Lumiya's lightwhip

"&hellip;Biting metal and stinging light&hellip;"

- Excerpt from the Sith tome which inspired the creation of Lumiya's lightwhip

Lumiya's lightwhip was the personal weapon of choice used in combat by Lumiya, Dark Lady of the Sith. A device of ancient Sith design, Lumiya's lightwhip was crafted after she found instructional tome during her pilgrimage to the world of Ziost which spoke of a weapon that included both tangible extensions and coherent lightsaber energy. The then-Sith apprentice forged the hilt of her lightwhip out of near-indestructible Mandalorian iron and powered it with shards of Kaiburr crystal gifted to her by her Master, the Sith Lord Darth Vader.

Lumiya first revealed her signature weapon during the onset of the Nagai-Tof War against her arch-enemy, Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker, whom she defeated in their initial confrontation on the planet Kinooine. Skywalker later bested the Dark Lady in a rematch on the same battleground after discovering that the combination of a standard lightsaber and its short-bladed version could sufficiently combat the duel nature of her lightwhip. Lumiya continued to wield her trademark flail for nearly the next forty decades, eliciting fear with its mere mention, and maiming or killing those who were unfortunate enough to be caught in its tendrils. Her lightwhip was used in combat against many Jedi over the years as well, but none as frequently as against her long-time rival, Luke Skywalker. In 40 ABY, Lumiya employed her lightwhip for a final time against the Jedi Master in a duel on the planet Terephon. Forsaking the advantage of his shoto, Skywalker defeated the Dark Lady of the Sith with only his lightsaber and killed her with a decapitating strike as her lightwhip fell into the chasm below the precipice on which they fought.

Design
"But only some of your whip's tendrils are of energy. Others of them are corporeal, formed of metal, or of hides."

- Den Siva



Dark Lady of the Sith Lumiya's signature accoutrement, the lightwhip, was a Sith weapon that incorporated beams of pliant energy in conjunction with physical matter. It's tubular hilt was forged from nearly indestructable Mandalorian iron, and was powered by Kaiburr crystal. While lightwhips wielded by other individuals only produced single flexible blades of Lightsaber energy, Lumiya's was quite unique; along with several strands of yellow plasma, the weapon included multiple tendrils of studded leather and flexible metal.

Resembling a Cat o' nine tails, Lumiya's lightwhip had an equal number of each of the three extension types and a range of up to five meters, though they could be retracted into the hilt in the midst of combat to effect better control. The lightwhip could also wield any one of the three forms singularly.

Advantages
The lightwhip was a rare and exotic weapon, and its traditional, single-flexible energy beam&mdash;while less powerful&mdash;was already an unfamiliar occurrence to lightsaber duelists.

Appearances

 * Star Wars 96: Duel With a Dark Lady
 * Star Wars 97: Escape
 * Betrayal
 * Bloodlines
 * Tempest
 * Exile
 * Sacrifice
 * Sacrifice