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Some unique objects are invariably associated with
their remarkable owners. The unusual double- bladed
lightsaber of the fallen Jedi Exar Kun is one such
artefact. This weapon was distinctive a dangerous as
its builder, the Dark Lord of the Sith, who
initiated the great Sith War and nearly toppled the
Old Republic.
Once a young and ambitious Jedi studying under
Master Vodo-Siosk Baas, Exar Kun was lured to the
dark side of the Force. After turning away from the
teachings of his master, Kun gathered armies of
followers and initiated a campaign to exterminate
the Jedi Knights, with the ultimate intention of
conquering the Republic.
As the battle against the Jedi escalated, Kun
altered his normal lightsaber into a more deadly and
dangerous weapon. Kun added a second emitter matrix
on the opposite end of the handgrip. The dark Jedi
wielded the saber much as he would a quarterstaff,
using one blade to block incoming attacks, then
quickly spinning the handgrip to use the second
blade to strike a killing blow against his opponent.
The lightsaber's deadly energy blade can cut through
almost any substance. Because the blade itself has
no weight and emits no heat, a novice may easily
miscalculate its path. A Jedi Knight undertakes
years of study to master the weapon, developing the
skill that allows him or her to block incoming
blaster bolts or fend off as many as a dozen
attackers.
However, Kun's reach was too great and his thirst
for power too unquenchable for even him to control.
One of his former disciples, the fallen Jedi Ulic
Qel-Droma, turned on the Dark Lord of the Sith
leading the Republic to Kun's main fortress on Yavin
Four. The jungle moon was devastated in the battle,
and Exar Kun's twin-bladed lightsaber and numerous
other artifacts were destroyed. Kun was thought
dead, although his spirit later manifested itself
after Luke Skywalker established his Jedi academy,
or Praxeum, in the Massassi ruins of the moon's
surface.
There are stories that another dark Jedi carried a
double bladed lightsaber. He went by the name of
Darth Maul, but little is known of this dark Jedi
and his lightsaber was never recovered.
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