Form XIII?

Mist: It's FUN to discuss Forms in detail. Where's the fun in saying 'it's just a movie, who cares?'

There are 7 Forms (styles) of lightsabre combat. From the filmakers POV this is good because it means that different fights have different 'looks' to keep them interesting. The difference is in how moves and techniques are executed.

1- Basic swordfighting techniques
2- Fencing style.
3- Defensive style.
4- Acrobatic
5- Aggresive.
6- A 'catch-all' mixing 1, 3, 4 and 5
7- Aggresive and unorthodox.

Palpatine uses Form 6.

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that... yeah, he had a very strange kind of "stabbing upwards from below" sort of style going on.
Man, that DVD can't come early enough for me... I want my frame-by-frame, dammit!

"Is is possible to get this movie faster?"
"Not from a store."

you get a bootleg version like most people
probably a workprint

Saw it at a friend's place... Awful aspect ratio, and that damn timer... no thanks.

I saw a sample movie, it seemed ok, but the time digits at the top remained

how i see it
I-pretty solidly based on Kendo
II-Sabre style without the footwork
III-mostly based on Kenjitsu
IV-a combination of Kenjitsu, Sabre, and some Iado as demonstrated by Qui-Gon
V-a combination of Kendo, Kenjitsu, Sabre, and Iado
VI-no comment
VII-Kenjitsu mostly
Palpatine's style-a combination of Kendo, Foil, and Eppe.

these "forms" come out of the ROTS visual dictionary!! is that not EU?? i mean has lucas ever mentioned them??

form 6 is "diplomats form" and aint that great when compared to the other forms. Palpy was using "Teras Kasi" same as all the other sith excluding dooku. He did swith forms though using II when he fought yoda and VII when he fought windu.

What are you stupid people on about?

There arnt Styles that they choose. They just fight the way they were taught.

There is No stupid Form XIII, or nothing like that. Its all you stupid fanboys making stuff up.

yea sidious was probably using a better version of form II. Form II focuses on fencing, 1 on 1 mainly swordsmenship thats all. The sith dont bother with worrying about deflecting lasers , cause most of the gun men in sw work for them anyways. They spend years , training , their only purpose in wipeing out the jedi. So maul was anxiously waiting his first battle with 2 jedi. His life was built on this moment, and thats why he fought the way he did. Dooku had like 70 years of experience , and mastered his form II technique. A form for a more civilized age of the jedi, now completly efficient since jedi were his enemies. Sidious being the master sith, did pretty well with his sabering but he relied more on the offensive powers of the force. Probably to stay true to his style in rotj.

Originally posted by DenKi
What are you stupid people on about?

There arnt Styles that they choose. They just fight the way they were taught.

There is No stupid Form XIII, or nothing like that. Its all you stupid fanboys making stuff up.

Relax DenKi...no need to call any board members "stupid fanboys".

I know, but whats all this Made up stuff??

Nothing of this was mentioned in the Books or the Movies why we talking about this as if its True?

i thought he was great nothing wrong with his fighting style

The fighting style and different forms sounds like something supershadow thought up. I have never heard the different forms talked about anywhere. 😮‍💨

they're from the technical books based on the movies and videogames and were first introduced in shatterpoint

Yup.

Nothing wrong with Palpatine's Form. It wouldn't be a form if it sucked, anyway. 😛

And Teras Kasi is Jedi (or Sith) martial arts, for unarmed combat...mostly.

it seems inefficient for blaster bolts, unless he switched forms in that situation. His fighting style is best for facing one or more opponents in close quarters.

There's a member on here who compiled all information he could on each form...I will go find the thread...

I read about the forms in the visual dictionary i do believe.