Sword Expert Reacts To Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Watch a sword expert react to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order! In anticipation for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor we got our sword expert to take a look at the Star Wars Fallen Order lightsaber combat. Weapons expert Matt Easton critiques and offers insight into the fighting abilities of Cal Kestis and gives some suggestions for what he'd like to see in the sequel. Check out this Star Wars Fallen Order reaction from a weapons expert to see how realistic the Fallen Order fights really are.
Matt Easton is a Historical European Martial Artist, Antique Arms Dealer, and owner of the fencing club ‪@scholagladiatoria‬
#IGN #Gaming #StarWars

[@NarutoOnDope]

Vader uses one handed style when he doesn't take an opponent seriously. He basically handicaps himself to be less bored

[@TheAdventGamer]

Well that and it's actually incredibly difficult for him to get a two-handed stance with how his armor is designed. Basically he uses a one-handed style he invented for ease of use.

[@keshawnjenkins7051]

@@TheAdventGamer he’s also the chosen one and is massively stronger than everyone. Who’s is his rival.

[@kanekikingstorm2113]

He can do two handed stances fairly easy. It’s just that he can’t raise his arms beyond a certain point any more due to the shoulder pieces being so top heavy. When he goes into a two handed grip, it’s mainly when he goes onto the defensive. Elbows locked in close, and minimal wrist movement to guide his lightsaber to deflect and defend. He essentially becomes an unmovable rock.

[@joshuarollerson7132]

​@@keshawnjenkins7051 luke is the actual chosen one isn't he

[@TheAdventGamer]

@@kanekikingstorm2113 Ah, right. Sorry.

[@thedutchwolf97]

A fun example of lightsabers in fact NOT sticking to each other is the rather short duel between Obi-Wan and Count Dooku in Episode 2. They're in a sword bind, but then Dooku winds his blade and cuts Obi-Wan's arm. It's really one of the only times they showed how that *could* be done, shame it wasn't used more.

[@jonasbarka]

Not impossible that it was a suggestion from Lee himself, as he was a skilled fencer.

[@arnav9192]

in addition to jonas, the way he holds the saber and moves, it kinda resembles a fencers movement too

[@jessethehappyguy]

Kinda different binds tho

[@funnature8679]

The movie of episode one uses metal cylinder, 2 and 3 the actors uses plastic for the blade for more flexibility. You can see what materials used for the actorsfor behind the scenes footage or bloopers.

[@vincenthernandez2242]

Makes sense that dooku would be one of the few characters who breaks a bind like that because he was supposed to be a master lightsaber duelist whereas most other Jedi at the time didn't have much experience fighting another lightsaber wielder

[@Nattfare]

Should also keep in mind that Cal's first encounter with Second Sister is the first time ever where he fights someone else who has a lightsaber. He has also spent the last five years in hiding without anyone to train with to use either the force or his lightsaber.

[@HTphyzycs]

In addition, the commentary by the expert on this specific scene glosses over the fact the night sister recognizes the stance because it's the same stance seen by the many jedi she killed prior. Seems like a silly criticism.

[@obiwankenobi9439]

The criticism isnt that the stance is recognized. Its that it isnt a genuine stance.

[@8minato]

The animation in this game and the sequal are just bad 🤣

[@macca937]

@@HTphyzycs Regardless of whether or not the Sister recognizes the stance makes no difference, because even in the Star Wars Universe, a stance like this would be so impractical.

[@macca937]

But the Second Sister recognizes it, meaning it's an official stance from the Jedi Order. The criticism is that it is such an impractical stance to use for a lightsaber.

[@SWTobito0702]

It should be said that in Star Wars there are in-universe fighting stances, largely separated from real life sword stances. Alot of said stances are based around blaster reflection, instead of saber to saber combat, which is why the saber stances often aren't pointed forward but instead parallel to the body.

[@dallenhumpherys7911]

A well-trained lightsaber-fighter should be able to tell the difference between a stance meant for blocking blaster shots and a stance used for fencing, and when to use either.

