Lightsaber colors are an important part of Star Wars lore and the Jedi's path, but despite various colors appearing in the movies, comics, TV shows, and games, there's only one black lightsaber in canon: the Darksaber. Originally, only two lightsaber colors existed in Star Wars; however, when it came time to release the third and final film in the original trilogy, George Lucas gave Luke Skywalker a green lightsaber to use. That opened the door to a whole new world for fans.
Various lightsaber colors appeared in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, but it wasn't until the prequel trilogy released that audiences saw a brand-new color for the first time on-screen (and in canon): Mace Windu's purple lightsaber. It's widely known that Samuel L. Jackson requested the purple lightsaber, and Lucas abided. There wasn't a plan for it to be included since the common lightsaber colors at the time were blue and green for the Jedi and red for the Sith. Later, though, a black lightsaber was introduced into Star Wars canon.
Star Wars' first black lightsaber, the Darksaber, was introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 2 in the Mandalorian story arc. It was a sword-esque weapon that emitted a white glow on the outside; the original plan was for its user, Pre Vizsla, to use a vibroblade, but according to Dave Filoni (via IGN), George Lucas didn't believe a vibroblade would be able to combat a lightsaber, so they changed it to be a black lightsaber, modifying its design only slightly. Since it was a unique circumstance, Lucasfilm never made another black lightsaber.
In-universe, Tarre Vizsla was the first and only Mandalorian Jedi, and like every other Jedi in history, he needed to construct his own lightsaber by finding a kyber crystal that represented himself. That crystal ended up forging a black lightsaber. In Star Wars, people can't merely go searching for a kyber crystal and come back with whatever color they want; the kyber crystals have to be attuned to the Force-user. It's just that no one else has been able to create a black lightsaber before or since Tarre Vizsla existed over a thousand years before the original trilogy.
Today, the Darksaber is a unique weapon in Star Wars lore that has finally been adapted into live-action. After appearing in various episodes throughout Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, the Darksaber was used by Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian season 1 finale and will presumably return in season 2. While various other lightsaber colors have been introduced in canon since George Lucas sold off the franchise - orange in Jedi: Fallen Order and yellow in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (though yellow has been used elsewhere by temple guards) - the one and only black lightsaber remains the Darksaber.
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