Quarterstaff/Legends

A simple and pure weapon of ancient design, the quarterstaff style of weponry has not changed in millenia. Usually just a plain pole of varing lengths, made usually of light alloys or wood, the weapon is often considered the basis of many kinds of melee weapons used throughout the galaxy. Many styles and art forms exist on how to use the quarterstaff, but most notable of these are the guides of the Echani. The Echani praised this weapon and used it in many of there own variants. The Echani ritual band may very well have been founded on the basis of the quaterstaff. Use of this weapon dates back to pre-historic times and well before the creation of the Galactic Republic. The double-bladed variant of lightsaber was also called a laser staff, a derivitive of this weapon.