Why The Throne Room Scene Was The Worst Fight In ALL of Star Wars

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[@MichaelJaeYT]

If you only knew the power of the dark side 😈 We actually have it in the best discord on the planet! Come say hi discord.gg/ESMxk27

[@ellyellornorawataterdisabl5870]

What about Obi one Sykerater.

[@markmorris2856]

I never understood why Snoke says he can see everything going on in Kilos head. He already knows there is conflict within him aswell. So how did he not see the betrayal coming? Also I thought lightsabre ms turn off when you drop them as you have to pour the force through them to use them so how can you activate some else's from range. In a duel why don't people force turn off their opponents lightsaber when they go to block

[@Crazygamer-vw6tj]

Witch planet

[@MAR-bite1987]

You idiot this scene is better why did you think it's worse haters!

[@marcosvazquez5912]

@MAR poor lost “Star Wars”fanboy, you didn’t even watch the video did you

[@maryannmadr69]

Jedi and sith: 7 forms of lightsaber combat Rey and Kylo: swing swing

[@snapdragon9300]

You can see a lightsaber used better by beatsaber players on youtube 😀

[@ultrabigfella]

I mean...the forms of combat were lost during The Purge. How would they know them?

[@ultrabigfella]

@Wes Bradley-Taubner how did he study the past Jedi?

[@ultrabigfella]

@Wes Bradley-Taubner damn that's actually really cool. It sucks we didn't get to see Luke's Order come to fruition in canon.

[@thnzxc]

@Itachi Is superior to you Exactly! They may be considered OP, but they at least make sense to why they are.

[@boyacka1260]

Fun fact : they had to slow down duel of the fates because the actors were so good it would have looked fake

[@boyacka1260]

At least for obi wans part

[@SardonicJosh]

josephthemighty yes they did, it’s a fact

[@417Owsy]

@josephthemighty yes they did, ewan mcgregor, ray park, and liam neeson practiced and memorized the moves perfectly and moved very fast

[@theblaze2294]

@josephthemighty yes they actually did

[@saihiko9967]

Duel of the fates, suffering from success

[@messymuffin2356]

When the lego version of a fight is better than the actual fight, we have a problem

[@Skubasky27]

That lego starwars game is one helluva masterpiece too lol

[@Aaylias]

Seriously it was so fun in The Skywalker saga!

[@murdan6856]

in deed, even stop motion is better then the new star wars films

[@ShenMerrick]

To be fair...they did the General Grievous fight better as well.

[@Travelerfrom2024]

Luckily, it's not

[@samrittenhouse2534]

That frozen blaster moment was in the first minute of the first sequel and is easisly the coolest thing that happened the whole trilogy, i was actually stoked at that point

[@DigitDesign]

We forget how freaking cool Ren was in the build up to this film. Once he removed his helmet, which should have been a huge moment in the last film, He loses all his cool.

[@jeremyarcus-goldberg9543]

@@DigitDesign He even has his helmet off twice in the first movie. I couldn't understand that decision.

[@miguelpereira9859]

Lol the sequels actually peaked in that very first scene

[@jeremyarcus-goldberg9543]

@@miguelpereira9859 It was undercut very quickly with Poe's joke about the mask. It seemed funny at the time because we thought Kylo Ren would punish him for the wisecrack but he doesn't.

[@sprinkle61]

My favorite part is right after this throne scene, where Kylo asks Rei to join his 'emo nihilist' side, attack both the new order and the republic, and do their own thing on the ruins. 'Let the past die, kill it if you have to' is probably the most (and only) quotable line in the entire Disney Trilogy, was used to set up this moment, but it goes nowhere, unfortunately

[@KevyNova]

Not only is this the worst fight in all of Star Wars, but it’s the single *best* scene in The Last Jedi. That’s really saying something.

[@orangesoda4535]

2nd best scene in TLJ. Best scene is Kylo saying MORE.

[@timkilbourn5685]

You mean better than taking down a star destroyer with space horses!

[@King_Meatier]

The only good scene is Luke on the Falcon reuniting with R2. The only moment where I felt like I was watching an actual star wars movie.

[@ashcraft257]

It wasn’t a good scene the best scene is when anakin saber is going to try and it is not because it looks cool it is just the music doing the work

[@faded5886]

If it's the best scene in last jedi the other scenes are worse therefore it can't be the worst I agree just saying word it better

[@piefearion3663]

Maybe they were actually trying to hit them, but they were to dizzy because of all the spinning they were doing.

[@awkwardfreak3109]

LoL.

[@AndreNitroX]

This whole fight is so Zanny like there is no logic to it

[@mehforreal6954]

I'll try spinning that's a good trick

[@AndreNitroX]

@@mehforreal6954 whats funny is that there is alot of instances in star wars lore where it is pointed out how dumb it is to turn your back while spinning during a lightsaber fight.

[@Dragonage2ftw]

Cringey.

[@stephsvids9812]

It’s really sad seeing my dad a MASSIVE FAN of star wars go from being so excited and non stop talking about Star Wars to just never mentioning it again

[@AFree1Month]

It's almost like the people behind disney don't have souls or something..

[@phonkydude2390]

They killed the passion of a father, I'd hope disney is happy

[@Ughstopped]

Your dad sounds like a bitch. The old star wars movies are full of so much camp but this is what made him give up? Im sure it has nothing to do with his sad life that involved raising you

[@k.g.7591]

It irritated me that some of these guys’ armor pieces can block light saber beams but Kylo Ren can also stab through them. Like if you could make a whole fight about the fact that they’re wearing beam proof armor alone. There could have been four of them so there would be less spinning and confusion and the fight would be a desperate bid to get the guys’ armor or helmets off

[@jtho8937]

Yeah, John Wick 3 and 4 showed that you can make interesting fights out of having to work around invulnerable armour.

[@ttry1152]

So moff gideon vs mando

[@Fudo94]

​@@jtho8937it's stupid.

[@Zer0Fox_gibbon]

That would have been cool. Like, Kylo goes for a gut stab or something, and it turns out the armour is Beskar, so they have to actually get creative in how they dispatch them. But that would have required effort and skill, which was severely lacking in the creation of this scene.

[@orange_turtle3412]

If you want to enjoy this fight you kinda have to disregard logic and common sense. Nothing that happens in this scene makes any sense.

[@HankJ666]

The best lightsaber fight in the sequel trilogy wasn't even a lightsaber fight, it was Finn vs the "Traitor!" trooper

[@branlex1315]

Sad and funny at the same time

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsaiyan]

Especially if you watch the edited version where the storm trooper blows finn's head off

[@windghost2]

Disagree. The best fight in the ST is Finn vs Kylo Ren. Why? Because he was fighting him to protect Rey and in doing so, he was finally facing his main fear of The First Order which is Kylo Ren. In doing so he got injured trying to protect her from him which was noble.

[@CTRaptor]

The stormtrooper is FN-2199 nicknamed “nines,” Finn’s former friend.

[@windghost2]

@@CTRaptor I honestly didn't think too much about him when I first saw that scene in theaters 7 years ago. But after I read Before The Awakening by Greg Ruka (REALLY GOOD book on Finn, Rey and Poe's characters; it takes place at least 6 months before the movie. I recommend it.) it became clear to me exactly WHO nines was and it makes sense as too why he's mad at Finn.