[@_ChineseJesus_]

@@dallenhumpherys7911 Cal wasn’t that well trained lmao bro looked like he was under 10 years old during Order 66

[@MCSPARTAN501]

@@dallenhumpherys7911 Cal wasn't well-trained, and it's likely that most of his training focused on blaster deflection anyway. The CIS had Asajj Ventress, Count Dooku, and General Grievous as their only lightsaber wielders. Cal was not expected to fight any of them, much less win against them. I'm not sure why he didn't use a dueling stance here though--perhaps he forgot the little bit of dueling training he had?

[@SWTobito0702]

@Dallen Humpherys The majority of Jedi aren't extensively trained in lightsaber combat because they come from a time when it simply wasn't something that happened often enough to warrant said training. Not to mention that Cal was maybe 12 years old at the time of Order 66, at that point in training you only learn form one which is pretty much exclusively used for blaster deflection and the most basic of lightsaber forms.

[@dallenhumpherys7911]

@@MCSPARTAN501 Maybe he's not well trained, but this is pretty basic stuff. If he is so incompetent, then he should have lost every lightsaber fight he was in. And there were plenty of people and droids in the clone wars and before that had electrostaffs and such.

[@ohawwgeez3112]

Glad he acknowledges that lightsabers and space sorcery change sword combat.

[@JonduGaming]

Fr. Imagine being able to throw your offhand out and knock your opponent's feet out from under them when they go for a strike.

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

The fact that it's essentially weightless, has no edge to align, and can cut without needing kinetic energy means the fighting strategies would be significantly different from real world sword fighting

[@Brother_O4TS]

​@@Captain_Insano_nomercy It's not truly weightless, or else people will just wave it around like a flashlight

[@axletman3394]

This guy would LOVE the blaster stance in Jedi Survivor. It's exactly what he asks for near the end with the idea of more thrusts and whatnot, plus a gun.

[@Phoboskomboa]

One excuse for some ot the stuff that Jedi do in fights is that the Force let's you see the future a little. It also lets you feel what your opponent is thinking and planning. In a way, a big flashy style that has a lot of "openings" makes sense if the real skill of the style is how far you can see in the future. It actually works great as a reason to let fights be big and dramatic in ways that they wouldn't be in real life.

[@JainaSoloB312]

Exactly! This is the genius of lightsaber combat, the mechanics of the technology and the magic justify all those classic Hollywood sword tropes. When you look at the world of SW and how the Force works and everything, the best way to fight would be as flashy as possible, leading to the great spectacle we see in SW duels.

[@Grigsy]

Cal’s opening stance is reflective of his lightsaber, form VI Niman- aka the diplomats form. It focuses on balance and was the preferred form of the order until the Clone Wars. It allows simple blade work and blends other forms and helps incorporate force attacks/defenses into the battle tactics. The goal was to do make a form that could handle 90% of opponents out there while the Jedi could focus on other pursuits (healing, diplomacy, translating, writing, etc. ). It works great until you encounter a sith or someone trained by the sith.

[@tlsgrz6194]

But that is a in universe explanation based on some author at some point making it up. The point of the video is, that it's not grounded in real life, not that it doesn't make sense in universe

[@dark2023-1lovesoni]

​@@tlsgrz6194One could argue that the lightsaber is used more often like a very thin sheild or parrying dagger, to block/deflect mostly projectiles.

[@Cody-pn8wy]

@@tlsgrz6194 You mean the fighting styles used by space wizards in another galaxy aren't grounded in real life? Like it's a space fantasy? Who would have thought.

[@lordnul1708]

There's also the fact that Cal's lightsaber was originally a double bladed one to begin with, but it was shot in half during Order 66.

[@MintyLime703]

​@@Cody-pn8wy What's even the point of your reply? You're being needlessly combative despite reiterating exactly what he just said.

[@kylelantan9220]

To slightly defend Cal on the single saber stance in the begining, he had defaulted to his training, which was done with the staff style lightsaber. And as someone else said, to be fair to the Jedi most of their opponents used blasters not sabers so most of their training was probably focused on defending against that.

[@Gamogomo]

Matt should watch The Old Republic cinematic and react to their fighting.

[@noturdad101]

Oh he would not like it. There is an absolute badass behind the back block that would absolutely never work in real life, he would have a field day😂. I personally love it, but he wont

[@whitewolf3051]

I’m thinking Matt should watch The Mask of Zorro (1998) and do a reaction to the sword fights there.

