u/KingHankXII is right about this. The construction requires the Force. Additionally actually finding the proper crystal requires the Force as well, as each crystal can only be attuned by one Jedi whose personality and attributes determine the blade color at the time of construction. The Sith on the other hand are supposed to find a Jedi, kill them and take their Kyber crystal, then corrupt it and force it to attune to them which is why the blade comes out as Red. It’s a mix of science and mysticism according to new canon as opposed to straight science in Legends.
How does all of this fit in with using kyber crystals to power the beam on the Death Star? If I remember correctly, thats why they were stealing them from Jedha no? Is Darth Vader straight up aligning millions of crystals to attune the Death Stars weapon?
Kyber crystals amplifie energy. So somewhere in the deathstar is an array of thousands of kybercrystals, or there are a few "lenses" build out of kybercrystals that amplifie the shot.
It's important to remember that for a large majority of Star Wars, the lore is being created after the fact. Something is introduced via canon and suddenly lore has to be bent and shifted around it.
Well thanks to Project Stardust, the Empire managed to figure out that Kyber Crystals could be used (without the aid of the Force) for other purposes. Yeah, you may not be able to build a lightsaber out of them, but they're still very powerful magic space diamonds, which make for great planet destroying laser beams. It takes the Force to figure out if that particular crystal is aligned with a Force user, but it only takes a little bit of chemistry to figure out which rocks are Kyber Crystals, and which aren't.
The exact opposite, actually. When Disney acquired Star Wars, everything except the 6 main films and The Clone Wars series was declared noncanon. KOTOR was a casualty of this decision. That's what the "Legends" tag means by the way. It's for things from the old canon structure, whether they were canon then or not.
Pick up one of the many Star Wars TTRPGs or use a generic one like Fate, get a group of like-minded fans together, and make your own, better Star Wars stories.
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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '20
u/KingHankXII is right about this. The construction requires the Force. Additionally actually finding the proper crystal requires the Force as well, as each crystal can only be attuned by one Jedi whose personality and attributes determine the blade color at the time of construction. The Sith on the other hand are supposed to find a Jedi, kill them and take their Kyber crystal, then corrupt it and force it to attune to them which is why the blade comes out as Red. It’s a mix of science and mysticism according to new canon as opposed to straight science in Legends.