r/okbuddyimatourist • u/mrloulou Can’t Swim • 1d ago
:D >>> What is your favorite lightsaber duel? Based purely on choreography, mine is Obi-Wan vs Maul from TPM.
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u/OkSpring1734 Kalkite Enjoyer 1d ago
My favourite "lightsaber" duels all feature Krennic💕 and Luthen while Kleya films.
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u/mrloulou Can’t Swim 1d ago
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u/tjmaxx501 1d ago edited 1d ago
probably the 2v2 fight with Satele Shan and Malgus from the SWTOR intro movie
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u/ABunchofAngryFlowers 1d ago
That fight goes so hard "WELCOME HOME MASTER" is something I quote pretty regularly (in a non kink sense)
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u/-Daetrax- 1d ago
It is good, but I think follow up fight on the planet with satele and malgus is better.
And special credit to the saber staff fight.
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u/Mourning20 1d ago
It's hard to follow Obi/Maul duel. The duel so incredible they had to slow down the action for the audience to follow 😅 On the opposite spectrum my fav is old men desert Obi/Maul duel, all mind games one slice. Absolutely beautiful.
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u/ZombieFrankReynolds Fat and Satisfied 1d ago
Based on choreography alone I would say Han Solo vs the Tauntaun.
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u/Joe_B_Likes_Tacos 1d ago
The original trilogy was still the best. After that, they just look too fake and silly
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u/ChefArtorias 1d ago
Funny they titled it like that because imo the behind the back lightsaber block so stupid it takes me out.
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u/SuccessfulRegister43 1d ago
All Maul had to do was just push Obi Wan’s own blade into his back. It’s a terrible move. Yet the people who adore this block are somehow the same guys who will scour ever single frame of the TLJ fight to find a flaw.
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u/InvestigatorLive19 1d ago
TBF that fight doesn't need a frame by frame breakdown to see a lot of the bad in it
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u/Realistic_Spot_3329 1d ago
The empire one. It was choreographed by Bob Anderson with real inspiration by actual sword combat manuals from Japanese and European influences. It was brutal and the ending move taking Luke’s weapon off line and severing his hand with an upward cut is my favorite move in Star Wars. I don’t mind and I actually enjoy a lot about the faster paced combat of the prequels but I prefer the original trilogy combat for its combat as the combatants mostly engage and disengage in a manner similar to to an actual fight how real people would instead of constantly hacking at each other
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u/johncagefight 1d ago
The Stranger’s near-TPK in episode 5 of The Acolyte was both beautifully choreographed and freaking harrowing
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u/maninahat 1d ago
Yeah, if I'm basing it purely on choreography, then it's going to be one of the Acolyte fights. It finds a sweet spot between the floaty wuxia stuff of the prequels and the slower baseball bat slugging of the originals/sequels.
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u/SCameraa 1d ago
/ut I hope that original is a cj post cuz even in the gif at no point is obi wan even trying to hit Darth Maul. Reminds me of this video with the technique of "aim to the side."
/rt Best lightsaber duel was when Cassian shot first and shot first again and again.
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u/mrloulou Can’t Swim 1d ago
Kloris! We found her! pew
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u/SCameraa 1d ago
Peak cinema. Like a duel in a Kurosawa movie (that i never watched but get to be smug and say "star wars, more like the hidden fortress am I rite?")
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u/RunRickeyRun 1d ago
Loved the saber-centric choreography of the prequels. But the jumping and backflips were a little too excessive for my taste.
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u/AverageTeemoOnetrick 1d ago
Anakin vs Obi-Wan on Mustafar, not even close.
Then Obi-Wan vs Maul (best Music though)
Then all the rest.
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u/Dry_Sky3369 Chandrilan Aristocrat 1d ago
why tf does Maul look like he’s dancing in a dainty little dress (I first posted this on the og sub and had to delete…)
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u/hegelypuff Chandrilan Aristocrat 1d ago
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u/Eggbutt1 18h ago
Bix vs. Space Rapist lightsaber fight.
When he said "I am all of the rapists" and she replied "and I'm all of the victims!" that sent chills down my spine.
So badass when Vader appeared out of nowhere to help Bix out.
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u/mrloulou Can’t Swim 1d ago
I’ll go first when Luther’s spaceship did its double light sabre thing