I Ranked EVERY Lightsaber Duel In Star Wars!

I ranked the 25 best lightsaber duels in Star Wars from worst to best, and I think that my top 10 might be a little surprising, so I hope you like it.
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[@zaccohen2539]

My childhood lightsaber battles with my little brother had more skill than the duels in the sequels.

[@doofuscawt]

mine too

[@jordanglasper1064]

Hahahahahahaha

[@redroman4214]

Because the sequels lack what you had as a child which was passion and imagination

[@timmarks976]

Exactly imagination seems to be lacking in Disney's employees

[@HADESCorruptorDeathBringer]

Same

[@ace.of.skulls]

Prequel duels are the best

[@ProEdtiz]

Indeed

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[@A-bot_productions]

Best things in each trilogy Prequels-Choreography Original trilogy-story Sequels-cgi?

[@ace.of.skulls]

@@A-bot_productions yeah that sounds about right

[@MotleyNerd]

A note to make is that the poor choreography in Sidious vs. Windu was _not_ due to poor writing, nor was the quick triple kill. They had a great deal more planned, prepped, and ready to go for that scene, and then George Lucas decided, at the last second, that Ian McDiarmid, who had never practiced any saber choreography and was way too old to be doing it realistically, had to be the one to do it instead of his stunt double. I love Lucas, and the man has many strengths and talents that many do not give him credit for (including the dialog, which was _intentionally_ wooden for artistic preference). Making snap decisions about lightsaber fights 10 minutes before they film after all the stuntmen had spent weeks training and getting everything right was _not_ one of them.

[@Fabio-ql5yf]

Could you elaborate about the „wooden“(?) dialogue?

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

​@@Fabio-ql5yfMostly in regards to awkwardly paced dialogue that progresses slower than it's supposed to (the occasional pause after a response), and arguably Anakin's flirting attempts (which are supposed to be bad, due to Anakin's lack of experience)

[@BonnieFluff]

George Lucas intentionally made the dialog bad is...a take...

[@enderdragonrebel8026]

3:02 The reason that the characters were moving so slowly was because the lightsabers they had as props were made out of glass and if they moved too fast or hit too hard, then the glass would break

[@Aithalothes]

Not to mention grounded in more realism than any of the other fights, since Lucas took a lot of inspiration from Samurai.

[@stevored1989]

Not to mention Alec Guinness was in his 60's when he made Star Wars

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

​@@AithalothesAnd it also makes sense for Vader and Obi-Wan to be sloeer than in their prime, after all. Vader is not as nimble as he once was, so he started to employ sheer brute force and use of the Force

[@ZetoTarken]

@@kichiroumitsurugi4363 Also, Obi-Wan does several feints, just light movements to see if Vader would react because he knows the only way he wins is if Vader overreacts to something and he can punish that. He also backs off whenever Vader seems to be in a position to overwhelm him, which leads to the awkward lunging sequence because Vader is trying to push him into a corner where Vader would be able to just crush him against a wall with his raw power and the Force. And Vader knows Obi-Wan is trying to get him to overreact and swing too powerfully, which would leave him vulnerable. While he knows Obi-Wan isn't the Jedi he used to be, he's still more than skilled enough to kill Vader if Vader messes up. So Vader is carefully trying to move him around, get him in a place where Obi-Wan can no longer escape or use his comparative quickness to his advantage. Again the chain of lunges to try and back Obi-Wan into a wall. When we see Vader fighting Luke on Bespin, it's mostly powerful but awkward swings that he can get away with because Luke is an amateur. Luke even managed to punish Vader's usual fighting style on Cloud City, nicking his arm. Obi-Wan would have 100% punished those since they've fought multiple times and Vader knows that Obi-Wan is still skilled despite his age. It's one of those things where yes the choreography was awkward but it also kinda makes sense.

[@Bane520]

Hmmmmmm maybe don't make it out of glass? Maybe don't let a 60 year old do his own fight? Just stop coming up with excuses. The fight was abysmal, end of story.

[@ultimatehope549]

A pretty underrated duel is Kit Fisto VS Grievous in Clone Wars. That episode made me go from thinking Kit Fisto was just some guy to a really cool character

[@brendelchaudry]

yeah love that fight too

[@metaljacket8128]

True

[@tan_0562]

He’s one of my favorite characters bc of that duel

[@HADESCorruptorDeathBringer]

What episode is it? I'm really into underrated jedi

[@rickskellig4652]

They did him dirty when he got whomped effortlessly by Palpatine 😢😅

[@WaxPaper]

I remember the Yoda vs Dooku fight on opening night in the theater, everybody cheered. That was the first time us older guys finally got to see what Yoda was really capable of, after all those years of wondering.

[@SHADOWDRAGON71]

AMEN!!! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@johnharris6655]

Some guy behind me yelled "KICK HIS ASS, YODA." When Yoda walked in.