[@hawkins347]

@@noturdad101 To be fair, the guy who performs that block also dies a minute later xD

[@caseymarkovic7991]

These are fun to watch it always cracks me up when the people playing the game make it look worse

[@calebarnold797]

Don't know what it is about game journalists, but I've kinda learned to enjoy it

[@LucaBattiato-lm4rn]

Facts😂

[@holliswilliams8426]

it's charming incompetence

[@alexo_pog]

right? like when the sword guy comments that he shouldnt be jumping around and instead block... yeah right, you CAN do that! and it makes the fight more in the player's favor due to stance break and counterattack for one

[@DanFarrell98]

Videogames allow for a wide variety of ways to play them

[@CompleteProducer84]

“The age of piracy” has a totally different meaning to my generation. He’s thinking pirates, I’m thinking Napster

[@andylaw3222]

I'm thinkin Benjamin Hornigold😅

[@Imakeplaylists-in1pw]

I'm thinking Pirate Bay.

[@Doomsword0]

The rolling dodge makes sense in context of using it to avoid creatures when fighting them but in lightsaber to lightsaber fights the game encourages you to block and parry and stay close to your target

[@Midnight_7567]

What you said about the lightsabers binding and sticking together makes sense as in the animated series Star Wars: Rebels, Kanan teaches Sabine how to wield a lightsaber and comments on how there is a feel of a pull of energy between the two blades when they touch, like a magnetism of sorts

[@dallenhumpherys7911]

Yes that is a nice bit of lore. Sword edges do something similar as their edges bite into each their. Still doesn’t justify a static bind, but cool nonetheless.

[@TheAHuman]

It is a magnetic field around the plasma, so the magnetic fields should interact with each other.

[@darthsirrius]

Likely the magnetic fields would repel one another, unless they were aligned in the opposite direction, in which case they would probably never come apart, because if they're strong enough to contain plasma, they're way stronger than the strongest human, force or otherwise lol.

[@jacktheripper7735]

Kanan teaches her how to use the Darksaber, which is different from most lightsabers in that, it becomes harder to wield the more emotional you are.

[@dianabarnett6886]

@@jacktheripper7735 That may actually be true of typical lightsabers, too, although to a lesser extent. (The darksaber is cranky and demanding)

[@Cleric314]

Cal is also not a fully trained fighter/Jedi so his stances and technique aren't refined

[@c.k-da-kxnghere]

The reason why someone doesn't kick out or adjust more often during a blade lock with lightsabers is because lightsaber cut a million times easier than a steel blade. Giving up leverage could result in limb amputation or death if you decide to kick out and your opponent decides to change the way he pushes the saber at the same time. Most of the time when when kicks are used during saber locks in Star Wars is directly after the blades make contact, within the first 3 seconds, to limit the amount of time one has to think about what motion they will take. Most of the actions taken during a saber lock, and the safest, is to move back with the lightsaber in a defensive position. And when duelist block their back with the hilt behind the head, it wouldn't hit them in the back. The blade of a lightsaber is weightless. If you use two hands during this block the hand nearest to the bottom of the hilt will be pulling towards the head to increase the resistance. It would be fairly easy to keep the blade from pressing into your back unless the opponent is far stronger than you. This guy may be an expert on swords, but I'm a goddamn nerd He also has no clue about Vader's fighting style. It's so much more complex than he thinks

[@Mister_Vyar]

That first stance does look goofy but it's possible that it's a blaster-defense stance and it's not like real swords were ever used to block ranged weapons. Any Jedi growing up during the Clone Wars is probably garbage at dueling unless they went out of their way to spar with other Jedi and sought extra training in saber-on-saber combat. They would prioritize learning to fight droids with guns at a distance.

[@praisethesun5209]

People being upset at a weapons expert for not spewing out lightsaber lore

[@LucaBattiato-lm4rn]

Lol fr

[@rumblefish9]

Like whats the point. They had on a psychologist who at least knew the Batman lore. A lot of the tropes he complained about, there are reasons they are there. Like the lighsabers connecting. They don't behave like metal because they aren't. So why complain about it? Anyone with a smidgen of SW knowledge knows that when lightsabers connect, there is a kind of magnetic force created.

