​Lightsaber model started after the character was made.

Base shapes were modeled in Autodesk Maya.

Multiple edges were made to add more volume.

The blade was disconnected from its hilt to control on and off visibility feature.

UV was unwrapped for texturing.

Multiple materials were used on its hilt and blade for rendering purposes.

Adobe Photoshop was used to add bump and texture maps.

Created rig joints to control its entire movement.

Joint constraints and curve controllers were added.

The blade’s mesh was skinned to match its own joints.

Mesh Light was created for the blade’s emissive light effect.

Modified Arnold settings to give more emphasis to the blade’s volume light coming out from its own mesh.

Created and rendered different poses.

Lightsaber’s controllers were connected to the character’s controller for the whole rendered animation.