[@mrkeyes88]

My dad burst out laughing

[@cajiggle]

My friends and I, who were seniors in high school at the time, were laughing so hard with glee and losing our minds when we first saw this in theaters. As you said, many fans only knew Yoda as a puppet for the last 20 years. This was the first time he was digital and we were not prepared. Also, there was no social media so the fight was never leaked or spoiled. When you went to the theater to see Attack of the Clones back in 2002, you were seeing Yoda and Dooku's duel for the first time on the big screen.

[@AlbertoGarcia-wd7sc]

In my experience everybody laughed.

[@Tdhdchu]

To think a 5 second scene is better then a whole trilogy of movies

[@konkydonk64]

My favorite duel is in ROTJ when Vader realizes Luke has a sister. It’s not necessarily crazy choreography, but there’s so much rage from Luke and emotion behind that scene that makes it so great.

[@sydhamelin1265]

Not only shot really well, the soundtrack really pulls you in. It's my 2nd favorite duel behind the other Vader and Luke from Empire.

[@paulgrundy6864]

Luke’s lightsaber also makes a unique popping ignition noise when he charged Vader, meaning it’s possible that Luke snapped so violently his lightsaber malfunctioned, making a new sound.

[@LesterLL]

ur tweakin, the way they swung the lightsaber during the originals is something i definitely cannot take serious, they’re like little kids dueling it’s rubbish

[@sydhamelin1265]

@@LesterLL There's an inherent problem in the original trilogy, which is that they were taught to use the lightsabers as if they had weight to them. So they were swinging these light objects as if they weighed more than they did. That might be what's getting at you. There are some times where it absolutely looks strange.

[@JamieCousins-jy4nr]

@@LesterLLwell I’m real sword fighting you don’t tend to do backflips everywhere like in the prequels.

[@Christmas_Joe]

I give some credit to the duel between Obi-Wan and Vader in the death star because Is the first lightsaber duel in the franchise, an introduction to the concept

[@DarthVader-dk5lf]

i completely agree.

[@AverageKaijuGamer]

Yeah i agree.

[@purefoldnz3070]

nd very difficult with the spinning stick effect that was plugged in up Obi Wans sleeve.

[@HBstudios2005]

Especially since the lightsaber blades were made out of thin glass at the time

[@purefoldnz3070]

@@HBstudios2005 and kept breaking!

[@shanechipman7157]

Nothing will EVER top anakin vs Obi-Wan it’s the endgame of lightsaber fights, years of buildup to that moment was awesome

[@LouSassoleSledgecock]

Entirely CGI and boring by the end of it 😂

[@casparfang]

Hot take but I think duel of the fates is better

[@dartht-rex6313]

@@casparfangthe sound track and revenge from obi wan makes it great but anakin vs obi wan had high stakes probably the best choreography and the soundtrack was good

[@Ethan-wr2os]

​@@casparfangnah it's not a hot take, that duel was incredible. Its hard for me to decide between that ans Anakin vs Obi-Wan

[@artyom-ei2mf]

I love the emotion of the duel. But the duel itself is stupid, like multiple times they just swing the lightsabers like clowns without trying to hit one another or doing some batshit stupid stuff.

[@bobbobert9379]

For the main trilogy duels, especially the earlier ones, like vader vs kenobi in episode IV, its important to consider the technical limitations. Choreography could have been better, but it was much harder to put the sabers on screen at that time compared to later.

[@APB9002]

As someone who's been practicing lightsaber for more than 3 years, I can tell sequels fights are the exact opposite of what I've learned about choreographed fights

[@Willtripyouout]

This dude is so bad at commentary.

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@@Willtripyouout ?

[@SHWAWSH]

​@@Willtripyououtthis is the most confusing comment you could have possible wrote

[@Tofu6969]

For the mace and sidious fight the OG choreography actually makes sense on why the jedi masters died so quickly because sidious was LIGHTNING fast in it and it wasnt a weird awkward pause with what we got

[@ernestyunardi7454]

Yeah, he’s lightning fast then slow down when fighting windu? Or those jedi masters got promoted too fast? Or If the skills of sidious the same as windu, why the hell windu bring them, just to show sidious is powerful?

[@totallynotseihat9753]

@@ernestyunardi7454 I've heard people say that sidious was prolonging the fight with windu by holding back, because he sensed that anakin was approaching, and he wanted to make it seem as if the jedi were taking over

[@joshuacolt2630]

​@@ernestyunardi7454 Most of the Jedi council hadn't faced Sith or had the necessary combat experience. Going off of memory here, but I'm pretty sure this is all still correct. Obi-wan fought and defeated a Sith as an Apprentice. Fought and killed general Grievous. Fought Count Dooku twice. Battled Savage and Ventress. Anakin also fought and killed Count Dooku. Fought with Ventress. Mace Windu fought Grievous, and specialized in tapping into the Dark Side of the Force for his Vaapad form. Yoda is Yoda. Besides these four, most Jedi were folded by light saber wielding enemies much less force wielding enemies. The greatest feats other council members had were surviving Grievous (barely) by running away. They had neither the experience or the skill to survive such a battle between force users. Now enter Sidious, the greatest of the Sith in his time. Its not surprising to see these council members fail miserably. Only four Jedi could have stood against Sidious and had an "even" fight. Yoda, Mace, Obi-wan, and Anakin. Mace won. I believe Yoda would have eventually. Obi-wan would have as well. Anakin is a complete wild card, but as he keeps his emotion in check he would have as well. Yoda and Mace were the Old Guard of the Jedi while Obi-wan and Anakin would have been the leaders of the next generation. They kind of mirror each other in this way. Why did Windu bring them along? I doubt he realized how powerful Sidious was. Mace went from we will arrest Palpatine too "he's too dangerous to be kept alive!" Mace did not realize what he was walking into.