[@daveyjoneslocker4703]

His point about the weapon being the fastest thing to react with is exactly why the game encourages parrying. He doesn’t know it at that point in the video but he’s backing up how well designed games like Jedi FO and Sekiro are

[@criticalbil1]

Opens popcorn ready for the "actually" ripostes from space combat veterans

[@edwardmcalavey2816]

Technically the jedi don't endorse violence and actually shunned allot of the more aggressive styles, so a lot of their fighting styles and stances were meant for defence and being less threatening as they were peace keeps not warriors, which is why they are so overwhelmed when fighting alot 9f the sith

[@alyssaschneider1993]

Keeping in mind that Cal was a barely trained child who spent years in hiding and hasn’t kept up what few skills he had, I’m actually surprised that he does this well in close quarters.

[@baki484]

He had 3 years of training under his master. Incomplete training? Yes Barely trained? Not entirely In the beginning he devolved back to basics but by the end he's using what Jaro taught him in the 3 years they spent together.

[@Malikabubaker]

Nice review

[@Tukhmi02]

Big fan idk u played games 😂

[@Hungry_God]

One important thing to note about lightsabers is that their blades have no weight, therefore we cannot use the same judgement for conventional weapons.

[@Aether52]

The big benefit of the double bladed lightsabers and saber staffs is they only have 2 blades when you want them to. They can easily just remain as a single blade until you need the 2nd

[@theprinceofallsaiyans_vegita]

Lightsabers are physically drawn to each other, the crystals begin to resonate in the force causing the to be drawn like magnets.

[@fantasyskeep]

You need to read the treatises on light sabers... Saber combat is difficult, the physics dynamics are influenced by the force and how in touch you are with it. Your review should have been done in universe.

[@wilfred_ho]

Matt comparing Force-wielding to using a pistol will never get old. Especially that time where the video smash cuts to him waving a gun for emphasis.

[@thrashbyte60]

Funny how he mentions the sword and pistol combo that we now have in Jedi: Survivor

[@robbagel54]

Tbh the sword binds remind me a bit of tsuba zeriai in Kendo. Essentially it’s a state of where you get to close to the opponent to safely withdraw, so you enter a sort of sword bind ish state, kinda hard to explain

[@MaxRamos8]

It SHOULD be kendo, idk where people think it's fencing, makes me furious

[@starlingfox4179]

@@MaxRamos8 Some duelist style lightsabers utilize fencing methods.

[@HolyknightVader999]

You should react to the Revenge of the Sith video game. The swordplay there is fantastic.

[@scottlemiere2024]

Most force users have limited precognition and they know what the next swing is any way. Wide swings aren't making openings that are exploitable.

[@Byte_J]

Strange that he doesn’t recognize a stance from a video game that references made up fighting styles.

[@smittywerbenjagermanjenson1095]

Especially about magic space wizards who have mystery powers and glow sticks that cut through any material. Crazy

[@dangerfly]

You can make up a stance that's logically ineffective and only children will like or you can put more effort into something intelligent adults will like. Even space magic has rules and if you don't apply it consistently it looks silly.

[@OneRandomVictory]

We need to get him to react to the Old Republic cinematic fights.

[@spencersonnefeld]

A lot of lightsaber blade locks are pushing forward against each other, but in cases where they're fighting to control the center line an option would be to get your blade out of the way (deactivate or just disengage) so the opponent's force carries past center and you can get a quick shot in, at least to further unbalance the opponent and create an opportunity for a more severe attack.

[@DynomitePunch]

the lightsaber sticking together thing makes sense as, it would last a few moments because if were both pushing and one of us decides to pull away, the other could use that opportunity to gain more momentum in the fight, it's the same argument as the "why don't you cut it off and back on" argument for binding, the second one saber goes off the other goes forward, you'd have to turn it off and on for a SPLIT second in order for it to work in that argument and as we all know it takes a couple seconds for them to light up and solidify theirefore it would not work, but those are my theories

[@gineis8105]

The staff the black troopers use isn't that heavy because of technology but they are made out of very heavy material so that they can withstand a strike from a lightsaber

[@fantasyskeep]

Vibroblades are very difficult weapons to master.

