Cane

A cane was an object utilized to assist an individual in walking. They could also be a symbol of high rank or status.

Several well known beings in the galaxy made use of a cane, including Emperor Palpatine and Jedi Master Yoda. Halle Burtoni, an elderly female Senator from Kamino also made use of a cane to assist her movement in her old age. Geonosian leader, Poggle the Lesser, walked with a cane known as the Staff of Command, which symbolized his authority as Archduke. Baron Notluwiski Papanoida's cane seemed to serve as a symbol of affluence, as he was perfectly mobile with out it and did not require it to walk.

While Master Yoda used a simple cane made from Gimer wood, other elderly Jedi fashioned their canes to serve a double purpose - both walking aide and lightsaber. The blind Veknoid Jedi Master Zao fashioned his walking cane to act as the hilt of his lightsaber. Similarly, Tera Sinube, a male Cosian Jedi Master, created his lightsaber hilt as the detachable handle of his cane.

The former Republic clone commando-turned-Mandalorian, Fi Skirata, disliked the idea of using a cane during his recovery from a traumatic brain injury. In lieu of a cane, Skirata's girlfriend Parja Bralor provided the wounded soldier with a traditional Mandalorian hunting spear known as a bevii'ragir to act as a walking stick, which he found to be more dignified than a cane or crutches.

During the conflict known as the Battle for Endor, the human known as Noa Briqualon used his cane in a fierce duel against the Sanyassan Marauder King Terak, who wielded a sword. Terak managed to slice Briqualon's cane in two with his sword, but Briqualon's allies intervened before the Sanyassan could kill the elderly human.

In 40 ABY during Second Galactic Civil War Lando Calrissian had a silver-tipped black cane.

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