Originally posted by craft-a-saber
yet cascador said that GL probably does not read the books
yeah...like Sithsaber said...for pure canon...you can only turn to the films, not the books. There may be added stuff in it from deleted scenes and maybe you can see that as canon. But there's a lot of stuff that comes from the writers themselves. George Lucas doesn't mind, as long as the plot doesn't changes.
Originally posted by general_lloyd
I agree, i think that GL could jazz it up a bit but don't you think that conbdradicts with what you said? i am a noob but if vader has become sluggish and out of practise with his saber skills then it will look rubbish if he is jumping around and slicing the crap out of obi one... i mean i would love to see it but it would be too treacherous to the story line and the progression of time within the series
I say it actually, to make Alec Guiness look better with a lightsabre; Obi-Wan should look a little more fluid. And Dave Prowse wasn't that good either. For TESB and ROTJ, nearly all his sabre stunt fighting was done by Bob Anderson, who was once Errol Flynn's stunt-double decades earlier, and would go on to be the swordmaster on LOTR.
I just picture Obi-Wan backing deliberately down a hallway; we see him from behind, as Vader battles him back. More sword strokes and striking nearby walls - it could intercut with the others heading to the flight hanger.