Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer

[Jinx]

I thought of a couple of explanations of how that lightsaber will work.

1.) Both Jedi and Sith rely on a massive amount of discipline. Some people have said that the weapon looks very inconvenient to use. Perhaps it is designed that way on purpose to make the handler a very skilled swordsman since he/she would have to be very careful with the weapon for obvious reasons. I mean, despite how much people rag on the prequels no one really complains about the double lightsaber. If anything, it's an aspect of the prequel than even people revolted by those films have at the very least passively accepted. Also, I think that the double sided saber is infinitely more dangerous to wield than this new one.

I actually really love this explanation.

[Ayen]

The hilt just makes me want tiny lightsabers. Gonna go around shanking people.

Lightsaber batons!

The look on the Sith's lightsaber doesn't bother me. I like the look of the teaser and curious to see what the finished product looks like.