[@maciejpietrzak6146]

​@@joshuacolt2630 Nope, Obi-Wan couldn't even dream to challange Sidious. Windu could challange him only on a lightsaber duel and Yoda was the only Jedi besides focused Anakin that could defeat him. Obi-Wan would be closer to die by first blow then to beat Sidious. He couldn't even challenge Count Dooku on equal terms. And while Dooku was indeed a powerhouse, Mace's caliber fighter, he was not Palpatine.

[@joshuacolt2630]

@@maciejpietrzak6146 I can understand that's what you think. However, Mace considered Obi-wan his only equal in the order RTS Novel. Yoda said he was The Only True Master of Soresu RTS Novel. The one who was sent to kill Grievous because Mace felt he was inadequate. RTS Novel. Form 7 is what Palpatine uses. Soresu is the direct counter to form 7. You can think Obi-wan would not win, but to say he would die in the first attack is just ludicrous. Obi-wan's bane was indeed Dooku, but he aslo beat Anakin who beat Dooku so...

[@jamesashcroft8170]

tbh, I don't even dislike the duel between Luke and Kylo, in a movie which I generally dislike. The idea of Luke influencing the fate of a battle from across the galaxy (if we pretend he couldn't fly there in time or something) is a huge feat of power and is, conceptually, a really cool idea. Luke projecting himself onto Crait to buy time to save Leia and the Resistance when he himself can't make it is also a cool idea. Shame they then decided to kill him off.

[@xTribulation1]

Yeah fr he'd prolly die from the ATATs really quick also

[@Jordan-ud4qv]

@@xTribulation1only Disney Luke. EU Luke would be able to crush all of them by flexing his fist.

[@ThomasCombe-wr6sy]

@@Jordan-ud4qv lol also those weren't a bunch AT-AT walkers they were ATM6 walkers

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[@yeeterdeleter0117]

I think the vader vs. Obi wan at the end of obi-wan kenobi was epic. The rock throwing, the dialogue, it was so cool, like a continuatuon to the mustafar battle.

[@kazumasatou109]

14:59 "Nice little head surgery" 💀

[@supermaximglitchy1]

Lightsaber duels are not only about spectacle but also movement and emotion behind the duels

[@lukecodz]

the clone wars shows this

[@austincreates5034]

Not a star wars fan, buuuut, i agree. I do remember like behind the scenes stuff from like i think the third prequel movie? They really had to learn sword fighting in order to make that scene on the lava planet i believe it was. I think in recent movies, thats whats missing. The actual skills for it to look like a true, filled with emotion fight. A fight that shows worthy of a lightsaber

[@adamd023]

6:05 I was about to GO OFF in the comments 😂

[@saltfrog5]

Me too bro he got me so hard 😂😂

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@@saltfrog5you a freak bro

[@lexi_2021]

Prequels were the best of them all. Who else agrees?

[@ArachnidYouth]

Im honestly surprised you didn't talk about Kylo Vs Finn. That was honestly the best duel of the sequel movies bc it actually felt like two people trying to kill each other and you can definitely seee their skill gaps.

[@lukecodz]

its because it was overshadowed by reys fights with kylo

[@thegoat52877]

For me, the best is Anakin vs Obi Wan in ROTS, so you did great!

[@yulsummers5807]

same i love that one, and second for me is the rotj luke vs vader duel

[@lexi_2021]

Duel at Mustafar. Yeah. My personal favorite, too. It was dragged for too long, though.

[@Hattori-47]

@@lexi_2021 i dont think so. Both Anakin and Obi wan are basically at the same level of dueling and they both got insane endurance and stamina. Obi wans dueling form is based on breaking the enemies stamina and getting the enemy impatient and unfocused, and thats exactly what happened it just took its good time.

[@ej9855]

I’d have put the Duel between Obi-Wan and Vader at the end of Kenobi a lot higher. It was a breath of fresh air from the horrible duels in the Abram’s trilogy and it allowed us to finally see Obi-Wan accept that he could no longer save Anakin and made peace with that. It’s the first time in a while I’ve genuinely enjoyed a Star Wars series/film.

[@SpFlash1523]

But why didn't he just kill him right there and prevent him from killing thousands of more innocent people?

[@rickskellig4652]

It made absolutely no sense, he finally admitted that Anakin was truly gone and understood the terrible mistake it had been to leave him alive the first time yet he still just saunters off into the sunset to do nothing for another 20 years, while Vader goes back to brutalising the galaxy like nothing happened. Obi Wan could have atoned for his first mistake in letting Vader live by finishing the job, obviously that can't happen, but the show didn't come up with a good reason for that. They had him make the same mistake but worse for a second time. He has rivers blood on his hands for leaving Vader alive not once but twice. That show was incredibly stupid, made no sense, and was a huge missed opportunity

[@TabalugaDragon]

agreed completely. A very underrated fight in an underrated show.

