Originally posted by Lord Stark
Precisely. The single bladed seems to be the canon choice. But yeah the HoT has Shien, Soresu, and Shi-Cho methinks.
Mmm hmm. Though I would have thought the Jedi Knight would use Makashi tbh based off of the class descriptions on Swtor.com:
"Combining the foresight of the Force with unrivaled reflexes and practiced physical precision, the Knight turns combat into an art form, gracefully executing acrobatic feats in tandem with elegant lightsaber tactics."
"The Jedi Knight’s graceful movements are awesome to behold."
Originally posted by Stealth Moose
Actually, in a twisted way you're right.Dueling forms were more common, because the individuals fought for their lives more often against Force using swordsmen/women, because Soresu was built to combat prevalent [b]blaster usage
, and because Niman was previously a master's form, not a watered-down diplomat's form.Fightsaber and Shatterpoint among other things noted that the majority of the Jedi who fought (and died) at Geonosis were Niman users. Other EU sources corroborate that the Jedi were mostly peacekeepers and diplomats, not warriors. We only see a handful of good Soresu users in the PT (Obi, Luminara, and Barriss, IIRC), and the users of advanced forms like Makashi and Juyo/Vaapad are even fewer. [/B]
Obi-Wan says Soresu is the most commonly adopted form of lightsaber combat among Jedi when Mace compliments his skills.
You may be right, I don't recall directly. However, if that is true, then it stands to reason the PT Jedi as a whole have a serious weakness: a majority of them use either Niman or Soresu, neither of which is worth a damn for offensive dueling.
Leading back to the topic itself, if HoT is the bee's knees in his martial era, and Skywalker is likewise in his watered down, weak era, which is more impressive in context?
Spoiler:
Naturally, the one in the films, I get it.
1. Pretty sure Ataru is second to Soresu in popularity during the PT, despite it's weakness against multiple opponents, as it's the preferred form of almost all known notable Jedi during the period. There are a good chunk of Niman users though, yeah.
2. Anakin is one of the most skilled and powerful Jedi in history according to RotS, and so are a handful of the PT's Jedi. I fail to see the logic behind your point.
Originally posted by Nephthys
Mmm hmm. Though I would have thought the Jedi Knight would use Makashi tbh based off of the class descriptions on Swtor.com:"Combining the foresight of the Force with unrivaled reflexes and practiced physical precision, the Knight turns combat into an art form, gracefully executing acrobatic feats in tandem with elegant lightsaber tactics."
"The Jedi Knight’s graceful movements are awesome to behold."
The Knight was likely well versed in all forms, but his mains were likely Shien and Soresu which makes sense considering his raw power.
Originally posted by ares834
Based on? I mean, hell, in the game you can spec your character to "master" different lightsaber forms.
Jedi Guardian is probably the canon form given that in cutscenes the HoT ignores the fact that he has a second saber at his him always. Guardian lightsaber forms are Soresu, Shien, and Shi-Cho.
Originally posted by Lord Stark
Jedi Guardian is probably the canon form given that in cutscenes the HoT ignores the fact that he has a second saber at his him always.Guardian lightsaber forms are Soresu, Shien, and Shi-Cho.
Or he is a Sentinel that has either deactivated his lightsaber or only uses one.
Originally posted by ares834
Or he is a Sentinel that has either deactivated his lightsaber or only uses one.
No. There are scenes where he's disarmed, and rather than go for his second saber fights over retrieving his first. I'd rather assume that the Hero of Tython uses one saber than assume he's a retard. All the fights in cutscenes are coded for one saber bro.