Aside from an unnecessary twirl here and there, the choreography for the fight holds up really well. My main issue with it is that it becomes too focused on the volatile environment they’re fighting in and not enough on what’s going on between the characters, which is what should have been center stage for a fight like this.

I remember a story I heard about how Richard Marquand wanted the duel in RotJ to be bigger and more elaborate than the one in Empire, but George told him that wasn’t necessary. Ultimately, the actual sword swinging should be secondary to the character interaction.