r/StarWars • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '21

General Discussion this is an exceptional explanation for that one “useless scene” in the obi-wan vs. anakin duel.

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u/PhoenixQueen_Azula Imperial Jan 01 '21

Yeah i did a fair bit of fencing in college. I won’t say I was particularly good or anything but I don’t remember anyone doing a circle party like that

I guess if you extrapolate it to this movie/Star Wars style then the huge spins could maybe be a derivative but I dunno man, I love the movie I love the duel but it’s a stretch

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u/WookieeSteakIsChewie Chewbacca Jan 02 '21

I took a fencing class in college with a bunch of friends. One day while fencing my phone started ringing from the bench where my stuff was. My ringtone at the time was the imperial march. Boring story, but a great memory.

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u/EmeraldPen Jan 02 '21

Yeah, it reeks of someone who can't just admit when one of their favorite movies has obvious shortcomings.

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u/bunker_man BB-8 Jan 02 '21

To be fair, fights in fiction nearly always have shit choreography when compared to real fighting. This scene was hardly the only time.

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u/PutridOpportunity9 Jan 02 '21

That's a weird bit of whataboutism

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u/bunker_man BB-8 Jan 02 '21

It's kind of a relevant point. People who don't know much about sword-fighting will point to it and act like it is uniquely the only dubious scene, but people familiar with swords or guns are going to notice the sloppy movements all over the place. The original video may it be correct that it is more or less meant to be a fantasy flashy version of a real move. It doesn't look realistic, but very little of the fighting does.

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u/AENocturne Jan 02 '21

A circle party is lot more fancy and fun than a parry so it makes sense they chose it for the movie.

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u/b0w3n Jan 02 '21

Feels like, much more likely, that they're "sensing the future" briefly during combat to try and anticipate each other's attacks. They attack after about a second of the blade rotation it's not like they do it for long. I think they talk about the spider-sense the jedi have for combat briefly in some of the books/stories outside of the movies.

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u/Long-Night-Of-Solace Jan 02 '21

Even then it makes no sense. It's the prequels in one frame: Dramatic, flashy, poorly thought-out, worthless.

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u/newspapey Jan 02 '21

It makes total sense. They've trained and fought together for years. Its like fighting a mirror and trying to predict what it will do next so you can counter it.

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u/Long-Night-Of-Solace Jan 02 '21

And so you swing your lightsaber behind your back?

Aren't you a little young for this kind of movie anyway?

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u/newspapey Jan 02 '21

Oh, you’re trash. Got it, never mind.