After Din Djarin presents the ancient Mandalorian weapon known as the Darksaber to his leader,
the armorer, his claim to the saber is immediately challenged.
A man named Paz Vizsla of the Mandaloran House Vizsla tries to claim the saber based on his
ancestry and lineage, putting up a fierce struggle against Mando.
But why did the Darksaber get heavier for Mando as the fight continued?
Well lets find out and why it also got Lighter when Sabine Wren used the blade.
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During his fight with fellow Children of the Watch Member Paz Vizsla, and even against
the Bulldog mob members on Glavis, Mando came across a very interesting phenomenon which
is unique to the Darksaber.
The weapon actually felt heavier in his hands, even to a point where he couldn’t even hold
up the weapon.
The ancient weapon began dragging on the ground and took considerable force to even hold up.
Considering this even happened to Paz Vizsla who can hold much, much heavier weapons, this
effect is obviously very strong.
Now this exact same thing happens to Sabine Wren in Star Wars rebels after she obtains
the blade and begins her training with Kanan Jarrus.
In that series, Sabine wren and Ezra Bridger a fellow member of her Rebel cell and Jedi
padawan, traveled to the dark world of Dathomir.
This is the homeworld of Darth Maul, who was the current holder of the darksaber at the
time.
After exploring the planet and encountering the Nightsister witches they stumbled into
his lair.
Inside Maul’s lair was an assortment of disturbing pictures and relics, along with
the famed Darksaber just sitting there for the taking.
By this point in the timeline, the Jedi had fallen and the Empire had risen.
So with Maul’s defeat at the Siege of Mandalore, he had completely lost interesting in ruling
the Mandalorian people andy longer, allowing Sabine and Ezra to take the blade from him
without a fight.
It was at this point that Sabine Wren became the holder of the Darksaber and the true ruler
of Mandalore… at least according to the tradition at the time.
Despite not having won the Dark blade in single combat with the current holder, Sabine was
the de facto ruler.
This whole situation actually came as a stunning shock to the Mandalorian people as nobody
could believe that Maul had really been defeated and lost the Darksaber.
But either way, this is where the connections to Din Djarin’s Darksaber training begin.
Knowing that Sabine would now become a massive target for prospective challengers to the
Darksaber, Kanan Jarrus, a Jedi knight who survived Order 66, began to train her.
And it was during this training that she experienced the exact same, strange phenomenon as Mando.
The Darksaber was heavy and refused to cooperate with her movement.
This problem was only solved once Sabine began to connect with the blade and allow it to
become an extension of herself, rather than a simple tool.
Sabine needed to fight with it and not against it.
She was knocked to the ground by Kanan many times before this got through to her, but
eventually she accepted the blade and its power, reducing its weight significantly.
Sabine was very pleased with her progress and the fact that the blade was getting much
lighter, but this wasn’t the full answer.
There was something more that Sabine needed to do in order to completely connect with
the Darksaber.
Sabine had to confront a major event from her past and accept what she had done.
She was forced to forgo her attachment to the past and in a way forgive herself.
This clearly sounds very Jedi like, which makes a lot of sense since we know it was
crafted by the first Mandalorian Jedi.
For sabine she had to confront her traumatic separation from her family and the disgrace
that she brought onto Clan Wren.
She defected from the imperial academy as a young girl after witnessing the Empire’s
atrocities and brought shame to her Clan.
Not only this, but she was forced to face the fact that she was behind a horrendous
superweapon which specifically targetted the Mandalorian People…
During her time at the Imperial Academy, Sabine developed a horrible abomination known as
the ARC PUlse generator, which could melt Mandalorians within their beskar armor.
The superweapon, codenamed Duchess, could only target Beskar plating, meaning Sabine
literally created a weapon which could be used to wipe out the Mandalorian people.
Kanan taught her to confront this fear and her part in it, allowing her to connect with
the blade and therefore reduce its weight in her hand.
And this need to let go from attachment is the exact same thing that the Armorer told
Mando that he needed to do in order to connect with the blade and make it lighter.
He obviously still has a very deep connection to Grogu and we see throughout Chapter five
of the book of Boba Fett just how much he misses him.
