1 Serron: Look out. It's a Darth Maul avatar.
2 Darth Maul: Fear my trendy double-bladed laser sword!
3 Paris: Ha! I fight with two laser swords!
4 Iki Piki: Out of the way Paris, so I can use my quadruple laser sword!
4 Serron: Quintuple!
4 Spanners: Septuple!

George Lucas was on a hiding to nothing when he introduced Darth Maul's double-bladed lightsabre in Star Wars: Episode I. He had to go one better in Episode II and have Anakin fight with two lightsabres at once.

I hope Lucas doesn't shy away from the obvious progression in Episode III. Just remember, you saw it here first.

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This comic was published over 2 years before Episode III was released in May, 2005. Need I say anything more than "General Grievous"? I'm ready for those royalties, George.

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2012-02-02 Rerun commentary: Well, what more can I add to this strip, really? Except that so far I'm disappointed that Star Wars: The Clone Wars hasn't had anyone using a septuple lightsabre yet.

Do you hear me, George?!