Originally posted by chilled monkey
No its impractical and dumbass.Firstly it's more dangerous to its wielder than an opponent (as ares834 put it real swords do not have knives for a cross guard)
Second, Jedi have always managed just fine without needing any kind of cross-guard so it is clearly not necessary.
Third, from a purely aesthetic approach, it just looks daft.
Aside from that though, I thought the trailer was okay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFZrzg62Zj0