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Post #107145

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Doctor M
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A modest proposal: Should Lucas make more OT changes?
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Date created
20-May-2005, 11:14 PM
Ok, I need to start by saying I am as rabid about the purity of my original trilogy as most of you are. I refuse to buy the DVD's and my laserdiscs will have to be removed from my cold dead hands.

But I have re-thought this of late and I do have one complaint with the OT and it's been brewing since Episode 1 came out.

The lightsaber battles in the originals are a bit sedate compared to what you'd think/hope a jedi duel might look like.
This is most notable in ANH. Obi Wan and Vader fighting it out on the Death Star is so low key, it looks like a couple of geriatrics fighting with canes.
I mean come on. Look at Anakin go in Eps 2 & 3. He is a force of nature with that saber. Now pop in RotJ and see him fight it out with Luke. (Ok you swing, I'll block, now my turn.) Or worse, go watch the afore mentioned Obi Wan/Vader battle. It's sort of sad looking.

Now I'm note sure I'd WANT to see these movies altered more, and I don't even know if it would be POSSIBLE to fix this at this late a date, but would you all want to see the Jedi's actually fight more like the newer trilogy?