Mace vs Dooku would be a great fight, certainly. I think Mace would win though. After all, he kicked Palpatine's arse.
And no offence, but I'm sick of hearing 'Forms are EU' So what? Does the movie directly contradict the existence of Forms? No it doesn't. So why shouldn't they be counted? It's logical that there would be several styles of lightsabre combat. Look at how many martial arts there are in existence.
Giving the characters different fighting styles adds to their character. It makes it more interesting.
If it's not directly written by Lucas or said by Lucas to be canon, it's EU and has no bearing on the movies. Simple as.
And honestly, I was looking at the forms and there's 7 of them. You'd think there'd be a lot more than 7 styles of combat...considering that everyone would develop their own style. The whole idea of forms is rather restricting.
Originally posted by chilled monkey
Mace vs Dooku would be a great fight, certainly. I think Mace would win though. After all, he kicked Palpatine's arse.And no offence, but I'm sick of hearing 'Forms are EU' So what? Does the movie directly contradict the existence of Forms? No it doesn't. So why shouldn't they be counted? It's logical that there would be several styles of lightsabre combat. Look at how many martial arts there are in existence.
Giving the characters different fighting styles adds to their character. It makes it more interesting.
forms are EU, EU is not factual. read the *please read* at the top of these pages.
no exceptions.
go to the EU forums to discuss EU
Dooku should have fought Mace in Episode II
There was more chemistry between the two than between Dooku and Yoda.
Yoda vs Dooku was style over substance and turned out to be the worst fight out of all six films. We got to see Yoda fight in Ep.III, it should have been more of surprise, but instead we get to see Yoda fight Sidious in pretty much exactly the same way as he fought Dooku, renderring the Ep.II fight completely redundant.
Mace vs Dooku all the way.
Originally posted by Lana
If it's not directly written by Lucas or said by Lucas to be canon, it's EU and has no bearing on the movies. Simple as.And honestly, I was looking at the forms and there's 7 of them. You'd think there'd be a lot more than 7 styles of combat...considering that everyone would develop their own style. The whole idea of forms is rather restricting.
No offence, but that view seems lacking. How do you think Anakin got that scar he has in ROTS? Clearly something happened between the movies to give him that scar. EU is needed to 'fill the gaps'.
I agree that there should be more than 7 combat styles however (given how long the Jedi have been around), and you're absolutely right that even Jedi trained in the same style will not fight identically. There would be differences.
Nope, Lana's view is perfect of the EU. It is needed to fill the gaps, but if the EU says "Anakin got the scar from fighting Asajj Ventress" and George Lucas said "Anakin tripped and fell on his lightsaber!" you'd have to go with Georgie boy's answer.
And there are more than seven, anyway. I keep track. 😛
Mace vs Dooku would be a great fight, certainly. I think Mace would win though. After all, he kicked Palpatine's arse (chilled monkey)
How many times do we have to go through this. One more time for the dummies. The duel was set half half. Any fool can see that initially Sidious had the upper hand (forcing Mace back all the while). Second half (Sidious was falling back). End result: Mace dead. Not to mention the fact that he was unprepared for Palpatine's sith lightning. Surely you would stand there overlooking a man who's capable of sizzling u in an instant. Surely Yoda told Windu of the Sith lihgtning adopted by Dooku.
AS usual, all Windu could so was reflect it with his lightsabre. Bravo! You deserve an award. Everyone thinks the ability to use a lightsabre makes you the greatest. HMM. Force abilities anyone? Mace? never saw him use the force. By the looks of it he was a good duelist, knowledgable and wise, but that's about it. Get over Mace. It's pathetic. People are whining because he lost to Sidious. Is that something to be ashamed of? Getting defeated by the most powerful sith lord in the history of the galaxy??
Besides, Dooku was clearly superior to Windu in lightsabre combat, not to mention Dooku's knowledge of the force (including remarkable sith lightning and force push). Reason there was no Windu Vs Dooku in ep 2? Windu's not a major enough character and neither could have won.
Originally posted by Captain REX
Nope, Lana's view is perfect of the EU. It is needed to fill the gaps, but if the EU says "Anakin got the scar from fighting Asajj Ventress" and George Lucas said "Anakin tripped and fell on his lightsaber!" you'd have to go with Georgie boy's answer.And there are more than seven, anyway. I keep track. 😛
That's my point exactly. If Lucas gave an explanation of how Anakin got that scar that is different to the EU explanation, I would go with his. But he HASN'T. He hasn't said anything to contradict the EU version, so why not go with it?
Valar Melkor: Palpatine was on his backside, weaponless, with Mace's blade at his throat. He tried lightning and it failed. He needed Anakin's help. Without him he was toast.
'End result: Mace dead'. Because of Anakin ONLY.