[@joepapa2395]

I think what I dislike the most is them swinging swords like baseball bats.

[@gaziasker7683]

Psssst original trilogy did the exact same thing you know

[@dangerdash4393]

@@gaziasker7683 Huh? OT is literally based on traditional swordsmanship.

[@zerreinatsu2483]

@@gaziasker7683 the OT is like a real duel, in PT its flashy, in ST they made it look like lightsabers are fucking heavy

[@theemperorofdrifts5854]

@@zerreinatsu2483 but the prequels actually showcase how Jedi would fight imo. Fast, like a dance and not comparable with real swordsmanship. Cuz Jedi can predict the future. Especially in the duel between anakin and Obiwan they both knew exactly what the opponent would do cuz they were brothers and fighting and training together for ages. In the OT Luke is nowhere near his prime. Look at legends (which ofcourse is sometimes a bit extreme at how powerful Luke becomes) but it showcases how strong he gets. And Luke was fighting with a lot of emotions. Vs Vader.

[@zerreinatsu2483]

@@theemperorofdrifts5854 yep, thats what I really like about the prequels, the lightsaber duels

[@FittedSheetGaming]

I remember someone said that the guard jumping in at 4:26 was really endearing cause he was tryna save his friend and it adds a lot of depth to that character lol

[@FittedSheetGaming]

Welp you ruined that for me too lol

[@Helloiamraymond]

Why'd you reply to yourself?

[@FittedSheetGaming]

@@Helloiamraymond I was keeping my extra comment in the replies, cause I didn't wanna flood the comment section. I was meaning that the video ruined that perspective of mine.

[@deleteduser122]

i mean it seems like a really dope scene at my eyes only that is ejecuted like shit, a royal guard that can stop a lightsaber (who is like the strongest and dangerous hand to hand weapon in Star Wars) with is own hands sounds pretty dope

[@orange_turtle3412]

I wanna know how his arms could block the lightsaber but Kylo could still stab the last guy through his helmet. You’d think if they were gonna make one part of the armor lightsaber-resistant they would make all of it resistant. Or at least make the parts of the armor protecting vital organs (like the brain) resistant.

[@marklechman2225]

Not a huge prequel fan, but the first few minutes of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s saber fight are absolutely mind-blowing. Props to Hayden and Ewan.

[@cheezuschrist]

You should give the movies a rewatch especially if you’re a fan of TCW show. The story is 10,000,000x better than the sequel

[@oldmonkey7720]

i did not liked prequels when they were released...now i thing they were not that bad....actually, they were pretty good...even Jar-Jar....

[@mrplimbles7803]

Lucas had to tell them to slow down with their moves because they were struggling to capture them, they put heart, soul and sweat into them moments and hats off to them. Say what you want about acting, but they knew how important that fight was for everyone so gave it what it deserved

[@chrisking777]

The Prequel fights are just dancing. It doesn't look real at all.

[@Mojo1356]

@@chrisking777well they can do things we normal humans can’t because of their speed and precognition. Of course it doesn’t look real.

[@eeeeeertghyjuk]

7:07 Rey kicked like three people with one kick

[@larry2281]

Mary Sue Powers

[@revanruler6404]

to be fair luke also force kicked a guy during episode 6 (his kick clearly doens't connect to one of jabba's guards hence hte invention of the force kick to fix a mistake)

[@billysanderson4921]

@@revanruler6404 that was one person tho 😂

[@revanruler6404]

@@CCLOSPINA the problem is it isn't one small mistake it's a ton of noticeable mistakes also it's a different time we expect better from today's industry

[@kota8394]

Don’t you know about the force kick? Everyone knows about the force kick we just came up with to make a ridiculous scene make sense..

[@easternlights3155]

All the sequel trilogy fights have the vibe of kids swinging sticks on the playground. Heck, I've had stick fights with higher stakes, because even as kids we'd get emotional sometimes and actually swing to hit.

[@ZXPhazze]

Rey and Luke literally fought with sticks in one scene. I mean they had the chance to use the coolest weapon of all time and they made one scene with sticks, other scene with Hammil stunt not fighting, the throne room scene with generic energy weapons, and the Knights of Ren vs Kylo with more generic blades. What a waste of our time.

[@windghost2]

What about Finn vs FN-2199 and Finn vs Kylo Ren? Both of those fights had the high stakes and the weight behind each swing. Finn vs Kylo Ren especially had an emotional weight behind it.

[@ZXPhazze]

@@windghost2 I agree, Finn facing Kylo Ren out of pure will was the best moment in TFA and I would say my favorite moment in the sequels, it was pathetic the way rian treated him in VIII.

[@xSharpW]

@@ZXPhazze I agree, Finn was supposed to be an intriguing character. "Whoa a possibly force sensitive storm trooper? That's crazy I can't wait to see how he develops when he recovers from his injuries, I'm sure there'll be a small timeskip between movies." and then nope, Rian rejected everything TFA set up for him in order to "subvert expectations". And then when J.J. went back to finish off the trilogy he had to just work with what Rian had done and it's just sad.

[@enlightenmentdoesntcomeeas5337]

The old lightsaber fights show how deadly and quick they are especially in the PT. Then the ST introduced the baseball bat style of fighting.

[@Elysium4]

The throne room fight was really weird for me, because on first watching, especially in the theater, it felt incredible and engrossing, and on later rewatches you realize just how watered down it all feels. They make out the Praetorian Guard to be these combat gods who could go toe to toe with Jedi without issue, but they ended up feeling really hollow in retrospect. They're cooler and more interesting design wise than Palpatine's Royal Guard, but their fight scene is just so rife with issues that all it amounts to is ankle deep spectacle with little else to offer.

[@GuardianOwl]

That’s because nearly any movie or TV fight scene you start slowing down to search for seams and cracks in the choreography results in you, duh, finding the seams and cracks in the choreography. You find things like Luke’s fingers peaking out after his hand gets chopped off in ESB. Luke whiffing a kick in ROTJ when fighting on the barge. Darth Maul’s lightsaber switching hands between shots in TPM so that Kenobi doesn’t chop off his own arm when he jumps up at him at the end of the fight. And so on. RJ could have chopped up the fight into pieces with a million quick cuts to remove all the flaws, but he would rather have the flourish of the long takes even if it came out imperfect.

[@illusionaryheart3325]

The comparison to little kids intentionally hitting the lightsaber is honestly so accurate.

[@Ughstopped]

Its almost like one character is a rage filled (*checks notes*) child in a mans body and the other is completely new to lightsaber combat and only used a long baton (a swinging weapon) as her main defense before. Crazy what just 2 seconds of plot analysis does, but i get thats too complicated for people with your brain capacity.

[@illusionaryheart3325]

@Ughstopped That literally only proves the exact opposite. Why would they hold back and aim for where no one even is anymore if they were rage filled or inexperienced? It's not like they were just missing, they were actively making really strange decisions that don't make sense *especially* considering the rage. Maybe you should do another couple of seconds of thinking before calling someone else stupid. Or has Disney's dick gone so far down your throat you stopped thinking properly? How do their boots taste?

[@PoorBoyProductions660]

​​@@Ughstopped Then why did snokes highly trained guard lose to them? If you think about the production as a whole and not the plot itself you understand why it sucks

[@randomcat2968]

Conspiracy theory: snokes guards are random stormtroopers with no training

[@ph4ntom_39]

Haha

[@BruceWayne-fj9bm]

Don’t be so insulting. The Stormtrooper, my man TR8R, who whooped Finn’s butt would defeat everyone in that room.

