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During the [[Clone Wars]], [[Besalisk]] [[Jedi Master]] [[Pong Krell]] wielded two twin double-bladed lightsabers, one blue and one green-bladed, which could fold at the middle.<ref name="Darkness on Umbara" /> The [[Jedi Temple Guard]] wielded a similar weapon, the yellow double-bladed [[lightsaber pike]].<ref name="The Wrong Jedi">{{TCW|The Wrong Jedi}}</ref> |
During the [[Clone Wars]], [[Besalisk]] [[Jedi Master]] [[Pong Krell]] wielded two twin double-bladed lightsabers, one blue and one green-bladed, which could fold at the middle.<ref name="Darkness on Umbara" /> The [[Jedi Temple Guard]] wielded a similar weapon, the yellow double-bladed [[lightsaber pike]].<ref name="The Wrong Jedi">{{TCW|The Wrong Jedi}}</ref> |
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+ | The [[Inquisitorius|Imperial Inquisitors]], [[dark side adept]]s tasked at identifying and hunting down [[Jedi]] following [[Order 66]], fought using their unique version of the weapon. Their red [[double-bladed spinning lightsaber]] could also be used as a regular single-bladed lightsaber.<ref name="Rebels Visual Guide" /> |
In [[3 BBY]],{{Fact}} Maul wielded [[Maul's lightsaber|another double-bladed lightsaber]].<ref name="Twilight">{{Rebels|Twilight of the Apprentice}}</ref> |
In [[3 BBY]],{{Fact}} Maul wielded [[Maul's lightsaber|another double-bladed lightsaber]].<ref name="Twilight">{{Rebels|Twilight of the Apprentice}}</ref> |
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The double-bladed lightsaber or saberstaff was a lightsaber variant that featured a blade emitted from both ends.
History
Savage Opress wielded a double-bladed lightsaber.
The Dathomirian Zabrak Sith Lord Darth Maul wielded a red saberstaff he created himself, Savage Opress, Maul's brother, also wielded a red double-bladed lightsaber.[4]
Count Dooku's personal assassin and apprentice Asajj Ventress had a pair of curved-hilt lightsabers that could be joined together at the hilt into a single weapon by a locking mechanism becoming a double-bladed lightsaber.[3]
During the Clone Wars, Besalisk Jedi Master Pong Krell wielded two twin double-bladed lightsabers, one blue and one green-bladed, which could fold at the middle.[5] The Jedi Temple Guard wielded a similar weapon, the yellow double-bladed lightsaber pike.[10]
The Imperial Inquisitors, dark side adepts tasked at identifying and hunting down Jedi following Order 66, fought using their unique version of the weapon. Their red double-bladed spinning lightsaber could also be used as a regular single-bladed lightsaber.[9]
In 3 BBY,[source?] Maul wielded another double-bladed lightsaber.[11]
Behind the scenes
The double-bladed lightsaber first appeared in the Star Wars canon in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.[1] It was originally conceived by writer Tom Veitch and artist Christian Gossett for the Star Wars Legends comic book series Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi.[12] Gossett has said he thought of lightsabers as the personal "honor weapons" of the Jedi, and would be more customized to suit personal preference rather than standardized for all.[13]
During the development of Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, screenwriter Michael Arndt became really interested in the motif of "fire and ice" and wanted to have one character wielding a double-bladed lightsaber, with one side red and the other blue.[14]
Appearances
Non-canon appearances
- Disney Infinity 3.0
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
- Angry Birds Star Wars II
- William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First
LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales — "Exit from Exit" (In flashback(s))- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Story Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Witches of the Mist"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Darkness on Umbara"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars Rebels — "Rise of the Old Masters"
- ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
- ↑ Star Wars Lightsabers: A Guide to Weapons of the Force
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Wrong Jedi"
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels — "Twilight of the Apprentice"
- ↑ Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War 3: The Trial of Ulic Qel-Droma
- ↑ Interview with Christian Gossett, conducted by Greyman
- ↑ The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens