Lightwhip

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Lightwhip
Production information
Model	Lightsaber
Owners	Vernestra Rwoh
Cost	11,400 credits
Physical and technical specifications
Size	Short
Material(s)	Alloys or composites (laced with either cortosis, phrik alloy, or a comparable energy resistant alloy)
Length	Several meters
Usage and history
Purpose	Lightsaber combat
Affiliation	Jedi Order Nightsisters

Lightwhips were a heavily modified lightsaber variant with multiple plasma blades in flexible containment shields. Due to the blades' flexibility, they required more care of use than a regular lightsaber, and had less cutting power. With a history dating back to the Sith Wars, lightwhips were particularly associated with the Nightsisters of Dathomir, although Jedi had been known to use them as well since they were effective against the Forbidden Forms of the Sith. High Republic Era Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh was able to modify her lightsaber to have an additional whip mode after learning the design in a Force vision.

Description

Lightwhips were a heavily modified lightsaber variant. Unlike lightsabers, lightwhips' internal workings permitted the containment field of their plasma blades to be flexible, allowing dozens of small emitters to create thin and flexible blades which could reach several meters in length. It was possible to modify a standard lightsaber to have a lightwhip mode, with a control to switch the blade from sword to whip and back again. Due to their thinness, lightwhip blades were weaker than that of a typical lightsaber, with more limited cutting capacities. However, whips could be used to capture or entangle opponents. The flexible nature of the tendrils meant that lightwhip users had to take more care during use than when wielding a lightsaber, as the wielder had to pay attention to where the tendrils were going so that they did not lose a limb.

History

Lightwhips were sometimes used by the Jedi Order during the Sith Wars, with the Jedi Cervil the Uncanny leaving behind testimonies about whips being effective against the Forbidden Forms used by some Sith Lords. By the High Republic Era, lightwhips were uncommon among the Jedi, but were known to be used by the Nightsisters, a clan of dark side-using witches from Dathomir.

Recently-promoted Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh, while stationed at Port Haileap during that time, had a Force vision which showed her how to modify her lightsaber to give it an additional lightwhip mode, activated by twisting the first ring on the hilt. Uncertain of the reception the modification would get, she kept it secret for several weeks, practicing with the whip in private and not telling either Jedi Master Douglas Sunvale, her superior at Port Haileap, or her former Master Stellan Gios about the change to her weapon. Rwoh eventually reluctantly revealed the whip to Padawan Imri after the two of them, along with Avon Starros, Honesty, and the droids J-6 and SD-7, became stranded on a wild jungle moon after an attack on the cruiser Steady Wing, as the whip mode would allow her to clear brush faster so the group could take shelter from acid rain.

Behind the scenes

Lightwhips were first canonically mentioned in the Fantasy Flight Games sourcebook Endless Vigil, and are set to make their first appearance in the upcoming novel The High Republic: A Test of Courage.

The lightwhip originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, and first appeared in the comic book Star Wars 95: No Zeltrons.

Appearances

• The High Republic: A Test of Courage

Sources

• Endless Vigil (First mentioned)
• Gadgets and Gear

Notes and references

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