[@MrTaylorAries]

That would be valid seeing how snoke is not a sith and was just a farce for Sidious to manipulate kylo

[@erikdayne5429]

The people who wrote the sequel trilogy are random stormtroopers with no training

[@tantris2876]

I’m not trained in fighting but even I know to aim.

[@yvancholy7700]

1 Imperial Royal Guard: Literally held off an army of 500 Stormtroopers and like 50 AT-STs by himself in the comics. 8 Praetorian Guards (supposedly even more skilled): Beaten by a dessert hobo with no training and a talentless dark Anakin

[@ct-117]

On the topic of Rey being a desert hobo, why doesn't she look like one? When we first meet her in TFA, she doesn't look at all malnourished or ragged from her years in the desert. Also she's far too trusting for somebody from a dog-eat-dog planet like Jakku.

[@rendros88]

god you EU nerds are insufferable

[@pantherapardus1398]

Hey what's that supposed to mean ?

[@molalla2546]

It means that was if you like the Expanded Universe you are annoying

[@goldedrag111]

@@molalla2546 Seriously?

[@vDREEGONv]

This fight legitimately makes me mad. It's an absolute disgrace to Star Wars and whoever greenlighted it has a gigantic lack of respect for the franchise. Absolutely unacceptable and disgusting.

[@iwontreacttoyourinformatio2029]

Jeez alright then

[@GeneraIGrievous.]

agreed

[@yoshiki7757]

Genuinely get help. If you have this poor of a life perspective (nevermind just being wrong about the scene), you need professional help. But if you're watching content like this, you're probably well beyond any actual help.

[@somerandomdude8399]

​@@yoshiki7757Nah. This fight scene was an insult not only to Star Wars fans but even average movie goers. You being totally fine with absolute shit is not the problem of other commenters. 🤷‍♂️

[@yoshiki7757]

@@somerandomdude8399 jesus christ I can't imagine being capable of writing out something so pathetic. Just how small is your penis?

[@Elysium4]

7:58 Could you imagine how a fight like this would have looked with peak Vader? Just as they assume combat stance each one of them is forcibly frozen and lifted by their throats as Vader nonchalantly turns around, before closing his fist and letting them all drop to the floor, completely lifeless. Cool lightsaber fights can be awesome, but sometimes a display of unmatched force power can do so much more.

[@Swiftbow]

Well, when I watched this, I thought these dudes were the Knights of Ren. Because those guys had literally never been seen on screen, so who else would they be? But no, they're just random dudes and ultimately just there to kill time. Like everything else in this movie. God, these movies were just made by complete hacks.

[@Gunkyyyy]

Jedis concentrate or focus during battle so th- Rey: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@JesusHasRisen1]

"I'll try screaming, that's a good trick!"

[@MmAndFriends]

“NOW THIS.. will hurt your ears..

[@joelfigueredo957]

Almost as if she is feeling the pull to the Darkside

[@King_of_Calcium]

Thinking rather than ahhhhhhhhh a more elegant option for a more civilized age

[@ultrabigfella]

@@King_of_Calcium what?

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

Imperial Guard: "who are you?" Praetorian Guard: "I'm you but worse in nearly every conceivable way"

[@joeyk107]

All guards best to worst: Shadow Guards Royal Guards Senate Guards Gamorrean Guards Literally any other type of guard Praetorian Guards

[@joshcook6431]

@@joeyk107 ooof below Gammorean, that's rough... But true

[@michaelarias3310]

Praetorian guards are my favorite I don't care if they're weaker than the Royal guards they're still better in my opinion

[@michaelarias3310]

I hate people saying one f****** royal guard could take down all of those guys I mean yes stop freaking overestimating them

[@michaelarias3310]

I believe if it was a 1v1 the royal guard would win but I feel like the praetorian would at least put up a fight

[@emptylanternmedia2248]

The biggest problem with this fight is everyone is aiming to for their opponents weapon instead of striking to kill and at the worst of times they aim above their opponent ... ive seen fan films with better choreography ryan vs dorkman 2 ring a bell

[@Daniel_Huffman]

Speaking of which, this film totally stole the lightsaber tug-of-war from the first RvD.

[@foxhoundslug]

but the phantom menace fights are the same way. and in fact, unless you want to maime your actors when they're fighting, that's actully what you should do

[@Tamachii12]

@@foxhoundslug A hint, they aren't, don't compare the PM fights with this crap.

[@vaadwilsla858]

Bruh at the start the guards in the back are just standing in their place doing stupid flips and spins. That's a level of retardedness I thought we'd never see in this franchise.

[@PhliFlaVlog]

I would love to talk to one of the vfx people that worked on this scene. Even on the vfx there is stuff wrong like for example: In 7:54 Kylos arm is behind his body, but the lightsaber blade is in front of him. It's hilarious, but there is no way stuff like that gets missed in post, so they probably thought: He needs to have some sort of cover while he gets attacked. "Lets put the blade in front of him even though it makes zero sense. Noone will notice" xD

[@wardragon9438]

Unfortunately it did in this movie

[@internetguyperson]

I’ve watched that clip several times now, he is point long his blade in front of his body. His arm being at his side would not interfere with him doing this. I don’t understand what the complaint is here.

[@PhliFlaVlog]

The blade looks like he is pointing it in front of his body. In fact he is holding the prop at his side as well. You can see that in the way his hand holds the saber and also considering, that if this was correct he should have cut his leg off.

[@SRACHER]

Oh my god really. The amount of VFX issues there are in the prequels is laughable. But you would never mention that would you?

[@notevenhuman8141]

Its a cool optical illusion but you can tell he has it in a reverse grip to begin with

[@rytlocknroll]

This fight makes the Power Ranger fight’s look amazing.

[@thorodinson1933]

Don’t diss the power rangers‼️

[@kreigguardsman3355]

Power rangers is actual competent fighters

[@rytlocknroll]

@@kreigguardsman3355 competent in… making it look like the Rangers were actually striking their targets?

[@somecringegirlwhostealmyac8196]

I dont know about you,but i like it (power rangers fight)

[@codafett]

Don't you dare insult power rangers

[@brandonhawkins6798]

I feel bad for Adam driver, cos he actually a really good actor and although he probably played the most developed character in the squalls.. It was still an angry baby man with a glow stick.. I kinda feel he got delt a real bad hand bc I think he actually played his part really well. He's also really good in other movie so

[@laggydim5000]

Ah yes, *squalls*

[@branlex1315]

Same, the actors are not the problem with the sequels, its the horrible plot

[@manz7860]

Who ever casted him it was a horrible choice. He's too soft looking for me to take him seriously as a villain. At the very least they shouldve made more of a distinction between Ben and kylo

[@cadeclark]

@@manz7860 that’s the point though he isn’t a villain he’s just trying to be one and his appearance of looking soft aids in the perspective of him trying to be one when everyone knows he’s not and he is good.

[@manz7860]

@@cadeclark kylo. The dude who's slaughtered helpless villages and killed his own father.....isn't a bad person because he has a pretty boy face? Smh.

