Hilted Lightsabers!

I think it looks bad-mother- F'n- a$$! It gives it a "Knight/Broadsword" style/look about it. Kinda like William Wallaces giant sword from "Braveheart"

@shazam117: Yeah, I was totally getting that vibe as well.

Mayhaps they based it off the crossguard saber

Now that you refresh my memory, yeah. That would definitely make sense.

I love your avatar btw.

I agree - throwing this picture in there for people who don't know what the Crossguard is.

@jonez120: Thank you ^-^

No, thank you for spreading Durarara awareness! :p

I like that they keep trying to do new things with the lightsabers and it kind of makes sense that they'd be more customized considering its an established fact that building your own lightsaber is part of both Jedi and Sith training.

Nay. Looks stupid and pretty useless (Not to mention dangerous).

Looks good to me.

Well, pretty much every sword ever made has had some sort of guard, they're put there for a reason.

Besides, it's a lightsaber, it's dangerous to the user to begin with. But if they have enough skill to wield a lightsaber I think they'd be able to keep from cutting themselves on the cross guard.

Although I would prefer the guard where made out of Cortosis or some other lightsaber-resistant material.

SO long as they explain it properly

@battle_forum_junkie: Every sword has, sure. But the guards on those swords didn't act as an actual blade either. Making the guard lethal as well defeats the purpose.

But yeah, I'm sure that Force sensitives wouldn't really have a problem wielding it. I'm just not sure what function it serves.

Nay. I liked the comics crossguard saber more; it was more stylized. This one looks too forced. As well as the fact that it doesn't seem like it'd be any more efficient in defense than a regular saber. But I'm not going to judge it from just a small teaser.

It looks like something that was made just to look cool with no other use at all.

It's there to look keeewwl!

Seriously, though, I see your point. I'm sure they'll put something in the saber fights that makes the blade-guard seem somewhat practical.

Of course, it would be much more practical if it where made out of some saber-resistant material Phrik or Cortosis, but the saber cross guard requires less explanation, I suppose.

Pretty much this. ^^^

I'm pretty sure it is.

Pretty much this. ^^^ :P

I'm sure it also speaks to the skill of the weilder that even the hilt guards are mini-sabers. Whoever this guy is, he/she is probably one BAMF in terms of sword play/skill.

Nay. It looks kind of stupid to me. :/

It's dumb. They're just trying to make it look really cool, I doubt it has uses

Looks fine to me

Came across this interesting article proposing some slightly more practical designs for the hilted saber.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/28/here-star-wars-i-fixed-your-force-awakens-lightsaber-crossguard-for-you/

It looks dumb as hell.

Someone said it was Revan that came back to life, and that's suppose to be a really old light saber that exhaust it's energy out of the handle.

I don't have a problem with it. Like someone above me said, it gives it a medieval broadsword feel.

I have no problem with the design. The problem I have is that the blade effect looks bad.

@jedixman: Just early vis. Do we know if they've even wrapped shooting? Movie doesn't come out for another year, so I imagine the effects dept still has plenty of work to do.

Oh c'mon! You don't hate it when your make-believe weapons are impractical?

Looks dumb, but i don't really care.

Honestly, I think it could either be a great or terrible addition based on how it's implemented.

If it turns out that the energy hilt can be activated separately from the main blade, then we have a sneaky little cutter that's much less dramatic and flashy than the main blade, or a subtle feature that can cut off an opponent's hands during a blade-lock.

However, if it turns out to lack any conceivable utility, then it is just a useless aesthetic (and not even an exceptional aesthetic detail at best).

It works as a normal hilt protecting the hands from injury. For anyone that says it's impractical or dumb. Are you serious!? It's obviously not for offensive purposes. I'm sure Vader, Dooku, and Luke would approve. All need bionic digits to open their ketchup bottles now.

I can see the appeal because it's like a sword... but it doesn't make any sense

I honestly don't like it.

I couldn't help but to roll my eyes when I saw it...... You will never get another reaction like the first time you saw a double sided light saber for the first time....

I don't like it and fail to see the point of it.

Given the fact that light saber blades generally repel each other and that the metal part could be a metal that is resistant to lightsabers I would say it is semi practical. Regardless, people do things purely for aesthetic reasons irl all the time for why not Sith?

He's going to have his fingers cut off by that lighsaber.

Looks fine, but I'm wondering about the blade itself looking so unstable. Maybe some kind of new type of saber? Or a homemade one or something? I hope they don't all look like that

Looks sweet imo.

I think it's pretty cool, though he better place his hands carefully on the grip cas if they slip, it's off with his hands.

Anyone who has ever used a hilted sword in any capacity, knows that it's ridiculous. I can already see two ways that you could make your opponent cut his own fingers off.

2/10

no Revan

It was horrible. Imagine if someone locks a saber with him and then start to push him a little bit and kills him with his own lightsaber due such bulls**t.

Also, the blade of the weapon seems fan made. The shape of the blade makes no sense even in SW universe.