[@pascalpfenninger4584]

@@rickskellig4652i Feel like by just moving the Reva shit Plot a Bit fortward like lets say obi wan has vader down and gehts a Message by Owen or a Vision of Luke getingelt Kidnapped hesitates and Goes makinging a painfull dessicion by Lettin Millionstel more die by saving the person that can Save all Word be more understandable

[@Tweek5470]

It's crazy how we always seem to be just longing for the past when it comes to lightsaber duels. When the prequels came out everyone was complaining that the lightsaber fights were too fast, flashy and looked choreographed. Everyone was complaining that "the strikes have no weight" and "they aren't even trying to hit each other they are just swinging the sabers". Now that they went back to aggressive strikes with intent to kill everyone just wants to go back to the flashy prequel duels.

[@edgarramirezburillo1034]

9:17 Me after seeing that you put a secuels scene above a prequel scene: It’s treason then

[@yan_akin32]

Literally one of the best ones too

[@stilllearning9590]

Apparently I'm not the only one who's enjoyment of these films depends greatly on the choreography. First off, much of the quality of movement is dependant upon the actual physical dexterity of the actors (or stunt doubles) themselves. As it turns out, Count Dooku played by Christopher Lee (whose sword skills can be seen in The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers) was " His whole adult life he had been a classic fencer and, like Basil Rathbone, more accomplished at it than the heroes who would defeat him onscreen." Then Ray Park (Darth Maul) was adept at WuShu and was the main choreographer for The Phantom Menace. Your number one pick is as it should be given the incredible number of hours both actors put in preparation for the duel. The main point about these lightsaber duels is that they are performance skills requiring many hours to perfect....so the quality of the choreography is a directorial choice based on his willingness to allow so much time and effort for these scenes. That is why Hong Kong action films have such a niche following...for example, Jackie Chan took three months to film the final fight scene for Drunken Master 2 (or Legend of the Drunken Master), which has a screen time of less than nine minutes. Most American films just do not have the needed lead time necessary for imaginative martial arts choreography and the practice required....however, the terrible quality of the light saber duels in the Star Wars sequel trilogy is just one of many reasons I do not enjoy any of those three films.

[@hrakss7605]

im pretty sure dooku didnt actually do any duelling in star wars, he said he was too old, they just had a stunt double and morphed his face onto him

[@arcanaido6415]

For the 'new' Anakin vs Ahsoka fight I think it makes sense, that wasn't Anakin trying to kill her, that was him teaching her, reminding her of her will to live. So Anakin in my mind was totally holding back especially because he became this force ghost chosen one, I bet that he at minimum is as powerful as the Father.

[@AlexxxxD2010]

Putting Kylo Ren vs Finn and Rey over Obi Wan vs General Grievous is a war crime 💀💀💀

[@worldfulloftoys4025]

The best part of this entire video 11:19

[@Jedwerd]

SOMEONE NOTICED! I'm glad you appreciated it

[@darthmaul4773]

Some really underrated duels is Anakin vs Asajj Ventress and Geneneral Grievous vs the Jedi from CW 2003. I mean they're so clean and really quick and acrobatic like Jedi and their opponents should be.

[@justasimplemanworkinghiswa1569]

those was the best duels they was straight cooking

[@redhothare]

I’m gonna state the obvious…. If Luke Skywalker was physically present to fight Kyle Ren, a slap in the face is all Luke is gonna need to beat Kyle Ren

[@deranged-games]

haha that actually made me laugh loud xD

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

I actually like the stopping the lightsaber with the force. The first duel in the Kenobi series was different. Obi-Wan and Vader haven't fought regularly for years, especially Kenobi. Both are rustier than a car in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. Both that duel and the duel in ANH I'd rank slightly higher just because of the context surrounding them, but they're still nowhere near the top for me. 2nd duel in the Kenobi show blows away both of the. The glowing green sword is the Blade of Talzin, used by Mother Talzin in The Clone Wars in the duel vs Mace Windu. Yes, Star Wars nerd here. 🤣🤣 The Anakin vs Ahsoka duel was as good as you think it is. No nostalgia. It's just nice to see Hayden as Anakin going nuts with the lightsaber again, and as you said, he definitely had to hold back, because everyone else didn't have Nick Gillard training them in the lightsaber choreography we all know and love. I'd personally rank that duel higher though. I loved the honor both Maul and Pre Vizla had, even though both characters are evil. Made the fight so much better imo. I almost forgot Maul didn't use the force at all. I don't think the Mace Windu vs Palpatine duel was lazy.

