EVERY SINGLE Lightsaber Type in Star Wars

several days ago we made a video about the broad Sabre on the light saber Channel after this video various comments by you guys inspired me to make a video about every different lightsaber variation that we know of specifically in Star Wars Canon in Star Wars legends there's simply too many but I'm sure we'll make individual videos on all of those lightsaber variant in today's video though I wanted to go over every single type of variant of lightsaber that we know of in Star Wars Canon the ones that we've made specific videos on I won't touch on for too long but I will link several videos on them in the description down below if you'd like to check those out again for the final time just to make sure we don't get any comments about it all the lightsabers described in this video do fall under canon so if there's a lightsaber variation that's missing on this video it may fall under Star Wars legends with introductions out of the way let's go ahead and begin with the video one more little note though there may be changes to Star Wars Canon as we move on so if there's a lightsaber added to Star Wars Canon I'll be sure to cover that in a separate video the first lightsaber is of course the standard lightsaber he'll the standard lightsaber he'll normally only produced a single plasma blade of varying colors the blade though did not change blade length and of course this is the most common lightsaber that we see in Star Wars Canon and there's not really much to add to it again though specifically the blade here only produces a single length and you cannot switch between various blade lengths the next light saber is the double bladed lightsaber whose first appearance was made in Star Wars The Phantom Menace by Darth Maul a double bladed lightsaber normally had a longer hilt to account for the extra crystals placed within the lightsaber itself of course which allowed it to produce two blade in Star Wars Canon we've seen a few people used this double bladed lightsaber most predominantly Sith Lord we've seen characters again like Darth Maul Savage Opress and one Jedi pong Krell used double bladed lightsaber although they were far more rare than a standard hilt lightsaber and were considered far more darkside in nature although again some Jedi would in fact use a double bladed lightsaber next up we have a dual phase lightsaber which this is the lightsaber type whose blade can actually change Lane the most notable characters in the Star Wars mythos that had a dual phase lightsaber were Darth Vader and Count Dooku both famous Jedi killers who would change the length of their blade throughout a lightsaber duel although Darth Vader would change the length of his lightsaber far more often than Dooku would this was considered a little bit more of a complex lightsaber design but it simply changed the emitter shroud and the length of the blade could be switched with the button again this is another variation of the lightsaber that is a little bit more dark side in origins one of the key powers of a dual phase lightsaber is of course deception making your enemies believe that the length of your lightsaber is one length when in reality you can change that with the switch of a button something that both Dooku and Darth Vader did several times to kill Jedi the most notable feature with this is when Darth Vader was constantly changing the length of his lightsaber in his duel with obi-wan Kenobi on the first Death Star in an attempt to keep his master at a longer distance than he normally would a Jedi as of course it was because of the hand of obi-wan Kenobi that Darth Vader was trapped within his cybernetic suit and Darth Vader was far more cautious in this duel than nearly any other that we've ever seen the next lightsaber variant is known as the broad saber which we covered just a few days ago basically the emitter of a broad saber made the lightsaber looked more like a normal sword would but the lightsaber not being really rounded but made to look like it had sharp edges on it as we covered in that video normally only form1 practitioners would use the broad saber form one sheet show was specially tooled to take on multiple adversaries at a single time and the form required wide sweeping movements of the saber thus wide the broad saber was most popular among form 1 masters but a lightsaber variant that most Jedi actually frowned upon in the Star Wars mythos as they considered it far inferior to the normal lightsaber standard blade next up is the Cain lightsaber which we've seen twice to my knowledge in Star Wars Canon one time by Maul in the rebel series as he used it in the Star Wars rebels series to appear weaker than he really was a Cain lightsaber is pretty self-explanatory it's a light saber that's hidden within a cane another Jedi to use a cane lightsaber was Terrace a new Bey who again was one of the oldest jedi masters of the era and because of this fact his reflexes were slowing and