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Shikkars were intricate, Force-crafted daggers made out of glass that were created by the Lost Tribe of Sith on the planet Kesh. Shikkars had long, elegant blades and were prized amongst the Sith for their artistic value as well as their role as weapons. They were made for one single usage&mdash;after a shikkar was used to stab someone, the hilt was broken off, leaving the blade embedded in the victim's body. The weapons were crafted and employed often by members of three rival glass-crafting guilds on Kesh. Tura Sanga was famous among the Sith Tribe for crafting shikkars.

The Sith arrived on Kesh in 5,000 BBY, and the first shikkars were created within the next fifteen years. The Sith Seelah Korsin owned a shikkar that had been made by Kesh's native Keshiri. By 3,960 BBY, the weapons were often used by Sith in the Tribe to assassinate rivals. Millennia later, the weapons were still prominent&mdash;in 43.5 ABY, several members of the Sith strike team sent to kill Jedi Luke Skywalker carried shikkars, including Sith apprentice Vestara Khai and her Master, Lady Olaris Rhea. In 44 ABY, Khai's father, Gavar, presented Vestara with a shikkar from his personal collection in the hope that she would one day use it to kill either Skywalker or his son, Ben. Later that year, several shikkars were specially crafted for the celebration that marked the Tribe's alliance with the dark side entity Abeloth.