Aloop Tchekaba's lightsaber

Aloop Tchekaba owned a double-bladed lightsaber which she constructed as a Padawan. It had two cyan plasma blades and a smooth, sparsely decorated hilt made of alloy metal. It was originally a single bladed lightsaber, which Tchekaba used throughout the majority of her training as a Jedi Initiate and eventually a Jedi Padawan. 
Between 41 BBY and 31 BBY, Tchekaba modified the weapon to be a double-bladed lightsaber after the passing of her master Ves Sevinak. Tchekaba wished to honour his death by implementing his kyber crystal he had gifted her along with her original crystal, which she'd previously acquired on the sacred world of Ilum as a Youngling. She became a master of Jar'Kai, and was very skilled with the weapon. 
Tchekaba went on to use it after she was promoted to Jedi Master, and later during the Clone Wars, until her brutal death in 19 BBY during the Jedi Purge. She was fatally stabbed by former Jedi Kieran Nerik, who then stole the lightsaber from Tchekaba's corpse. He later presented it to her apprentice Amara Crendal during a confrontation on the planet Iridia. Crendal escaped with the weapon and used its design to inspire her own double-bladed lightsaber.
== Design ==
Like every double-bladed lightsaber, Aloop Tchekaba's lightsaber was powered by two kyber crystals in the core of the hilt, essentially consisting of two lightsabers fused together so the blades extend in a single line. 
Each blade could be ignited separately with blade modulation controls depending on the situation and the opponent being faced. The weapon emitted a cyan high-energy plasma blade due to the crystal's connection with Tchekaba. 
The hilt was fifty centimetres long, cylindrical in shape, and made of alloy metal. It was smooth and sparsely decorated, with Tchekaba adding some of her unique flourishes to the weapon.
== History ==
=== Construction ===
Sometime between 54 BBY and 41 BBY, Jedi Youngling Aloop Tchekaba build a single-bladed lightsaber under the tutelage of the ancient droid Professor Huyang, after returning from securing her Adegan crystal on Ilum. The lightsaber blade was a brilliant cyan, which initially upset Tchekaba. Desperate to fit in within the ranks of the Order and became an excellent Jedi, she had wished to obtain a blue one as it was much more commonly used. However, she later learned to appreciate her crystal's unique color, appreciating its rarity.
=== Usage ===
Tchekaba used her single-bladed lightsaber throughout most of her Jedi Training, including the Initiate Trials. She used the lightsaber while focusing on Form III and Form II lightsaber combat. Upon successfully passing the Initiate trials despite recklessly wounding herself, Tchekaba became the student of Jedi Master Ves Sevinak. The two trained together for several years, but due to Sevinak's old age, he eventually passed away. However, upon dying, he requested that Tchekaba take his own kyber crystal, which was also cyan-coloured, as a gift.
=== Modification ===
Wishing to honor her master's passing, Tchekaba decided to modify her hilt, turning it into a double-bladed saberstaff in order to use the secondary crystal he had gifted her. She learned to master the Jar'Kai technique, and despite initially struggling, became adept at using the weapon itself. 
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