Protosaber



Archaic lightsabers, also known as protosabers were the first known kind of lightsaber. Much like later lightsabers, their focusing crystal was set inside a hilt from which a blade of energy was emitted. The main difference between these lightsabers and later lightsabers lay in that the hilt was connected by a cable to an external power supply carried by the wielder on his or her back.

The invention of smaller power cells that could be fit within the hilt of the lightsaber and the greater freedom of movement gained by this advance in lightsaber technology made protosabers obsolete.

Appearances

 * The Golden Age of the Sith
 * The Fall of the Sith Empire