[@joeker5208]

Now you’re just nitpicking. Rey clearly deleted that guard’s weapon with the Force

[@elgusaniiiodeljuego6823]

She probably sent it somewhere else😅 🤷‍♀️

[@juancabardo21]

That idea of Kylo freezing the guards in place while he cuts through them with his blade is such a badass thought

[@darthmalgus9267]

4:10 I used to have these lightsaber fights with my brother when we were younger, it´s actually one of my favorite childhood memories, but now that I think about it, given that we are brothers, we didnt try to hit the lightsaber most of the time, we tried hitting the body and I think that was actually a good choice because the fights felt so much more real, as they more or less were real. Thank you Star Wars for giving us an excuse to beat each other with plastic sticks.

[@DraknightDragon]

@The Leaprachaun grievous took it

[@trollkenobi6727]

you mean “Thank you Disney”

[@darthmalgus9267]

@@trollkenobi6727 No, not Disney, this was before Disney took over.

[@basketballplayer82]

@@darthmalgus9267 Look at his or her name

[@darthmalgus9267]

@@basketballplayer82 oh, oh no, I have been tricked

[@jyrlan2596]

Isn't there an interview with the stunt coordinator where he basically says that Ridley was too unathletic for him to incorporate anything advanced into her choreography? Compare that to Ewan and Haden who were essentially in peak physical condition and trained for hours every day for their fights? I bet the stunt coordinator's opinion wasn't even consulted during casting

[@sriganeshthota4918]

they should have used a stunt double if she isnt capable of but instead they opt to ruin lightsaber fights.

[@weavercs4014]

@@sriganeshthota4918 could just give her a more passive and defensive role in the battle. Hell, even have her thrown around and basically defeated, it would be more realistic to then have an actually trained fighter like kylo save her

[@rumit7338]

Do you have a link for the interview or remember which outlet postet it?

[@filip_pnt_1714]

@@weavercs4014 it would, but then u realise that the one who takes care of star wars is a raging retarded feminist who does not understand a the story and turns it in to a huge scale woman power comercial

[@JacksonSam]

@@weavercs4014 Nah, Kylo be busy impaling the grounds with his lightsaber, they both can barely win the fight without Plot Armor

[@jonathanwat8567]

What happened is Rey is so powerful in the force that she subconsciously used her Jedi mind tricks to trick the guards into spinning pointlessly

[@neo-luddismrules]

What I've noticed is that modern Star Wars fights look more like the blades are both going to the same point to meet one another, not to block or attack, but to just meet there.

[@RDeathmark]

Did anyone ever notice this? Me: *laughs in shadiversity*

[@conradmonson30]

Shadiversity absolutely murdered this fight scene. That video was great

[@williama2349]

Shad is great! Somebody get that man a real lightsaber!!!

[@RDeathmark]

@@rasputin15832 but why?

[@RDeathmark]

@@rasputin15832 cool, good for you, I strongly disagree, I have no interest in convincing you something you like sucks.

[@saltycandy245]

@@RDeathmark Huh, I expected things to go South once someone said they liked TLJ, 'grats for not being as immature as other people seem to be

[@toasttitan3253]

I’ve always said that the perfect metaphor for the sequels is Kylo’s helmet in TFA it starts off as a clear imitation but it’s still solid enough to grow into its own identity then TLJ completely shatters any and all plans they may have had to begin with and TROS is forced to pick up the pieces to try and fix it and salvage it but you can clearly see that the damage is already and permanently done

[@HufflepuffDaddy]

Dude, that's a brilliant metaphor!

[@benjaminjane93]

Say what you willl about the sequels (I certainly can, they're awful), but Adam Driver carried that whole thing on his surprisingly swole shoulders.

[@HufflepuffDaddy]

@@benjaminjane93 agreed. As the years go by, Adam Driver's portrayal of Kylo Ren will be recognized as understated genius.

[@AchedSphinx]

why did they change directors for the last jedi? seems like having the same director for all three movies would have at least made the trilogy more cohesive.

[@nickm8874]

This narrative is garbage. Im sorry. I enjoyed episode 7 the first time round, also, but it’s very clear now that JJ had no idea where to take any of those “mystery boxes.” Rhian is a hack, but he’s not the only one to blame. Even if JJ had all three movies, he was stilling “LOSTing” us

[@benofcosmos2029]

What could have been a nice alteration in my opinion, that in the scene with Prunehead, that Ben actually killed Rey, which then would set up Bens questioning of his own actions, which by the final film would have resolved in him trying to establish communication with the rebels in ways of helping them taking out Prunehead, which then would become the Rise of "Skywalker"ish. Maybe... It is just an idea I got.

[@notevenhuman8141]

Holy-- that would have been amazing! It would seriously throw the audience off and legitimately throw the Resistance's fate into question instead of the usual mentality of "bad guy winning but good guy have plot armour". Even better point: Rey can't come back as a Force Ghost at that point because Luke never taught her! Would Finn take up the mantle? Would Kylo regret his actions? Would Finn even use the Force, or just a lightsaber and blaster? That would be really interesting if Finn was never a Force user, but just a good fighter and can outsmart Kylo...

[@screamingclown25]

9:20 it’s forbidden to turn your lightsaber off and back on again during a fight to get an advantage on your enemy. This is a know thing between both Jedi and Sith. The Jedi see it as unsportsmanlike. And the sith see it as being week. They probably don’t even know that though

[@burnout3373]

I saw a Tiktok about that a few weeks ago, but I am also a complete normie lol

[@notevenhuman8141]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh not quite. It gets mentioned in the Jedi Path book, which is deemed canon as far as I'm aware

[@screamingclown25]

@@notevenhuman8141 👎

[@Goremejy]

Who the fuck cares about being “sportsmanlike” when your opponent is trying to kill you?

[@izira6351]

@@Goremejy people with pride obviously, some people would rather die than break their personal codes

[@boomerboi9642]

I still to this day believe high ground is the most epic battle yet

[@apxtra4649]

Fax

[@pramukrujirek2810]

Yeah 😊

[@jonahhumfleet472]

Idk Yoda verses dooku is pretty good

[@jonahhumfleet472]

Idk Yoda v dooku was pretty great lol

[@kanpuriyakaaphal]

Find someone who doesn't, now that'd be a surprise

[@jonathonmohammed1671]

George Lucas poured his heart and soul into his movies. The dueling scenes for Star Wars is part of what makes Star Wars so special and for Disney to f*** it up says alot.

[@bliots8369]

i wish we got a george lucas sequel so bad just to see where he went with it and how he concluded the most popular movie franchise in cinema history

[@GuestGaming88]

@@bliots8369 George Lucas actually had a sequel trilogy planned which would be Luke rebuilding the jedi order, the empire has crumbled, maul controlling crime and Leia struggling to take down maul and his crime which would have been so much better(I suck at explaining so just look it up for a better grasp of what it would be)

[@bliots8369]

@@GuestGaming88 that sounds so cool! I just hate how they brought back Palpatine out of nowhere, essentially disregarding Anakin's sacrifice and the prophecy just to have him be killed by Rey reflecting his own lightning back at him... like how is that more effective than being thrown down a reactor core and exploding?