he wanted to have quick access to his lightsaber thus why he constructed his lightsaber within his cane something else interesting about Terrace a new Bey's lightsaber is it's actually white in coloration making this the first appearance of a white lightsaber blade in Star Wars Canon far before ahsoka donned hers next up we have an max lightsaber or rather a contained energy axe as it was known in Star Wars Canon a contained energy axe again used the power of a Kyber crystal and was most commonly used by Sith Lords it was also a weapon that the Jedi and most of the Sith in fact also considered inferior to even a standard lightsaber which is why we really don't know of anyone specific using this lightsaber type however we do know that it was in fact utilized most notably during the Old Republic era the emitter shroud was actually changed to form an axe instead of a normal saber of course why it's called a contained energy axe next up we have a cross carded lightsaber which was popularized by the villain of the sequel trilogy kylo Ren the cross guard design of a lightsaber is actually an ancient design with kylo Ren opting to construct a cross guarded lightsaber because the Kyber crystal placed within his lightsaber was crap way before the era of kylo Ren though a cross guarded lightsaber was extremely common the cross guard was actually built to let excess energy flow throughout the lightsaber as a cross guarded lightsaber wasn't really used for offensive purposes with the cross guard itself instead it was just a way to expel excess energy placed within the Kyber crystal as the designs of a lightsaber were not quite perfected yet we again see another cross guarded lightsaber in Star Wars rebels at the site of an ancient Sith temple it is believed that kylo Ren actually found the designs of an ancient cross guarded lightsaber and that this is how he modified his original Jedi weapon again though it should be made clear that the cross guarded lightsaber design is one that was used by both the ancient Jedi as well as the ancients it next up we have one of my favorite variants of a lightsaber the curved hilted lightsaber popularized by Count Dooku a curve tilted lightsaber is also a more ancient design for a lightsaber type and was developed in an era where lightsaber combat was far more frequent among the Jedi this is why when Dooku decided to create a curve tilted lightsaber it shot many members of the Jedi Council including Yoda again as we mentioned earlier Dooku's lightsaber also had a dual phase function other notable curved lightsabers than the Star Wars mythos include asajj ventress and even as sokka's 2 white lightsabers the weapon was developed specifically for lightsaber duel and because of the unconventional angle it was much more difficult to combat in a lie Sabre dual something interesting about this light saber variant is it was popular among both the Jedi as well as the Sith it was also said it was easier to lunge at an opponent using a curved tilted light saber as the curve tilted lightsaber was specialized by those using form two lightsaber combat mawkish II next up we have a lightsaber variant known as the great lightsaber which was an oversized lightsaber essentially the great lightsabers were often used by larger individuals and aliens in the Star Wars galaxy the blades emitted were also far more powerful because of the elongated hilt and normally more or a larger Kyber crystal a normal human in the Star Wars galaxy would struggle a great deal to even he was a great light saber and its longest a great lightsaber could be over two meters in length the great lightsaber is such a rare weapon in Star Wars Canon that we don't really know if anyone that used one just larger individuals in the galaxy the closest we get really is Jedi master pong crown who used to double bladed lightsaber that were in fact larger than normal as pong Krell was a massive individual next up we have one of the most rare lightsabers we know of in Star Wars Canon or even not really a lightsaber at all although it does technically fall under that category next up we have what is known as a light foil unlike foil was a type of lightsaber that was developed by the ancient Sith Lords and was much smaller than a standard lightsaber essentially what a light foil was was a fencing sword although of course it was produced using a plasma blade a light foil was most commonly used with form two lightsaber combat mawkish II the same form that Count Dooku used and again this is another lightsaber that we don't really know a lot about other than the fact that most commonly ancient Sith Lords used it and it hasn't really ever even been seen in the more recent Star Wars Canon something else interesting about the light foil is this is the most popular type of lightsaber among non force users as it was considered slightly more easy to wield than a normal lightsaber would be therefore although it was rare some non force users did possess light