Respawn is yet to announce any major details regarding the sequel to lightsaber color will be in Jedi: Fallen Order's currently untitled follow-up.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order actually introduced a number of lightsaber colors to the new Star Wars canon when it released in 2019. While its arsenal of crystals had all featured in the Legends continuity, the number of different lightsaber colors had been scaled back dramatically following Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012. Star Wars' assortment of lightsabers has expanded steadily since, with the High Republic initiative showing off all manner of different lightsaber styles and colors. However, Fallen Order was the first game to really showcase the full spectrum of lightsaber crystals in the new canon, with orange arguably the most anticipated addition.
Although lightsaber color is down to each Star Wars fan's preference and bears little in of Cal's Jedi lightsaber will likely again be customized to each player's preference in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2, it would be more striking were his canon blade to be orange or another, less conventional color.
It Makes Sense For Cal's Lightsaber Color To Change In Fallen Order
In Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order's Clone Wars-era flashbacks, the game depicts Cal Kestis as wielding a blue lightsaber. However, Cal loses this weapon during Order 66, and, following the death of his master, he takes up their lightsaber instead. Cal again loses his weapon during a dark Force vision while on Dathomir, and is forced to travel to Ilum to locate a new Kyber crystal and build a second lightsaber.
Although Cal's first lightsaber color in Fallen Order was blue, the color of a Jedi's crystal is spiritual, and previous Jedi Knights have been known to wield different colors at the same time - most notably Ahsoka Tano, who used a green and yellow-green lightsaber at the same time during The Clone Wars animated series. Given the journey Cal had experienced between constructing his first lightsaber as a Padawan and the trials he'd gone through since involving Taron Malicos and the Second Sister, it could be thematically appropriate for his lightsaber color to change from blue to something different - potentially even orange.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was the first Fallen Order 2 away from the Skywalker Saga and the events of the original trilogy.
Jedi: Fallen Order 2 - Blue Lightsabers Are Cool, But Overdone
There are also other, more superficial reasons for wanting Cal's lightsaber to be orange in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 - they look cool. While blue lightsabers are also cool, they're Star Wars' go-to color for a Jedi Knight, and have been front-and-center in the saga since its inception. Cal Kestis' weapon can still be a blank canvas for players, but it would be great to see a greater number of mainstream Star Wars protagonists wielding a weapon that isn't blue or green. This is already the case with The Mandalorian, which has Din Djarin wielding the Darksaber and Ahsoka Tano using white lightsabers, but it would be nice to see similar movements when it comes to Star Wars video games.
Star Wars games have a long history of spotlighting less conventional lightsaber colors, whether that be in Knights of the Old Republic or the Jedi Knight games with Kyle Katarn, and Fallen Order is no exception. However, it would be refreshing to see Cal Kestis' official lightsaber be a color other than blue or green. Yellow has been wielded by iconic Star Wars protagonists and antiheroes like Zayne Carrick and Asajj Ventress, but orange isn't synonymous with any particular character. Plo Koon wielded an orange lightsaber in Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles, but this was changed to be blue in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. This leaves the door open for Cal to really put a stamp on orange as his chosen color for his double-bladed lightsaber in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2, even if players should still be free to change the crystal to their preference.
