The Mandalorian Dark Lightsaber
The darksaber the dark lightsaber that moff gideon has been seen wielding on the mandalorian seems like it will be a key part of the show moving forward.
The mandalorian dark lightsaber. The darksaber is about 1000 years old in rebels which means its only about 1010 years old in the mandalorian. The weapon was kept in the jedi temple after vizslas passing but members of house vizsla stole the saber in a conflict with the jedi during the fall of the old republic. It has a flat katana like blade rather than the traditional saber shape.
According to wookipeedia the lightsaber which is black which is dark which gives it the name darksaber was created by mandalorian tarre vizsla about 1000 years before the death stars first. It emits a peculiar low hum. The only way a person could.
The darksaber became an important symbol among the mandalore. The darksaber was an ancient and unique black bladed lightsaber created by tarre vizsla the first mandalorian ever inducted into the jedi order prior to 1019 bby. Like all lightsabers it is powered by a kyber crystal a rare black one found by an ancient jedi from the.
The darksaber as the name implies is indeed a kind of lightsaber. In the mandalorians season 1 cliffhanger the series revealed that moff gideon was in possession of the darksaber an ancient mandalorian lightsaber. It was passed down.
The weapon originated in a 2010 episode of the clone wars animated series and was unique among lightsabers said to date back a thousand years when it was created by tarre vizsla the first. When the jedi order fell a mandalorian clan raided the temple and stole the darksaber. In the clone wars darth maul stole this thing from.
Bo katan was in the last scene before the rebellion against the empire at the end of star wars. The point is its super old. While lightsabers have remained iconic for over 40 years the darksabers conception brought some.
Whoever held it became the leader of clan vizsla one of the largest clans on the mandalorian planet.