there's no way anyone could a lightsaber staff (like darth maul's) without cutting their own legs off or torso clean in half.

Sure they could. You don't see people smacking themselves with bos all the time do you?

anytime I've ever seen someone in a movie use a long staff to fight, they have: 1) handled the entire length of it. 2) used parts of their body against the bow for leverage. Comparing a du...