Hinged double-bladed lightsabers were effectively two single-blade lightsabers joined by a hinge at their pommels. This allowed for greater portability while being carried on a user's belt. Wielders could activate one or both blades while the weapon was still folded, with the parallel blades able to trap the blade of another lightsaber.
Hinged double-bladed lightsabers had a history with the Jedi Order. Some members of the Jedi Temple Guard wielded these variations, in addition to their yellow-bladed lightsaber pikes which were also identical in design. During the High Republic Era, Umbaran Jedi Wayseeker Orla Jareni owned a white hinged double-bladed lightsaber.
During the Clone Wars, Jedi General Pong Krell's four-armed Besalisk anatomy allowed him to wield two hinged double-bladed lightsabers, one with blue blades, and the other with green blades.
In 3 BBY, while venturing into the Lothal Jedi Temple, Kanan Jarrus experienced a Force vision that featured several Jedi Temple Guards—including the Grand Inquisitor—wielding such weapons.
In 35 ABY, while searching for the wayfinder on Kef Bir, Rey fought a vision of herself as a Sith. In the vision, her dark-side counterpart wielded a hinged double-bladed lightsaber with unstable red blades.
Hinged double-bladed lightsabers first appeared in "Darkness on Umbara," the seventh episode in the fourth season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated television series, which first aired on October 28, 2011.
Pong Krell ignites one of the blades in his hinged saber while it is still in its locked position.
Hinged double-bladed lightsabers were effectively two single-blade lightsabers joined by a hinge at their pommels. This allowed for greater portability while being carried on a user's belt. Wielders could activate one or both blades while the weapon was still folded, with the parallel blades able to trap the blade of another lightsaber.
Hinged double-bladed lightsabers had a history with the Jedi Order. Some members of the Jedi Temple Guard wielded these variations, in addition to their yellow-bladed lightsaber pikes which were also identical in design. During the High Republic Era, Umbaran Jedi Wayseeker Orla Jareni owned a white hinged double-bladed lightsaber.
Pong Krell wielding dual hinged double-bladed lightsabers
During the Clone Wars, Jedi General Pong Krell's four-armed Besalisk anatomy allowed him to wield two hinged double-bladed lightsabers, one with blue blades, and the other with green blades.
In 3 BBY, while venturing into the Lothal Jedi Temple, Kanan Jarrus experienced a Force vision that featured several Jedi Temple Guards—including the Grand Inquisitor—wielding such weapons.
In 35 ABY, while searching for the wayfinder on Kef Bir, Rey fought a vision of herself as a Sith. In the vision, her dark-side counterpart wielded a hinged double-bladed lightsaber with unstable red blades.
The hinged double-bladed lightsaber of Rey's vision
Hinged double-bladed lightsabers first appeared in "Darkness on Umbara," the seventh episode in the fourth season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated television series, which first aired on October 28, 2011.
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