** In ''[[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Jedi Outcast]]'', Luke mentions that cortosis is a very rare mineral, and Fyyar making a PowerArmor out of it is considered to be a highly-expensive feat. On the other hand, everybody and their mother in ''[=KotOR=]'' has a cortosis-woven blade. This can, presumably, be {{handwave}}d by saying that it wasn't so rare 4000 years before the movies' timeline, but that would indicate that an entire galaxy's supply of a mineral could be mined out in a few millennia. Then again, it is never specified how much cortosis is needed for one blade to make it lightsaber-resistant.
** More conventional vibroblades of all shapes and sizes (ranging from small knives and "vibroknucklers" (think brass knucks, but with a vibrating blade at the front) to full-sized swords and spears) can be found in numerous Expanded Universe stories. Most Star Wars citizens are mildly creeped out by the concept of a "dead" blade, since by their standards it's tantamount to deliberately dulling a knife so it hurts more.
** ''Literature/{{Shatterpoint}}'' features vibro''shields'' wielded by the Jedi's ChaoticNeutral [[{{Foil}} Counterpart]]s, the Akk Guards of Haruun Kal. [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Super-conducting metal shields]] with the edges sharpened and powered to vibrate so that they can slice and cut as well as block blaster-bolts, lightsabers and "slugs" (in our galaxy read: bullets). They're worn on the lower arms. Mace Windu comments that they're like twisted mirrors of Jedi lightsabers. He [[TheFettered uses his sword as a shield]], while these guys use their shields as swords. [[spoiler:They also subvert the idea that only a vibroblade can stop another vibroblade. In the end, the vibroshield-wielding villain attempts to block another vibroshield by knocking its cutting edge away with the broad portion of his own. The edge goes right through his shields, takes off both his hands at the wrists, and goes a fair way into his upper torso.]]

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