Originally posted by Nai Fohl
Err...
Luke had 3 fights with Vader alone using lightsabers (one in EU, two in the films). He fought several Dark Jedi / Sith and we have to keep in mind that somebody had to train the NJO in lightsaber combat.An since when does experience count in lightsaber vs lightsaber combat ? Sidious had almost no experience in direct lightsaber combat (at least NO training for 30+ years) and he kills 3 masters in less than 10 seconds in RotS. Kyle Katarn had no training in lightsaber combat and killed 7 Dark Jedi and probably thousands of enemies with that weapon (when you want to take arguments from the events in SW video games I can do that too).
I think you have no idea how much control Lucas has over the EU section. Many EU books are written by authors who got an assignment by Lucas to do so. There is almost nothing in the EU that contradicts Lucas ideas. You should keep in mind that SW universe is "owned" by Lucas completely.
And now ask yourself what is more frightening and more "realistic": The idea that "good" or "evil" is determined by the two oppositing sides of an energy field or the idea that every single person has the potential to be "good" or "evil" ? Take a closer look on the midichlorians. Qui-Gon said to Anakin that you can listen what they tell you and what they tell you is the will of the force. And now you can tell me what a Sith Lord actually is ? Is it somebody that ignores the will of the force completely ? Or is it somebody that just got the "evil" midichlorians ? First idea implies that the "evil" side always has to lose against the "good" in any form of direct confrontation because acting against the will of the power that controls everything and that is not true for the SW universe. Second idea also contraticts the events in the SW universe since we have tons of people turning from DS to LS or the other way around (Luke himself, Revan, Kyp Durron, Darth Vader).
So what is the truth ?
At least I don't see the "contradiction" in the ideas of the energy field, the potentiuum and the unifying force. Any difference between the both sides is always displayed throug feelings / motivations the force users have. Blowing up the Death Star and killing ten thousands of human beings with that actions could be seen as something "evil" but because the "evil" guys die it is good.
Form V is designed to turn defence into offence. Not just redirect blasterfire also do the same thing in lightsaber combat. It is meant to overwhelm an opponent through sheer strength since the blows are very wide swinging and thereby very hard to parry.
And it is not just meant for killing numerous enemies. I'd say form V is the best form for lightsaber vs lightsaber combat except for form II. You can see Dooku (form II master) out of breath after parrying Anakins (form V user) attacks for about 30 seconds.
And see what happened. Yoda...totally out of any "real" lightsaber fighting for a very long time period totaly owns Dooku who had mastered the form that is said to be the ultimate refinement in lightsaber vs lightsaber combat. And lightsaber combat can't be done without using the force.
Luke still didn't have experience with anyone near his skill level duting NJO. Vader was not a opponent during NJO, and what he fought was a cripple basically.
Yes Lucas has control over them, but that doesn't mean he tells them what ot write. If you look at the movie, there is a good and a bad side, the Dark Side and the Light Side. What Luke did with the was for a just cause, so it makes it ok. And I never said you have evil or good midichlorians. Everyone does have the pontential to become good and bad, and you achieve that through the different versions of the force; the light and dark side. And no, good only triumphs over evil in the end in the Star Wars World.( Confederacy being beaten, Malak being killed, Sith Empire being destroyed, Sidious dying, etc.) And why are we even talking about this? It's completely irrelevant.
Form V is a more offensive form of Form III. And if you noticed, Dooku was fighting completely differently from when he was fighting both Obi Wan and Anakin, from when he' fighting anakin. When he's fighting Anakin, he's has a completely different style. His swings have much less finese and the way he's fighting is incredibly open and unlike his percise strikes during AOTC. I believe Dooku was avoiding killing Anakin since Darth Sidious wanted Anakin alive. And Form V is a incredibly open form, almost as open as Form 4. This kinda of form would not help you fight someone like Revan, who would most likely catch on and kill you while your swinging like that.
And Yoda was sparring with Jedi all that time and he probably fought many Fallen Jedi. Remember, that the time where Ydoa was there was no war, but that doesn't mean he didn't fight anyone.