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Not from this certain point of view. I prefer the razor tickle of the original cut. Certainly to the baseball bat fight of Return of the Jedi.
Did you even watch the video I posted?
Yes I did.
I wouldn’t have replied until I had watched the video.
I genuinely see no improvement.
As for justifying what is ‘wrong’ with a thing this highlights something about personal narrative building.
I now see an awkwardness in the way Kenobi tells Luke about his father that makes sense in the context of him being a really awful fibber but originally he was telling the truth.
Yes they actors were holding experimental props on a delicate set but it lent their movements something that added to the narrative of the piece (let’s face it Lucas’ strength isn’t his writing something magical happened largely because of what he couldn’t achieve and how what he did film was later edited by others).
Tom Baker had a particularly pensive way of walking as the Doctor in Doctor Who that was because the set could malfunction at any point but it added to his character. Same with this sword fight (at least from my certain point of view).
The duel in Jedi is far more problematic at times. It just lacks much in the way of panache (until Luke goes ballistic and even then you have that awkwardly choreographed moment where Vader has to get his hand in position to be cut off). Generally it’s bam bam bam kick.
I think the Star Wars duel could be improved with some inserts and different camera angles.
There are some wonky panels in the corridor so maybe Vader could have fun pulling at those with the Force or something but where it does fall a bit flat (the twirl for example) that’s not going to be fixed by just editing. It needs more material.
