EXAR KUN: The GREATEST Lightsaber Duelist in Star Wars History

Most fans know the Sith through Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine, but four thousand years before either of them existed, a single fallen Jedi named Exar Kun built the first double-bladed lightsaber, launched a war that burned entire star systems, and used Sith sorcery to keep his spirit alive inside stone temples long after his body was destroyed. This video traces his full arc using six Legends sources, from his early training under Master Vodo-Siosk Baas on Dantooine, to his creation of a weapon with adjustable blade length and intensity controls that made him virtually unstoppable in combat, to the Great Sith War that wiped out the Great Jedi Library on Ossus, to his four-thousand-year survival as a dark spirit on Yavin 4 where he corrupted Luke Skywalker's students, and finally to his defeat at the hands of twelve trainees who had barely begun their training. What most fans miss is that Kun was not just a warrior. He was a sorcerer, a slave master, and a manipulator who nearly rebuilt the Brotherhood of the Sith from inside the walls of Luke's own academy. Sources Used in This Script: Legends Sources Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force (2007) The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology (1997) Jedi Search, Jedi Academy Trilogy (1994) Dark Apprentice, Jedi Academy Trilogy (1994) Champions of the Force, Jedi Academy Trilogy (1994) I, Jedi (1998) Darth Plagueis (2012) Tales of the Jedi Companion (1996)