Full Series Darksaber - Thoughts on this?

It was constructed by a Jedi that happened to be a Madalorian by ethnicity, according to Rau. Pre used the word stolen, not liberated. So either there is a retcon occurring to make Mandalorians more sympathaitc to the audience and fix the problem of Sabine being friendly with Jedi, or as you said there is different versions of the story. Rau being just politically correct so to speak, cause he's allies with the Jedi. While Pre hated them and wanted to kill Jedi per the tradition of the blade's lore by him.

 

Wait this makes no sense? We know the Jedi take FS people/aliens as babies/toddlers. So why would this Jedi make a LS similar to a Mando blade? He grew up as a Jedi, not a Mando.

 

I don't think he made one similar to a Mando blade I think that the Jedi Mandalorian just made a unique lightsaber

 

Yeah same. Most lightsabers have a unique design created by the holder. The darksaber is particularly unique in this regard.

 

Judging from the portrait of Tar Vizsla he may of been an adult or young adult when he was inducted into the order, or someone more akin to Dooku's style who liked to wear the attire of his culture and birth. We don't know what age Tar was when he was wearing that armor nor the circumstances. Jedi of the Clone Wars liked wearing armor of the Clones, so maybe something similar back then. Jedi, Sith and Mandalorians all seem interwined like it was in the old canon/Legends apparently. He may of had a more traditional lightsaber prior to creating the darksaber as some Jedi we know go through more than one lightsaber and design.

 

I mean for once I was surprised about something. We all thought the darksaber was some evil Sith Saber or just a really old Jedi weapon. Yet it was a weapon created by a Mandalorian Jedi.

 

Where can I find a portrait of this wonderful sounding chap! (Tar)

 

From the Recon video...





http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tar_Vizsla

 

Kewl! Vorax

The Mandolrian who became a Jedi. Hmmmmmmmmmm. He reminds me of a certain Jedi who wore a Mando mask!

 

Who Revan? Am sure the similarity would not be lost on them and could very well be deliberate.

 

I did not think we'd get so much detail on the saber's backstory. And man, what a backstory. so cool.

 

Glorious animation for a really cool story!

 

I don't think there is particularly a rule that Jedi can know nothing of the culture they came from, a lot of Jedi in the PT/TCW wear stuff of a culture they didn't grow up on. Maybe the guy originally had a normal lightsaber, but after getting acquainted with his Mandalorian ties as he grew up, he eventually made a lightsaber that was created with Mandalorian influence, and that was the Darksaber.

Or, you know, the rules of only accepting to train really young kids is newer.

 

If there ever be movies in the times of tor,i wanna see the Story of Tar Viszla being told. Why would he join the Jedi Order? How do Mandos handle Force sensitives among them? Very interesting stuff..

 

Darksaber is dope. I'm glad we're getting at least a little bit of the Old Republic lore.

 

Not much to handle; just being force sensitive doesn't mean much other than having the potential to become a Jedi/Sith. Untrained they're just normal people. I doubt it would even be noticed.

 

Loved the inclusion of the backstory, and found it interesting that Fenn Rau described Tar Vizsla as "the first" Mandalorian Jedi, implying that there were others later on. I wonder if we'll get to know, in canon, what made things go south for Mando-Jedi relationships. Or, at least, Mando-clan Vizsla relations, as I don't get the impression that in nucanon, all Mandalorians are enemies of the Jedi.

 

Eh, I'm hoping it doesn't become a common thread. Part of what made the Mandalorians special and cool was that they were great warriors in their own right despite not being force wielders (as a whole). But they are just humans afterall, so I suppose it was inevitable that there would be a Jedi from Mandalore at some point.

I'm sort of wondering if the Jedi keeping the Darksaber after Tar died was viewed as a cultural slight by the Mandalorians, and helped sparked all the wars between them and the Jedi.

 

I could see that as a factor, but I think a more secure root conflict would be if one or more of the Mandalorian warrior groups decided to conquer other worlds. It doesn't have to be the scale of SWTOR; really, any such behavior the Jedi would disapprove of. The core personality of the Mandalorian culture, seeking conflict and/or personal glory, isn't compatible with being a Jedi. I like the idea that Tar Vizsla may have been involved in a large scale Jedi-Sith conflict; against that background, the Jedi Order could appreciate more militant members. Or, perhaps he wasn't what we would view as a typical clan Vizsla member, or the clan became more extreme with the leadership of the man who stole the Darksaber back.

 

Well the conquering stuff we already know about; according to one of the resource books the Mandalorians launched a Crusade into the Mid-Rim and some point.

As for the Viszla....it's just a name afterall, I can't imagine everyone in that family acted the same

 

There were a lot of Mandalorians who became Jedi. Or in the case of Mandalorian Knights from the Old Republic, former Jedi of the Order who swore allegiance to Mand'alor.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mandalorian_Knights