Shock sword

Shock swords were bladed weapons. In the blades of these weapons were nodes that, when activated, generated either an electric or kinetic pulse. Shock swords were introduced c. 15,000 by the slave-warriors of the Hutt Empire. Several millennia later, the Mandalorians adopted the technology in their crusades, during which the crusaders implemented the pulse generators into the beskar blades of their spears, swords, flails, battle axes, and warhammers. Mandalorian shock blades, due to the durability of its base material, were even capable of parrying the plasmatic blades of lightsabers. The Echani, Trandoshans, Onderonian Humans, and even Rodians developed their own variants of this technology over the years to come. Reverse engineering of Onderonian shock swords may have led to the development of vibroblades and electroswords.