Lightsaber combat



Lightsaber combat was the preferred style of fighting used by the Jedi and Sith, which was initially based on ancient sword-fighting technique. Long after the Yuuzhan Vong War, the Jedi Order finally achieved their respected status in the universe. As a result of their experiences both the Jedi and the Sith revamped the recognized lightsaber styles, including new styles and changing some of the existing ones.

Official styles of lightsaber combat



 * Form I: Shii-Cho "Way of the Sarlacc" or "Determination Form"


 * Form II: Makashi "Way of the Ysalamiri" or "Contention Form"


 * Form III: Soresu "Way of the Mynock" or "Resilience Form"


 * Form IV: Ataru "Way of the Hawk-Bat" or "Aggression Form"


 * Form V: Shien/ Djem So "Way of the Krayt Dragon" or "Perserverence Form"


 * Form VI: Niman "Way of the Rancor" or "Moderation Form"


 * Form VII: Juyo/ Vaapad "Way of the Vornskr" or "Ferocity Form"


 * Form VIII: Sokan "Way of the Tauntaun" or "Strategy Form"


 * Form IX: Shien Dai "Way of the Nexu" or "Persistance Form"


 * Form X: Jar'Kai "Way of the Tortuce" or "Duality Form"


 * Form Xb: Yovshin (Aggressive Jar'Kai)


 * Form XI: Tràkata "Way of the Stillness" or "Restraint Form"


 * Form XII: Lus-ma "Way of the Sand Panther" or "Attrition Form"


 * Form XIII: Discreti "Way of Evil" or "Dark Side form"

Though there are many styles and variations on styles, these styles are the styles recognized by the High Jedi Council on Coruscant.

Unofficial styles of lightsaber combat
Some lightsaber styles are not recognized by the High Council, though they may be taught and used by many Jedi. They may also be styles that have never even been seen before or are so uncommon that they become outcast. They are used by untrained or outcast Jedi and/or Sith.


 * Form XIII: Renzou "Way of the Acklay" or "Reverse Form"


 * Form XIV: Ikodu "Way of Reflection" or "Redirection Form"


 * Form XV: Viendul "Way of the Novice" or "Drunken Form"


 * Form XXI: Mak Djem "Way of the Terentatek" or "Unity Form"


 * Form XXIX:Am-Makash


 * Corusco Boreas


 * Jar'Kata


 * Kadeesh


 * Ranged Saber Combat


 * Scherma




 * Telekinetic lightsaber combat/


 * Xanum

Personalized styles of lightsaber combat
There are some lightsaber combat styles that are created or customized for the user. These are rare, and unpredictable. These are some known styles.


 * Form XIX: Krij'Val "Way of the Hssiss" or "Power of the Hssiss"


 * Form XLII: Zastra "Way of the Nexu" or the "Combative form"&mdash;invented by Darth Tyler


 * Form CXVI: Éhonté "Way of the Salvar or "Faith Form"


 * Atman


 * Desnium


 * Rizen

Unorthodox Lightsaber combat
Unorthodox lightsaber combat is a loose term that defines lightsaber styles by a requirement for a particularly unusual style of lightsaber, such as the saberstaff or lightwhip. These styles tend to be significantly rare, and often die out over time due to a small number of followers. Form IX: Shien Dai could be considered an unorthodox style, as it requires a cortosis plate as well as a lightsaber, but due to its popularity it is considered a proper form.


 * Form X: Nevui


 * Form XXIV: Minotaurus


 * Form D "Way of the Swordsman" (extinct form)






 * Kekkei'genkai


 * Kordaic Form (extinct form)


 * Mounted lightsaber combat


 * Saberscythe lightsaber combat



Organization-based lightsaber combat styles
This is a list of lightsaber forms that were either created by or utilized almost exclusively by particular organizations.


 * Form IX:Natú "Way of the Massif" (Reformed Jedi Order)


 * Form XVII Kop'ye "Way of the Calinax" (Order of the Templars


 * Form XXVII: Järn Lyödä "Way of the Vujaara Dragon" (Order of Sovereignty)

Sith styles of lightsaber combat
Though most Sith Knights study the primary twelve lightsaber styles or the unorthodox, some lightsaber styles are exclusive to the Sith. These are the styles styles know to be used only by the them.


 * Form XVIII: Diashi "Way of the Sith'ari" or "Tracinya Form"


 * Form XIX: Dun Möch "Way of the Shyrack" or "Domination Form"


 * Form XXI: Karn-Mak "Way of the Wampa" or "Slaughtering Form"


 * Form XXIII: Esquiventar "Way of the Kissai"


 * Form DCLXVI: Atra-Manua "Way of the Black Hand"


 * Unity

Unarmed lightsaber combat
Unarmed Lightsaber combat was the techniques used by Jedi, Sith, and other Force sensitives when they were unarmed and without a weapon. Most of the maneuvers involved the Force, but this wasn't always true.

Most Force users used the basic Teräs Käsi, the ancient but reliable form of combat. Others, however, went on to invent their own unique styles.

Inspired by these techniques, New Republic SpecForce commandos have been known to incorporate Unarmed Marksmanship into their training regimen, in the event they run out of ammunition on the field.

Blaster bolt ratio
This was a basic ratio algorithm developed during the first era of lightsaber-blaster combat, in order to determine at a glance how successfully differing forms of lightsaber combat are at defending against blaster bolts, both from a single enemy and from multiple opponents.

As an example, Form VI: Niman has a BBR of 180/3, and is one of the poorer styles for defending against blaster fire. The first part (180) is how fast one blaster must fire before a master is overwhelmed, so for our example it takes a blaster firing 200 times a minute before a master at that form will be overwhelmed. The second part is how many people firing at 50 shots per minute would it take to overwhelm a master at that particular form so it would take 3 people firing 50 shots per minute to overwhelm a master.

It is worth noting that the Blaster Bolt Ratio proved to be rather imprecise guesswork at best generally, as even masters of the same form tended to do things differently, and every different situation, context and the skill of the opponents tended to throw these numbers out significantly, to the point where there was no regular, logical mathematical formula to determine such a ratio, and as such the BBR did not exist for very long before falling out of general use.

Strength/ Weakness Rating System
In recent times, a Jedi padawan who happened to be an avid fan of the interactive computer games of the day conceived a system for rating the strengths and weaknesses of the Lightsaber Combat Forms. While the detractors of this system state that it is overly generalized, the padawan was quick to defend it, stating that it painted an easily understood picture of how effective various forms would be in combat, providing quick statistics.

The rating system is chart based, rating all the different elements of Lightsaber Combat used with a specific style with the titles Excellent, Strong, Moderate, Low and Weak, the meanings of each title being self-explanitory. The elements are listed as follows: Standard, Speed, Precision and Power. Again, self-explanitory titles.

Example Chart