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In more than ways than one, is being poisitioned as a different Star Wars show than the other live-action offerings. Not only is it winding back the clock to the , it’s also doing something different on the action front with some Force-powered martial arts similar to wuxia films. Now we know the show’s got some extra flavor in the form of a lightsaber that’s also a whip.

It only gets a small glimpse in the newest teaser, but that doesn’t take away from how cool it is to see it transition from a plain ol’ lightsaber to a full-on whip. Within the context of the show, this weapon belongs to fan-favorite High Republic character Vernestra Rwoh (played by Rebecca Henderson), a Jedi who as a teen learned from a Force vision how to modify her lightsaber to include the additional mode. Lightwhips are said to be difficult to control and weaker than a standard lightsaber.



In the larger franchisecontext, the weapon’s been around since the Original Trilogy: 1985’s Star Wars #95 by Mary Jo Duffy and Cynthia Martin introduced a Sith Lord named Lumiya who crafted her own single-blade lightwhip, rather than one with multiple tassels. It became her trademark weapon, and while she got one over on Luke Skywalker during their first encounter, he eventually overcame it and beat her using his using his two-saber style. The last time they fought, it was on the planet Terephon, where he beat her with a single saber and sent it plummeting into a chasm.

After those comics and other EU mat.

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