"To avoid any copywrite issues with George Lucas." Smfh.
That's pretty dumb tbh but the actual lighsaber duels is cool.
Eh if people are having fun, why not? Although much of it looks like choreography than practical fighting techniques.
i don't think the art of swordfighting is a high educational priority in today's world
That's not really relevant to what he said though. I do agree with him. Lightsaber fighting seems very based on choreography, unlike actual fencing. It can still be fun, but I wouldn't exactly call it a fencing discipline.
If you're interested in lightsaber battles, this video tutorial should get you started
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0mUVY9fLlw
Choreographed or not, I'd pay to watch this shit
https://youtu.be/AmR5LoyZ4jw
Vice shat the bed on this one. It's actually always been called "laser saber" in the French version of the movies. Nothing to do with copyright.
That does look fun.
On one hand, it sounds like people are taking Star Wars WAAAY too seriously, but on the other, that looks like a lot of fun.
Ehh, why not?
I remember watching a video years back about how the lightsaber fighting in the prequel movies is more akin to a really well choreographed dance routine than any actual basis in sword fighting
Makes sense because lightsabers are weightless except the handle
It showed some comparisons, the prequel fighting is really interesting to watch, but I think I ended up developing a preference for the original lightsaber fighting due to it being grounded in actual swordfighting.
It doesn't make any sense at all. Why would they perform such elaborate dance moves instead of just using it like a rapier?
I don't know.
In the original films George Lucas told the actors to act as though the lightsabers actually had very heavy blades on them, obviously in reality they were just light plastic tubes.
Personally I prefer the old style of lightsaber combat because it felt like one slip could lost you everything, the prequel style is all flash and IMO is very boring. I think the lightsabers are some of the few things the new Star Wars films are getting right, it helps that in two films there's only been one 1-on-1 lightsaber duel, the rest has been lightsaber vs staffs or the weird energy club.
Even if lightsaber fighting is not particularly related to actual fighting with swords, it still has the capacity of being a legitimate sport related to dance, acrobatics, and choreography.
I like it. It's dueling with swords but with fancy flourishes thrown in. I imagine two people that have practiced a lot and got really good at recognizing footwork and moves could make it look great. Now if they could just make the blades ultra-tough so they could really get some speed in
It's also based on Kendo, an actual martial art. It's one of the reasons I find the original movie's figihting to be a bit more interesting, becuase it'sa ctually grounded in something. The Prequal onward is just random dance and flailing that looks like they're trying their best not to make contact at any point. That's the problem with movie fighting, is that it never looks like people are trying to hit one another.
I'd argue that sequel fighting is a mix of both prequel fighting and original trilogy fighting; it's a mix or martial arts and kendo since nowadays we don't have to worry too much about the props breaking and the fact we keep finding techniques everyday. Ray Park who did the choreography of The Phantom Menace onward until the sequels has been leaning on this trend after the prequels so there is a sense of of both dance and the feeling of psyching the other guy out.
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