At the movies and on television, Star Wars fans have only seen standard lightsabers. Those wielded by the likes of Yoda (Frank Oz) and Rey Skywalker (Daisy Ridley) use state-of-the-art tech and are a result of improvements made over time. Those that came centuries before haven’t gotten a chance to shine in live-action or animation; however, it has come to light that the first lightsaber could’ve gotten a cinematic spotlight all its own, courtesy of David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
The “Game of Thrones” creatives spoke to The Hollywood Reporter and discussed their ill-fated run at Lucasfilm. During the chat, they revealed they pitched a movie titled “The First Jedi.” “We wanted to do ‘The First Jedi.’ Basically how the Jedi Order came to be, why it came to be, the first lightsaber,” explained Benioff. Unfortunately, “The First Jedi” never got off the ground, as Lucasfilm wasn’t interested in the story the creatives had in mind.
If there’s one thing Disney and Lucasfilm are good at, it’s expanding on Star Wars lore. In due time, fans might see the definitive first lightsaber in action in some form — perhaps in James Mangold’s “Dawn of the Jedi.”
