Long-Handle Lightsaber
Lightsabers- Damage
- 1d8+2Energy / Slashing
- Range
- 5 ft
- Weight
- 2 kg
- Size
- Large
- Attack ability
- DEX or STR
- Recommended Lv
- Lv 1+
About the Long-Handle Lightsaber
Where a saber pike mounts its blade on a metal shaft, the long-handle lightsaber simply stretches the hilt itself, giving the wielder two full grips and a fighting reach closer to a quarterstaff than a sword. General Grievous never used one, but the Jedi Temple Guards' double-length designs and various Sentinel builds proved the concept: extra leverage for two-handed strikes, a wider defensive envelope, and the ability to shift hand position mid-kata to change the blade's arc. The trade is subtlety. A longer hilt is harder to conceal and slower to reverse than a compact grip. Warriors who master it treat the whole weapon as a lever, driving cuts with the momentum of the full body rather than the wrist, and using the naked pommel end to check or trip an overeager foe.
Lightsaber guides
- Lightsaber colors & their meanings — what each blade color means, plus the kyber crystal & KOTOR crystal system.
- Lightsaber forms — the seven combat forms and how each one plays.
- Lightsaber crystals & upgrades — every crystal, emitter, lens, power cell, and grip.