Curious as to what we all prefer.
THE SUPREME JAWA OVERLORD!
What era of saber fights do you prefer? 41 votes
Prequel era - fast with lots of jumps and spins and stuff.
Original era - slow with not much going on.
Sequel era - fast but not with the jumps and spins and stuff.
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That was a completely useless display, but the rest of the fight was, IMHO, the best in the franchise.
Anakin V Obi Wan was the highlight of all lightsaber battles.
Nevertheless - whether it is that or Obi Wan v. Anakin in ROTS - they are both fights from the prequel era - goes to show prequel saber fights RULE!
The original Old Ben vs. Vader was admittedly primitive. In both ESB and ROTJ, Vader was never trying to kill Luke, he was trying to convert him, to beat him into submission, which necessarily extended the fights. The fights that came in the later movies were all supposedly mortal combat but took forever due to added flash.
But the best sword-fighting scene ever was in The Princess Bride, Inigo vs. Wesley.
They all look like that to me. Bunch of useless spinning and flourishes done by people holding weightless wooden dowels.
BEST. SCENE. EVER.
I think Old Ben vs Maul on tattooine was epic in its own right, especially once I understood what was going on.
@Boo this is for you
I love this!
I will say this about Frozen, I thought it was going to be awful, but my wife and I actually enjoyed it. Make fun of us for being 30 and watching kids movies, but it was decent, especially for Disney. If you get the chance, look up the metal version, because everything should be seen at least once through a metal filter. lol. The guy who sings it does a decent job.
@Boo this would’ve been a great addition to the first lightsaber fight in movie history.
Also that praetorian guards fighting scene was the best
https://youtu.be/rWF0f183tSA
I would argue that the sequel era has the worst - its has slightly better choreography than the OT - but the OT saber duels had more feeling and emotional involvement to them. The sequel era is just boring - we already know who wins over and over and i'll give you 3 guesses who that might be, lol
Oh No - you did not just bring up the Snoke guard fight... that's the worst! first all not really counted as a lightsaber fight, but mostly there are disappearing weapons, guards are moving around unnecessarily (to add drama), the guards even throw weapons away at one point, Kylo gets disarmed and conveniently forgets he has the force (again, to add drama) and Rey kicks one guard yet 3 go flying.
The choreography is terrible - watch the breakdown videos on Youtube and you may change your tune on that one.
Compared tot he prequel trilogy choreography that is flawless - do you think the Anakin v. Obi Wan fight woul have had such lazy, poor and clumsy choreography? I don't think so.
Again, like the OT, the PT fights had feeling and emotional involvement in the duels - Obi wan v Maul who just killed his master, then we have Yoda v. Dooku (first time we have seen Yoda in action and decades in the making), then we have the Anakin v. Obi wan fight.
Again, the ST fights are boring...Rey always wins and there is little to no attachment by the audience with either Rey or Kylo.
Would you trust disney with OR films?
Not sure I would - they are best suited to a different era - with no expectations or anything - they can't really mess up too much then.
Besides game to movie adaptions typically being awful, the best I would hope for is a remaster of KotOR 1 and 2. That is it. Also throw in the OG battlfronts and I would drop $60 like its hot.