[@SWTobito0702]

12:42 but they did... Trilla tried to get a hit in with her 2nd blade, Cal deactivated his blade and dodged causing her to overswing and he then force pushed her back.

[@dallenhumpherys7911]

There’s still no justification for them holding the bind for as long as they did.

[@leveticus5721]

The concept of that exchange was cool and addresses the point of not just static binding, but the effectiveness was terrible. Slow it down and you can see she swings her attack over his head with him not dodging at all. Attacking the weapon and not your opponent is something novices do all the time, like kids play fighting. Then he uses a nonlethal Force push instead of reigniting his saber into an attack like a quick thrust. Net zero result for both fighters, just wasted effort.

[@holliswilliams8426]

my understanding was that the bind is more of a cinematic trope which people have come to expect

[@degitoblue6783]

He's a Padawan who's training is incomplete.

[@MindBloopler]

Bro. These are Force wielders. And also the Force guides them. We can't use our way of martial arts and try to say that it's not possible in the galaxy far far away. Anything is possible.

[@Namewriter]

Imagine the possibility... Of using sword techniques in a lightsaber duel

[@veritasome5965]

It’s interesting seeing the drastic change in first Anakin’s then Vader’s technique when he fought Kenobi. Even at his prime Anakin used a precision two handed stance against him because he knew he was a deadly fighter, his critical mistake was in becoming too impatient to end their duel to the point he attacked at a strategically disadvantageous position in the arrogant belief his power would be sufficient to make up the difference. When next they dueled decades later on the Death Star, that arrogance remained in Vader but it had been tempered by painful experience. As a result, you see him using a more guarded stance and utilizing a patient style to test for weaknesses without overtly opening himself to a counterattack. You see the same thing when he first faces Luke in Cloud City. First he uses a loose one handed style as he reasons he’s facing a relative novice and is simply looking to test the basics of Luke’s form. Once he sees there’s some skill involved, he stops the playful phase and changes to a two handed grip to fully test Luke’s limits.

[@ArmorAnt1]

The player didn't use all of Cal's moves. He does have a thrust attack in his arsenal of combos.

[@WryAun]

Great video! Thanks. It was awesome that you found someone who knew not just the swordsmanship but also seemed to appreciate how the fighting styles reflected the characters. Anyone could say "this doesn't make sense." But having someone who sees why a character might be doing something sub-optimally because of their own weaknesses or disposition makes it so much more satisfying to watch!

[@locksley76]

lol a sword expert... can you make a vid from a force expert to? wrap up.....

[@casualnerdjason6678]

This should be helpful for all the Jedi/Sith LARPers!

[@preacherboy3487]

The thing about the stances is that the Jedi have their own different stances.

[@crosseyedbilly]

The reason she recognized the style that you don’t is because it’s Cal’s fear stance, that’s the point.

[@greekstyle5788]

Ive always imagined that lightsabers react when they touch eachother and kind of repel eachother (kinda like magnets) so that when they touch the blades together and push it actually takes a lot more strength to survive

[@nahtanbaeker]

2:57 wait until he finds out about the blaster stance

[@wilian.]

Lightsaber stances and sword stances are entirely different in most cases as doing some stuff cal does with his lightsaber with a sword in real life would be insane

[@obiwankenobi9439]

But then cal should not be doing steelsword tactics with a lightsabre too. Which he does. Ex the backblock.

[@noscotti]

@@obiwankenobi9439sekiro got it perfect

[@cbroo69]

Id love to see him review the deleted scenes footage of Anakin v Count Dooku's stunt double training

[@Thelordmagedon]

Should do a part 2 talking about the double blade and dual wielding choreography

[@christianwalser888]

The thing about the big swings in this game is all these characters aside from vader snd cere were essentially squires at the time the jedi order fell so they arent very highly trained

[@marcomcdowell8861]

He's still Matt Easton.

[@olivergaras8499]

Lol, I'm the left fencer at 0:56. :D

[@ThePatriots1959]

You probably should have explained to him that theirs unblockable attacks in the game, the bit after 1:30 is interesting but in video games nowadays you cant block everything so rolling around and dodging is necessary.