[@GuestGaming88]

@@bliots8369 ikr

[@sense6552]

Bro the last lightsaber battle in episode 2 is awful what are you talking about

[@Steel-101]

Dude I completely lost it with your description of those plastic light saber toys. “ those things hurt” they did Man, they sure did! lol 😆

[@FittedSheetGaming]

I can't believe that he expected her to take the first day learning the "training rock" scene but she "picked it up quick" she was fr just moving it back and forth

[@captainrex7261]

this scene in a nutshell: "BEYBLADE BEYBLADE LET IT RIP"

[@theoriginalman9426]

Let's fight, an epic battle

[@thefatuiagent8975]

good point, it should just be a beyblade battle

[@johnnyfroggo7361]

Reyblade Reyblade!

[@thefatuiagent8975]

@@Ethanphetamine No No, hes got a point

[@maheerfaisal8242]

@@Ethanphetamine you are right

[@sharko4093]

The reason for the Guards' armor's "selective effectiveness" is because apparently they can resist strikes from the side of a lightsaber's blade but not direct stabs.. For some reason

[@gnammyhamster9554]

To be fair a stab has more piercing power

[@sharko4093]

@@gnammyhamster9554 Yeah, I'm fairly sure that was the reason they gave for it in some visual dictionary or something.

[@beng4ll967]

@@gnammyhamster9554 that doesn’t explain shit. If you try to stab someone in full steel armor with a sword, your sword will just slide off

[@sharko4093]

@@beng4ll967 Yes, but that's metal swords against metal armor. This is a sword made of thousand degree energy against armor made from a fictional material

[@sharko4093]

@@rainbow_vader As far as I know, it's more of an achievement that they had any lightsaber resistant properties, I'm fairly sure that's a highly rare thing for any material to have, let alone an entire suit of armor

[@robertcollinsworth9113]

I can't see any scene with an imperial guard without, "Hey, Crayola!" going through my head. Thanks Adult Swim!

[@mikeslovak5589]

This is the worst fight in star wars The rise of skywalker palpatine fight scene: hold my teleporting lightsaber

[@Henry14arsenal2007]

Tbh prequel duels had tons of intentional misses and aiming for the blade, but yeah, they were done in good taste and never were this kind of a dogshit mess.

[@randomlygeneratedname]

Theres intentional missing then theres actors missing there timing forcing others to intentionally miss

[@maxmcvey8425]

Also a LOT of the techniques in the prequels are actually practical Shadaversity breaksdown Anakin vs Obi-Wan and goes into detail plus yknow there was the lightsaber fighting techniques. And the fights are so fast and well done you cant even tell

[@danielboyle1647]

@@maxmcvey8425 he broke down this fight as well and basically went into much more detail though this video said exactly what he said but 5x quicker

[@BruceWayne-fj9bm]

Lightsaber fighting has actual forms. For example Obi-Wan and Anakin both standing each other spinning their blades, purposefully missing each other was lightsaber form combat looking for openings.

[@albedo5455]

@Jon Yeah the fight is wonky but that can be attributed to Vader and Obi-Wan being old men who can't do flips and being the first movie in the saga. TLJ has no excuse since they've had 40 years to improve the duels. Instead, we get the worst aspects of the originals and the prequels. Edit: Also, your comment is literally whataboutism, a logical fallacy.

[@theretarbconsultant5469]

Throne Scene: **Flopped** Luke’s Hallway Scene: *So anyways…I started shitting on the sequels*

[@rafaelc.c.]

It has kinda the same mistakes. Djarin against the death droids and against Esposito's character are bad choreographed battles too. It seems they never learn. Well, TCW season 7 (and the few battles Rebels had) did really well.

[@JamesTobiasStewart]

@@rafaelc.c. I didn't mind that as much, because the wild swinging Gideon used was logical for his character, he's a Moff not a Sith and is using raw aggression to compensate for a lack of skill.

[@aytony4090]

That last episode is shit anyways. Only good part was Luke taking the kid away so the abysmal show would finally come to an end. I will give it one thing though. The greatest laugh I've ever had was when Boba put that armor on and it only reached like halfway over his gut. Even the actor couldn't give a crap to get in shape.

[@rafaelc.c.]

@@aytony4090 Right.

[@user-vy7xo8kg8d]

@@aytony4090 Did anyone ask?

[@NEEDABETTERNAMEYT]

7:12 i was brushing my teeth and spit out the toothpaste all over the place from laughing thank you

[@channelofmojos2779]

The funny thing about the Holdo maneuver is it's insanely reckless. Thanks to the High Republic books we know what happens to ships destroyed in hyperspace. If any of her ship made it I to hyperspace proper then bits of it will be re-emerging in a swath at near light speeds. A metal strut glancing the edge of a planet wiped out a mega city.

[@goldedrag111]

Anakin vs Obi-Wan is the best duel.

[@stefanlaskowski6660]

It was too long and lacked tension since we already knew Obi-Wan won.

[@Austique-_-]

@@stefanlaskowski6660 that’s what made it prefect mostly all the battles only last like 3 minutes this lasted almost 10

[@Austique-_-]

@@stefanlaskowski6660 besides it switching to yoda and papltine then back to anakin and obi wan was just so good

[@joeyk107]

Luke vs vader in rotj is the best imo

[@goldedrag111]

@@joeyk107 Emotionally? Maybe.

[@johnamos7082]

Also, wouldn’t the saber have to start behind Snoke when its turned on and then be pulled in front for his whole body to come clean off? There’s no way the saber is the exact thickness of Snokes body and if it started behind him, he would’ve heard it turn on before looking so shocked he’s been stabbed

[@ultrabigfella]

What?

[@johnamos7082]

@@ultrabigfella If you watch the part in the movie where Snoke gets cut in half - When the lightsaber is turned on it is in Snokes hand in front of him, for him to have been cut in half the lightsaber would have had to start behind him and be pulled forward unless the lightsaber is the perfect width of Snokes body and somehow was turned on directly in the middle... surely Snoke would have noticed the lightsaber turn on behind him on the arm rest and got off his seat before it got moved forward to cut him in half

[@ultrabigfella]

@@johnamos7082 I mean, if at least like 50 percent of his body was cut the rest would crumple giving the illusion of it cutting him in half.

[@cobussy]

I’ve been wondering about that since I watched it, the saber is at most around the middle of snokes body, nowhere near the back. I get it was a cool shot but there was no reason he should’ve been cut in half.

[@johnamos7082]

@@ultrabigfella He is literally split into two, our bodies aren’t like tree branches they don’t just snap off when a certain percentage of it is cut through, skin is more elastic-like for that 😂

[@ntfoperative9432]

My best guess for 6:30 is that Daisy was supposed to move to block that hit, but missed her cue, and the dude had an “oh sh*t” moment and quickly corrected to not hit her

[@Cloperella]

10:15 You forgot to mention the best part. The guy who lost his left weapon is using his right weapon to try and cut her neck, which she's holding back by gripping his wrist. She gets the clever idea to let go of the lightsaber so she can drop and catch it, but that means the guy just *let her do it* . He for no reason stopped trying to slice her throat, and instead just kind of let go and watched her drop, only for her to catch her lightsaber and cut him.

[@berryhops]

Imagine if they retcon this, some random unknown jedi in the background was actually toying with the guards while they were fighting without them knowing

[@gnammyhamster9554]

It wasn't a random jedi, it was Darth Jar Jar

[@lisaruhm6681]

Or retcon it, to be Lukes doing...

