Originally posted by FreshestSlice
Easily Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan vs Maul or Obi-Wan vs Darth Vader(RotS). It had everything, and I don't care if it doesn't look like "real sword fighting" completely ignoring that all the combat styles were made by a real swordsman, and that this is a movie. Had the best settings, choreography, and music. Really can't do any better using actual people.
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Surprised by how mow many people are saying the Anakin/Obi-Wan duel, as I thought it was pretty terrible. It doesn’t look like two sword masters going at it but rather two baton twirlers trying to spin their glow sticks faster than the other. And then it has them performing ridiculous stunts such as swinging like Tarzan… It’s borderline comical. By contrast, the duel in TPM actually felt like a battle. It was intense and never overstayed its welcome.
Originally posted by The_Tempest
Lots of pathos in the Mustafar duel but goddamn is it overwhelming. It's a lot like the pod race in TPM for me; it just drags on and on and on and on and on.
Didn't really feel like that to me because of how they were interchanging between that and the Sidious/Yoda fight.
Plus I found the end pretty emotional shrug
Okay, bare with me. I thought the first duel between Kanan and Inquisitor was great. It was a great intro to a reoccurring villian that blended stylish swordplay with a feeling of hopelessness. The Inquisitor really did make it feel like they were in over their heads and say what you will about the level of the characters themselves but tge scene was structured and executed nicely
Originally posted by ares834👆 Pretty much summed up my thoughts on it.
Surprised by how mow many people are saying the Anakin/Obi-Wan duel, as I thought it was pretty terrible. It doesn’t look like two sword masters going at it but rather two baton twirlers trying to spin their glow sticks faster than the other. And then it has them performing ridiculous stunts such as swinging like Tarzan… It’s borderline comical. By contrast, the duel in TPM actually felt like a battle. It was intense and never overstayed its welcome.