[@Apillis124]

He acknowledges a couple times within video (and the multiple other videos IGN brought him in for) from the onset that he recognizes that somethings and move sets are done do to mechanics of the game, BUT the reason for his presence is to critique them from a real-world martial arts fencing standpoint regardless of the game's mechanics. So, he doesn't need anything explained to him, he's aware, and in the end of the vid' he's just stating--there's a better and cooler way to do things than the rolling around on the ground that we see in these Dark Souls mechanics inspired games.

[@Hjartulv]

You probably should listen what he said before

[@fusbroduh]

His channel is @scholagladiatoria since they didn't plug him well here.

[@haileybraunz2453]

Acording to some of the cannon novels when two force users fight the real battle and biggest struggle actualy has little to do with the fencing it is more like a constant battle of wills in the force imperceptible to non force users most of the time in a way light sabers are more for blocking blasters and certain force ability’s and while the are defiantly dangerous this battle of wills could explained some of the longer pushing binds not all but some

[@braxtonmoore9246]

The force causes lightsabers to attract each other. There’s a whole thing in the lore

[@thomasbrown3793]

Vader doesn't need a two hand grip; hes probably got the strength of at least two people in one arm

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

It's no coincidence his making reaction video of Fallen Order now, because of Jedi Survivor is going to be release on April 28, 2023.

[@ignacnovotny2808]

Lightsabers are supposed to stick together to some degree (still it is possible to slide). As for vader. actors in OT were told to use both hands for lightsabers because they are supposed to be heavy, vader is sopposed to be strong enough to use it easily one handed.

[@TheGavin1994]

I'd say that first stance would be more affective for deflecting blaster fire.

[@Macrochenia]

The thing that annoys me about most depictions of lightsaber fights is that a lightsaber is a sword with a functionally massless blade that's cutting edge is the entire blade and can slice through a human body just as easily with a quick flick of the wrist as with a two-handed power blow. The only thing it can't cut through is the blade of another lightsaber. Fighting with a lightsaber should really look more like fencing than hacking away at someone with a claymore.

[@nathanielforeskin8399]

Another reason for Vader's awkward movement is that when he's I guess resurrected his body is still so damaged that he can't really practice the original saber forms and somewhat has to swing it like a big stick

[@theaether3124]

the inquisitor saber guard does collapse allowing for the more frontward handguard, it seems to be always overlooked. Cal looks lost at close range ... yes that's the point its like how lara was haphazardly swinging the climbing pick in tomb raider 2013

[@ethanlukegaming380]

That’s not a hand guard on the inquisitor, it’s a ring so the saber can spin

[@Affirmbuttress]

I’m glad pervy the purge trooper was included in this analysis

[@gabrielacosta9470]

The inquisitor lightsaber actually has a retractable guard in the 5th episode of Star wars rebels you see the grand inquisitor use both blades with only one guard so whenever they use both guards it’s a choice

[@abigailslade3824]

To be fair to Cal he isn’t. Sword master he is a Padawan learner for almost the entire game.

[@degreeskelvin3025]

The telegraphing comment is true but also kind of the point. The moves are designed to be telegraphed to allow the gamers to see and react to the moves

[@Wyrd916]

That’s Form VI! Niman. The weird guard is to have it at the ready, but not get in the way of using your other hand for the force.

[@vergil9981]

He really gonna love whet they did in the sequel

[@andrewmoon3409]

In a world where 4k gaming has existed for a decade, IGN presents, 1080P

[@David-yx3bd]

Eh it can be hard to watch when they drag it out, but the "stick" is just for dramatic effect and pacing really. It's a story telling tool, we've had a bit of quick action and now we need to slow it down to build tension or exchange quips and move on to the next act of the fight. Fans will try to come up with excuses like energy binding, etc. but really it's just a story telling mechanism you see in nearly any film that utilizes sword fighting.

[@robeagleR]

Disarming in Star Wars is sorta an issue, because its usually a Force User wielding a Lightsaber they have the Force to prevent you from disarming them- You really have to catch them off Guard like say with a Mandolorian Kit setup.

[@fettmatic4106]

The reason for Cal's lack of grappling skills is due not his master dying during Order 66. Thus, training incomplete.

[@thehighgroundmaster4782]

1:10 it's a lightsaber, it's doesn't need to be facing it's point in order to cut. It cuts either way

[@MissesWitch]

They should hire this guy for the swordfighting in this game!

