Darth Sidious's lightsabers

**Darth Sidious's lightsabers** were the pair of nearly identical personal electrum-finish lightsabers of Darth Sidious, built during his apprenticeship under Darth Plagueis. Sidious rarely used his weapons—only doing so when absolutely necessary—as they would have immediately identified him as a Sith Lord. Instead, he preferred to exercise his powers of manipulation and used servants to carry out his hidden agenda.

## Characteristics

Being a patron of the arts, Darth Sidious designed his original weapon with a high level of craftsmanship, clearly influenced by the Sith Lord's love of antiquity. The body of the lightsaber was fashioned from nigh-indestructible phrik alloy while the flat emitter was composed of aurodium. The whole of the weapon possessed a refined and elegant electrum finish. The weapon utilized a synth-crystal as the focusing crystal.

Ever the pragmatist, Sidious already had prepared a backup lightsaber. This weapon was initially identical to his first lightsaber with the electrum and phrik finish of his original weapon, but it was later retrofitted with an unknown black alloy.

In truth, the Sith normally wielded enough powers to fight without a lightsaber, but every apprentice still learned to use one as part of his or her training. Sidious himself felt that he and his peers had outgrown the use of lightsabers, and only continued carrying them to mock the Jedi. He ultimately viewed his own lightsabers as little more than an affectation, and rarely wielded them in combat.

When Chattar Lal was in possession of one of Sidious's lightsabers, he rarely used it in combat, only waiting for extreme measures like last resorts.

## History

At some point prior to or after Sidious's first death at the Battle of Endor, his lightsaber that he lost during his duel with Mace Windu was salvaged from the streets and alleyways of Coruscant and brought to Vizsla Keep 09, being kept in the possession of Nute Monchar. In 5 ABY, Boba Fett learned about the weapon and took an interest in it, going on a mission to Vizsla Keep 09 where he killed Monchar and took the lightsaber with the help of the droid ZZ-4Z, whom Fett made a truce with. After escaping the Mandalorian asteroid outpost, Fett went to Moraband where he sold it to the Acolytes of the Beyond for a profit.

Sometime later, the Acolytes gifted the lightsaber to fanatical Sith Eternal member Chattar Lal. Despite not being sensitive to the Force, Lal was a somewhat formidable opponent while wielding the lightsaber in combat, though he was only able to use it with basic skill. In 7 ABY, Lal, after escaping from his Sith temple, wielded the lightsaber on Mustafar during his final duel against Boba Fett, who was trying to capture him. After Lal faked being knocked unconscious by Fett during the fight and as the bounty hunter moved to put him in restraints, he suddenly got out the lightsaber as a last resort, viciously striking out at Fett with the weapon. Taken by surprise, Fett brandished a blue lightsaber of his own, using it to fight back against Lal and ultimately defeat him in battle. Sidious's lightsaber was lost when Fett knocked it out of Lal's hands during the duel, sending the weapon falling into the hellish landscape. The lightsaber's fate was unknown.

## Appearances

* The Enormous Profit (First appearance)
* Agent of Doom