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Cho mok
- "Cho mok translates as "to otherwise maim," targeting legs, limbs, or appendages that will disable your opponent."
- ―Cin Drallig
In lightsaber combat, cho mok is the act of cutting off an opponent's limb.
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Application and Description
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- "We know that a severed limb can readily be replaced by a prosthetic that looks identical to the real thing. Prosthetics offer sensation and do everything flesh can. They're ideal substitutes in every way, except for requiring maintenance. So we don't feel too badly when we have to cut the arm or leg off a very bad person. But I assure you, that very bad person remembers the pain forever."
- ―Valin Horn
Cho mok is used to disable and effectively incapacitate an opponent. Often, it is used as an attack of opportunity during combat by taking advantage of an opening. Darksiders usually facilitate this mark to bring down their opponents before ruthlessly killing them or even as a cruel form of punishment.
Notable usesEdit
At the climax of the Seventh Battle of Ruusan, Sith Lord Githany severed Padawan Hardin's leg from the knee down with her lightwhip.[1]
Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress applied cho mok against Zule Xiss, slicing off her left arm.[2]
Anakin Skywalker applied cho mok on an IG-100 MagnaGuard aboard the Invisible Hand.[3]
Obi-Wan Kenobi's amputation of Darth Vader's legs and remaining arm during his mou kei application could be considered a fast, triple cho mok.[3]
Obi-Wan Kenobi used this technique on Tatooine[4],
Laddinare Torbin used this technique to sever the arm of Dark Jedi Arden Lyn.
Luke Skywalker performed the maneuver on Hoth against a female Wampa, who would later be appropriately referred to as "One-Arm".[5]
Skywalker also severed UnuThul's arm during their duel aboard the Admiral Ackbar.[6]
Jacen Solo performed cho mok when he chopped off Nelani Dinn's right leg at Darth Vectivus's lair near Bimmiel in 40 ABY, beginning his path towards his grandfather's footsteps.[7]
Jedi Master Tresina Lobi received a cho mok strike from Dark Jedi Alema Rar, during their duel in Coruscant's Fellowship Plaza, having both of her legs severed at the knees.[8]
Salle Serpa would have his arm cut off by Zekk[9]
The Dark Lord of the Sith Jacen Solo would receive a cho mok mark from his own sister, Jaina Solo, in their duel during the Second Battle of Roche.[10]
Feeorin pirate Rav received a cho mok strike to one of his legs from Cathar Jedi Rasi Tuum.
Cade Skywalker severed the legs of the last surviving Sith Lord during the Mission to Daluuj in order to interrogate him.
AppearancesEdit
- Crosscurrent
- Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith
- Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Republic: The Battle of Jabiim
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: Empire 4: Betrayal, Part 4
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (First appearance)
- Rebel Force: Renegade
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
- Betrayal
- Tempest
- Invincible
- Outcast
- Ascension
- Star Wars: Legacy 1: Broken, Part 1
- Star Wars: Legacy 19: Claws of the Dragon, Part 6
- Star Wars: Legacy 26: The Hidden Temple, Part 2 (Appears in flashback(s))
SourcesEdit
"Fightsaber: Jedi Lightsaber Combat"—Star Wars Insider 62
Jedi Abilities: Learning the Way on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2)
- Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game – Champions of the Force (Card: Cho Mok)
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game – Squadrons Over Corellia (Card: Cho Mok Jung Ma)
- The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force
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