Star Wars

[ScotchRobbins]

It was a serious shock, growing to watch the nostalgic haze around Episode I melt into a puddle of a blundering talking amphibian in between well choreographed lightsaber combat.

Seriously, if nothing else, those were some very well coordinated fights.

[ArcticFox]

I won't disagree there.

[JOJ650s]

Oh man, yeah those lightsaber fights are great.

[LAVA89]

I am worried, because disney can do some strange things.
Lucas was the originater and has very high standards. I think they have potential to be interesting, but not as good as the 1st 6. I will wait until I hear what people are saying about them before watching them

Well, if Marvel is any example, they've pretty much let them do their own thing.

And I hold the opposite opinion of Lucas. If anything, I feel it will be difficult for Disney to ruin Star Wars.

Seriously, if nothing else, those were some very well coordinated fights.

I felt Episode I had the best fights of the prequels, because they had good choreography. But the fights in Ep 2 and especially the lava fight in Ep 3 I would describe as "two spinning tops that even eventually hit each other".

[ArchAngel]

I'm gonna say it: Best lightsaber fight is Episode VI when Luke faces off with Darth Vader. Other new ones might have fancier spins and such, but that just evoked such raw emotion.

[Orodrist]

I've come to the conclusion that the decade between the Ep VI release and the start of his screenplay for Ep I, George Lucas did all the cocaine.

[ScotchRobbins]

I've come to the conclusion that the decade between the Ep VI release and the start of his screenplay for Ep I, George Lucas did all the cocaine.

All of it?

[LAVA89]

I'm gonna say it: Best lightsaber fight is Episode VI when Luke faces off with Darth Vader. Other new ones might have fancier spins and such, but that just evoked such raw emotion.

I have to agree. The fights in Episode 4-6 weren't "spectacular" so much in terms of effects, but they carried more weight because the fights represented something more than neon swash buckling. For instance, the Maul fight in Ep I looked pretty snazzy, but in essence Maul was simply a obstacle to the 2 jedi, whereas the Ep 4 fight was better because Obi Wan was having a show down with his former friend \ apprentice-- even if the end result looked like two out of shape guys running a marathon.

[ArcticFox]

Agreed... The Luke vs. Vader duel Episode VI one is by far the best in terms of emotional involvement. When the male vocal choir in the background reaches the crescendo as Luke completely loses it and savagely goes after Vader, the hairs on my arms stand up.

They were trying to get that in the Obi-Wan vs. Anakin duel in Episode III, but the movements were so fast and the Tarzan swinging over lava stuff was all so distracting that whatever emotion could have been there was completely overshadowed. It's a shame, too... Because I remember back when the original Star Wars first came out, Lucas hinted at the origins of Vader in an interview my brother told me about. He said that Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi had dueled in a lava or acid environment and the fight ended when Vader fell in. (Not exactly what happened in ep3, but the concept is the same.) So I'd literally been waiting my whole life to see that fight. It was spectacular to watch, but not as emotionally engaging as it needed to be.