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** Downplayed with lightsabers. They have a very counter-intuitive balance, requiring either preternatural balance or extensive training to use one properly; therefore, they are almost exclusively used only by Force-wielders. Non Force-sensitives ''can'' use them, but they can't [[SuperReflexes deflect blaster bolts with them]], which is the primary advantage of a lightsaber. In the films, General Greivous is a cyborg who uses mechanical precision to wield multiple lightsabers at once, while a few human characters use one very briefly with limited success without killing themselves.

** Downplayed with lightsabers. They have a very counter-intuitive balance, requiring either preternatural balance or extensive training to use one properly; therefore, they are almost exclusively used only by Force-wielders. Non Force-sensitives ''can'' use them, but they can't deflect blaster bolts with them, which is the primary advantage of a lightsaber. In the films, General Greivous is a cyborg who uses mechanical precision to wield multiple lightsabers at once, while a few human characters use one very briefly with limited success without killing themselves.
** The canon ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' show several non-Jedi characters, usually Mandalorians, skillfully wielding lightsabers. They never deflect blaster fire with them, but they're able to hold their own going saber to saber with Jedi. The Mandalorians even have a unique lightsaber called the Darksaber, which was built by the first Mandalorian Jedi and is now handed down through the planet's leaders. One ''Rebels'' episode revolves around training a non-Jedi to wield the Darksaber, and she gets very upset when forced to start her training with a wooden training blade.
** It's mentioned in ''Rebels'' that using a lightsaber most effectively requires bonding to its khyber crystal; this is why all Sith lightsabers are red, as the crystals refuse to serve a Dark-sider and have to be tortured into obedience. The crystals can, surprisingly, bond even with non Force-sensitives, and Sabine's skill with the Darksaber noticeably improves over a few sessions. In ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', we see the other side of this, with a character who is refusing to bond with the Darksaber because he rejects the responsibility it represents. He claims that it "grows heavier with every swing," and tends to use it like an awkward cleaver rather than a proper sword.

* LevelLockedLoot: The requires characteristic is a video game stats.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: The requires characteristic is being the object's owner.
* GenderRestrictedGear: The requires characteristic is a gender.
* OnlyThePureOfHeart: The requires characteristic is purity.
* VirginPower: The requires characteristic is virginity.

Supertrope to:
* GenderRestrictedGear
* LevelLockedLoot
* LoyalPhlebotinum
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield
* OnlyGoodPeopleMayPass
* OnlyThePureOfHeart
* PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment
* VirginPower
* CelestialDeadline
* FunctionalMagic

[[caption-width-right:350:Not always this clearly spelled out]]