foils something else unique about the light foil is it was specifically a one-handed weapon as it was far too small to place both of your hands on it stay tuned on the channel as I will be doing a more in-depth analysis on the light for yo lightsaber for now though let's move on to a lights sabre pistol a lightsaber pistol is only a lightsaber that we've ever seen one individual use in Star Wars Canon that being Azra Bridger this was as rubra Jers first lightsaber after being apprenticed to kanan jarrus jedi knight a lightsaber pistol was really rare because most Jedi in fact frowned upon blasters however as fans of Star Wars rebels no Ezra Bridger was not trained as a conventional Jedi Knight the main reason that Ezra constructed a lightsaber like this is he wanted to be able to openly carry his lightsaber without Imperials and others knowing what it really was therefore why it looked far more like a blaster than a normal lightsaber and was not illegal during the time of the Empire again though as Roe would ultimately change his lightsaber design and create a second more standard green lightsaber after this lightsaber was destroyed by Darth Vader the blasters produced by this lightsaber were also not lethal as they were meant more to stun than anything the next lightsaber type that we'll discuss on this list though is far more strange than even a lightsaber pistol a lightsaber rifle in Canon we've only ever seen one individual use a lightsaber rifle that being Jocasta knew something unique about the lightsaber rifle is unlike most things that have to do with Star Wars it does not exist in legends continuity at all only Canon the lightsaber rifle was seen first and only in the Darth Vader Dark Lord of the Sith series where it was revealed that the lightsaber rifle was an ancient design and the only lightsaber rifle could be found deep within the Jedi archive temple again Jocasta nu is the only individual that we know of that has ever wielded a lightsaber rifle the way the weapon functioned is Jocasta nu placed a lightsaber within the rifle as a sort of plasma Amma following this and he beams of energy that were shot were extremely deadly and destructive we also know that the only reason shall cost a new use this lightsaber rifle was because she was extremely overpowered by skill and strengthened the force by Darth Vader and had to fall back on this as a final resort something else we know about the lightsaber rifle is if a light timber is placed within it you only have around five shots until the weapon begins to smoke and unfortunately is no longer functional and requires yet another lightsaber to be placed within it although we don't know much about the lightsabre rifle it's believed that it's an experimental ancient Jedi weapon in something of course that is not even really commonly known about in the Star Wars mythos unfortunately the only example of a lightsaber rifle was destroyed by Darth Vader as he used the force to tear it apart causing it to explode next up we have a weapon known as a lightsaber pipe which was predominantly used by the Jedi Temple guards during the Clone Wars era a lightsaber Pike was more ceremonial than anything else and it is also theorized that this is an ancient version of a Jedi lightsaber having to do with of course why it has a yellow lightsaber blade as well as the unconventional design of a lightsaber as a double bladed lightsaber is more rare among the Jedi than even among the Sith but still the Jedi Temple guards use these lightsaber pipes thus far in Star Wars Canon we've only ever seen the Jedi wield lightsaber pikes however I do have a video on a single Sith Lord that was supposed to use a lightsaber pipe but this was ultimately cut from the star wars the clone war series we don't really know about the lightsaber pikes and their significance of the jedi temple guards and star wars canon as of right now we just know that the lightsaber pike was not the main weapon of the Jedi they used them into each Jedi Temple guard had their own specifically designed lightsaber as well as used the lightsaber pipe other than this though we don't really know a lot about the lightsaber Pike or the Jedi Temple guards for that matter but hopefully we will one day soon next up we have one of the most mysterious lightsabers in Star Wars Canon and a prize of darth vader the proto saber a proto saber was also a cross guarded lightsaber the proto saber as i stated was also a great prize of darth vader and was locked away in an imperial fortress near darth vader's castle on moose to farm something else unique about the proto saber is it was white in coloration and is the earliest known lightsaber that we know of in Star Wars Canon therefore white has the name of a proto Sabre all we really know about the proto Sabre is it's a major prize for Darth Vader as well as the earliest known lightsaber that we know about in Star Wars canon and resembles more of a sword than an actual lightsaber similar