Lacunas Subartuk's lightsaber

The lightsaber wielded by Lacunas Subartuk, a legendary member of the Jedi Order, had a lasting impact on later lightsabers, as the design of its hilt became a generic type during the last decades of the Galactic Republic. Several Jedi Knights such as Plo Koon and Luminara Unduli built their respective sabers to resemble Subartuk's. Key features of Subartuk's design included a radiator casing segment in the shape of a truncated cone, a ridged handgrip, and a blade modulation circuitry. The Sith lightsaber built by Darth Maul, although based on the Iridonia Zhaboka, had similar aesthetics. The design would later be reflected by the Sentinel hilt design used by the New Jedi Order founded by Luke Skywalker.

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