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Tags: <star-wars><weapon>
Title: Are there any other weapons designed using lightsaber technology?
Question: I know Darth Maul used a lightsaber staff which was basically two lightsabers end to end.  I had thought that lightsaber nunchaku would be amazing, but the fact that you'd rather quickly lose your own hand during a change over would be problematic!!   So are there any other weapons designed using this technology?

Answers:
sents: text: Lumiya used a Lightwhip , which was same technology.
text: "Related" links section on Wookieepedia includes: Crossguard lightsaber · Curved-hilt lightsaber · Darksaber · Dual-phase lightsaber · Double-bladed lightsaber · Lightclub · Lightfoil · Lightwhip · Long-handle lightsaber · Lightsaber pike · Paired lightsabers · Protosaber · Sabercane · Lightsaber shoto / Guard shoto
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/976/DVK-on-Ahch-To
score: 19
sents: text: The unfinished, but canon, Star Wars: The Clone Wars arc Crystal Crisis on Utapau features a giant green kyber crystal.
text: Yoda mentions how giant kyber crystals were used in ancient super-weapons: Long ago in forgotten times when the Sith and Jedi fought for control of the galaxy, weapons there were of unimaginable power.
text: Always at their heart a kyber crystal was.
text: It's also heavily implied that a similar crystal was later used in the Death Star.
text: The canon novel Tarkin confirms this.
text: The designers are also debating the optimum configuration for the Kyber crystal assembly.
text: Additionally, The First Order Star Destroyer Finalizer , and possibly other First Order Star Destroyers used kyber crystals in their turbolasers.
text: Her turbolasers are more powerful and faster to recharge than Imperial-era weapons, a product of kyber crystals harvested in the Unknown Regions.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/51226/Rogue Jedi
score: 9
sents: text: Yes, there is.
text: Darksaber.
text: Currently, it is owned by Darth Maul who won it from Pre Vizsla ( Star Wars: The Clone Wars ).
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/931/Umbrella Corporation
score: 6
sents: text: The Death Star's super laser was developed with Lightsaber technology, along with an ancient array of weapons of mass destruction.
text: According to legend, the ancient Sith used massive kyber crystals to create superweapons; during the Clone Wars, the Geonosians revived the superlaser design.
text: starwars.com
text: This is a new addition to Disney Canon, though.
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/54954/dunraven
score: 4
sents: text: In Star Wars Battlefront 2 there is a downloadable character that wields lightsaber nunchucks.
text: Video .
answer_details: author: scifi.stackexchange.com/users/15735/dimytri
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
The Lightwhip and the Darksaber used the same technology.  Yoda mentions how giant kyber crystals were used in ancient super-weapons. It is  also strongly implied that a similar crystal was later used in the Death Star and in the turbolasers on First Order Star Destroyers.
The other weapons used include: Lightwhips, Kyber Crystals, Super Lasers, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Darksabers and Turbolasers