Cho mai

In lightsaber combat, a cho mai was the act of cutting off an opponent's weapon hand. This move showed that the Jedi using it had the honor to cause the opponent minimal physical damage; it also showed the skill and mastery of the Jedi performing the move to the opponent.

Some examples of this skill include:


 * Onboard the Harbinger, a Hammerhead-class capital ship, Darth Sion cut off Kreia's hand.


 * Count Dooku performed an aggressive cho mai on Anakin Skywalker, up to the elbow - a gesture Anakin returned onboard the Invisible Hand by slicing both of Dooku's hands off.


 * On Utapau, Obi-Wan Kenobi was also able to perform cho mai on two of General Grievous' hands.


 * Anakin Skywalker applied cho mai on Mace Windu, sealing the Jedi Master's fate.


 * In Cloud City, Darth Vader cut off the sword hand of Luke Skywalker at the end of their duel, a favor Luke would return later on.


 * On the Second Death Star Luke Skywalker cut off Darth Vader's right hand.


 * Luke also cut off the hand of a reborn Darth Sidious.