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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharpandpointies View Post
    We could come up with in-setting reasons for it, I'm sure. I just like it. Lucas was really going for more of a fencing approach back then (edit: and Kendo), and wasn't thinking about the Jedi as being mystic kung fu people, I'm guessing.

    It's more logical, to me, and the fighting actually looks workable and so forth in places. It's not all fancy spinning and wild sweeps and leading with the body (note that the vast majority of the time they keep each other at a distance, keep the weapons between them, and keep each other 'on the point' of their weapon).

    Granted, leading with the body is pretty common in all Hollywood fights (ugh), but to see LESS of it in a space fantasy really makes the point about who they had for choreography.
    true, which is why i appreciate obi-wan/anakin since after someone looked at the scene from a swordsman's perspective, it would surprise you to see just how many sword techniques and tactics they actually use. the fight ain't perfect but it's far deeper than most people realize.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharpandpointies View Post
    That would make sense.

    Either way...heavy, not-heavy, what I see in A New Hope is consistent with a couple of dudes who are using 1m murder-sticks that can maim with a touch. And I really like some of it.

    I mean...

    *person A spins lightsaber around, as well as their body*

    *person B pokes them with their own lightsaber half-way through the body spin, or when the other saber is basically out from between them (this happens LOTS)*

    Done.

    I know - people want the big movements, they want to see flash and flare (and possibly flair). Myself? I like realism. Yep, realism in a series with space-magic and laser swords, because maaaaan, fighting is still fighting and there are far more efficient ways to do it. And a lot of the crap I see in the flashy fights? Would get people killed.

    It like stuff that looks tight and real AND has some flair. It's possible.
    On that note, one of the things I liked about the TLJ fight that was being discussed earlier is that it had a very rough and scrappy feeling to it and a lot of people get cut the heck up. It gave the lightsabre, the weapon specifically, a real sense of edge and danger to it. You have two fighters essentially bullying their way through this fight through sheer anger, aggression and luck rather than a demonstration of complex skill.

    It was nice, good choreography-as-character -development stuff.
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    they actually got ray park to do the mo-cap for maul.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guy1 View Post
    was almost unbelivable when i learned that it was sam witwer, aka starkiller, voicing maul.

    also, obi-wan and asahjj were very..........flirty in CW.

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    why am i just now seeing this fight?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharpandpointies View Post
    *person A spins lightsaber around, as well as their body*

    *person B pokes them with their own lightsaber half-way through the body spin, or when the other saber is basically out from between them (this happens LOTS)*

    Done.
    I'm so glad I'm not the only person who thinks this, whenever those big, flashy light-sabre battles start happening. It's like, there's always at least one moment where one of the fighters starts swinging his sword around like he's having a seizure, and it would be so easy for his (or her) opponent to stab forward, the end. That's always bothered me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharpandpointies View Post
    That would make sense.

    Either way...heavy, not-heavy, what I see in A New Hope is consistent with a couple of dudes who are using 1m murder-sticks that can maim with a touch. And I really like some of it.

    I mean...

    *person A spins lightsaber around, as well as their body*

    *person B pokes them with their own lightsaber half-way through the body spin, or when the other saber is basically out from between them (this happens LOTS)*

    Done.

    I know - people want the big movements, they want to see flash and flare (and possibly flair). Myself? I like realism. Yep, realism in a series with space-magic and laser swords, because maaaaan, fighting is still fighting and there are far more efficient ways to do it. And a lot of the crap I see in the flashy fights? Would get people killed.

    It like stuff that looks tight and real AND has some flair. It's possible.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Guy1 View Post
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTWjJDh87SE
    Yeah, exactly that. And the silliest thing is, it's not like a well-shot, well-choreographed sword duel would be boring or uninteresting to watch.

    There's plenty of examples of great, realistic sword-fights on-camera.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OrangeRangerPete View Post
    Yeah, exactly that. And the silliest thing is, it's not like a well-shot, well-choreographed sword duel would be boring or uninteresting to watch.

    There's plenty of examples of great, realistic sword-fights on-camera.
    well, according to shadi, that grip the guy was using was one of the worst way to hold a sword in a actual fight. it's hard to hold, gives you no leverage for your swings, and makes any kind of defense impossible.

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