Originally posted by Galan007 Getting his arms and legs chopped off, before nearly burning to death represents the best performance of Anakin's life, you say? Lol, your definition of "best" must be a LOT different than mine.Personally, I think Anakin's rather effortless slaying of Dooku(a guy who was on par with "level-9-Yoda" in sabers) represents a VASTLY better showing... Yet that occurred when Anakin was supposedly a poorer duelist? Lol again!
Reckless move at the end demonstrates Anakin's reckless and overconfidence. He demonstrated exactly the same recklessness against Dooku:
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Dooku's decades of combat experience are irrelevant. His mastery of swordplay is useless. His vast wealth, his political influence, impeccable breeding, immaculate manners, exquisite taste-the pursuits and points of pride to which he has devoted so much of his time and attention over the long, long years of his life-are now chains hung upon his spirit, bending his neck before the ax.Even his knowledge of the Force has become a joke.
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Anakin in his rage disregards whatever advantages his opponent has over him. On even ground it worked against Dooku but failed against Kenobi who at that point had higher ground.
Indeed, our definitions of best performance are completely different. I judge by technical level. Anakin was rather clumsy and slow on his final attack on Dooku. He defeated him by executing grappling technique. Dooku is not known to be skilled in unarmed combat and is not strong either. If anything Dooku showed lower performance than Kenobi and that's why lost so much quicker.
This:
Hayden Christensen, who plays Anakin, and Ewan McGregor, who stars as Obi-Wan Kenobi, faced a formidable task when they arrived in Sydney, Australia, to begin rehearsals and training. Christensen had a particularly grueling preparation schedule.
"Hayden worked really hard", Gillard says. "He did six hours of sword fighting every day with us, then he did two hours of training, an hour solid of weights and an hour of cardiovascular work. And he had to eat about six times a day!"
As central as the lightsaber battle between Obi-Wan and Anakin is to the movie, it's only one of the many stunt sequences on which Gillard worked. "You don't notice them as much as you would in other movies, because there's so much other action. I probably spent an equal amount of time on the stunts as I did on the sword fighting. They're very difficult and demanding to work out."
Lucas says Gillard's work is integral to the success of Revenge of the Sith. "Creating an action scene is very hard work, he says. "Nick has worked with Hayden and Ewan and turned them into amazing swordsmen. The speed they reach is unbelievable“. and it's all them up there.
Chareography of Anakin vs Kenobi is by far superior to Anakin vs Dooku. Anakin is labeled level 9 for this final fight and rightfully so. The actor had to train very hard on daily basis to be able to portray such an amazing performance.
Sorry, but given that Kenobi(a "level 8"😉 was STALEMATING Anakin(a "level 9"😉 even though the difference between a level 8 and 9 is supposedly "enormous" is a little hard for me to believe-- in fact, I can't believe it.
The difference was enormous because Anakin was on the offensive whole time, while Kenobi surviving. Superior fighter will always put inferior one on the defensive. Fighting defensively and constantly giving ground is the best way to mitigate opponent's superior skill and strength.
If Anakin were an "enormously" better duelist than Kenobi after turning to the dark side, then Kenobi's Soresu would have been utterly inconsequential-- Anakin would have easily beaten him, not just stalemate him throughout the entire battle. So yeah, you can preach the "levels" stuff to people who overlook those facts. 👆
Another fact from Jedi vs Sith guide you overlook is that true Soresu masters are considered invincible. But that's not the point.
The flaw in your opinion is that you consider one style to be better than the other. Each style has its own advantages. Specific advantage of Soresu is that it allows to survive superior opponents for much longer than other styles. At the end of the day either opponent can win depending on circumstances and simply luck.
Anyway, Lucas himself stated that when he was on Mustafar, Anakin was a mindphucked train-wreck who was full of guilt, remorse and conflict. Never, in the history of SW, have those emotions ever helped a Jedi or Sith in battle. Never. Once. Why on earth you guys think Anakin wasn't being hindered by those emotions, when any other force-user who has experienced those emotions has been hindered/weakened by them, is truly baffling to me. Personally, I think you guys are arguing just to argue. /shrug
Can you prove that those emotions were tormenting Anakin during actual fight? His talk with Padme demonstrates he had no remorse and believed he is doing right thing. Choking Padme shows that feeling betrayed is the only thing he is concerned about. Talk with Kenobi shows that he blames Kenobi for everything. The whole fight Anakin mercilessly attacks Kenobi without giving any second thought with face distorted by anger. And, when he lost his limbs, there was no guilt, there was only hatred towards Kenobi. Only after Kenobi was gone, Anakin had chance to feel guilt and remorse for his actions.
In any case Nick Gillard was portraying Anakin with combat prowess level 9. Keeping Kenobi on the retreat whole time is a big feat considering that Kenobi outskilled Maul and Opress combined.