Crosswhip lightsaber

A Crosswhip Lightsaber was a rare variety of lightsaber. Plans for this saber were known to exist, as well as actual sabers, however, the art was lost to mere holorecordings of unidentified masters. Only three species are known to possess the necessary physical traits to wield on accurately: Ongree, due to their unique eye structure, Phindians, due to their long reach, and Aleena, due to their small size and ability to excape both their opponents blade and their own whip very fast due to enhanced metabolic rate.

Characteristics
Crosswhip Lightsabers hilts were known to be not unlike those of normal sabers. Externally, they were exactly the same. Internally, however, a series of minuscule tractor beam generators held mirrors constructed of beskad, or mandalorian iron. When activated, the weapon sprayed these mirrors along the blade's 3+ meter reach. These then gyrated around the blade, reflecting it this way and that to create small sparks of energy off it, making a very unpredictable weapon. Using the Force, a Jedi could control these mirrors, however, it involved years of practice and immense concentration, because as many as forty of these shards could be in the blade at once. The only part of the blade that didn't have these mirrors in it was a somewhat large loop at the end, used to ensnare the opponents lightsaber, limb, or head. Mandalorian iron gauntlets were often used in tandem with this weapon, allowing the user to grab the blade freely and throw it about like a noose. These gauntlets were also used for defense, should the user be disarmed, or the opponent advance past the effective range. Makashi was a common technique used in this weapon's art, as it taught never to be disarmed, as were Ataru and Juyo, because of their aggressiveness. The blade was extremely effective at attack, and very poor at defense, however, a skilled user could use it in a Soresu-like form of combat, using the acrobatics of Ataru to evade.