[@MSMranger]

Who else heard the rickroll music in the background at 2:50

[@szymonsupryka7522]

i love how everyone ignores the fact how smoothly he rickrolled us

[@pal04_01hallow]

I guess I’m not the only person who noticed😂

[@matt_man876]

OK, so good, I'm not just hearing things 💀💀

[@jblackburn]

Oh quite right... was masterfully done. I heard it instantly and I'm super impressed. I Appreciated the country roads and backstreet boys as well

[@NathanaelJacob-px6lu]

​@@jblackburnI thought I heard Backstreet Boys!

[@Instafy7]

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[@dannydeez2810]

3:03 "I think that this fight is a little nostalgic to a lot of people, because [...]" Much to learn, you still have.

[@phillyskyguy9535]

1:39 thats the same move Obi Wan does when he jumps out of his starfighter and slices up battle droids at the beginning of Episode 3

[@DoomderX]

Seein Obi Wan holding a red lightsaber for the small fight is something we will all remember cause he will never turned to the darkside

[@Zypzu]

Dual of the fates is definitely my favorite, especially Obiwan vs Maul at the end

[@tuftyterror983]

Same.

[@bradpurvis869]

I agree

[@CalvinWitthoft]

Yo you’re right it really does look like Hayden Christiansen is slowing down so that Ahsoka (whatever the actress’s name is) can keep up, like he still has has all of it in him and he can go so much faster but she limits him

[@Stormkrow280]

The Rey vs Kylo fight makes sense when you remember that most of if not all the information on the various styles of lightsaber combat were lost with the Jedi Order. Kylo never had anyone to duel with so he had no reason to learn proper form and Rey was never taught, so it makes since that both of them would just swing at each other with little to no form.

[@cursedreality8615]

Kylo trained under Luke so it doesn’t make sense he wouldn’t know the different lightsaber forms

[@Stormkrow280]

@@cursedreality8615 until he left and Snoke had no one else for Kylo to fight to maintain his skills, so he became rusty.

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

​@@cursedreality8615While true, he easily could gave rusted, given he left Luke behind and joined Snoke

[@visnoga5054]

For the record, I don't know the Disney trilogy at all, from what I'm picking from seeing him fight and what little I can assume about how the galaxy is is that they went for a full "brute force" style for him, rather consistant on the different extracts shown here, I was guessing if most people he had fought were not people with lightsaber it might've made sense he ended up being used to just overpower people with his superior weapon, yet in which case I still find it weird he didn't take the cue after the first few times. But then if he actually got trained to fighting with it like one of the commentors mentioned, then yeah I guess it's an issue with choregraphies.

[@Konstantin820]

I was sad when savage oppress died, he was such a lovable character

[@user-mx2rz6ts3o]

At 11:05 I think I know what they were going for. I think they wanted to have Sidious kill the three Jedi masters right away to show that he was dangerous enough to kill three very experienced Jedi masters in less than a minute. Doesn’t that make sense? I do kinda wish Sidious actually fought all 4 of them tho

[@OkayNiceOne]

No, it does not make sense. He should have fought all four of them, picking one after another off. I don't care if he picked them off quickly, but simply sliding your lightsaber forwards, then slashing, then poking again to kill all three Jedi's is simply not enough and does not feel realistic.

[@melkor3496]

FYI the Mace and Jedi masters va studious was originally longer but they decided to not include most of it. Here are deleted scenes below. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6nEl4uDhJ2mqacsi=2QArY0WmI3r7omLm kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5PRi2uho7hgj9Esi=K_dSB-PrO9x8pnYf kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIvRZoWcoZyqe5Ysi=G3X_MIvMwoGuysaP

[@Karmai9]

3:22 NAH BRO YOU'RE RICK ROLLING US IN THE BACKGROUND

[@dylans7141]

2:15 It wasn’t supposed to be a good choreographed fight. Obi-Wan had cut himself off from the force, out of feelings of guilt, and also just to hide himself after the purge. When he confronts, Vader here, he’s not trying to best him. He’s genuinely afraid for his life and he’s trying to flee. He’s not supposed to be a skilled master; he’s supposed to be Terrified. Vader is going one-handed and it’s just simply toying with Obi-Wan.

[@TotinoPizzaRolls]

I like this duel since it shows emotion. Duels aren’t always abt coreagraphy and skills.

[@dylans7141]

Exactly. Like Sam Witwer said about the first one in A New Hope. Its not the flashiest thing ever, but there’s so much at stake and its so impactful when Obi Wan dies.

[@NoaoJunes]

Bro put a RickRoll in 3:15 and thought we wouldn't notice

[@michaelhansen8854]

In regards to the Windu vs Palpatine fight, Palpatine used what is called a Force scream. It penetrated people's mind when used, and only a few were impervious to it when this duel happened. Obi-Wan and Windu are the only 2 that we know

[@michaelhodnett431]

I would think Yoda would be.

[@siwap3809]

whats funny is he said in the video that he was expecting the force scream excuse to come up in the comments when he started talking about the fight lol

[@Luka1180]

@@siwap3809 It's not an excuse, it's canon. FIGHT ME.

