Vernestra Rwoh in The Acolyte and The High Republic
Summary Star Wars has finally introduced the first live-action lightsaber whip in The Acolyte, but why don't Jedi use them more often? The original lightwhip was introduced in Star Wars #95, by Jo Duffy and Cynthia Martin, where it was used by the Dark Lady of the Sith named Lumiya. The modern version, the lightsaber whip, is subtly different.
Lightsaber Whips Are Associated With The Sith, Not The Jedi Close As explained by Lumiya in Marvel’s comics, the lightwhip is fundamentally similar to a standard lightsaber, producing an energy blade and being powered by a Force-imbued crystal. The difference is that lightwhips do not stabilize their blade and some use multiple crystals, making their blade longer and flexible.
Lightsaber Whips Were Useful Against The "Forbidden Forms" Close One of the first appearances of the lightwhip in the modern Star Wars canon is in the novel A Test of Courage, by Justina Ireland. The Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh modifies her standard lightsaber to have a secondary lightwhip mode, making the weapon extremely versatile. Rwoh notably explains that ancient Jedi would use lightwhips as countermeasures to Sith who use “Forbidden Forms.
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