Vaapad

The vaapad, also known as the juyo, was a creature native to the Galactic Republic energy-world of Sarapin and its moons.

Vaapads were brown ball shaped multi-tentacled creatures with two yellow eyes, with the number of tentacles varying from as low as seven to as many as twenty-three on the largest specimen ever examined. The tentacles of a live vaapad were almost impossible to count  as they moved so quickly that they were nothing but a blur to the naked eye and they were very efficient at  destroying their prey. They were not picky eaters as they would hunt anything that foolishly came to their planet.

Mace Windu developed a lightsaber style based upon the vaapad. The style used quick and deadly strikes to overcome the enemy, much like how the vaapad would use its tentacles on prey. Windu created this style with aid from Sora Bulq, although Windu and his former apprentice, Depa Billaba, were considered to be the form's only masters.

Juyo was a aggressive light saber form used during the old republic era. Juyo while having practitioners both Jedi and Sith was much more widely used by Sith due to its aggressive nature. Juyo was utilized by Darth Maul and as effective against lightsaber wielding opponents. While Juyo was strong against lightsaber opponents it was weaker against blaster fire. Juyo also had the option of being used with dual blades but was more suited for double bladed lightsabers making the combination very deadly. Mace Windu took Juyo and expanded upon it. Master Windu created Vaapad in order to channel all of the anger he felt during a battle. While Master Windu could control his anger and hate while using an aggressive style many others could fall to the dark side while utilizing it.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
 * Shatterpoint
 * ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
 * ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novelization
 * The Force Unleashed novel
 * Star Wars: Force Commander