Before lightsabres

Shrykull · Post by **Shrykull** » 2003-04-06 12:38am

Did Jedi carry a weapon before lightsabres were invented (4000 years before ANH right?) if so what was it?

Kintaro · Post by **Kintaro** » 2003-04-06 12:51am

Maybe light daggers? Just kidding. I'm sure they used swords with metal blades.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-04-06 12:58am

Well the the RPG claims they had swords and that they had similar properties to say the Lightsaber.(Sith alchemical blades being one such)

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-04-06 01:02am

Uberswords.

Grand Moff Yenchin · Post by **Grand Moff Yenchin** » 2003-04-06 04:21am

The 'Golden Age of the Sith' comic shows some 'crystal chunk' swords used during the Great Schism.

white_rabbit · Post by **white_rabbit** » 2003-04-06 04:28am

werent those swords of Sith manufacture though ?

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-04-06 05:33am

Students of swordsmanship will aknowledge that lightsabres are wielded in much the same way as medieval Samurai wielded their katanas, so I'm strongly convinced that the Jedi Knights originally used some sort of katana-like steel swords before the first lightsabres were made.

Emperor Palpatine · Post by **Emperor Palpatine** » 2003-04-06 11:48am

KotOR did show that swords were still in use even with the popularity of lightsabres and vibro-weapons.
But KotOR's story was 4000 years before TPM, and it seem that Exar Kun killed all those Jedi only 40 years prior to the story in KotOR. And we know he has a lightsabre. That will mean swords might be way before that time.

BTW, KotOR also has doublebladed SWORDS.

WJTW

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-04-06 11:50am

white_rabbit wrote:werent those swords of Sith manufacture though ?

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At the time of the Great Schism, there were just light and dark Jedi. The Sith hadn't come on the scene and everyone used swords.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-04-08 08:27pm

Did they have blasters back then?
Because I would think a blaster would really fuck up a sword.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-04-08 08:30pm

The swords were made of extremely resilent light weight matter. Yes they could absorb standard energy beams without destruction. They were also Force-enhanced. They were later, during the Great Hyperspace War, also able to parry lightsabres.

Interestingly, Kir Kanos's double-bladed...thing had blades which could withstand rifle fire. Sith alchemically enhanced high-tech blades for Royal Guards?

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-04-08 08:33pm

I like the sound of those swords.....as for the swordsmanship.....the Originals were almost pure kendo in terms of thier sword styles.....the Prequels, are much more varied....including some styles so bad they almost make me ill.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2003-04-08 08:34pm

JEDI HAMMER!

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-04-08 08:36pm

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:JEDI HAMMER!

Give it to a lightning wielding bastard of a jedi....and wow.....Thor the Jedi!
Kick ass!

With TK it can always come back when you throw it too!

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-04-08 08:38pm

Keevan_Colton wrote:I like the sound of those swords.....as for the swordsmanship.....the Originals were almost pure kendo in terms of thier sword styles.....the Prequels, are much more varied....including some styles so bad they almost make me ill.

Tennis!

W00t.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-08 08:41pm

Don't forget the lumberjacking.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-04-08 09:01pm

The bastard child of florentine and westpoint that the Count uses is the one that really gets me.....

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-04-09 02:33am

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:JEDI HAMMER!

Actually it is the JEDI SLEDGEHAMMER!

paladin · Post by **paladin** » 2003-04-09 07:48am

Cream pies and water balloons. Jedis were alot sillier back then.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-04-09 10:51am

What about a Jedi cattle prod?

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-04-09 10:56am

Slartibartfast wrote:What about a Jedi cattle prod?

To SLAY SITH COWS!!!

Though I like this Hammer thing...I could many a Jedi screaming "Me SMASH!!!"

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-04-09 11:38am

I'd still want a sith called something like Darth Thor, throwing a hammer and shooting lightning......

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-09 01:09pm

Ghost Rider wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:What about a Jedi cattle prod?
To SLAY SITH COWS!!!

Though I like this Hammer thing...I could many a Jedi screaming "Me SMASH!!!"

That only works when you refer to yourself in the third person.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-04-09 01:12pm

And all jedi have shown a great grasp of grammar and language structure?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-09 01:46pm

Keevan_Colton wrote:And all jedi have shown a great grasp of grammar and language structure?

It sounds cooler when Hulk says it. "Hulk Smash" as opposed to "Me Smash."