Parang

A parang was a heavy-bladed weapon sometimes made from glass and used by members of the Lost Tribe of Sith. Its main advantage was that it could be thrown at an enemy and returned to the thrower, similar to a boomerang. Originally, the curved blade of the parang was used as a gardening tool to cut away undergrowth, but it later became used as a weapon among the Sith.

Behind the scenes
The parang first appeared in Omen, the second of nine novels in the Fate of the Jedi series, wherein the weapons were called "glass parangs." However, in the following novel, Abyss, some of the parangs used by members of the Tribe were not made of glass.

The weapon's design and origin are based on a Southeast Asian tool of the same name, roughly equivalent to a machete.

Appearances

 * Omen
 * "First Blood"
 * Abyss
 * Allies
 * Vortex

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