So I read the long form and noticed something unexpected.

It's basically a hybrid of improved parry (base damage of a ranged light/heavy weapon) and improved reflect (take a pot shot against someone in medium range as an out of turn incidental) when you are targetted by a ( as in any, melee or ranged ) combat check targeting you that generates 3 threat or 1 despair... but you have to have used the side step maneuver in the last turn. Yes it means you spent a maneuver and one or more points of strain that (which boosts your defense against only ranged attacks) but it now let's you make a pistol and saber character that we couldn't pull off before.

Warden-Death Watch would be a really fun character, get yourself down to Baleful Gaze for a really effective way to upgrade an opponents attacks. Use the character with Ebb/Flow and you can recoup plenty of strain too.

For a bit more two weapon combat fun you could start as an Executioner, Deathblow to hit hard and Essential Kill to make those hits with the second weapon much easier!

If you want an actual Lightsaber character, rather than simply holding one in your hands and looking good, then Ataru would be a great place to start. You obviously then can utilise that one characteristic for both weapons, you don’t even have to dive that deep to get some useful talents. The biggest drawback is really that you’re limited to Force Rating 1 without a third spec. But with Improved Parry and some Reflect ranks you actually get to be quite a defensive character with the total potential of 4 upgrades to an opponents attack.

But I think my favourite would take a decent campaign to play out (600+ xp when you have about 440xp of Talents plus 50xp for the extra specs). You start as a Sentinel Sentry, with a 3 in Agility, Cunning, and Willpower. Grab that Impossible Fall talent (for when your jet pack decides to die mid flight...) then dive down the left hand side all the way to Force Rating, also collecting the Reflect and Grit talents at the top.

Next you join the Death Watch, grab the entire top two rows for all sorts of neat tricks then head for that Improved Sidestep. Back in Sentry you take the final 2 bottom row talents to get Dedication (Agility)

Then finally you expand into the Jedi Outcast spec, this time diving down the right hand side to get the Force Rating as well as Renegade Form (Agility). There’s a few neat force talents in the top two rows that build well on Sentry as well.

All up you become a Ranged and Lightsaber monster, highly mobile, lots of stealth tricks up your sleeve. Get Sense or Ebb/Flow somewhere along the way and you can be really ensuring those attacks are returned right back at the enemy... in some cases you both send there bolt back at them then also send your own from your pistol for good measure!