The long-handle lightsaber was a variation on the traditional Jedi weapon with a handle several times longer than that of a standard lightsaber. Requiring a particular fighting style from the wielder, this weapon was easy to swing around the body, using joints of the body as fulcrums upon which the lightsaber could be levered.

Contents 1 History and use 2 Appearances 3 Sources 4 Notes and references

History and useEdit

Darth Chratis, a Sith Lord who lived during the Cold War, used a staff that could become a long-handle lightsaber.

One of the Bpfasshi Dark Jedi defeated by Jedi Master Yoda during the Clone Wars used a long-handle lightsaber made of an as-yet unknown material. Jedi Master Zao used a lightsaber with a hilt that was also a long wooden cane, which the blind Veknoid used to help him get around. Jedi Master Yarael Poof also used a long-handled lightsaber to fit his tall frame.

Jedi Master Kyle Katarn's third lightsaber had a longer hilt than an average lightsaber, but it is unclear whether it fit under the category of long-handle lightsaber.

This type of lightsaber was favored by the Sith Lord Darth Nihl, whose lightsaber was long and staff-like in appearance. The handle seemed to be made not of metal, but almost of wood or coral (possibly of Yorik coral as in others lightsaber hilts of the One Sith). On the opposite end to the blade emitter was a ring big enough to fit Nihl's hand. Nihl used this lightsaber to cut off Wolf Sazen's right arm at the shoulder.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance
• Star Wars: Republic: Darkness (First appearance)
• Star Wars: Republic: Trackdown
• Star Wars: Republic: The Siege of Saleucami (Vision to Tholme)
• Star Wars: Republic: Into the Unknown
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed novel
• Star Wars: Legacy: Broken
• Star Wars: Legacy 8: Allies
• Star Wars: Legacy: Claws of the Dragon
• Star Wars: Legacy 39: Tatooine, Part 3
• Star Wars: Legacy 40: Tatooine, Part 4
• Star Wars: Legacy 46: Monster, Part 4
• Star Wars: Legacy: Extremes
• Star Wars: Legacy—War 6

SourcesEdit

• Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
• Legacy Era Campaign Guide (First identified as Long-handle lightsaber)
• Jedi Academy Training Manual

Notes and referencesEdit

Lightsabers
Combat: Center of Being · Duel · Dun Möch · Fast style · Medium style · Strong style · Form "Zero" · Lus-ma · Mounted · Niman/Jar'Kai · Sokan · Three rings of defense · Trispzest · Tràkata Forms: I: Shii-Cho · II: Makashi · III: Soresu · IV: Ataru · V: Shien / Djem So · VI: Niman · VII: Juyo / Vaapad Techniques: Cho mai · Cho mok · Cho sun · Dulon · Faalo's cadences · Faalo's Will · Falling Leaf · Flowing Water · Jedi ready · Jung · Jung ma · Kai-kan · Mou kei · Mountain Storm · Praetoria Ishu · Praetoria Vonil · Sai · Sai cha · Sai tok · Sequence · Shiak · Shiim · Shun · Snake Ascending a Waterfall‎ · Su · Sun djem · Twin Suns · Velocities Variations: Crossguard lightsaber · Curved-hilt lightsaber · Darksaber · Dual-phase lightsaber · Double-bladed lightsaber · Imperial Knight lightsaber · Lightclub · Lightfoil · Lightwhip · Long-handle lightsaber · Lightsaber pike · Paired lightsabers · Protosaber · Sabercane · Shoto / Guard shoto · Sith lightsaber · Training lightsaber / Sith training saber Lightsaber-resistant materials: Armorweave · Cortosis · Darkswords · Force weapon · Mandalorian iron · Neuranium · Orbalisks · Phrik · Sith alchemy · Songsteel · Ultrachrome Technology: Activation stud · Bifurcating cyclical-ignition pulse · Blade power adjustment knob · Blade emitter · Crystal · Diatium power cell · Discharge energy cell · Emitter matrix · Enhancement jewel · Field energizer · Flux aperture · Focusing lens · Hilt · Inert power insulator · Ion energy cell · Locking activator · Pommel cap· Power pack · Stabilizing ring
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