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Lightsaber Forms names question

Discussion in 'Archive: Games: RPG & Miniatures' started by JediAlly, Jun 27, 2003.

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  1. JediAlly

    JediAlly Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I have a question about the names that the various lightsaber forms have been refered to. In the last Insider, they listed the following names:

    Form I - Shii-Cho
    Form II - Makashi
    Form III - Soresu
    Form IV - Ataru
    Form V - Shien
    Form VI - Niman
    Form VII - Juyo

    Now there's been some confusion over these names. Mace Windu referred to Form VII as Vaapad, and in the recent Hero's Guide chat, J. D. Wilker officially confirmed this. In the recent post at the WotC site dealing with the Living Force campaign, there were references to From I as Shii-Cho and Form V as Djem So. Now with the new web enhancement for Hero's Guide, we have Sokan, which might be the style Yoda used in AOTC, the reverse-hilt style of Adi Gallia and Nikkos Tyris called Shien, and the two lightsaber style used by Micah Giiett called Niman. I'd like to think Anakin used Niman while fighting against Dooku in AOTC, but it was mentioned in Insider 62 that Anakin used the two-saber variant of Form IV.

    So I have these questions. First, for the sake of an argument, I'm going to treat the additional lightsaber variants in the recent web enhancement as additional forms of lightsaber combat. So there are ten forms. Am I right about the following names?

    Form I - Shii-Cho
    Form II - Makashi
    Form III - Soresu
    Form IV - Ataru
    Form V - Djem So
    Form VI -
    Form VII - Vaapad
    Form VIII - Sokan
    Form IX - Shien (hilt held in reverse)
    Form X - Niman (two blades)

    Next, does anyone know the name for Form VI, since Shien's been taken for Adi Gallia's and Nikkos Tyris' fighting style?

    Third, did Yoda use Ataru or Sokan against Dooku?

    Fourth, did Anakin use Ataru of Niman against Dooku when he had two lightsabers.

    Finally, when Sora Bulq fought against Mace in Jedi - Mace Windu, did Sora Bulq use Vaapad, as he and Mace said he did, or did he use a combination of Vaapad and Niman, since he used two lightsabers during that fight?
     
  2. dp4m

    dp4m Mr. Bandwagon star 10

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    Finally, when Sora Bulq fought against Mace in Jedi - Mace Windu, did Sora Bulq use Vaapad, as he and Mace said he did, or did he use a combination of Vaapad and Niman, since he used two lightsabers during that fight?

    I'm guessing still Vaapad, considering I believe Mace also uses two lightsabers in Shatterpoint (yes, it's a minor spoiler).

    I don't recall if that's 100% accurate though.
     
  3. JediAlly

    JediAlly Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Yes, dp4m. He used his own and Depa's for most of the novel. Forgot to include that.
     
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