Let’s face it, when it comes to costumes and lightsabers, the Sith win hands down.
In this video we are going to explore 10 awesome Sith lightsaber designs.
So let’s begin…
1.
Starkiller Galen Marek's lightsaber was the weapon of
Vader's secret apprentice, a Force-sensitive assassin codenamed Starkiller.
His lightsaber had a skeletal design.
Intended for both training and combat, it served multiple purposes such as the sparring
matches between the apprentice and his holodroid PROXY, as well as meditation sessions in which
he concentrated on telekinetically reassembling his lightsaber.
2.
Revan Revan first used his Sith lightsaber during
the later years of the Mandalorian Wars and wielded it against Mandalore the Ultimate.
After being turned to the dark side by the Sith Emperor, Revan kept the saber as his
weapon, however he replaced the original blue crystal with a synthetic red one.
During the Jedi Civil War, Revan used this weapon against the Jedi Order.
Most notably, it saw use when Bastila Shan led a strike team to capture Revan.
The weapon was destroyed when Malak fired on Revan's ship, nearly killing him…
3.
Dooku A former Jedi Master, Darth Tyrannus became
the apprentice of Sidious and the political leader of the Separatist Alliance.
He handcrafted his new lightsaber, giving it a very unique curved hilt.
The weapon was built for the purpose of combat, and the Sith Lord carried it with him into
numerous battles during the Clone Wars, a conflict he and Sidious orchestrated from
both sides.
In his final match, Dooku lost his lightsaber to Anakin Skywalker when he was defeated in
a duel aboard the starship Invisible Hand.
Anakin used Dooku's own weapon to behead him… 4.
Vader Darth Vader's lightsaber was built some time
after his fall to the Dark side at the end of the Clone Wars.
It replaced the one he lost during his duel with Obi-Wan on Mustafar.
The lightsaber was equipped with a dual-phase function, allowing the blade's length to be
manually controlled and altered in combat.
After his accession to Sith Lord, Vader was known to draw his lightsaber when facing Jedi
and other opponents, even though he sometimes preferred to use the Force to dispatch lesser
victims.
5.
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Being a patron of the arts, Darth Sidious designed his original weapon with a high level
of craftsmanship, clearly influenced by his love of antiquity.
The body of the lightsaber was fashioned from almost indestructible phrik alloy while the
flat emitter was composed of aurodium.
The whole of the weapon possessed a refined and elegant electrum finish.
Ever the pragmatist, Sidious had already prepared a backup lightsaber.
This weapon was initially identical to his first, but it was later retrofitted with an
unknown black alloy…
6.
Maul After failing to assassinate the reclusive
Jedi Master, Siolo'urmanka, Maul re-designed his lightsaber.
Returning to his ship, he drew on Sith schematics at his disposal, fabricating two separate
lightsabers.
Welding the weapons together, Maul created his new double ended lightsaber.
As Maul's lightsaber was composed of two weapons with connected pommels, they both possessed
identical designs.
Directly below the beam emitter and projection plate of both weapons was the modulation circuitry
and the activator.
Next to the activator was a control lock and a small, ridged handgrip.
The next control was for blade modulation, with a second set of control locks directly
below it.
The center of the weapon was the joint between the two lightsabers.
Even if the weapon is disconnected in the middle, it still functions as evidenced in
the Phantom Menace…
7.
Savage
Savage Opress's lightsaber was a double-bladed lightsaber he used against foes like Adi Gallia,
Katuunko, Obi-Wan and Sidious.
The weapon closely resembled Maul's lightsaber, but also contained design features similar
to Dooku’s lightsaber (notably the emitter guards on both ends).
Compared to typical lightsabers, this weapon had an unusual sound frequency where the ignition
hiss sounded similar to an animal-like growl, while the idle hum had a much deeper resonance
pitch.
Also, the weapon's blade length extended much further than most other lightsabers.
8.
The Inquisitor The lightsaber of the Grand Inquisitor, featured
a ringed emitter which could partially detach from the cylindrical handgrip in the center,
allowing the twin blades to rotate rapidly with minimal effort.
For a Jedi hunter like the Inquisitor, this function served as a method of intimidation,
as well as aiding to deflect any form of direct attack.
On some occasions opponents would be caught off-balance.
However, this was also the weapon's primary weakness, as a lightsaber-wielding opponent
could permanently separate the emitter itself and sever the weapon in half, as was demonstrated
by Kanan Jarrus during his final duel with the Inquisitor aboard the Sovereign.
9.
Ventress Asajj Ventress owned two red-bladed lightsabers
that could be wielded separately or joined together to form a double-bladed lightsaber.
She was given them after becoming the assassin of Count Dooku.
She continued to wield them after Dooku's betrayal, until they were stolen by Barriss
Offee to frame Ahsoka Tano for the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar.
When she told Anakin Skywalker, he forced Barriss into using them by swiping her own
lightsaber and attacking her during his investigation.
10.
Kylo Ren
Kylo Ren's lightsaber was a crudely assembled weapon based on an ancient design dating back
thousands of years to the Great Scourge of Malachor.
Despite being an older design, the lightsaber had modern components inside it.
A single cracked Kyber crystal, barely able to contain the weapon's power, necessitated
the lateral vents which diverted the extra heat produced by the crystal to either side
of the hilt, and gave the weapon's red plasma blades an unstable, serrated appearance.
To balance the weapon's power, the crossguard blades emerge after the main blade appears…
So those are my 10 favourite Sith lightsabers…
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