We frequently need that for many of our client sites, where they want to showcase various products etc. Then it is important to be able to quickly select the image, rather than just waiting for images to slide by, or blindly clicking some round dots in the bottom, as the slider works now.
Sounds like you want a blend of a slider and tabs widget. Currently I’d choose either one because there’s no easy way to build what you are trying to build at the moment. The lightbox has different functionality - it opens a full screen preview area to show off high-res images. So that’s different.