Anyhow, here’s a knitpick:
IMO the only part of the duel footage that needs a change is the establishing shot at 1:01 -
(https://streamable.com/ebtorm)
As we no longer cut away, we no longer need an establishing shot.
I couldn’t help but feel that the slow panning, dark, wide shot is quite jarring especially when it’s so massively juxtaposed against the up-close, lightsaber lit, intimacy of the duel in peak flow as obi-wan lunges in the shot immediately before?
I think the duel would massively benefit from just cutting into another shot from the main choreography to keep the pace up.
I just don’t think that the overall environment is dramatic or ‘interesting’ enough that you would miss an unnecessary ‘eye candy’ shot that now would only exist to depict a sense of scale?
If the location had been really visually interesting or it’s features relevant to the progression of the battle, maybe it could be justified but such as it is, with no cutting back and forth between plot points/locations, it’s inclusion is now just superfluous and quite disruptive to the flow of the duel?
Anyhow, that was my only observation/feedback from your amazing work here. 😃
Personally I think the establishing shot is awesome. For me it serves precisely to help the duel feel more huge in scale, since as you said, the location is pretty pour and this should be a huge match. But, of course, this is just my interpretation of the scene itself.