Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27966940-20161222004112/@comment-27144409-20170209211556

Well I'm guessing that there's a reason why EVERY LIGHTSABER I CAN THINK OF has a simple "blade" shape consistent with all others. That said, length is adjustable, possibly catching your enemy off guard.

While a lighsaber with a hook like blade (if that's possible) could throw other saber wielding enemies off-guard and offer unique options in such a fight, the rest of the time an unusual blade shape is going to be superfluous.

Heck, if you could alter the shape of a lightsaber's emissions, I'd make a shield out of one and punch with it.

You could have a pseudo light scythe that is really several lightsabers with sequentially altered blade lengths attached to the end of a staff, but apart from looking cool and giving you a reach that could be surpassed by a spear design, what purpose does it serve?