Form XIII?

Alright, was anyone else completely weirded out by Sidious' Saber style? It seemed like something unique to the Sith that the Jedi wouldn't have done.

In terms of acrobatics it seemed like Form IV (Yoda's style) but in terms of fight stance seemed like a bizarre, two-handed combination of Kendo and Eppe (more emphasis on stabbing/poking than on slashing).
This makes his style incredibly lethal in close range, especially against any of the forms involving lot's of slashing like Dooku's Form II. Mace was able to beat him because he kept his distance and disarmed him with a lot of broad heavy strokes (a signiature of form VII), and Yoda was able to keep him at bay simply because of his fast movements and acrobatics.

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Yes, I though Palpatines style was quite unique and cool for that matter. He killed 3 jedi in a matter of seconds. I thought it suited a sith like him just fine

It would probably be pretty damn useless for deflecting blaster bolts though

He uses different forms, he looked to be using a different one when dueling with Yoda

i wouldnt say he used a specific form, but he did have an awesome style. I still dont believe in the 7 forms thing, its all coreographed by nick gallard to make our jaws drop. I mean look at all those jedi in the arena in episode 2 , they all had their unique style. but if you insist on labeling it as a form, yea maybe he did use this so called form VIII.

Where does all this 'Form' stuff come from? Am I missing something?

I didn't like Palpatines jumps during the Mace duel... they were unneccessary.

each form is a different combination of acrobatics (usually Ninjutsu type stuff) and about six different forms of fencing (Kendo, Kenjitsu, Iado, Eppe, Foil, and Sabre).

ahh, k... but where does it come from? Is it an EU thing?

the jumping just looked freaky, you know, sith-like.

Originally posted by DeVi| D0do
ahh, k... but where does it come from? Is it an EU thing?

forms are forms, its just a certain technique of lightsaber fighting. If everyone had the same form, then all duels would be the same, just end at different times

ok, so what classifies a form? What's different between form XIII and form VI?

I agree with what Altar[1stONE] said... it's all just choreographed by Nick to look cool.

there are 6 forms of sabre combat, with a seventh and most lethal one being invented by mace windu

Yeah what was the name of it again? Something about some animal that has lots of arms...but that's from Shatterpoint I think.

Are they the same lightsaber forms as in KOTOR 2 video game?

you guys have WAAAAY too much time on your hands.....who cares?

Vaapad!

Man, that was bugging me

Originally posted by Mist
you guys have WAAAAY too much time on your hands.....who cares?

Lightsabers are cool, I care

lightsabers are cool...but going into detail of a saber form based on a few moves from the movie?

I just loved when Sidious battled with Yoda in the OT saberstyle....reminds me of Luke N Vader hahah