Table of Contents
Notes: 2012-12-08
See also: New saber styles brain dump
Analysis
Blade configurations
Blades versus Hilts: allowed usage types
| Long Blade | Regular Blade | Short Blade | Dagger | Regular Dual Blades | Short Dual Blades | Two Regular Blades | Two Short Blades | Two Daggers | Regular + Short | Regular + Dagger | Short + Dagger | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 2H | 1H,2H | 1H | 1H | S | S | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Short handle | 1H | 1H | 1H | D | D | D | D | D | D | |||
| Long handle | 2H | 2H | S | S | ||||||||
| Curved handle | 1H | 1H | D | D | D | |||||||
| Crossguard Handle | 1H | 1H | D | D | D | |||||||
| Tonfa handle | 1H | 1H | 1H | D | D | D | D | D | D | |||
| Staff length handle | P |
- One-Handed: 1H
- Two-Handed: 2H
- Dual Wield: D
- Saber Staff: S
- Force-pike: P
This information derived from the Lightsabers page. We view these as guidelines, as there are issues with saberstaffs, for one. I.e. Pick a (Long handle + short dual blades) staff, and turn off one of the blades → instant (long hanlde + short blade). We think that a staff with one blade turned off is still a staff (offering a very large handle, compared to the blade)
Style Applications
| Current Styles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Styles | Weapons | Prereqs |
 Arkari-Renja | Bow | Force Sensitive |
 Ataru | Blade ∈ {Regular, Short, Dagger} | Jedi |
 Djem So | Style ∈ {Two Handed} | Jedi, Soresu→Shien |
 Shii-Cho | Lightsaber | Jedi |
 Soresu | Handle ∈ {Regular, Short, Long, Curved} | Jedi |
 Suus mahna | Defensive Weapon one-handed | Telepathy or Telekinesis |
| Location of the styles in the Blades versus Hilts spectrum | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Blade | Regular Blade | Short Blade | Dagger | Regular Dual Blades | Short Dual Blades | Two Regular Blades | Two Short Blades | Two Daggers | Regular + Short | Regular + Dagger | Short + Dagger | |
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| Short handle | ,, | , , | ,, | , | , | , | , | , | , |
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| Long handle | , | ,, | , | , | ||||||||
| Curved handle | ,, | ,, | , | , | , |
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| Crossguard Handle | , | , | | | |
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| Tonfa handle | , | , | , | | | | | | |
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- { } is allowed everywhere there is an applicable combination of hilt+blade
- { } is not allowed with any lightsaber
Notes on Potential Styles
Jar'Kai. Dual-wield – 
needs better philosophy
- Weapon: Dual Wield
- Tier I
- Manoeuvres:
- Twin Strike
- Rising Whirlwhind
Vapaad: a state of mind that led through the penumbra of the dark side (i.e. enjoy fighting and winning)
- Weapon: Any lightsaber?
- Tier II; from Ataru
- Manouevers:
- Swift Flank
- Tempered Aggression
The way of the Placeholder. Up close and personal style (e.g. gemini dancer style)
- Weapon: duel wield OR one-hand with daggers AND short blades
- Tier II? from Tràkata or Ataru; or up to Tier III from Vapaad?
- Manoeuvres: none as of yet
- Step and stab
Jedi unarmed martial Art. Survival against armed opponents
- Weapon: unarmed only
- Tier II? Op basis van Shii-Cho of Tier I
- Mavoeuvres:
- Decisive Disarm – steal a weapon and conditionally switch style (if disarm succeeds)
Notes on Potential Manoeuvres
Advantage switch (Tier I or II):
- As an action (or not, if Tier II?), give up an offensive advantage and gain a defensive advantage.