The Light Saber Code

Perhaps this was obvious to everyone. But I find in life things that are obvious to me aren't so obvious to everyone else.

The light saber colors in Star Wars have meanings.

Blue is for Jedi without apprentices
Green is for Jedi with apprentices
Red is for sith

Purple is for Samuel L Jackson, because he wanted to screw things up.

This simple code is used to symbolize much of what's happening in the movie.

Episode I, Obi-Wan seizes Qui-Gon's Green saber to down Darth Maul. He picks up the saber of a master with an apprentice, foreshadowing that he will take on Anakin as apprentice.

In Episode III, the symbolism is everywhere. Anakin holds Duku's red Sith saber in one hand, his own Jedi blue in the other at the moment of decision of how to handle the defeated duku. He's chosing a path: Sith or Jedi.

In the same scene, just as Luke will confront Vader before the emperor, Anakin confronts Duku before the emperor. But Anakin is in blue: Apprentice, one who has yet to learn. Luke in Episode VI is in green: Master, one who can teach. An Anakin falls under the power of the dark side, and Luke does not.

Before Anakin loses his hand to Duku, he is in blue, after, he is still in blue. Before Luke loses his hand to Vader he is in blue, after, he is in green. Anakin falls prey to his desire for revenge, where Luke deepens his commitment to the light side of the force. Luke advances as a Jedi, Anakin does not. All symbolized in the light saber colors.