[@siwap3809]

@@Luka1180 i wont have to fight you; the guy that made the video that youre commenting on will do it for me

[@vominomi]

@@Luka1180 It's definitely an excuse. The original choreography for Palpatine vs Jedi duel was much better and you can find it on Nick Gillard's channel "gillardstunts". However George Lucas decided that Ian had to be the one to do the fight, not a stunt double because he wanted close ups on the face and Ian was old and not great at fighting. That's why him killing those 3 Jedi Masters is so slow and akward. Later they made the excuse that he used "Force Scream" to paralyze the Jedi Masters which is why they look so dumb and slow but it's a flimsy excuse overall.

[@dannydeez2810]

Should've included Baylan Skoll vs Ahsoka both duels, really entertaining ones mostly for Baylan's fighting style

[@Makilov]

10:40 I think the whole reason why Palpatine killed the other Jedi so quickly is that the Jedi haven't had to fight anyone in lightsaber combat in centuries. Palpatine had been training in genuine lightsaber training and honing his skills for like fifty years and the raw power of the dark side coming from this old man probably threw them off guard too. Also, Grevious was around, but he usually killed anyone he engaged combat with.

[@billdole9766]

"Disney has unlimited money." A true example of tell me how you don't know how the world works without telling me how you don't know how the world works.

[@xyjohnconmigo8094]

Its a metaphor

[@rengoku_speedrunner]

The incredibles 2 made 1.243 billion USD so i think they have a ton

[@billdole9766]

"Tell me you're 13 without telling me you're 13" LMAO@@rengoku_speedrunner

[@memealade2421]

😂 troll

[@billdole9766]

@@memealade2421 🤡 clown

[@yodyyoderson]

Is anyone going to mention the rick roll at 2:42

[@thetokenhobo]

So, I dont know if it counts as a “duel” but the Anakin vs Obi-Wan training duel was fucking epic. That should’ve been number two.

[@josemuniz_]

Dooku vs Ventress and the nightsisters not being on here is FOUL

[@thecarter8700]

Absolutely insane !

[@naufalnoorizan1763]

5:25 the real winner is the mulan ost you used, brought back memories for me

[@alexheisenberg8709]

The duels in the sequels are so underrated. They are not as elegant as in the ot or as acrobatic as in the prequels. Instead, they actually feel real and raw. There are no jedi nor sith, so makes total sense that rookies like rey and finn would find a lightsaber kinda heavy and therefore just swing them around. Then we have kylo who was more experienced, but even so he didn't fight in an unrealistic way like the jedi of the republic (or like luke in this trilogy as well). He shows tecnique but mantains that raw style. Remember he is still young and basically didn't finish his jedi training. I really loved how they manage to differentiate these fights from the ones in the originals and prequels.

[@222xani]

you're the reason why Disney never puts any effort in Star Wars movie. They know that their dick riders will love anything they put out 😂

[@brady-o-active1167]

This!

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

This is fine in the context of TFA, perhaps, but neither Kylo nor Rey improve after this, and their style remains static, which is not the case with any other characters who are supposedly improving

[@mrxsatyr8459]

I personally put Maul vs Ahsoka in my top 5, the motion capture giving so much weight to a show that has had amazing yet floaty duels. The depth of why they are fighting and mauls speech before hand, the lighting of the blades themselves. It is just absouletly awe inspiring

[@Jiewicz]

I would definitely switch Ashoka-maul with Ashoka-vader. Otherwise great ranking

[@pyronuke4768]

Plus the mocap guy for Maul was Ray Park, the original actor/ stuntman from Episode I.

[@ovni2295]

I will say I do like Rey's part in the first duel you cover. Every trick Kylo tries on her, she throws right back at him. Reverse grip heavy swing? She does it too. Force-grabbing a lightsaber to stop it mid-swing? She does it too. She was toying with him, and I love it.

[@yasininn76]

Exactly. Fucking Rey, miss nobody from nowhere, was toying with kylo Ren, a fully trained Jedi padawan, sith apprentice and knight of Ren. That's who was against who. It's like if you said "I like the duel of general grievous vs C3PO, 3PO was toying with grievous all the time during it". Please, take a seat and never talk about star wars again

[@ovni2295]

@@yasininn76 Luke Skywalker managed to break Darth Vader's guard and hit him in the shoulder with a lightsaber in episode 5 after minimal training from Yoda, none of which involved a lightsaber. Rey actually got some lightsaber training from Luke before this battle. It's precedented.

[@Drakon500]

@@ovni2295 Kylo was way too weak for what he was supposed to be. Makes sense Rei is a bit better than episode 5 Luke, but Kylo should still far outclass her, since she’s only had a few day’s of actual Training. If they had given her a dual bladed saber it would have been more believeable since she used a staff earlier.

[@loc27gth44]

​@@ovni2295yeah back then it was the maximum luke was capable of, plus vader was absolutely overconfident No comparison with Rey who has always been better than Kylo...

[@kalmakoira1]

4:45 I think what they were going for was to emphasise close up facial expressions from which you can see the hate that is fuelling Anakin and Dooku's nervous realization of how strong Anakin has become.

