The Strangest Lightsabers in the Star Wars Universe: From Dark Rey to Ahsoka Tano

The lightsaber is without a doubt one of the coolest (though unfortunately nonexistent) weapons of any pop culture. What does not like in a laser sword capable of cutting anything while easily tidying up in your pocket when you're not using it? Although, as we have seen many times in the Star Wars universe, some Jedi and Sith are not content with the traditional design of the lightsaber. Dark Side Rey and his strange replacement lightsaber is just the latest example. From the double lightsaber to the lightsaber to the lightsaber (?) Rifle, here are the strangest and most remarkable lightsaber models in the Star Wars franchise, including some classic legendary legends.

The strangest lightsabers of the Star Wars universe

Lumiya & # 39; s Light-Whip

You must recognize that Marvel Comics has been able to think outside the box with this one. Long before the time of villains like Dark Maul and Kylo Ren, Star Wars No. 95 of 1985 featured one of the most unusual lightsaber designs ever made. Lumiya, the former protégé of Darth Vader himself, built a whip from ancient Sith designs. Constructed from a combination of unbreakable mandalar iron and lightsaber crystals, this weapon is the only lightsaber to create a flexible beam. Lumiya almost submerged Luke with this deadly weapon, forcing him to brandish two swords at a time to try his luck in combat.

The double-bladed lightsaber

The double-bladed lightsaber concept was introduced before The Phantom Threat, but this movie allowed this weapon to spread to the general public thanks to Dark Maul. Maul showed how this weapon could be deadly in good hands, dominating two powerful Jedi at a time. Similar double-bladed sabers have been used by characters such as Savage Opress and Satele Shan.

The lightsaber pike

One of the most interesting variants of the double-bladed lightsaber is pike, a weapon used by Jedi temple guards in Coruscant. With a longer guard and shorter blades, these swords are designed to be used more as a stick than as a traditional sword. The handles also fold in half in a switchblade type design, which is starting to become more and more popular in the Star Wars universe.

Pong Krell Sabers

Star Wars: The Clone Wars featured a corrupt Jedi master, Pong Krell, who himself contributed to the design of the double-bladed lightsaber. Krell's saber blades are longer, like those of Maul, but the handles fold in half, like the pike with lightsaber. Krell is also the only Jedi capable of brandishing two swords at a time, which could only be achieved with his incredible strength and extra arms.

The purple sword of Mace Windu

Canonically, there is only one Jedi cool enough to brandish a purple-blade lightsaber. Lightsaber crystals are almost always green, blue or red, making the Mace sword a collector's item. We can not help but wonder what happened to the weapon after Anakin cut off Mace 's arm in Revenge of the Sith.

Count Dooku & # 39; s Saber

Count Dooku was considered one of the best swordsmen in the galaxy before going to the Sith. Its lightsaber handle features a unique and curved design, allowing precise movements and strikes. This reinforces the fighting style inspired by the fencing that Dooku has perfected. His protégé, Asajj Ventress, brandishes two similar swords, but never as skillfully as his master.

The Sabers of Dark Sidious

The swords of Dark Sidious are distinguished both by their ornamental design and by the fact that their wrists are so short. This makes sense, since Sidious has tried to hide his Sith powers and hide his swords in the folds of his robe.

The sabers of Ahsoka Tano

When Ahsoka Tano appeared for the first time in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, she wielded a traditional green sword. But as the series progressed and Ahsoka became more confident in her abilities, she turned to the fighting style Jar & Kai, which focused on the double saber. Like a samurai, Ahsoka wears a blade of standard length and a shorter blade. Star Wars Rebels further distinguishes her by making Ahsoka one of the few Jedi to handle white lightsaber blades.

Husbands Brood & # 39; s Sabers

Star Wars: The Unleashed Force presented Maris Brood, a Jedi Padawan who falls on the dark side after the death of her master, Shaak Ti. Brood's twin sabers are inspired by tonfa sticks, with a perpendicular guard design that allows him to hold his swords at unusual angles.

The Darksaber

The Darksaber is one of the oldest lightsaber weapons in the Star Wars universe. Its archaic design gives a flat sloping blade that shines in black and makes a distinctive buzz. This blade has a long history with Mandalore warriors. Its creator, Tarre Vizsla, was the first Mandalorian to be inducted into the Jedi order. It has since been used by Mandalorians such as Pre Vizsla and Sabine Wren.

Saber of Dark Malgus

Ancient Sith Lord Dark Malgus has one of the few lightsabers that can possibly kill a man even when he is disabled. The top of the handle has two blade-shaped protuberances that give the impression that Malgus is carrying an ax on the battlefield.

Saber of Dark Chratis

Another powerful Sith Lord of the old Republic, Dark Chratis is distinguished by the fact that he wears a metal stick that can collapse in half and emit a lightsaber blade. The unusually long handle gives Chratis extra reach in battle.

Dark Bane's Lightsaber

While the weapon of the Jedi temple guards is called a lightsaber pike, The Clone Wars has almost introduced an even more online weapon with a traditional pike. This conceptual art shows the weapon that Darth Bane had to use in the episode of season 6 "Sacrifice". It is essentially a long stick that emits a broad, tapered blade. But although Bane himself appears in this episode, his weapon never managed to cut it.

The sword of the grand inquisitor

Star Wars Rebels introduced the Inquistorius, an order from Dark Jedi instructed to help Vader eliminate the last of the Jedi. Each of these villains is equipped with a multipurpose lightsaber. The handle looks like nothing except a Tron ID, although it can also fold in half to look like the handle of a cutlass. These swords can be used in single or double blade mode. These weapons can also double, as well as personal helicopters.

Kylo Ren's Saber

Kylo Ren uses an unusual crossguard sword that reflects his own unstable nature. The crystal feeding his sword is cracked, requiring orifices on either side of the guard to vent excess heat and plasma. The advantage is that Kylo's sword has two extra blades (or quillons) that he often uses to his advantage in combat.

The saber laser rifle

Librarian Jedi Jocasta Nude may not seem able to compete with Darth Vader and her inquisitors, but she is a surprisingly demoralized fighter when the need actually feels. Jocasta leveled the playing field by tying his ordinary blue lightsaber to a specially designed rifle. This rifle uses the lightsaber as fuel for its incredibly destructive explosions. Unfortunately, the rifle can only fire a lot of shots before the lightsaber goes out.

The sword of the blades of Rey

Until now, Rey was using Luke Skywalker's old lightsaber, but the latest trailer of The Rise of Skywalker suggests that Rey will head to the dark side and brandish a new weapon. This double-bladed sword folds in half like the weapons of the Jedi temple guards, but it can still be used as a two-blade weapon, even when folded. It remains to be seen if this scene is just a vision or if we will actually see Rey using this particular sword in the new movie.

To learn more about The Rise of Skywalker and Rey's surprise surprise, check out our summary of the D23 trailer, find out why Rey embracing the dark side was unavoidable, check out four theories about this Rey scene and find out what the IGN readers consider as the explanation of this scene. Dark Side Rey.

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