Eighth Brother's lightsaber

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Eighth Brother's lightsaber

Production information

Model

Double-bladed spinning lightsaber^[1]

Type

Creators

Unknown^[2]

Date created

During or prior to 19 BBY^[3]

Date destroyed

3 BBY, Malachor^[4]

Owners

Eighth Brother^[4]

Physical and technical specifications

Hilt shape

Cylindrical^[4]

Hilt material

Metallic^[4]

Crystal

Kyber crystal^[5]

Blade color

Red^[4]

Blade length

1 meter (fully extended, crescent mode)^[2]

Modification(s)

Extendable hand guard, can spin around central handle with detachable emitters locked to hand guard (disc mode)^[6]^[2]

Protection type

Large circular hand guard^[6]

Usage and history

Purpose

Lightsaber combat^[4]

Affiliation

Galactic Empire^[4]
- Inquisitorius^[4]

The Eighth Brother's lightsaber was a double-bladed spinning lightsaber wielded by the Jedi hunter known as the Eighth Brother, similar to other double-bladed spinning lightsabers wielded by Imperial Inquisitors.

Specifications[]

EighthBrotherLightsaber2-SWTLC — The Eighth Brother's lightsaber hilt with saw-like blades extended.

The weapon featured a ringed emitter, allowing the twin blades to rotate rapidly without effort from the wielder.^[7] For a Jedi hunter like an Inquisitor, this function likely served as a way to intimidate opponents, as well as deflect any form of frontal attack. However, this was also the weapon's primary weakness, as a lightsaber-wielding opponent could simply destroy the emitter itself and cut the weapon in half, as was demonstrated by Kanan Jarrus during his final duel with the Grand Inquisitor aboard the Sovereign.^[8]

It could also be used to fly, spinning in a helicopter-like motion strong enough to lift the wielder off the ground.^[4]

Additionally, the Eighth Brother's lightsaber was distinct among other double-bladed spinning lightsabers used by his fellow members of the Inquisitorius in that it had the unique ability to convert into a buzz-saw-like weapon that employed the handle while the blades were deactivated. This mechanism appears in place of the hinges on the emitter rails of other Inquisitors' lightsabers, disallowing the Eight Brother from folding the guard into a crescent shape.^[4]

History[]

New Inq — The Eighth Brother wields his lightsaber on Malachor.

The Eighth Brother was trained in the use of this lightsaber alongside his fellow Inquisitors in The Works on Coruscant under the tutelage of the Grand Inquisitor.^[3]

The Eighth Brother carried his lightsaber while on his assignment tracking Maul, whom he referred to as "the Shadow" on Malachor. He used it in combat against the three rebel Jedi: Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger, and Ahsoka Tano, when they arrived on their mission to Malachor. Ultimately, following the deaths of the Seventh Sister and the Fifth Brother at the hands of Maul, the outnumbered Eighth Brother attempted to flee from the enemy Force-wielders using his lightsaber's spinning blades to slow his descent as he leaped from the Sith temple. However, the lightsaber had been damaged by Jarrus immediately prior to this and it malfunctioned and broke apart mid-air,^[4] causing the Eighth Brother to fall to his death.^[9]