Blade emitter/Legends

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The blade emitter was the part of a lightsaber that projected the blade from the lightsaber hilt. It consisted of the emitter matrix, which further focused the blade projecting from the crystal with a tightly wrapped magnetic field, and the emitter itself, where the blade actually protruded. The emitter possessed the magnetic ring that created the field that contained the plasma of the blade and arced it back to the lightsaber for reconversion back to electricity.

Overview

Positioned at the end of the hilt, the emitter contained the energy modulation circuits and the magnetic stabilizing ring, among other things. The modulation circuits controlled the amount and the intensity of the plasma that made up the blade, while the magnetic stabilizing ring controlled the length of the blade, which could be adjusted by a simple dial or a more radical dual-phase control. The exterior component of the emitter was the emitter plate, a superconducting metal from which the blade emerged. The plate was usually recessed into the casing, but sometimes it was flush with the end. In other cases, as with Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber, the emitter was completely separate from the casing.[2]

Specializations and modifications

Mechanics

Many emitters featured modifications that changed the blade, some of which changed the thickness of the blade, others adjusting the properties of the blade plasma itself. Those that adjusted thickness allowed for greater precision, or increased the surface area to make deflection easier. The modifications that changed the properties of the plasma could adjust the cutting power, or cause the blade to emit certain kinds of energies that damaged specific enemies, such as droids.[3]

Exterior fittings

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A lightsaber with an emitter shroud

Though not used by all lightsabers, emitter shrouds could help to prevent the wielder of a weapon so equipped from inadvertently touching the blade while in combat, thus injuring themselves.

Emitter guards were an early innovation in lightsabers, seeing use as early as 4000 BBY. Like the emitter shroud, they were intended to protect the wielder's hand during combat, preventing him from inadvertently touching his own blade. Guards came in numerous variations, the most common being a simple tine extending one to two inches along the blade.[2] Other lightsabers featured more elaborate double or triple guards, with multiple tines extending from the hilt. Exar Kun's lightsaber, for example, featured a quadruple guard.[4] Some lightsabers featured "wraparound" guards, with rings circling the blade attached to the tines. Some were quite ornamental, featuring multiple rings all interlinking with one another. This ornamental guard design was exceedingly popular among Jedi just after the Great Sith War.[5]

Some lightsabers featured an unusual configuration that included both an emitter shroud and a blade guard. It remains unknown what the standard for such a combination emitter was, but the lightsaber of the Sith Lord Darth Baras featured an emitter shroud and a triple-guard assembly.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Endless Vigil
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
  3. ↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Redemption
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