Naginata

This article is non-canon within the canon continuity.

This article covers a subject from a Star Wars: Visions story that Lucasfilm declared is set in an alternate history within a reimagined galaxy.

A naginata^[2] was a type of polearm with a long shaft and a blade at the end. It was a melee weapon that could be wielded with one hand.^[1] When a village on the planet Genbara was attacked by bandits, one of the village's guards, a Trandoshan,^[2] used both a sword^[1] and a naginata to fight back against the bandits in melee combat.^[2] When the bandits' leader,^[1] the Sith Kouru,^[2] emerged from her vehicle, the Trandoshan pointed^[1] his^[2] naginata at her while demanding her surrender. In response, Kouru leapt down, and the Trandoshan readied his weapons, but was killed before he could use them against Kouru.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

A naginata first appeared in "The Duel," a short film in the Star Wars: Visions series written by Takashi Okazaki and directed by Takanobu Mizuno. The animated short, produced by Kamikaze Douga, was released on Disney+^[1] on September 22, 2021.^[3] Prior to the short's release, the naginata was first mentioned in a video promoting the series that was uploaded to the official Star Wars YouTube channel on July 3 of that year.^[4] In the real world, a naginata is a type of traditional Japanese weapon.^[5]