[@EchoARC6895]

the reason why inquisitors were given lightsabers that spun was because it gave them a advantage against jedi masters who were trained in the in 7 forms (if i remember rightly mace windu was able to use form seven) and inquisitors were ex padawan who had conflicting ideals of the jedi (like barris) and grand inquisitor (who was a jedi temple guard) who went heavily adapted into the force and weren't to huge in the lightsaber forms and the emperor and vader didn't want the inquisitors to surpass them so the spinning lightsabers became their main weapon cause it did put jedi at a disadvantage with how it can rotate the blades quickly to block attacks aswell as hit on a different angle ALSO the grand inquisitors line that was said before he died has been said to reference when vader and palpatine trapped him in something like the skyrims soul cairn and it basically felt worse than death

[@roldanrosario8292]

The Sequels had cool moments also. It’s was just the inconsistencies in the story line that took away from the movies. The acting, stage design, and directing were top notch. The CGI also fit in well. But, the years that past between Episodes 6 & 7 were barely accounted for. I thought Ben and Ray’s character’s were going to be members of Luke’s Jedi order and we would follow their stories as they go on missions. (Self explanatory) Luke and Lea are Jedi masters and the New Temple is in Nebu where Lea also has been helping the survivor Colony of Alderon citizens. The movies should have taken place during these transition instead of years afterwards in my opinion.

[@footsoljier6468]

17:05 That little behind the back block and front block from Obi-Wan is my favorite move from any duel. It got me so excited seeing it for the first time

[@thegameboy450]

In my honest opinion you should have put Anakin VS Barriss Offee at least somewhere on this list it was a dope fight and the fact that Anakin taps into his dark side to overpower her at the end I mean come on

[@deadshot5007]

Bro really ranked one of the most visually cool and emotional fights(cause of Leia's death) last place 💀 Also yeah the characters not fighting elegantly is the point lmao.

[@anubadri09]

I think his point is that he doesn't like the way they can use the force to stop a lightsaber and that the coreography is awful

[@deadshot5007]

@@anubadri09 The choreography was mid. It doesn't have embarrassing moments like TLJ had but it isn't as exciting as the prequel duels. Also don't let bro find the many times people used to force to stop lightsabers in the games and other material (SWTOR, Fallen Order).

[@dragoncaos7098]

choreo was complete garbage. They just stand there and throw their lightsabers around a bit. The lack of elegance isn't a positive. If it is, then tell me how or why. Using the force to stop a lightsaber wasn't the reason given.

[@marthdaeglin]

I've been thinking a lot about Palpatine v the 4 Jedi lately. It's definitely the bottom of my list. The Jedi Windu brought with him were not just masters, they were supposed to be masters of lightsaber combat specifically. I get that there are lots of reasons it could make sense. Sidious was supposed to be a badass and didn't get many chances to show it. Choreographing the first 4v1 lightsaber battle would have been a pain, and probably expensive. A prolonged battle would have extended the runtime, and again weighed on the budget. Just from watching the movies no one would even know the names of the other Jedi, nevermind why they were the ones chosen, so who cares? But damnit, if no-name characters automatically die in three seconds why even include them? "Oh, did you see how fast he killed those red-shirts? He's so strong!"

[@MultiCynicism]

Darth Maul and Savage Opress vs Darth Sidious is so epic, I was absolutely blown away watching that on cartoon network as a kid. Even though its animated its epic as hell.

[@AtlantaAmazes]

bro thought we wouldn't notice the Rick Astley playing in the background lmao

[@TheDanzomanzo]

Yo, a well put if slightly controversial vid! I agreed with most of it too but there's one thing I noticed.....where would you rank Qui Gon vs Maul on Tatooine? You missed it out.

[@ace.of.skulls]

Ranking EVERY Lightsaber duel in Star Wars ❌ Top 25 Lightsaber duels in Star Wars ✅

[@GamerKid531]

I think its insane how the side characters like guards and whatever just get absolutely rocked by a jedi master with NO effort. Its a crazy power scale

[@Buddydog542]

He was Rick rolling for the first 5 minutes

[@pugboi9389]

did anyone else hear never gonna give you up in the back ground at 3:22?

[@Jedwerd]

Whaaaaat? How did thaaaat happen? 😎

[@KingCoop546]

Just realised lol

[@malachykellegher232]

wow he put tell me why at 15:53

[@force9930]

Fun fact: Hayden Christen is past his prime and still is the best lightsaber duelists than all that Star Wars characters hired by Disney. Even Ewan Mcgregor.

[@Azreal2077]

Damn Jedward you idiot, you really said that Anakin in world between world was Ahsoka's imagination. When she said that she wont fight him and he said that he had heard that before, he is referring to Luke in ROTJ and not Ahsoka in Rebels as she said " i wont leave you " plus Jacen Syndulla hearing it and Anakin's force ghost's appearance at the end confirms it . Not related to this video but i wanted to mention it , since you are one of the better Star Wars youtuber out there ( plus my favourite).

