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"I'm not a good teacher today. And besides, you should go back to the younglings. Give them another session with the training blades."
―Luke Skywalker, to Ben Solo[3]

Training lightsabers, also known as youngling lightsabers, practice sabers, or training blades, were non-lethal training implements[7] used to practice lightsaber combat. Training lightsabers of various kinds were most often used by Jedi younglings[1] in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant[2] before they underwent the Gathering[8] and built a weapon of their own.[1] These range from very simple wooden swords[5] to small lightsabers of limited power and thus limited danger.[1] It was also possible for normal lightsabers to be tuned down so they could be used in this fashion.[9] The Jedi training droids had training lightsabers for lightsaber combat.[10][11]

During the High Republic Era, training sabers were used in conjunction with training tunics for Jedi Padawans to practice dueling. Training sabers were sufficiently low-powered so as not to be lethal or risk dismemberment, but still powerful enough to cause pain if a sentient was struck with one. The training tunics were white and sensitive to heat, and direct hits from a training saber would show up as a scorch mark.[12]

During the Age of the Empire, some lightsabers like Kanan Jarrus' lightsaber and Ezra Bridger's lightsaber had a low-power setting to avoid injuring sparring partners during practice. In this setting, the blade had a different shade of blue, and the weapon vibrated at a slightly higher pitch.[13]

With the restoration of the Jedi Order during the New Republic Era, training lightsabers were reintroduced at the Jedi Temple of Luke Skywalker on Ossus.[3] Padawans Ben Solo and Voe trained with wooden swords during the early days of their apprenticeship under Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.[14] By 21 ABY,[15] Skywalker had delegated the task of supervising younglings, who trained with practice sabers, to his senior pupils including Solo.[3]

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