[@alvaromartin1185]

How has this guy not critiqued the sword fighting in game of thrones yet 😩

[@rollingstar1111]

he has...maybe look it up before asking🤦

[@batteredwarrior]

It's on his channel...

[@doubleedgenotched]

Tbh, that thumbnail caught my attention in different emotions, not even reading this being about the new Star Wars' game 😂 Another job to our best plumber/doctor/etc. Jedi Sins or Johnny Skywalker definitely crossed my mind before clicking the vid ✌️

[@robertchristii5017]

It’s a literal weightless blade……I feel like genuine physics is being ignored in this. Also the fact the people fighting can somewhat sense the future, making every offensive movement, a precursor to a defensive counter attack on a opening that may be available to attack just not at that current time in the fight.

[@holliswilliams8426]

it doesn't weigh anything but it also cuts through anything under contact so you can swing it and swipe with it in a way you couldn't with a fencing sword

[@saiyanwarrior5056]

Yall need to learn and do some research on lightsaber combat forms, it informs what someone says a lot more then not

[@AddlerMartin]

Your hands are the quickest things to move Well, imagine Usain Bolt boxing 🤔

[@madtitan0825]

Ik saber fight in SW is always gonna be more exaggerated but still pretty fun to see professionals react to it

[@Mgidynasty]

Lightsabers done need to hit with a blade, they just need to touch to do damage. They aren't binding swords they're pushing them towards each others necks. The simple touch is all u need

[@Niclout]

Matt would likely love the blaster stance in jedi survivor

[@thefinalboss4471]

Thanks for the tips. The younglings didn't stand a chance.

[@malcolmrowe9003]

Have you looked at the duel in the 'Shindig' episode of Firefly?

[@shanebardoel1958]

Correct me if im wrong but arent there mainly one handed bastard swords that are shorter

[@Robin_Is]

Great to see an expert.

[@samcilxix160]

He wouldn't recognize the stance cause all the stances in Star Wars are made up solely for the lore of Star Wars

[@andrewchenault1366]

Do the Old Republic Cinematics

[@deweycheetumhowe4970]

Yet another great critique👍

[@ImBrockatron]

When people critique lightsaber fighting they always forget the force... which completely changes how fights are fought... imagine both fighter know what their enemy will do next? It will look very coriographed...

[@jameshall8992]

Can you get him to react to the sword fights from the SWTOR cinematic trailers?

[@u140550]

lets see if he can talk about jedi survive

[@galaxybrain_658]

He keeps talking about how the people in fallen order are highly trained. They’re not. At all. The inquisitors are barely trained, they’re shown the lightsaber forms a couple of times, thrown into a few deadly situations as ‘training’ and that’s about it. As intimidating ting as they are in fallen order they are not even close to highly trained and are actually seen as worthless by the emperor and his guards, the praetorian guards. Hence why Cal is even able to beat them, bearing in mind Cal was only 13 when his training was cut short, meaning he was barely even a padawan, let alone a fully trained knight. Cal is talented, but not highly trained. Taron Malcios, the old man on Dathomir is slightly higher trained but given he is an older man, and a former Jedi, he would have been trained before the clone wars, meaning most of his training would be meditation and diplomacy with very little actual combat training or experience. He is also not using any lightsaber form taught by the Jedi and has turned to the dark side. The dark side will, by nature, remove some of the finesse from his combat and replace it with brute force and without a sith master to teach him how to use the dark side properly it’s effectively a reset in his training. The highest trained opponent we see in fallen order is Vader, who fights with the dark side so he’s abnormally aggressive, and his anatomy is completely different to a normal human due to his armour and cybernetics. He also isn’t even trying (because he’s the GOAT) which makes analysing his technique pointless. TLDR the lightsaber users in fallen order are not highly trained except for Vader who is so physically powerful that he could crush Cal like a bug, and who is using proper technique against a bug?

[@DarthOoink]

love it in short Dark souls games fail because it forces you to roll and dodge.. yet in reality you be dead because the hands are faster. maybe next dark souls game will focus on parrying rather then rolls

[@spicymeatballs2thespicening]

To be fair all of the enemies in those games are giant dumb monsters who do massive telegraphed swings so of course the player gets away with it lol