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Hinged double-bladed lightsaber

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The hinged double-bladed lightsaber was a double-bladed lightsaber variant that featured a hinge in the center of the hilt. It folded for easier storage and one or both blades could be activated while the weapon was collapsed, the parallel blades being able to trap the blade of another lightsaber. Some Jedi Temple Guards carried this style of lightsaber, as did Jedi Wayseeker Orla Jareni and Jedi General Pong Krell, the latter of which having owned two of them.

Description[]

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Pong Krell ignites one of the blades in his hinged saber while it is still in its locked position.

Hinged double-bladed lightsabers were effectively two single-blade lightsabers joined by a hinge at their pommels. This allowed for greater portability while being carried on a user's belt. Wielders could activate one[3] or both blades while the weapon was still folded, with the parallel blades able to trap the blade of another lightsaber.[6]

History[]

Hinged double-bladed lightsabers had a history with the Jedi Order. Some members of the Jedi Temple Guard wielded these variations,[7] in addition to their yellow-bladed lightsaber pikes which were also identical in design.[8] During the High Republic Era, Umbaran Jedi Wayseeker Orla Jareni owned a white hinged double-bladed lightsaber.[9]

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Pong Krell wielding dual hinged double-bladed lightsabers

During the Clone Wars, Jedi General Pong Krell's four-armed Besalisk anatomy allowed him to wield two hinged double-bladed lightsabers, one with blue blades, and the other with green blades.[3]

In 3 BBY,[10] while venturing into the Lothal Jedi Temple, Kanan Jarrus experienced a Force vision that featured several Jedi Temple Guards—including the Grand Inquisitor—wielding such weapons.[7]

In 35 ABY,[11] while searching for the wayfinder on Kef Bir, Rey fought a vision of herself as a Sith. In the vision, her dark-side counterpart wielded a hinged double-bladed lightsaber with unstable red blades.[6]

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"Pong Krell['s] lightsaber design introduces something new to the Jedi arsenal. Though double-ended lightsabers had been seen before—most famously wielded by Darth Maul—Krell's are hinged, allowing him to more easily stow them on his belt."
―"Carnage of Krell" Trivia Gallery on StarWars.com[1]
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The hinged double-bladed lightsaber of Rey's vision

Hinged double-bladed lightsabers first appeared in "Darkness on Umbara," the seventh episode in the fourth season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated television series,[3] which first aired on October 28, 2011.[12]

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The dark vision of Rey holds her lightsaber at its full length

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ StarWars.com A New Jedi Revealed and More from Star Wars: The High Republic Show on StarWars.com (backup link)
  2. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Darkness on Umbara"
  3. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Carnage of Krell"
  4. ↑ Kyber Crystal (Lightsaber Crystal) in the Databank (backup link) ("At the heart of every Jedi lightsaber is a kyber crystal...")
  5. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
  6. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars Rebels — "Shroud of Darkness"
  7. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Wrong Jedi"
  8. ↑ The High Republic: Into the Dark
  9. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Shroud of Darkness" to 3 BBY.
  10. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, including the vision of the hinged lightsaber, to 35 ABY.
  11. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Episode Guide
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