stories like The Rise of Kylo Ren, Bloodline, and Shadow of the Sith, there's still plenty of room for future Star Wars stories set during this time. One of those potential stories may reveal what ultimately happened to Yoda's lightsaber, but only time will tell.