[@elitegamer9310]

When I first saw this scene, I was too busy thinking "why did they kill off Snoke?", than to pay attention to this fight.

[@windghost2]

I was mad Snoke was killed off so early in TLJ. I wanted to know more about him and see what would happen with him in Episode 9. Guess we’ll never know....

[@citizenvulpes4562]

@@windghost2 we do know, he was a failed clone of palps that palps used to rule the first order while he recovered in another clone body.

[@windghost2]

@@citizenvulpes4562 Sorry should've clarified. I was mad that he was killed off in TLJ and then I got even angrier when it was revealed that he was a clone of Palps in TROS. Like there were books talking about how powerful and crazy evil this dude was for like 2 years before episode 8, then he's killed in TLJ and THEN he's a damn clone of DJ Palpy! Like I wanted him to be a new character someone we didn't know and someone we would learn more about in the next two movies, I was honestly disappointed that we never got that.

[@markwilson4686]

@@windghost2 actually it's worse than that. There's apparently a new comic in which it's heavily implied that Snoke is a clone made from Luke's hand, and that's the least worse reveal in the comic.

[@windghost2]

@@markwilson4686 Are you serious? What the hell?! That’s terrible!

[@iceman10129]

"Why does Snoke need guards with melee weapons" (Pulp Fiction lost gif/meme). Ohhhhhh he didn't see the original trilogy. This makes more sense now.

[@hanshotlast]

The royal guards had blasters as well

[@nrcnickc]

When Kylo stabs the ground for no reason at 0:37

[@empress9554]

Visually, very cool 10/10, detail wise however 0/10 it’s the worst.

[@gangstamuffiin2630]

exactly.

[@FerunaLutelou]

The colors, effects and music are great, but thats the only good things that can be said about this scene.

[@camulodunon]

@@FerunaLutelou I think the only really big problem is the terrible, plot-armor-infused choreography. But that one problem ends up making the entire scene look laughable once you are aware of it.

[@filipkolasny908]

That's basically the only thing that the sequels have, amazing visuals and cinematography

[@twitterybug7169]

Just like the Darth Maul fight in Ep. I

[@jaceradio5274]

6:35 He didn't just swing and miss, he literally stopped one of the other guards' weapon. As someone who wants to learn swordfighting, this is depressing. Edit, nevermind he brought it up.

[@samrittenhouse2534]

Lol I know nothing about propee sword fighting but pretty sure they hired expert sword fighters for phantom menace. Yeah these battles literally do seem like *kid battles where you just smack each other's weapons, he's so right.

[@markc9847]

I learned at a young age, that when the Hero is outnumbered in a fight, the enemies will run in and out and in circles to make it look like everyone is attacking. This was done a lot in Power Rangers. I am glad that I came across this video, bc although this is true they could of done a much better job of cleaning it up or doing more retakes.

[@achillesthesnek4892]

5:56 Am I the only one who came back here for every guard that you could see?

[@TheEmc2000]

I knew this fight scene had complete fuck ups and mistakes that were missed but by god I didn’t know it was this bad

[@renegadeyoshi341]

8:40 "Kylo goes from freezing a blaster bolt in midair to struggling against the 3 blind mice " 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mikaelgrande6968]

The spear dude gets me every time, it’s just like, “ah crap I missed, silver AWAY!”

[@ZayJayPlays]

"I'm the worst Lightsaber fight in Star Wars." The Golak Bandits: "Hold my beer."

[@tophue7051]

Disney: you've heard of stormtroopers, but have you heard of *melee stormtroopers* ?

[@serphosi]

6:34 Daisy Ridley missed her cue, she was supposed to be already ducking and the guy didn't wanna whack her upside the head.

[@noob-mn1wd]

And they said...this actors actresses are NOT bad...

[@fabi3790]

@@noob-mn1wd mistakes can happen More shit is that they didn't redo it when someone fuckes up a bit

[@PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom]

Sheesh, THAT is the worst one. My god… there was 0 Quality Control for these movies 😂

[@EroSennin404]

A stormtrooper noticed this... and they miss everything ... (heh)

[@Imhungry36]

WHY DIDN'T THEY DO ANOTHER TAKE!?

[@braylenozeletele1367]

No because when the fight started, it looked like the guards were just fighting each other 😭

[@iceman10129]

This is completely based on the subjective opinion that the lightsaber fights of the prequels were as legendary as you pitch. When Empires is the pinnacle.

[@hgun5107]

Rey: has a hard time fighting snokes twirling elite guards yoda: just destroys palpatines royal guards instantly with the force yoda: couldn't kill palpatine Rey: kills palpatine with his own lightning *WHAT*

[@mysticpuca2109]

Mace could have done that

[@benny212th4]

It’s the bull shit Mary sue

[@zzuklaa5699]

Exactly. Palpatine got cocky. Rey did nothing but reflect it.

[@mysticpuca2109]

Leo no but he did reflect his lightning longer then Rey and then he was kinda just like meh I won’t die no more I’m weak anakin help

[@jotteredits]

@Leo no he didn't let him win its mace's lightsaber combat form that allows him to reflect dark side abilities back onto the user

[@TheTrytix]

After having watched Shadiversity's take on both the throne room scene and the Mustafar fight, it's SOOO clear that the fight from Episode 8 was amazingly STUPID. Shad's probably an expert when it comes to sword fighting, and he saw SOOO many flaws with the Throne Room Fight, while getting blown away by how well done the Mustafar fight was choreographed. And seeing this just tells me the same thing. Sure, the choreographer they used for Episode 8 might have been good at his job and all, but they simply did not have the time. Episode 8 was literally put together in a single year because of Bob Iger. And Rian Johnson, who technically is a good director, does not seem to play well with others, and wanted SOOO badly to write SOME form of end to HIS story, that he wrote Star Wars into a corner. Contrasting this is Episode 3. It was Directed by George Lucas himself, who made sure the story would fit well into the Original trilogy, and follow the rules of Star Wars etc. Making us love characters such as Obi-Wan and Palpatine even more than we already did. And that movie was made over several years. The results are clear as crystal. Making a big block buster movie in a single year is a bad idea. YOU HEAR ME, BOB IGER?!? IT'S A BAD IDEA!!!

[@xblgamerftw]

hello there. nice to see another shad fan on the web! :D

[@TheTrytix]

@@xblgamerftw Hey, Shad's fun to look at with his castle breakdowns and pop-culture weapon analysises. ^^

[@thorodinson1933]

There was an expert in I believe sword fighting on IGN and he watched the sequel fights and said the episode 8 fight looked cool and some of the fighting was well done. People have different opinions, every expert can have difference of opinion because really all this is is people waving a laser sword around. Yes the prequels had training that was intense, the OT had heavy hilts according to mark and OT George wanted a different fighting style, the sequels couldn’t fight like Jedi in the PT because that’s unrealistic because only Luke could teach them combat and he didn’t fight like prequel Jedi. The sequels should’ve fleshed the story out more and taken more time. The fights aren’t nearly as bad as people make it seem, especially when they slow down the fight for some reason to over analyze one split second thing no one would notice otherwise unless you slowed the movie down and looked for mistakes

[@bustanut5501]

I don't think it was because of Iger that the movie was filmed in one year. It was actually because Rian was just done with it in one year. That's certainly possible, considering he did not rewrite anything in his initial script. Yes, this entire movie is based on Rian's first draft. Nothing was changed.

