wouldn't nunchucks made of mandalorian iron / (or steel, cant remember) be better in this instance, since he could just reflect the lightsabers off of them?
If githany can use a lightwhip, chuck norris can use lightnunchucks. Or it could be low powered setting like trainer sabers, but those can only bruise and burn slightly.
I think it's vastly more likely that it's the source material that created the inspiration and not a familiarly inspired character. Likelihood also stems from the popularity of Bruce Lee, with Google Trends indicating a rough average of 75:1 hits for Bruce over Hai.