The Weapons of the Jedi Temple Guard - Jedi Temple Guard Lore Series Chapter 4
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- This is the 4th chapter of my series describing the Jedi Temple Guard in Star Wars. This chapter focuses on the lightsabers used by the Jedi Temple Guard, such as the Temple Guard Pike, the Temple Guard foldable Saberstaff, and the Temple Guard lightsaber.
I will do my best to stick with the canon and current canon facts, but I'll use Legends content to help provide context for situations or use it to fill in the gaps where the proper information is missing.
This overall series will be heavily influenced by the Jedi Temple Guard information found in the Force and Destiny Sourcebook: Nexus of Power, by Fantasy Flight games. Do note that some content within Force and Destiny Sourcebooks may or may not be canon, so when I bring it up take these facts with a grain of salt. However, I believe these sourcebooks give us excellent glimpses of detail into the Jedi Temple Guard and other related topics, and unless the information contradicts with established canon, I will accept the information as canon as these books bear the Disney logo on the back and contain canon information such as the Jedi Temple on Lothal, information of the Kyber Crystal Caves on Ilum, etc.
Below are links to the various chapters, the description will be updated when those videos are actually up.
Chapter 1: Who were the Jedi Temple Guard? --- • Who were the Jedi Temp...
Chapter 2: Capabilities of the Jedi Temple Guard --- • Capabilities of the Je...
Chapter 3: Equipment of the Jedi Temple Guard --- • Equipment of the Jedi ...
Chapter 4: The Weapons of the Jedi Temple Guard --- • The Weapons of the Jed...
Chapter 5: Lightsaber Form Usage --- • Jedi Temple Guard Ligh...
Chapter 6: Tactics used by the Temple Guard --- • Tactics Used by the Je...
Chapter 7: Roles Outside of Defending the Jedi Temple --- TBA
Chapter 8: Conclusion --- TBA
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1:24 Valentina Pinto
1:55 Carlos Sanchez
3:55 Ryan Valle (Top), Alexandr Elichev (Bottom Left), Pepe Larraz [Artist] and David Curial [Colorist] (Bottom Middle), Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils] Cam Smith [Inks] and David Curiel [Colors] (Bottom Right).
4:14 Ryan Valle [Middle], Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils] Cam Smith [Inks] and David Curiel [Colors] (Right).
4:57 Christopher Siow (something I traced off of Carlos Sanchez's concept art and for use in my Jedi Temple Guard Pike replica project).
5:19 Pepe Larraz [Artist] and David Curial [Colorist]
5:31 Carlos Sanchez
5:35 Arm on Fire Custom Sabers
6:31 Carlos Sanchez (Bottom Left)
7:18 David Griffith
7:45 David Griffith (Top) and Carlos Sanchez (Bottom)
8:27 Joelle Blot (Star-Dragon-Art)
If you know the name of any missing artists (or if I goofed and credited the wrong artist), let me know in the comments so I can give them proper credit!
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Syrsa - Zerahypt OST - Strayphisticate
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: Rebels
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)
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*5/4/2019 ADDENDUM*
So I managed to find the artist of the Guard Shoto and Temple Guard Pike in the FFG Guardian Sourcebook, his name is David Griffith! He was super nice and explained to me the design process between the Guard Shoto and the Pike art.
You can find our full conversation here: theartofdavidg...
***EDIT MAY 4, 2019: ADDENDUM SEE BELOW OR IN VIDEO DESCRIPTION***
Sorry about uploading this for the 3rd time >.> This is due to me not being happy with the audio levels of the music. I'm still adjusting to... speaking, and I'm learning to speak more through my torso than my throat. as a result, my recordings are a tad more louder than I'm used to
which drowns out the music at the volume levels I've been using for it. I want the music to be heard so the video seems less boring. I barely hear it, so I'm adjusting the music volume so it's non-intrusive but you can hear it.
Anyway, I want to say that Chapter 5 might be placed on hold but for a VERY good reason! I'm building my own Jedi Temple Guard Pike replica and it's currently being painted. Once it's painted I was going to get video footage from a local dojo and get the thoughts of martial artists who specialize in Japanese weapons to get an idea on how practical/impractical the Temple Guard Pike is. It'll take me a bit of time to get to that step but I'm sure it'll be worth the wait!
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***5/4/2019 ADDENDUM***
So I managed to find the artist of the Guard Shoto and Temple Guard Pike in the FFG Guardian Sourcebook, his name is David Griffith! He was super nice and explained to me the design process between the Guard Shoto and the Pike art.
His response is as follows...
"Hi Chris, the succinct answers to your questions are,
Yes and Yes.
Let me elaborate a little. Typically, an Art Director will give you a batch of illustrations to complete, to a deadline. They may, or may not provide reference for these pieces. Often the reference provided only gives a partial picture of what is required, so it is up to the illustrator to do their own research into what is required. If I recall, with the Temple Guard pike piece I could only really find reference from the clone wars animated series and did my best to translate this into the stylized line art piece you see in the book. The wheel clip, I figured could be duplicated as the fighting stance or hold the guard has may change in a combat situation.
For the Guard Shoto, yes, I think I was imagining it being used by the Temple Guard, hence the design similarities with the pike. These considerations are something that is then passed on to the publisher and all final art goes through Lucas Arts for approval. Hope this helps a bit!"
So it turns out, these Guard Shotos were indeed designed to be used by Jedi Temple Guards and the design elements was approved by Lucasfilm! But the canonicity of these shotos is still open to interpretation as like many things in these sourcebooks, they need to be taken with a grain of salt as they use both canon and non-canon information. But I myself would like to believe that it *is* canon unless proven otherwise.
Can't wait for it keep up the good work
This is critically underrated
I think it'd be cool if there were several types of temple guard lightsabers, each for different combat styles. These could include guard shotos, regular shotos, and curved hilt lightsabers to name a few.
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I like to think a split saber would be something considered as well. Allowing the guard to keep with the saberstaff look as well as be flexible with two sabers.
OMFG this is the exact type of video series I've been looking for. I love your voice and form of visual presentation as well. Thank you so much!
I love this video, thank you for this.
This shoto guards resemble a martial art weapons called tonfa it's use as a defensive as well as offense. It's a Okinawan weapon, probably originated in Okinawa.
I'm thinking about getting that lightsaber from galaxies edge
I like the lightsaber on the top out of all all them I think that’s the one from the clone wars series
it is, the lightsaber on the top of the thumbnail is the Jedi Temple Guard Pike.
James Charles could never talk this fast
Dark side Rey used a foldable lightsaber
So did Pong Krell.
Double-bladed Pikes? What!? Even if you say it was due to the shorter blades, that still doesn't explain weapons like Bane's Heart (Darth Zannah's Double-bladed Lightsaber, named after one of the crystals it housed), which was designed to have shorter blades and a longer hilt to help her fight defensively. Shorter blades also wouldn't explain Pong Krell's set, and saying it's due to the foldable hilt is honestly just plain weird
I don't believe I ever said the Pike explains Pong Krell's Lightsabers or Zannah's lightsabers. I say it's called a pike because that's the official name for it despite it being more like a double-bladed lightsaber. Also, the foldable Temple Guard saberstaff and the Temple Guard Pike are two different weapons, so I'm not sure what you're getting at by bringing in Pong Krell's lightsabers into the Pike mix.
@@SiowsHolocron I never meant that you said it, but many in the fanbase think that way for one reason or another. I'm trying to establish some common trend between the Pikes we see that make logical sense, and some people saying Krell's Saberstaffs added to the mix. My apologies for being confusing.