After yesterday's gonk droid debacle, I decided to switch gears and experiment with the lightsaber's focusing crystal, instead. I managed to find all kinds of other neat crystals (and crystal-adjacent things) to try, but Ben Solo unfortunately put a stop to that.
He was like, "You can't just throw any pretty rock in there. Kyber crystals are special!"
"Well, they're kind of part organic. And some argue that they're almost sentient. That's how they can feel the force and sense the wielder's mood."
". . . So what you're saying is, I could make an exceptionally good mood ring out of a kyber crystal?"
"NO. I mean. . . yeah, you probably could but that would be a waste of the crystal. And probably quite disrespectful."
"Fair. But since kyber crystals are part organic. . ."
"And maybe sorta kinda sentient. . ."
"And you use them to focus your saber blade. . ."
"Does that make a lightsaber a cyborg?"
"ST-3V3. . .Please leave."
"This is my workshop. If you can't handle my genius, you leave."
Now he's just staying out of spite. Also probably to make sure I don't try to cram this hunk of rock candy I found at the corner store inside this thing to see if it can focus a beam.