Pommel cap
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The pommel cap was the endpiece of a lightsaber hilt.
Typically, they were made from a single piece of heavy metal, and they also served as the backplate for the inner workings of the lightsaber, completing various circuits and also containing a recharge port. In some lightsabers, the cap also held an extra backup power cell; such was the case with Dooku's lightsaber and Obi-Wan Kenobi's first lightsaber. These heavy ends of the hilt were sometimes incorporated into the fighting styles of a Jedi as an alternative to actually impaling an opponent on the blade end of the weapon. This sometimes provided a nonfatal resolution to an incident.
They typically included a ring to hook on the wielders belt when not in use, though some lightsabers, such as Dooku's, used a powerful magnetic plate for the same purpose.
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- I, Jedi (First appearance)
[edit] Sources
- Episode I: The Visual Dictionary
- Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
