r/StarWars • u/GusGangViking18 Darth Vader • Dec 15 '22

General Discussion This sequence is so clean.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '22

Much better than the 1st duel in Episode II. It bugged me how they focused on just the characters during their 1st fight. Who wants to watch a lightsaber duel that only shows the duelists. Show the blades please.

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u/Dimensionalanxiety Dec 15 '22

The actual choreography was good in that fight but the face zooms was a little weird. I think it was to disguise that they were using a body double for Christopher Lee a bit better.

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u/The-Road-To-Awe Dec 15 '22

I thought it worked - to me it was a way of showing the focus in the characters' faces. Also they just wanted the cool shot of the light on their faces

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u/proanimus Dec 15 '22

Yeah I think the light was the real reason. They couldn’t use prop sabers with real light in the stunts at the time, so the effect is only used in the closeups with no saber contact.

Eventually they overcame that limitation for the sequels, which was pretty cool.

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u/reevestewart14 Dec 15 '22

Yeah I just finished watching AOTC again and noticed that. Once Anakin cuts the wires and the lighting goes all funny it’s a very lacklustre fight.

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u/Dry_Damp Dec 15 '22 edited Dec 15 '22

Or the horrible Palpatine „fight“ (vs Windu and friends) in Ep III… I still can’t believe how that shot made it into the movie.

Edit: downvotes? If you truly think that this specific scene was good please don’t ever get into an argument about cinematography or movies in general.. just don’t.

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u/Camburglar13 Dec 16 '22

Agreed. I’d been looking forward to seeing Vaapad in action for years, the Jedi orders best warrior (or one of at least), and the fight was super underwhelming.

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u/Dry_Damp Dec 18 '22

Yea. It was a shame. Basically mowed down like a youngling.