Seven Forms of Lightsaber Combat
As the age of the steel blade ended and the era of the energy sword
began different forms of lightsaber combat emerged. Many of these took
their basic patterns from steel blade combat but newer forms took lightsaber
combat to a new lelve. Over time these forms were classified into the
following groups.
Parts Needed
To Build A Lightsaber
The lightsaber although
elegant and deadly is not a very complex weapon in construction. The
following are the parts needed to build a lightsaber for Jedi or Sith
combat:
How To Build
A Real Replica Lightsaber
From the first moment
you saw Luke Skywalker hold a lightsaber you knew you wanted one too.
The question is how do you go about building a real lightsaber. The
design and production team for Star Wars built their props as they were
required. The interesting part is that the Star Wars weapons were built
from fairly common items yet looked so exotic and advanced.
Luke Skywalkers
Lightsaber
The discovery of
Luke Skywalkers lightsaber required a hundred different coincidences
to happen in or around the same time. Leia Organa would have to be attacked
by Darth Vader on her way to Alderaan, two droids...
Darth Mauls
Lightsaber
Darth Maul was as fiercesome an opponent as any Jedi could dread encountering.
The sinister apprentice of Darth Sidious this Sith Lord was a master
of the Dark arts. This combined with his trademark Zabrak horns and
razor sharp teeth made Darth Maul a menacing foe to even the bravest
of Jedi.
Count Dookus
Lightsaber
Count Dooku (also known as Darth Tyranus) became known to us as the
plot of Episode II - Attack of the Clones unfolded. Dooku, the Padawan
of Yoda, was an extremely outspoken Jedi who regularly disagreed with
the Jedi council.
Star Wars Kid
What Star Wars website
would be complete without the full and embarrasing story of this unfortunate
Canadian kid playing out his lightsaber fantasy in front of the whole
world.
Lightsaber Gallery
With the introduction
of the lightsaber in Episode IV a new chapter in cinerma history opened.
The lightsaber represented a mixture of the gallantry of King Arthurs
sword Excalibur, the cold clean, precision of the Samurai sword and
technology of the distant future
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See A Real Lightsaber In Action?