Long-handle lightsaber

The long-handle lightsaber was a variation on the traditional Jedi weapon with a handle several times longer than that of a standard lightsaber. Requiring a particular fighting style from the wielder, this weapon was easy to swing around the body, using joints of the body as fulcrums upon which the lightsaber could be levered.

History and use
Darth Chratis, a Sith Lord who lived during the Cold War, used a staff that could become a long-handle lightsaber.

One of the Bpfasshi Dark Jedi defeated by Jedi Master Yoda during the Clone Wars used a long-handle lightsaber made of an as-yet unknown material. Jedi Master Zao used a lightsaber with a hilt made a long wooden cane which the blind Veknoid used to help him get around. Jedi Master Yarael Poof also used a long-handled lightsaber to fit his tall frame.

Jedi Master Kyle Katarn's third lightsaber had a longer hilt than an average lightsaber, but it is unclear whether it fit under the category of long-handle lightsaber.

This type of lightsaber was favored by the Sith Lord Darth Nihl, whose lightsaber was long and staff-like in appearance. The handle seemed to be made not of metal, but almost of wood or coral (possibly of Yorik coral as in others lightsaber hilts of the One Sith). On the opposite end to the blade emitter was a ring big enough to fit Nihl's hand. Nihl used this lightsaber to cut off Wolf Sazen's right arm at the shoulder.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance
 * Star Wars: Republic: Darkness
 * Star Wars: Republic: Trackdown
 * Star Wars: Republic: The Siege of Saleucami
 * Star Wars: Republic: Into the Unknown
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed novel
 * Star Wars: Legacy: Broken
 * Star Wars: Legacy 8: Allies
 * Star Wars: Legacy: Claws of the Dragon
 * Star Wars: Legacy 39: Tatooine, Part 3
 * Star Wars: Legacy 40: Tatooine, Part 4
 * Star Wars: Legacy 46: Monster, Part 4
 * Star Wars: Legacy: Extremes
 * Star Wars: Legacy—War 6
 * Star Wars: Legacy—War 6