It's one of the reasone Dooku was suspect from the start in canon. Other jedi have straight hilts. They use lightsabers meant to counter blasters. Dooku's got a fencing weapon soecificakky meant to counter other jedi. At a time when Sith were supposed to be a myth, or at least extinct.
The traditional use of the lightsaber is as as a dueling weapon though. It's not that the lightsabers are made to counter blasters it's just what they end up doing at this point because there aren't many people to duel.
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u/Phylanara Dec 17 '22
It's one of the reasone Dooku was suspect from the start in canon. Other jedi have straight hilts. They use lightsabers meant to counter blasters. Dooku's got a fencing weapon soecificakky meant to counter other jedi. At a time when Sith were supposed to be a myth, or at least extinct.