[@Jedwerd]

Fair enough, to be honest. Appreciate the feedback bro

[@Azreal2077]

​@@Jedwerd😊

[@TheClutchCraft]

Something about duel number 25 is that 1) obi wan is still rusty.. he has been in hiding for so long 2) not only obi wan but also Vader, since he still hasn’t adjusted to his suit, I think it’s unfair to say that they where both “running around in the dark” cause at the end of the day they are both getting used to each other again, since yk both their fighting styles have been changed so much. Ik it’s your opinion, but maybe the evidence from what you said isn’t quite true, and might be a bit bias

[@Koshi09-bu9er]

I won't talk about the whole Palpatine force scream... BUT HE'S A FREAKING SITH LORD WHO HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE DARKSIDE LONGER THAN WINDU WAS EVEN ALIVE!

[@quincycostello6726]

You've got to give the new hope duel some credit for being the first ever lightsaber duel, and hence, the duel that set the precedent for how all lightsabers duels work for the later duels.

[@lauragoodland6359]

Fun fact, the only reason Asoka left the Jedi order one was to justify why she wasn’t in revenge of the Sith

[@TheStarWarsGuy13]

for your next video can you do ranking all the most annoying characters in star wars?

[@johnharris6655]

Obi-wan Vs Vader on Tatooine sets up the fight on the Death Star. Vader has now been beaten twice by Obi-Wan, the first time on Mustafar, Obi-wan destroyed Anikin's body, the 2nd time Obi-wan shreds Vader's Armor. So maybe Vader is still afraid of Obi-wan on the Death Star. The real story of why the fight was so tame is that David Prowse was a very big man and a few times nearly killed Alec Guinness, so they had to tone the fight down. Plus that is the first light saber duel in Star Wars movies, so I am not sure if they knew what to do with it. So it looks like a Sword fight with Errol Flynn.

[@whoevertheheckiam]

Never gonna give you up remix casually playing in the background

[@alexkwon9099]

You should do the top ten characters in Star Wars.

[@Lyrrad69270]

This is the type of video I need and count dooku is freaking awesome.

[@Bruv-_-113]

Morgan Elsbeth genuinely looks like a night sister from Jedi fallen order Also, in music wise, I would definitely place Duel of the Fates #1

[@yoface2537]

I thought you said busting into the tents instead of busting into the tens and immediately the tusken Raiders came to mind

[@Bluey-yq1nv]

honestly, my main problem with the ahsoka v morgan duel is that even though she's a great actress, it's painfully obvious that rosario dawson can't keep up with diana inosanto and that's why i feel like the duel's so slow

[@raghav1026]

Yeah ahsoka would have been better with someone different to play her tbh. Rosario is one of the worse casting choices in star wars

[@Yoshistar238]

@@raghav1026 While i liked most of the duels in ashoka i hope they train for a bit longer

[@raghav1026]

@@Yoshistar238 yeah it was extremely obvious that rosario just couldn’t keep up with anyone except maybe ray stevenson (may he rest in peace)

[@Yoshistar238]

@@raghav1026 man he was such a great actor for Baylan

[@raghav1026]

@@Yoshistar238 for real. Baylan was the best thing in this show

[@yfpalli8899]

I personally loved the fight in The last jedi in snokes throne room!

[@user-fn9vs1vt1s]

Same

[@paulgrundy6864]

Fun fact: during the Obi-Wan vs Anakin duel, George Lucas literally needed to make the two slow down so the audience didn’t think the footage was sped up, so Hayden was 100% holding back on the Ashoka duel.

[@tra22919]

Obi wan vs anakin on mustafar is my favorite And pretty much every duel in the sequels is horrible

[@lskywalker1261]

Yep, it is the best duel in star wars

[@Ieaturanium26]

It is mine too, my second is duel of the fates and third is Luke and Vader in empire (return is a close 4th)

[@laggincam3478]

a lot of bad opinions i’m ngl

[@whoevertheheckiam]

You know it, You love it, its Obi-wan vs Anakin in Revenge of the Sith (Meanwhile epic lord of the rings music is playing)

[@amandamccarthy4226]

I heard Rick Astley musical in background for a bit

[@user-yc9vv9xb8s]

Hey, so you can agree that the only Jedi who could’ve trained Anakin Skywalker, save him from the Darkside help him reach his full potential free his mother allow him to be with padme. It’s none other always, and forever will be Jedi master qui gon jinn even George Lucas confirmed it

[@uniquemaho]

8:20 i would put it all above the sequel duels. my childhood favourite. i just personally think greyivouis vs obi wan kebabi deserves a better place

[@bisheshpro3006]

Did bro just rickroll us in the background music

[@footsoljier6468]

17:05 That little behind the back block and front block is my favorite move from any duel. It got me so excited seeing it for the first time

[@JimMilton-nl1js]

Give my boy some credit for making these videos these take a lot of time and skill

[@hmyang4308]

Team prequels 4ever

[@355scaper]

Every duel in 7-9 felt like the scene was warming up to something cool but never paid off

[@maxpower50408]

The obi Wan vs. vader fight in a new hope looks like two grandpas fighting

[@Ecodude-cw7kg]

Star Wars duels then: two highly trained people fighting of each other to the death using sick and quick moves.😎 Star Wars duels now: Two normal people fighting each other with a baseball bat after having a really bad argument. 🤡