to a broad saber and asked about the proto Sabre behind-the-scenes the creators of it explained this is one of the earliest versions of a lightsaber that we know about in Star Wars Canon if not the earliest and was a weapon created far before even the standard cross guarded lightsabers were made in Star Wars Canon and wielded by the ancient Jedi and Sith a lightsaber the even predates the dark saber that was wielded by the Mandalorians unfortunately though this is all that we know next up of course is the dark saber itself the prized weapon of the Mandalorian leader pre visla and the lightsaber that was constructed by the first-ever Jedi Mandalorian parvis love the dark saber just like many of the other lightsabers we've discussed on this list are extremely unique in its construction at this point in time is a total mystery the blade of the dark saber is significantly shorter than a normal light saber and of course it also has a unique color in being black but sparking with electricity as described by Dave Filoni it also makes a very unique sound weapon is also more similar and designed to a samurai sword than an actual lightsaber next up we have a training lightsaber which were lightsabers that used a far less powerful Kyber crystal placed within them thus lowering their cutting ability and lethal miss a training lightsaber is pretty much self-explanatory it was a lightsaber specifically used in the training for lightsaber combat specifically though for Jedi younglings as described by various Jedi Masters their limited power meant their limited danger something else I should note though is it is possible for a normal lightsabers blade to be turned down and to be used as a training lightsaber it's believed though that no main Jedi Knight would ever use a training lightsaber as their main lightsaber weapon and was only something that was used in the training of young links and Padawans that were less skill and finally we had the last lightsaber type that we know of in Star Wars Canon the shoto lightsaber a lightsaber that was mainly that we know of used by Yoda as for his size it was the length of a standard lightsaber as well as was used by Jedi such as ahsoka tano as she used this as her secondary weapon basically a Shoto lightsaber is a miniaturised lightsaber for individuals that were a normal height they would often use a Shoto lightsaber as their secondary weapon again most common ahsoka tano something interesting about the shoto lightsaber is although it's extremely popular Star Wars legends only two people we have ever seen use it in Canon two people we've already mentioned in ahsoka tano as well as Yoda a shota lightsaber though is again another weapon that's pretty self-explanatory it's just a shortened lightsaber but now let's discuss the final lightsaber type in Star Wars Canon the double bladed spinning lightsaber a weapon that was uniquely used by the inquisitors during the Imperial era the weapon of course is a double bladed lightsaber that spin the weapon was designed to overwhelm order 66 survivors and was used by the inquisitors inquisitors being those that were meant to hunt down Jedi after order 66 as their master Darth Vader dealt with more pressing matters among the Empire again the weapon was designed to immediately overwhelm a Jedi as in most cases an Inquisitor would be instantly overmatched by the power of a Jedi Master a unique feature of the spinning double bladed lightsaber is it could actually be used to help the inquisitors glide something that's very controversial among Star Wars fans the weapon was designed to operate just as general grievous was it was meant to be flashy in therefore cause a Jedi to hesitate at which point the inquisitors would strike the weapon was developed because Darth Vader and Darth Sidious knew that the inquisitors would be overmatched by most Jedi at least most Jedi Masters therefore they needed to take them out quickly and the double bladed spinning lightsaber was born but there you have it guys there are all the different Canon types of lightsabers that we discussed in this video did I miss any and do you want me to do any specific videos on any of the lightsaber types that we discussed here if you've made it all the way to the end of this video thank you so much as I know it was really long again my friends thank you guys so much for your support on this youtube channel it's been phenomenal and I can't wait to keep producing Star Wars content for years to come thank you my friends as always so much for watching may the force be with you and have a great day before you go be sure to check out my other channel the marvelous wave where we talk all about the Marvel Cinematic Universe including news breakdowns and theories about all upcoming and past Marvel movies link to the channel is in the description below [Music]

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Length: 17min 44sec (1064 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 09 2019