Darth Sidious's lightsabers

Darth Sidious's lightsabers were a pair of nearly identical lightsabers built by Darth Sidious, during his apprenticeship under Darth Plagueis.

Specifications
Darth Sidious had discerning tastes, which was reflected in his lightsabers. They were constructed of from nearly indestructible Phrik with a flat Aurodium blade emitter, and all finished with electrum. The weapons utilized a synth-fcusing crystal, known as Sith crystals, at their cores.

While both were originally identical, one of them was later retrofitted with an unknown black material.

One of the weapons was normally hidden inside a neuranium sculpture that was displayed in his office within the Senate Building on Coruscant.

Madalore
When Darth Sidious learned that his former apprentice Darth Maul/Canon was alive and on Mandalore with his brother Savage Opress having conquered the planet, Sidious took his two lightsabers with him and travelled to the palace at the capital of Sundari in his personal shuttle and confronted the Zabrak brothers. After exchanging brief words with Maul, he pulled out and used two lightsabers to combat the two. He used erratic, however fluent, movements during the duel, even going out of his way to cut up the floor of the palace.

Strained only once in the duel only very briefly, Sidious managed to separate Maul from his brother. When Opress recovered from a kick he received from Sidious, the two dueled to the point where Sidious sidestepped Opress and impaled the Nightbrother with his lightsabers, killing him. Sidious - again exchanging brief words - leapt down with both lightsabers and continued to duel Maul. After disarming the Zabrak Sith Lord, he put his lightsabers away in the folds of his robes having won the duel and incapacitated Maul.

Moraband
On Coruscant, Darth Sidious plans to attack Yoda on Moraband with Sith sorcery; he utilizes his second apprentice Darth Tyranus's relationship to the elderly Jedi Master/Canon to his advantage in order to do so. With Tyranus's blood, Sidious creates an illusion that is fed by the Force lightning of both Sith Lords.

After failing to fool Yoda with an illusion of Sifo-Dyas, another illusion formed where Yoda is aboard a gunship landing in The Works. After Anakin Skywalker engages Tyranus in a lightsaber duel and the elderly Sith apprentice is defeated (foreshadowing his actual demise at Skywalker's hands), Yoda and Sidious duel on an outdoor walkway, each brandishing a lightsaber. Although Sidious fights Yoda evenly, he uses Force lightning to incapacitate Anakin. Sidious continues to fight Yoda as things take a turn for the worse when Anakin's unconscious body begins to fall off the walkway destroyed by Sidious. Despite Sidious's taunting, Yoda uses the Force to prevent the young Jedi Knight from falling (despite being an eventual threat), willing to sacrifice everything, including himself, in order to save his friend. After Yoda and Sidious fall to the ground below and the former finds himself holding nothing but the Sith Lord's empty robes, his final trial complete, he awakens from his nightmarish vision.

Duel in Palpatine's office
Near the end of the Clone Wars, Palpatine revealed to Skywalker that he was a Sith Lord. Mace Windu and his Jedi entourage rushed to the Senate Office Building to confront him. With one of his weapons within his sleeve, Palpatine awaited the Jedi. After a quick dialogue, the Supreme Chancellor brandished the weapon. With a cry more animal than human, the Sith Lord leapt at the Jedi, cutting down Agen Kolar and Saesee Tiin, leaving both of them dead without blocking so much as one of his strikes. The Nautolan Kit Fisto managed to survive for mere seconds before it was a duel only between Palpatine and Windu.

Palpatine had an extended confrontation with Windu. The Jedi guided the battle towards the bay window of Palpatine's office and out onto the wind-blown ledge outside. Windu disarmed the Sith Lord with a surgically precise kick to the face, throwing Palpatine off-balance and causing the Sith Lord to drop his lightsaber as he flailed for purchase. The lightsaber fell out the window into the bottomless streets and alleyways of Coruscant below just before Skywalker showed up. Consequentially, it also forced him to only rely on one lightsaber.

Duel in the Galactic Senate
After Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda realizied what had happened, Yoda went to face the Emperor personally at the Senate Building, while Kenobi headed off to kill Darth Vader. Yoda surpriseed Palpatine, who told him that his arrogance blinded him and that his apprentice would be more powerful than both of them. Yoda answered Palpatine that his faith in Vader was a mistake along with his faith in the dark side. Yoda dueled Sidious, who had already retrieved his other weapon and placed it in his sleeve. The duel brought them to the Galactic Senate Chamber, the heart of the Senate. Sidious hurled Senate pods at Yoda, and the effort to avoid them exhausted the Jedi Master. Sidious then blasted Yoda with Force Lightning, but with the last of his strength the Jedi master repelled it enough to send both himself and Sidious over the pod's edge. Palpatine was able to hold on to a senate pod, while Yoda fell to the senate floor, leaving only his cloak. With Bail Organa's help, Yoda fled the Senate Building and would go into exile.

Appearances

 * (Illusion to Yoda)
 * Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
 * (Illusion to Yoda)
 * Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

Notes and references
Category:Personal lightsabers