Originally Posted by
Cashcharac
As most of you are aware by now, the red crystal color is unavailable to those with Light I or above. This is unfortunate for light-side sith, as the red saber is popular among Imperial faction. I was messing around earlier with a new saber, and didn't have a non-red crystal on me; I decided to see what would happen with no crystal - voila, the saber's default color was red. I don't see removing the crystal as that big of an issue - even in my late 20's, the color crystals provide a trivial bonus at best.