Question about any starwars non movie works of art.

[Hasid Lafre]

You knwo books, comics and that sort. I dont have access to any of these but Iam cureious about people that have, had, used, or whatever with twin sabers.

Is the majority of the twin sabers the same color or are they different colored?

I know most that make there saber they are usually the same color.

So whats more common with twin sabers, same color blades or different color blades?

[ArkaiHalon]

from what I've seen and read, if it's someone who is a practitioner of Jar'kai, their blades generally match. If it's someone that uses them for a momentary advantage, or as an occasional usage of Jar'Kai, they don't match.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

I'd tend to agree, from the artwork it would seem one is as common as the other though.

[Rade Valm]

I believe Darth Revan dual wielded a red and a purple saber though.

[SpectreT65]

1) Double saber or dual-wield? Despite their being canonically lumped into Jar'Kai, they're very different fighting styles IRL. I can dual-wield very well, but can't use a double to save my life.

Luke was the first in real-world chronology seen to dual wield, and that was in a comic book; he made a shoto so he could effectively fight Lumiya's dual-natured whip. I don't remember what color the shoto was, but it was different from his regular saber. As far as dual-wielding goes, It's whatever you want it to be. The off-hand (if you have an off-hand; I've trained myself to be ambidexterous when fencing) saber matches as often as it does not.

Maul in the movies was the first time I've seen a double saber, and every single instance of SW sources I've seen since have kept the pattern of both blades being identical in color.

Side Note: the only time Revan (as Revan) was seen using lightsabers in the game, (s)he was using a single regular red saber. I don't know if the comics ever assigned a different style or color of saber - or even a gender - to Revan, but in the game, the player gets to choose Revan's style, though the forms are not seen until KOTOR II.

[Hasid Lafre]

Iamnot talking about what this person did or how this person used it or what style they used, I just want to know if its more common if both sabers were the same or different color.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

it seems to me that specialists in jar'kai tended to use two sabers of the same color made specifically for use together, (I don't include staff with Jar'kai, it needs it makes use of some of the classic forms but is totally different from twin saber fighting.). Those who used two sabers occasionally, or on the spur of the moment seem more apt to use different colors.

There doesn't seem to be any cannon rule on this one, or if there is there are as many exceptions as there are examples of it.

I always liked using different colors, it's more unique IMO.

[Hasid Lafre]

"made specifically for use together"

What does that have to do with anything? I just want to know if its more common for same or multy color blades.

Its not that diffacult....

[Darth_DevilGuy]

purely based on the artwork out there it's about equal, if you're doing something based on a character that specialized in fighting with two sabers, then having them the same color would seem to be more common, but as with everything starwars there's so many exceptions it's really just a wash.

[Drichar Deis]

I agree, it all depends on the character, I had 2 ideas for dual wielding characters.

A sith maurauder with 2 sabers, red called pain and green called poison.

A jedi weapon master with 2 blue sabers.

all depends on your image i suppose.

[Hasid Lafre]

Well I was reading some things on jar kai and it was based from niman which later on whatever your form that you trained in the most could be adapted for jarkai.

But thanks anyway, it helpted but then again it dident.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

now I'm confused...

are you asking for advice on how saber color relates to a character's preferred mode of fighting or just general info on weather using two colors was commen?

[Hasid Lafre]

No iam asking if twin saber users if it was more common for both there sabers to be the same color of of different collors.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

well for people that specialized in the usage, I.E. they trained and fought with two sabers normally regularly and prefered the style over a single saber, ala Ah'sharad Het, then using sabers of the same color would be normal.

[SpectreT65]

Iamnot talking about what this person did or how this person used it or what style they used, I just want to know if its more common if both sabers were the same or different color.
If you read my entire post, you'd see I answered your question as well as giving you a little data on my sources. I'll repeat it boiled down to just the absolute shortest answer:

Two sabers - no noticable bias towards both sabers being the same colors or being different colors.

Saber Staff: Invariably, both blades are identical colors.

