In the twist of the lightsaber hilt and the flick of the wrist acolyte Last week, Jedi Master Vernestra Rwoh released a Star Wars An idea nearly 40 years in the making: Lightwhip. Still far away Star WarsThe strangest lightsaber, despite its surprising appearance on screen, is not an entirely new lightsaber.
How does the light whip work?
In the current continuity, we only have one example of a lightwhip: Venestra’s lightsaber, which is a modification of her traditional lightsaber rather than its own explicit weapon. Little is known about how Venestra’s whip works in the current continuity, but in the expanded universe, the light whip operates by using a series of smaller emitters and crystals that And the crystals have no cells surrounding the plasma energy they form, allowing for flexible energy beams that can be operated like a traditional whip and with a longer range than a standard lightsaber. Trading some of the coherent beam strength of a traditional lightsaber for flexibility and range, lightwhips typically lack some of the cutting strength of a lightsaber and are able to be blocked by a wider variety of armor than a lightsaber could otherwise cut. They are also more susceptible to damage and can easily short out due to the volatile nature of the blades.
The unconventional nature of the light whip is as much an asset as its flexible blade. Rare and difficult to master compared to the lightsaber (which is one of the weapon’s shortcomings that contributes to its rarity), the lightwhip exploits the unfamiliarity of its opponents, especially the Jedi, who are primarily trained with traditional military weapons. Combat training. The light whip can strike the lightsaber wielder from greater distances, bend surrounding blocks and parry things that other lightsabers cannot, and in some configurations with multiple tassels, can attack from multiple angles at once Overwhelm your opponent.
Where did the light whip come from?
In the Expanded Universe, the Light Whip was introduced as the weapon of Lumia, the Dark Lady, a Sith and one of the Emperor’s Hand (an elite organization of the Empire’s top agents and secret agents) from Marvel’s ongoing movies Star Wars comics. First appeared in 1985 Star Wars #95, Lumia’s Light Whip operates slightly differently than what the weapon ultimately does in further explanation – in addition to a single, extending beam of energy, Lumia’s Whip has several additional Tassel, made of leather and inlaid with lightsaber-resistant Mandalorian iron (the Mandalorian name “beskar” in current continuity and EU).
Lumia’s weapon prompted Luke Skywalker to craft another type of lightsaber that would go on to have its own storied history in the Expanded Universe and beyond: the Shoto lightsaber, a short sword A secondary weapon that can counter the multiple tassels of the Light Whip, wrapping them around his main saber blade while using both swords to cut off the physical extension.
After Lumia’s weapon spawned the existence of the Light Whip, its more traditional form was codified as an ancient and extremely rare weapon used by the Sith during the New Sith Wars, thousands of years before the events in the film. However, unlike Lumia’s weapons, early light whips often featured a single beam of energy, like the light whip wielded by the Sith Lord Githanni.
It used to be Canon Light Whip acolyte?
Just like the following situation acolyte For her part, Venestra is the only known wielder of the Light Whip Star Wars Continuity. Alternate form for her saber launching in 2021 high republic middle grade novel test of courage. There, the Lightwhip modification came to Vernestra as a vision of the Force when she was still a relatively fresh Jedi Knight. Once completed, she kept the modification a secret from her former Master and other high-ranking Jedi, fearing that the Lightwhips’ history as an unorthodox weapon – and their historical connection to the Nightsisters of Dathomir – might be used to contempt.
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