[@gonhunter3994]

@@thorodinson1933 You're really dumb, if you truly think that the ign dude was being honest

[@sirflappington2484]

I watched a stuntman break down this fight on Corridor Crew channel and it was hilarious

[@cinful1]

All these years later and I’ll still never get over Rey force summoning and wounding Kylo on her first outing with a lightsaber she was never trained to use.

[@omicron2018]

Exactly! Rey was ridiculously overpowered, considering her lack of training. But Kylo Ren - trained since he was a child by Luke Skywalker himself - looked only slightly more adept with a lightsaber than Mando.

[@cinful1]

@@omicron2018 yes. Trained, yet has an unstable saber and swings wildly like he's wielding a chainsaw

[@shadowking9739]

I've trained in sword-fighting (particularly German fencing) and TLJ throne room fight is just laughable to me. The characters treat their lightsabers (which are laser-SWORDS) like clubs and just swing them around while hoping that they hit something. People like to simplify sword-fighting but there's actually a lot of stances and footwork involved.

[@dangerdash4393]

I've heard that Luke's flurry of swings at the end of RotJ is actually based on German Longswordsmanship, even using a key stance as he's pushing up on Vader. Is there any truth to this?

[@shadowking9739]

@@dangerdash4393 It's been awhile since I last saw RotJ but I do recall seeing Luke using what is known as "Vom Tach" ("from the roof") and "Ochs" ("ox"), both of which are stances/attacks in German fencing.

[@stephanlasley5781]

@@shadowking9739 not to mention that in light saber combat the best way to use a light ehem SABER is exactly like a SABER. There’s no point in using heavy strikes really as it’s not really damaging the blades effectiveness nor is it making the cut on the opponent more effective. If you drop a saber on top of someone’s head it’ll go right through them with no effort whatsoever. Where as a normal blade, taking a light hit to the knuckles isn’t the end of the world but certainly painful, in light saber combat that’s the loss of your fingers.

[@shadowking9739]

@@stephanlasley5781 Excellent points!

[@glens2019]

And the handling is largely different given all the weight of a lightsaber is just the handle and yet they swing them like heavy bats.

[@afroturtle989]

Yoda: there are 7 forms of lightsaber combat Rey: bottom of ninth, down 3, full count here’s the pitch SWING

[@thorodinson1933]

Yoda-900 years old and grand master of the Jedi at peak Rey- JUST started

[@Mythmeister]

@@thorodinson1933 I did better with a stick bro

[@dangerdash4393]

@@thorodinson1933 Also Rey: Takes down trained dark Jedi DAY ONE. Takes down trained Jedi killers a few days later.

[@thorodinson1933]

@@dangerdash4393 technically speaking chewie took kylo down. If Chewie doesn’t shoot kylo, kylo isn’t injured and if kylo isn’t injured Rey gets taken out. Not killed because he wanted her and so did snoke. And are you talking about the guard fight? They’re background characters going against the main characters do you really think they’re going to win? I mean cmon

[@dangerdash4393]

@@thorodinson1933 Ren's injury doesn't really hold up though, he takes Finn down with ease, pretty much bored throughout most of the fight. It's the closest he's ever gotten to being like Vader. And he never really loses stamina in dealing with either his or Rey. It's like midway through the fight with Rey, they remember that he's supposed to be seriously injured and struggling to hold himself together. I expected there to be an actual fight. These guys are a far cry from what Ren says about them in the novelization. These guys are supposed to be the biggest threat, and they're mowed down so easily by an unstable dark Jedi and a wannabe baseball player.

[@cadefallon9854]

There’s also a part right near the disappearing blade where Rey is holding back they guys arm. She lets go to catch the saber she dropped but the guards knife doesn’t go right into her face like it should have.

[@munchkinplayzstuff1496]

Man people saw the prequels back then and were like "bro this sucks" and now they see this stuff, and for anyone who hated the prequels back then, clearly, they at least have some amount of respect for them

[@ElMofo9]

The fight scene was the only part of the movie that I liked, then I decided to rewatch the scene while focusing on each character... I will never be able to unsee that monstrosity

[@Longshanks1690]

Shadversity: You are strong and wise, Michael, and I am very proud of you.

[@masterofraw1175]

don't forget Darth mauler the wise

[@Chazzvc]

0:57 literally turn your lightsaber off and back up?

[@mahuba2553]

it seems like the most dayhard, dedicated fans of star wars are the ones that least enjoy the movies, its astounding to me that, the mistakes can ruin it so badly for someone who seemed like they enjoyed star wars so badly

[@andycopeland7051]

Episode II Count Dooku V Obi-Wan & Anakin was a really cool fight--my favorite part was when Anakin takes Kenobi's saber for a little two-handed action. Wish that had lasted longer

[@mitocorleone4845]

Way too short. The best part of the sequence was the Yoda fight but even that was short.

[@andycopeland7051]

@@mitocorleone4845 indeed! God bless ya

[@amethystglare]

That fight looked goofy as hell! It was just twirling their sabers around in the dark!

[@nmwk7800]

@@amethystglare nah man I have just recently seen an analysis by a professional sword fighter and expert and he actually claimed that the fight and also this around swinging is pretty realistic.

[@ezekielalimpia3048]

Yess i loved that fight

[@katzekii5715]

Supposedly, the stuntmen kept having to compensate for missed cues and missed timings, so they kept twirling and others to try keep time with cues that were hit. I believe one of the Stuntmen react with the Corridor Crew covers this.

[@demi-femme4821]

What the fuck? Literally full of errors and Rian was just like "Yeah, we'll keep that one. It's not like this is a franchise known for its massive, fiercely loyal, and detail-obsessesed fanbase. Nobody will notice."

[@kyleharding7040]

​@@demi-femme4821 I'm pretty sure Johnson is on record saying that he worked hard on and was proud of this fight scene.

[@revanruler6404]

Yeah the whole " it took them 25 takes so it should be perfect" shows how little he knows about fight choreography, 25 takes is less than à day of shooting iirc Jackie chan had simpler scènes with fewer actors and better trained main actors and it still took months to do one fight scene. 25 takes for such à complex fight might as well be one take

[@rowanb4395]

@@revanruler6404 Cut together from 25 takes as we can see in what made it to the screen

[@batredingin]

Now I'm convinced that the guards are forced to put into a helmet that they can't even see through it

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Went to private daycare when I was a kid. The kids of the woman who ran were close to my brother and I in age, and were also massive start wars fans, so we started a little jedi lightsaber academy. We did not hold back with those plastic lightsabers, we beaned the crap out of each other. Parents just got used to their kids coming home from that daycare with lightsaber blade shaped bruises on their hands arms and legs. One of the best parts of my childhood.

