7. Exar Kun

Exar Kun’s story is a typical one: A powerful Jedi overestimates his own strong will and falls to the Dark Side. Talented but impatient (he was referred to as an animal Jedi), Exar Kun was seduced by the Dark Side once he decided to explore it. Because he believed that his abilities and merits went unrecognized, he became a powerful foe of both the Republic and the Jedi Order.

A great strategist and manipulator, Exar Kun tricked numerous Jedi into joining him, orchestrated a Civil War, and even manipulated Luke Skywalker’s students. Using the Force, he drained an entire planet of force-sensitive people.

Exar Kun was highly skilled with a lightsaber, and even bested – and worried – his master by tapping into his anger. But more than anything else, he’s probably the most innovative at fighting with a double-bladed lightsaber.