Protosaber
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Archaic lightsabers, also known as protosabers were the first known kind of lightsaber. Much like later lightsabers, their focusing crystal was set inside a hilt from which a blade of energy was emitted. The main difference between these lightsabers and later lightsabers lay in that the hilt was connected by a cable to an external power supply carried by the wielder on his or her back.
Protosabers were used during the Hundred Years Darkness by both Jedi and Dark Jedi.
The invention of smaller power cells that could be fit within the hilt of the lightsaber and the greater freedom of movement gained by this advance in lightsaber technology made protosabers obsolete. In more recent times, Jedi rediscovered the techniques used to create the original protosabers, and improved upon the design with modern materials and engineering. The resulting retrosabers greatly resembled the original, but far exceeded their abilities.
[edit] Appearances
- The Golden Age of the Sith
- The Fall of the Sith Empire
- Star Wars Legacy 30: Vector, Part 11 (Appears in flashback(s))
[edit] Sources
- Power of the Jedi Sourcebook
- Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
- Jedi Academy Training Manual
