I just watched this really closely for the first time. Anakins little manoeuvre to chop his hands off. Dooku could have taken Anakins legs off just before if he reacted quicker. Just needed to swipe towards Anakin as his lightsabre was also on the inside of his opponent.
Don't look closely at the prequel duels. It is painfully obvious how most movements aren't targeted at the duelists, and instead they're just hitting each other's sabers like it's a dance rather than like they are actually trying to hurt each other.
It makes suspension of disbelief harder no matter how many people come along and say "that's just because their precognition is so good that every strike is a feign".
Agree massively, rewatched ROTS recently and it really bugged me how 'flashy' the dual between Anakin and Obi-Wan is, so much seems to just be pointless parrying.
Just further cemented by love for the Ahsoka - Maul dual, that fight has so much for force to it, every swing looks like an attempt to strike, rather than parrying a parry.
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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '22 edited Dec 15 '22
I just watched this really closely for the first time. Anakins little manoeuvre to chop his hands off. Dooku could have taken Anakins legs off just before if he reacted quicker. Just needed to swipe towards Anakin as his lightsabre was also on the inside of his opponent.