Long-handle lightsaber
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| Long-handle lightsaber | |
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4,500 credits[2] |
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| Weight |
2 kg[2] |
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The long-handle lightsaber was a variation on the traditional Jedi weapon with a handle several times larger 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.
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[edit] History and use
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 made a long wooden cane which the blind Jedi Master used to help him get around.
This type of lightsaber was favored by the Sith Lord Darth Nihl, whose lightsaber was long and staff-like in appearance. The handle seemed not to be made of metal, but almost of coral or wood. On the opposite end to the blade emitter was a ring big enough to fit Nihl's hand. Nihl used this lightsaber with deadly effectiveness, taking the right arm of Wolf Sazen and dueling Kol Skywalker.
[edit] Appearances
- 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 (X-box, PC and PS3 versions only)
- 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
[edit] Sources
- Legacy Era Campaign Guide (First identified as Long-handle lightsaber)
- Jedi Academy Training Manual
