Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, The Rise of Skywalker

A significant change has been made to improve lightsabers in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Wired (via Comic Book ), Rey actor Daisy Ridley talked about a key difference in the new lightsabers, explaining that they are notably lighter than ones used in previous films including The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi allowing for more acrobatic fights."The interesting thing about this film is that we concentrate more on the fact that [the lightsabers] are light," Ridley said. "Because the [old] lightsabers were so heavy, as Eunice said, who is our new stunt coordinator, that it was more like broadsword fighting, which isn't technically what it's supposed to be because lightsabers are supposed to be light, by nature. So they actually made the lightsabers lighter for us. We, in this film, have, perhaps one of the most epic fights in Star Wars."The actor has also mentioned the change during the Happy Sad Confused podcast when talking about a fight between Rey and Kylo in the upcoming film."It’s a great fight. I’ve become such a better fighter, and they made the lightsabers lighter, so it actually looks like we’re swinging light and not heavy [swords].” Ridley said. "This fight, it was November, we had water being thrown at us—I’m not gonna complain about the cold, I’m just not gonna do it (laughs)—so it was like a real thing of stamina. It felt really epic, and it felt epic even at the time. One can only imagine what it’s gonna look like."Lighter weapons aren't the only addition to The Rise of Skywalker; LucasFilm recently announced that a brand new 'Sith Trooper' is set to debut in the new film Perhaps when it comes to lightsabers, the recently opened Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge theme park may want to make them a little heavier as stock of these and other merch are quickly running out. Ridley has also recently said The Rise of Skywalker will address her character's parentage and that Rey won't be appearing in the next trilogy

Hope Corrigan is an Australian freelance writer for IGN who would love to own a real light lightsaber. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram