Duel Of Fates

Say what you will about ep2's duel's BUT....you have to admit, the first time you actually got to see Yoda bring it, was AWESOME.

I thought so anyway.

Meh...

LOL, my feelings on it now for sure. But after seeing that little green guy hobble around since 1980, well, I just did not know he had it in him.

Originally posted by Captain REX
Sidious versus Palpatine? 😂

Which Anakin vs. Obi-Wan fight, Superfly? The ROTS or the ANH one? 😛

You're right though; not as much emotion in these newer duels, except Anakin vs. Obi-Wan ROTS.

Yeah, idn't you hear, Palpatine was really depressed and tried to commit suicide. He posted goth poetry all over the Holonet and that caused more damage than the Death Star ever did.

I'll admit seeing Yoda go apeshit was like "Whoa" for the first time. But really, I don't like it now. Actually, I would have been content had Yoda never picked up a lightsaber.

Btw, Duel of Fates is amongst my favorite duels, with the finale in ROTS and ROTJ running a close second and third.

Originally posted by viking12344
Say what you will about ep2's duel's BUT....you have to admit, the first time you actually got to see Yoda bring it, was AWESOME.

I thought so anyway.

I Agree Totally!, It was the only time in both trilogies that i was given the "willies" to quote Barret FF7, Yoda VS Sidious + Duel of Fates an immortal moment for me and the whole star wars experience, Good VS Evil, Justice VS Chaos, Master Jedi VS Master Sith
And Now The Banana Will Dance.... 💃

The Duel of Fates music was awesome, but I love Battle of Hero's. My favorite duel of all, would have to be the Vader vs. Luke duel on the second Death Star.

Originally posted by Darth_Janus
I'll admit seeing Yoda go apeshit was like "Whoa" for the first time. But really, I don't like it now. Actually, I would have been content had Yoda never picked up a lightsaber.

totally

and DOTF is second only to BOTH to me

I put the ESB and ROTS fights above ROTJ and AOTC.

you would 😛

jk

I love the OT fights but the choreography in th ePT is jsy soooo much better IMO

I agree... with the exception of the AOTC duels. I'll take the ANH duel over all of the AOTC duels any day.

true, the AOTC duels were pretty lame

You know what's funny about this battle being called 'Duel of the Fates'? It's a battle being two of the most extraneous characters in the entire saga: Maul and Jinn.

The OT saber battles were far more symbolic of emotional conflict than those in the PT (perhaps with the exception of Vader vs. Obi-wan in ROTS), and because of that they were more emotionally intense. Fancy stunts are one thing, but REAL CONFLICT is where it's at.

It's the Duel of Fates because it controlled the fate of Anakin. I believe had Jinn trained him he wouldn't have truned.

I think it's true the saber battles in Eps II and III suffer a little because of the computer generated leaping and the blades-spinning-like-propellers.

It looks as if most/all of Ep I's duels used actual actors all the time; I'd have to take it apart frame by frame to see if they used any digital replacement. Maybe that's why everyone likes it so much. In part I think it's more believable than Eps II and III because we never saw that furious kind of fighting in the OT, of the school of thought that "we've never seen that before, so it must be fake" type thinking.

If you're ever in a lightsaber duel, never hold your saber blade above your head! That's how Qui-Gon buys it.

Originally posted by Red Superfly
I would actually go as far as to say Phantom Menace has possibly the best duel out of all three prequel movies.

Doesn't come close to the emotional OT ones, but it damn near topples the almost forgettable Anakin vs Obi-Wan fight I'm afraid (I remember the Sidious vs Palpatine confrontation more fondly).

i agree... and i still believe the rotj duel has ten times the emotion of the rots one...

Originally posted by chinabing
I think it's true the saber battles in Eps II and III suffer a little because of the computer generated leaping and the blades-spinning-like-propellers.

It looks as if most/all of Ep I's duels used actual actors all the time; I'd have to take it apart frame by frame to see if they used any digital replacement. Maybe that's why everyone likes it so much. In part I think it's more believable than Eps II and III because we never saw that furious kind of fighting in the OT, of the school of thought that "we've never seen that before, so it must be fake" type thinking.

If you're ever in a lightsaber duel, never hold your saber blade above your head! That's how Qui-Gon buys it.

Another thing we have to remember is that ray park (maul) is a martial artist by trade... he's naturally good at combat, so he can do the sommersaults and flips by himself... no cgi needed...

Episode One Phantom Menace had one of the best lightsaber duels plus. Obi Wan younger seemed to be better then the older one.

Its strange....

First Obi-wan was a great fighter.
The second one was a pathetic saber swinger.
The thrid one kicked ass once again.
And fourth was a philosophical uncle.