He sees Grogu in the Rodian child on the freighter and even shapes the little gift wrap for him
into the shape of his head…
It is because of this attachment and unwillingness to let go of the past that causes the Darksaber
to furiously weigh down on Mando.
He simply can’t connect and make the Blade part of himself unless he confronts the decision
to let Grogu stay with Luke and accept it.
As the teachings of Kanan Jarruss told sabine, the wielder of the Darksaber has all of their
thoughts, emotion and energy flow through the crystal as if it is a part of themselves.
If the wielder hasn’t made their own peace they are not worthy to wield the blade.
But that leaves us with another question.
How does the blade do this.
How does the Darksaber connect with it’s holder despite most normal lightsabers just
being simple defensive tools with no connection to the force, apart from the Kyber crystal
determining its color.
Well, the Darksaber is not a regular lightsaber.
It likely has an obsidian crystal at it’s core rather than traditional Kyber, which
is something much more closely akin to Mandalorian culture.
In so many ways Tarre Vizsla attempted to blend his Mandalorian roots with his Jedi
roots, so an Obsidian crystal really is the perfect choice.
We know in canon that Obisidan itself is an inherently dark side material, just like how
certain planets are inherently attuned to the dark side like Dathomir or even Jedha
for the light side.
This connection to the dark side makes Obsidian crystals produce red blades immediately, without
the need for a user to bleed it through the force.
Usually, all red lightsaber crystals in canon have to be bled through the force by their
user, but for obsidian it’s natural.
Knowing this, it might be possible that the Obsidian crystal combined with some type of
Beskar crystal or other internals produces the infamous black Blade of the Darksaber.
And this obsidian force crystal may be how the Darksaber determines its weight for holders.
It may look deeply into the force to get a true picture of it’s holder’s state of
attachment and emotion.
Now this leaves the question of why did the same thing happen to Paz Vizsla.
Well It’s exactly the same mechanism.
Paz Vizsla is clearly carrying a lot of burden and trauma from being one of only 3 members
of the Children of the Watch left.
His entire tribe has been wiped out and he hasn’t yet made peace with that fact.
Not to mention that because of his ancestry being part of Clan Vizsla, he probably believes
that he has a birthright to the Darksaber just like we see demonstrated in the episode.
Paz most likely thinks that he can just wield the blade without any sort of guidance or
training, which as we now know is not the case.
As for why Darth Maul and Moff Gideon were able to wield the blade with ease, it could
just be that they can suppress those attachments using the dark side.
Rather than forgiving themselves for things they’ve done in the past, these two are
the type to simply not care.
With Maul that would be through the Dark side and with Gideon, just plain arrogance.
Now Sabine needed a Jedi to teach her how to use the Darksaber effectively, despite
not being one herself.
But considering it was literally crafted by a Jedi Tarre Vizsla this makes a ton of Sense.
Kanan Jarrus Trained Sabine, so Mando clearly needs someone of that skillset to teach him
how to control the weapon both physically and emotionally…
So who will that be?
Well I think the only realistic option for this era of the Galaxy is Luke Skywalker himself.
We know that he’s currently training Grogu and off traversing the Galaxy so they’re
bound to meet back up at some point.
Mando misses Grogu deeply and we were left off with a huge cliffhanger telling us that
he wants to visit a little friend.
When he goes to visit Luke will be there and it might be the perfect time to get a Trials
of the Dark saber type training session, mirroring what happened in Rebels with Sabine Wren.
Another very big wildcard option which would be absolutely huge is Mace Windu.
I really doubt Mace is going to show up at this point and it’s probably not a good
idea to bring him back from the dead, but with all of his skills and Jedi Knowledge
he would be a perfect person to train Din Djarin with the Darksaber.
Of course you’d have to answer many, many questions about where he’s been and what
he’s been up to, which makes it very tough.
Although if there is going to be any show that you bring him back in, you’d do it
in the Book of Boba Fett considering his long and dark history with the Fett family.
All the way back from the battle of Geonosis, to the many assassination attempts on him
at the hands of Boba Fett.
So that is the true reason why the Darksaber instantly got lighter for Sabine wren, but
heavier for Din Djarin when he used it.
Let me know how you think Mando will remedy this problem in the upcoming episodes or in
the Mandalorian season 3.
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