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I think the story behind that particular saber is that he made it himself (if the rumors of who that is are true). Someone else who knows more about the whole Star Wars universe can probably explain it better.

All Lightsabers are made by their respective wielder.

ooOo I meant more like the knowledge of how to make them wasn't passed down to Sith people, so this particular gentleman figured it out on his own and made it that way, sans instruction booklet.

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I think the story behind that particular saber is that he made it himself (if the rumors of who that is are true). Someone else who knows more about the whole Star Wars universe can probably explain it better.

All Lightsabers are made by their respective wielder.

Soooo we've got Samual L Jackson's who would only do the movie if he got a purple light saber. Darth Maul with the first dual saber. But everyone elses looks the same as to colour and build. Only thing different it the length. This isnt knights of the old republic haha.

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I think the story behind that particular saber is that he made it himself (if the rumors of who that is are true). Someone else who knows more about the whole Star Wars universe can probably explain it better.

All Lightsabers are made by their respective wielder.

Soooo we've got Samual L Jackson's who would only do the movie if he got a purple light saber. Darth Maul with the first dual saber. But everyone elses looks the same as to colour and build. Only thing different it the length. This isnt knights of the old republic haha.

It's the hilt that is made by the respective wielder, while the colour comes from a crystal. That's why they all look "similar", until you take a closer look.

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please note the name by the purple one.... evidently mace didn't have the purple one :P mundi did.

also I'm just curious if you might be right a little on that about the old republic, maybe(doubtful) we'll actually get to see the varients for sabers.

cause yeah as mentioned the crystals are the choose color, and the weilder makes the hilt, but different roles within orders also had different sabers aswell.

or am I completely wrong? its been a hot minute since I've delved into this realm.

edit: also it doesn't have count dooku's curved one, :P

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Lightsabers in Star Wars are wide and varied, more implied than what you see in the movies. To learn, you really need to go to the Extended Universe (EU). At this point, it needs to be said that lightsabers following cannot be disregarded as "not Star Wars since they weren't in the movies" as much of the EU has been accepted as canon. It's controversial for them to make Episode VII at all, because it does possibly distort some timelines that have been written and possibly make them confirmed not canon.

Anyways, lightsabers.

Like shown above, hilts are wide and varied by the user. I've often been annoyed by the movies' tendencies to only introduce one or two new kinds of lightsaber each new movie. In Episode I, you see Darth Maul's double-bladed saber. In Episode II, you get Count Dooku and Yoda's short blade, and in Episode III, General Grievous's 4 arm technique is shown. (although none of the lightsabers are unique)

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The "normal" hilted blade is by far the most popular as lightsabers were initially themed after katanas. Darth Maul is the first actual movie character seen changing the norm, and coming out with his double-bladed smackdown. Contrary to what you might think, Darth Maul did survive the duel in Episode I although he never fully repaired his lightsaber. It was actually constructed of two separate lightsabers that had a connecting mechanism on the hilts. That enabled him more versatility in fighting and duels. He also had robot legs after his failure to be Obi-wan on Naboo. Why robot legs? Because fuck you that's why. Actually fanservice demanded that his character survive mostly because people were so impressed by his badassery. They even did this weird phase where he had spider legs... I don't know... Star Wars isn't all good.

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Count Dooku came in with a different hilt to his lightsaber. It wasn't a new hilt, it was from a different time (in the Star Wars timeline, so work with me here) and focused around a specific fighting style. Although it wasn't shown in the movies the unique style of his blade allowed for a two-phase setting, one the normal lightsaber length and the other a shortened blade for very close quarters. It was supposed that Count Dooku, while allied with the Sith, was always more of a grey character in terms of his convictions. His lightsaber and fighting style both emphasized that, as he fell from Jedi Master to Darth Tyranus. (which again, he never was called in the movies)

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This is the only crossguard lightsaber in the EU that I'm aware of. It was used by a Jedi named Roblio Darté, one of the few survivors of Order 66. He was a general during the Clone Wars, and hid on Kessel when he escaped Order 66. He had a conclave with other jedi survivors on Kessel, where they argued what action to take against Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. Darth Vader showed up with the 501st Legion (Vader's Fist), and he himself slaughtered most of the Jedi there. Darté was with a group that actually almost beat Vader, but screwed up. Darté was killed by blaster fire in the resulting confusion. That's where Darté ended to my knowledge, and the lightsaber shown in the preview is significantly different from his. In the meeting with other Jedi, some Jedi argued that it was worth falling to the Dark side if they could get the power needed to bring down the new Empire. Darté was torn on this though, and I find it unlikely he would have fallen.

There are tons of accepted variants to lightsabers now, the EU has brought out loads. Games like Knights of the Old Republic are listed as canon to the Star Wars universe by LucasArts, and there is a lot out there that has spawned from that.

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Also, here's a normal shot of the lightsaber shown. It should be noted that the red flickering or lightining arcs that seem to be affecting the blade are usually caused by an unstable lightsaber crystal. This could be because the crystal he's using is being forced to produce three blades. Still an abnormally strong crystal.

PS I foresee Benedict Cumberbatch playing the talkie person in the preview.

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