[@Irreverent_Radiation]

*Rey used Block* _Guard uses spiny stab_ It's highly ineffective! *Rey uses double attack* _Guard uses spiny slash_ He hit his own friend! _Rey stabs the floor_ *Guard has spun away* You won! 30xp

[@yujabes]

7:03 Everybody runs away from Rey...wtf🤣

[@greenblood6186]

xDDD

[@tantris2876]

You can’t fight Rey Sue

[@pengsarkashandal5814]

If they hurt her, the whole feminist will angry 😡😡

[@Goremejy]

They heard Anakin saying how spinning is a good trick and tries to use it themselves lol

[@CameraGuyClyde]

Dude, they teach us never to spin around in Kendo. Not facing your opponent in a real sword fight would be an immediate death sentence. 💀 Thank you for highlighting some of the many flaws in the coriography that I couldn't in a measly KZbin comment 👍

[@ambermueller2327]

Normal Jedi:using the force and different lightsaber forms Rey and Ben Swolo: Swing Swong back and forth like a Ping Pong

[@dapoox2622]

This fight scene was a pretty damn good idea, and those guards look sick as hell, but it was executed horribly, rey kicks 3 people somehow, the guards spin around for no reason, the guards completely miss all their swings, and a weapon is literally edited out, and I guess rain forgot that Rey and Kylo can use the force because they don't use it once in this fight scene

[@thorodinson1933]

Maybe she force kicked three of them at the same time like the excuse they gave Luke when there was an error in his fight

[@dapoox2622]

@@thorodinson1933 they are both issues, a force kick is a dumb excuse for both of them

[@thorodinson1933]

@@dapoox2622 a force kick is just dumb in general lmao

[@dapoox2622]

@@thorodinson1933 of course it is, doesn't make much sense

[@thorodinson1933]

@@dapoox2622 but I do believe that with Star Wars you have to let go of logic sometimes if you focus too much on certain things it can kinda ruin something that otherwise is pretty good imo

[@TankboiDeng]

When I was a child I was like omg this fight is the coolest thing in this movie now when I see this am ever watching this movie again

[@nicholasmaione5694]

Omg what a great breakdown. I love how you picked this apart. I knew something was wrong with it visually but in slow motion I can see it didn’t look right because it didn’t make any sense

[@DanakarEndeel]

During that throneroom fight that guy you focused on was supposed to swing while Rey was supposed to duck. However, Daisy Ridley apparently/allegedly forgot to duck until a few seconds later so he had to raise his weapon so as not to hit her. However, instead of Daisy forgetting to duck it could also be that the red guard was ahead of the scene by 2s and was too early to strike so he had to swing higher and miss. You can clearly see Rey ducking to avoid a weapon that's not there. She was supposed to duck that swing. But yeah, I blame the director and stunt coordinator. The director should have said "CUT!" and reset the fight while the stunt coordinator should have instructed the actors on proper timing again. Another issue with the red guy who had those two knives. They just edited the other knife out in post because otherwise he would have been in the perfect spot to just stab Rey in the back.

[@katrinapaton5283]

See, the problem was they wanted to do as much of the fight with as few cuts as possible. That's damn hard because it requires everyone to be spot on for extended periods of time. Sure, they could have chopped and changed, used stunt doubles and all the rest. But this way you get to see faces, the audience relates to the characters more and the scene should have more impact. Sure, if you want to slow it down to two frames per second you'll get to see all the little mistakes, like the mistimed attack you mention, but at normal speed most people will see what you want them to see.

[@deathsinger1192]

@@katrinapaton5283 but, come on, the out-edited knife is a no-go, thats ridiculous!

[@katrinapaton5283]

@@deathsinger1192 Yea ok, hard to argye with that.

[@bonzwah1]

@@katrinapaton5283 everyone I've talked to said this fight scene sucked. You won't notice EVERY mistake at normal speed...but it's almost impossible to miss all of them, and then BOOM you're out of the scene. The frame by frame analysis isn't where the scene falls apart...it's just necessary to see exactly WHY it falls apart.

[@tuschman168]

9:20 That move is criminally neglected in all of Star Wars (except for some Legends stuff I think). The ability to make your blade disappear and reappear is such a unique mechanic but because it has no equivalent in the real world, nobody seems to know how to implement it in a fictional fight. And that's a shame. So many cool possibilities!

[@Underworlder5]

imagine the awkwardness when two fighters clash, then get the idea to deactivate the lightsaber at the exact same time

[@DarthJarJarTheGodlike]

It'd be way too OP and both the Jedi and Sith regard it as Un sportsman-like.

[@desmondchronister6219]

@@DarthJarJarTheGodlike not only that but if you think about it realistically it might not be as good of a strategy as most people think it is. I mean when you turn it off, sure you pass their blade, but for that split second you lose ALL defense AND offense, you basically just completely disarm yourself. Anyone with any amount of reaction time would for sure be able to take advantage of that.

[@peytonotis1801]

I believe the Sith rejected this move due to it showing weakness, and the Jedi did the same due to the unethical nature of it. However, I don’t believe that this scenario would fit the quota. I believe it was utilizing that move to create a finisher, eg facing the saber hilt towards an opponent and activating it..

[@tusk1776]

That's a thing in the universe, but both jedi and sith rarely ever use it because of its controversial and unethical nature. It's seen as a dirty move

[@BustThatNutChallenge]

The scene with the sovereign protectors in episode 9 is even worse like you got guard shooting the ceiling for no reason lol

[@Deltriax2007]

The whole thing about lightsaber fights is all lightsaber users usually shown or performed a specific combat style out of seven. Like how Palpatine used Juyo, Obi Wan using Soresu, and Anakin using Djem So. These fights? The sequels didnt really show any of that and were more focused on people mainly just killing eachother and sloppily clashing sabers.

[@foxhoundslug]

what about the OT tho? the prequels arent the only movies they made u know

[@Deltriax2007]

@@foxhoundslug The Original Trilogy for its time was pretty neat, the lightsaber fights in those are cool while at least being somewhat realistic. Nowadays when lightsaber duels are made by Disney, you could legit stab a dude through a vital area in his stomach and he would end out perfectly fine. My main reasoning being that the Sequels are the most up to date movies we have, and its somewhat dissapointing that the movies before them done way better in every aspect.

[@MrSamoMD]

9:33 not only the guard drops his weapon, the other 2 guys leave Kilo and go away rather than strike a clear blow while kylo kills the guard

[@TownieGirl1974]

*THANK YOU!!* I've seen so many people say this was the best Lightsaber battle in the history of Star Wars. In a world where Anakin vs Obi-wan in ROTS exists, how can anyone with even a decent amount of vision and some intelligence even say that?

[@biffbroham]

Nowadays, flashier and “spectacle” fights are way more appreciated and popular than skillful and “realistic” fights. Like you said, This One V.S Basically the entire prequel trilogy. Spectacle VS Realism/Skill

[@That0neGuySaid]

@@biffbroham lmao calling lightsaber fights realistic, especially from the prequels, is so stupid that it's hilarious.

[@dangerdash4393]

@@That0neGuySaid Realistic in the sense that you can actually buy it being a real form. The Prequels borrow heavily from Chinese swordsmanship.

[@ShurikenTemple]

Anyone that had the audacity to say this is not a true Star Wars fan hands down.

[@rudyr7317]

LOL, they were dancing and swinging like pirates while floating around on lava….ROTS duel was cringy as hell with god awful dialogue. Best lightsaber duel list. Vader Luke 1 Vader Luke 2 Vader Kenobi - Eps 6 of Kenobi Maul v Kenobi Maul v Kenobi v Qui Gon

[@floppywalrus3426]

5:20 “look how cool that is they are all doing different things but in this fight they all do unnecessary spinning” *shows a guy doing an unnecessary spin then kicking a droid instead of using his lightsaber

[@yeephen1800]

Spin for more momentum? Idk