1. Kara’s Lightsaber, The Ninth Jedi

Lah Zhima, the sabersmith introduced in Production I.G’s The Ninth Jedi, is an important figure because of the rare set of skills he possesses and presumably passed on to his young daughter Kara while raising her on the planet Hy Izlan. Though Force users still exist in The Ninth Jedi’s universe, the art of forging new lightsabers has been all but lost—save for Zhima, who’s tasked by Hy Izlan’s ruler to craft new weapons for seven Jedi. Aside from their rarity, what also makes Zhima’s lightsabers so special is the way that they transform depending on who’s gripping them at any point in time. Unlike other lightsabers whose colors tend to be fixed, Zhima’s lightsabers are all capable of shifting hues as well as lengths in order to match the Force alignment and fighting styles of the person using it.

For people like Kara who aren’t quite as strong in the Force as full-blown Jedi and Sith, Zhima’s lightsabers manifest a visible, but dull hard light capable of deflecting basic attacks, and while they aren’t as dazzling as some of Visions’ other weapons, they’re great for a wholly different reason. As you watch Kara taking on baddies with her not-quite-lightsaber, Visions is tapping into that thing about Star Wars that makes kids (and frankly, many adults) want to get up and swing plastic swords around, even when the batteries in the toys have long since died. That alone makes it one of the most endearing of Visions’ new kits, and the sort of idea that Star Wars could really do with more of in the future.

Star Wars: Visions is now streaming on Disney+.

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