When used defensively, a Force-sensitive could deflect blaster bolts with a lightsaber, and with skill, could even reflect the shots back toward the shooter or some other target. Experienced Jedi could even employ their lightsabers to absorb Force lightning.
Most practitioners used one single-bladed lightsaber, though some used double-bladed lightsabers or even multiple lightsabers at once. Lightsaber combat was divided into seven Forms: Form I, Form II, Form III, Form IV, Form V, Form VI, and Form VII. ' I don't get to treat many lightsaber wounds. People today prefer to fight with rifles and blasters, from long range.' ― Harter Kalonia, to Rey Ī Twi'lek Jedi using the Force to assemble her lightsaber. Sounding like no other weapon in the galaxy, lightsabers were used thousands of years before the age of the Galactic Republic, seeing use in the Great Scourge of Malachor. They were also used in the Battles of Rashfond and the Peacekeeping of Parliock, The proto-saber was an ancient type of prototype lightsaber. Lightsabers took on a more prominent role in galactic affairs as the Clone Wars came to pass.
