Modern Lightfoil

About the Modern Lightfoil

The modern lightfoil is what the old dueling blade became once serious crystalsmiths turned their attention to it: still not a true Jedi weapon, but a respectable one. Improved focusing optics steady the plasma edge, and better synthetic crystals hold their color and charge far longer than the archaic patterns they replaced. Fencing academies in the Tapani sector and beyond adopted them for sport and for the occasional real duel, and a few Force-blind swordmasters became genuinely dangerous with one. Light and finely balanced, it rewards the same quick, precise wristwork a lightsaber does, letting a skilled duelist thrust and riposte at speed. It lacks the deep bond a kyber crystal grants a Jedi, so it will never quite move like a living thing, but in trained hands the difference narrows to almost nothing.

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.