Shiim



In lightsaber combat, shiim was a more minute wound to an opponent by the edge of a lightsaber's blade. It was considered inferior and a sign of desperation or struggle against a potent enemy. However, in use by a lightsaber master, this was regarded as either a taunt by a superior enemy or an immobilizing technique to stop a foe.

Count Dooku performed shiim on Obi-Wan Kenobi's arm on Geonosis, he also used shiim to hurt Yoda during their rematch on Vjun, and against Tholme, where he gouged out the Jedi Master's eye. Anakin Skywalker survived several wounds of this technique, inflicted by Asajj Ventress on Coruscant and his own son, Luke Skywalker, on Cloud City.