[DARTH KALEL]

Hey Hasid PM me sometime, I have a ton of SW EU picks of characters, and alot with dual sabers, this is my favorite style, whether two equal sabers or one regular and one shoto, but in most of the pics they are different colors except sith, all the sith dual are both the same color. A good example is in the clone wars when the sith woman, (forgot how to spell her name) but when she appears to dooku she has a blue blade and a green blade untill he destroys them and gives her a present of two red sabers. And for alot of double sabers, staff, I thought the canon version said that both blades use different focusing crystals but the crystal that gives the blade the color is just a single crystal hence the single color, hope that helps.

[Ghostbat]

Maybe not entirely on topic, but from a practical standpoint I can see having two colors might be very helpful in not accidentally braining yourself. The extra visual cue as to what you are doing with each hand may be a good thing :)

I personally prefer both to be the same color for the symmetry of it.

[Angelus Lupus]

Maybe not entirely on topic, but from a practical standpoint I can see having two colors might be very helpful in not accidentally braining yourself. The extra visual cue as to what you are doing with each hand may be a good thing :)

I personally prefer both to be the same color for the symmetry of it.

Conversely, having both sabers the same colour could confuse your oponent as to which saber you're swinging at them.

[DARTH KALEL]

well being most who use a lightsaber are force sensitive then it wouldn't really matter what color they are because they sense the swings in the force, the eyes could mislead you. and for those who have never dueled before, multicolor blades are alot harder to pay attention to then 2 of the same color. It makes it easier to duel against if they are the same color because your eyes lock in on a spectrum and isolates it, with two colors like blue and yellow, green and red would really throw the spectrum off and give you a huge advantage. Plus my understanding of the force forms, if you wield a 2nd lightsaber it was usually a gift by your master for mastering this extremely hard form.

[Ashron]

Hasid in most cases the two sabers are the same color. From the artwork and concept drawings I have seen when a character chooses to fight with two sabers the blades are virtually identical.

[DARTH KALEL]

hasid I got about 20 pics from comics and other art i'm going to send you, probably be tomorrow night, but 6 are same colored blades and 14 are different colored blades and each characters story on why they have like colored or different, the only ones that are the same are the ones that started off with two in hence made identical sabers the others have interesting stories why they have different blades. Most of these are lucas material but 4 of them are not.

[Ghostbat]

well being most who use a lightsaber are force sensitive then it wouldn't really matter what color they are because they sense the swings in the force, the eyes could mislead you.

I was sticking to the practical "Hey I'm swinging around a lot of polycarbonate like a madman, ow my head hurts" angle :)

[Hasid Lafre]

Where did this whole sence the swings thing come about?

[Lord Sceleris]

Most of the pictures I have seen with dual sabers have been different colors...the only people I have seen using the same color have been Sith, and "True" Sith only use red blades, whereas Dark Jedi could use any colored blade...The Dark Jedi Sa Cuis who all the force sensitive Stormtroopers were cloned from used a red and a white blade.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Sa_Cuis-cropped-small.jpg

Also keep in mind that different colored crystals imparted different traits unto the lightsaber they were installed in...to me it would make sense to have two different colored blades...

[Hasid Lafre]

Yes but Iam just wondering about blade colors, not the impact the crystal had thats EU stuff that I think is pretty pointless.

The TKs with sabers had red blades, the imperial knights had white blades and didn't follow any side. They only cared about the protection of there emperor. the empire could fall again for them and all they care about is the safety of there emperor

[Ghostbat]

Where did this whole sence the swings thing come about?

I was just tossing in my 2 cents as to why it might be a good idea for OUR sabers to have different colored blades. Since very few of the people who post on this board have otherworldly senses (Maybe Erv in order to solder those tiny components?) a visual cue could help stave off a nasty headache.

[Drichar Deis]

Ok time to rock the boat, how about a double ender (saber ;) ) with different coloured blades?

[Hasid Lafre]

Well thats basicly the same hilt then. From what I can tell theres only 2 or so instinces where the hilt is the same design then the blade colors would be the same design.