So we know that lightsabers, and particularly the darksaber have an apparent weight to them based on the wielder’s attunement to the kyber crystal within. We see that most clearly with Din Djarin attempting to fight with the darksaber and it appears to be as heavy as a large claymore or similar, where Bo-Katan can swing it as if it were light as a rapier.
My question is does that apparent weight translate to the strike as well. When Djarin hits something with it, is the impact proportional to that of a heavy blade, and Bo-Katan’s strikes that of a lighter one? Or does something stranger happen?
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No. The blade itself is weightless, it’s a metaphysical weight, not an actual physical property of weight changing with who wields it.
The Darksaber seems to me to have inertia rather than “weight”, and “metaphysical weight” is a good way to describe it. It seems to take more physical effort to overcome if you’re not compatible with it.
I’m sure for a man whose weapons “are part of his religion”, Djarin has had training in bladed weapons – assuming his use of the Beskar staff against Moff Gideon was a demonstration of his wide skills and training. He’d know how to use a standard bladed sword, but the Darksaber seems to resist him significantly.
The darksaber is different to other lightsabers. They don’t work like that traditionally
It’s magic, I don’t think you can explain it better than that. The blade logically shouldn’t have any mass but it feels like it does and the blade is more heavy if you’re not properly bonded with the crystal.
>When Djarin hits something with it, is the impact proportional to that of a heavy blade, and Bo-Katan’s strikes that of a lighter one? Or does something stranger happen?
I don’t think the impact is greater. It’s pretty clear that Din Djarin and Paz Vizsla are less effective with the Darksaber than Moff Gideon or Bo-Katan are, it feeling heavy is a disadvantage not something that makes the strike stronger.
The Dark Saber isn’t said to be any stronger than any other saber and it doesn’t look like it deals any more damage than expected as if it’s blade was heavy. I think we can assume all properly designed blades have the same “weight” to them. Now that’s different from the resistance people feel that makes a blade feel heavy. The heaviness comes from the kyber crystal and/or hilt but blades, they part that hurts, seems to be standard. So when Din swings the Dark Saber and it’s “heavy”, that’s the kyber crystal inside acting against Din, not the emitted “blade” itself.