As a lesson demonstrating loss, Darth Vader severed the Sixth Brother's hand.
The severing of one or more limbs, such as arms, legs, hands, or feet, was referred to as Dismemberment. Whether accidental, deliberate, or combat-related, the loss of limbs was not uncommon. Due to their ability to slice through nearly any material, lightsaber combat frequently resulted in this type of injury. Typically, cybernetic replacements were provided to those who had lost limbs.
The term also applied to the severing of droid limbs or existing prosthetic limbs.
Santari Khri, a High Republic Jedi, severed the right arm of Dagan Gera when he attempted to seize an Abyss compass.
During the Battle of Naboo, Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi Padawan, bisected Darth Maul at the waist, avenging the death of his Jedi Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, who had been killed by Maul.
Zam Wesell, a Bounty Hunter, had her right arm removed by Obi-Wan after she attempted to assassinate him.
During the First Battle of Geonosis, Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi severed the two front legs of an Acklay before killing the creature. Jango Fett, a Mandalorian bounty hunter and clone trooper template, entered the fray to assassinate Jedi Master Mace Windu. However, Windu decapitated him, eliminating the Separatist mercenary. Later, Darth Tyranus, the Sith Lord, severed the right arm of Obi-Wan's Padawan, Anakin Skywalker, in a lightsaber duel.
During the Mission to Vassek 3, Gor had his tail severed by Padawan Nahdar Vebb, and his hands by Jedi Master Kit Fisto, before being killed.
During the Battle of Saleucami, the Tactical droid TV-94 attempted to murder Jedi Master Eeth Koth, but Anakin Skywalker cut off its right arm and destroyed it.
The bounty hunter Twazzi had her right arm removed by Anakin during the kidnaping of Palpatine.
Echo, an ARC Trooper, lost his right arm and both legs in an explosion, after which he was captured by the Separatists during the Battle of Lola Sayu.
Savage Opress lost his left arm to Obi-Wan, and Maul's left leg was lost to Jiro during a skirmish.
General Grievous tore off the left arm of a Nightsister Zombie during the Battle of Dathomir.
During the Battle of Anaxes, Anakin severed Admiral Trench's left arms in order to disarm the bomb in the Anaxes assembly complex.
Three years after the First Battle of Geonosis, Skywalker gained revenge by severing both of Tyranus' hands with his lightsaber during the Battle of Coruscant. He later decapitated him with Tyranus' Lightsaber at the urging of Darth Sidious, who was using the alias of Chancellor Palpatine.
Grievous suffered multiple dismemberments during the Clone Wars. During the Mission to Skytop Station, Ahsoka Tano, a Padawan, severed his right hand while he was distracted, allowing her to escape. During the Mission to Vassek 3, Jedi Master Kit Fisto severed his legs and later his upper left hand. During the Battle of Dathomir, Asajj Ventress, a Nightsister, severed his upper right arm. During the Battle of Utapau, Obi-Wan Kenobi severed his upper hands.
Following the issuing of Order 66, Maul, now a renegade Sith, fought with several clone troopers during a skirmish aboard the Venator-class Star Destroyer Tribunal. He had been a prisoner onboard the ship before Ahsoka Tano released him as a diversion for the brainwashed clones. In one hallway, Maul used the Force to push back a squad before telekinetically pulling one trooper's right arm through a closing blast door, severing it when the door shut. Maul then stole the trooper's wrist-comm and listened to the clones' transmissions.
After turning to the dark side of the Force, Skywalker severed Mace Windu's right hand to protect Darth Sidious when Windu tried to kill him.
Skywalker later dueled his former Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, resulting in the loss of both legs and his left arm. The loss of all of his remaining limbs, burn injuries, and subsequent reconstruction as a cyborg led the fallen Jedi to fully embrace his new Sith identity as Darth Vader, Sith Lord and apprentice to Emperor Palpatine.
As a Dark Lord of the Sith, Vader oversaw the training of the Inquisitorius, a group of fallen Jedi who had betrayed the Jedi Order after Order 66. To teach his Jedi hunters about the pain of loss, Vader severed the right hand of Fifth Brother and the left forearm of Sixth Brother.
During the skirmish on Wayland, Echo severed the hand of an inventory droid and attached it to his right arm while disguised as a TK stormtrooper. Crosshair, a Clone Commander, also had his right hand cut off by Clone X trooper CX-2.
The Ninth Sister lost her right leg to Sixth Brother, and her right hand to Cal Kestis.
Jedi Knight Cal Kestis severed the limbs of numerous enemies, including cutting the arms off Jotazs on Zeffo and the undead Nightsisters on Dathomir.
Greez Dritus lost his right upper arm to the Fifth Brother.
Chewbacca ripped the arms off a Pyke sentinel during the Raid on Kessel.
After the Third Sister threatened to sever the hands of people in Anchorhead if they did not turn in a Jedi, she cut off the right hand of a Woman after she spoke out against the Empire.
During Cal's Quest for Tanalorr, he dismembered many hostiles including, Goroccos, Mogus, and Sutabans.
Rayvis, the leader of the Bedlam Raiders, had his right arm cut off by Cal, but was able to reattach it due to his Gen'Dai abilities. He then had both arms cut off before being killed by Cal.
The Eighth Brother threatened to sever Ezra Bridger's right hand and cause him to fall if he didn't hand over a Sith holocron during the Mission to Malachor.
During the era of the Galactic Empire, Kenobi dismembered the right arm of Ponda Baba, an Aqualish thug, in self-defense while protecting Luke Skywalker.
Grakkus Jahibakti Tingi, a Hutt, had two of his twelve cybernetic legs cut off by Kreel.
A Wampa lost its right arm to Luke after attempting to eat him. Later, Skywalker lost his right hand in a duel against his own father.
Skywalker engaged Vader in combat once more during the Battle of Endor, and this time he emerged victorious, severing his father's right cybernetic hand.
Krrsantan tore the left arm off a Trandoshan in a drunken rage after watching him gamble.
On the last day of the New Republic, Chewbacca ripped off the right arm of Unkar Plutt, a Crolute junk boss, after he threatened Rey, a Jakku scavenger and the Wookiee's new friend.
Sometime later, when Rey was brought before Snoke, the Supreme Leader of the First Order, Kylo Ren, a dark side warrior, seized the opportunity to assassinate Snoke and seize his throne, slicing through Snoke's waist and wrists.
Wookiees were known for dismembering people's arms out of their sockets when they were defeated.
Trandoshans had the ability to regenerate severed limbs.
In some cultures throughout the galaxy, theft was punished by amputating a hand.
While most species experienced cauterization when a lightsaber amputated their limbs, Aqualish were known to bleed profusely.
Every Star Wars movie in the Skywalker Saga has, to date, included dismemberment of organic or artificial limbs. In the commentary track for the 2002 film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, Rob Coleman mentioned that when he attempted to inquire with George Lucas about the reason for the gag, Lucas simply smiled and chuckled without providing an explanation.