theprequelsrule said:

Bingowings said:

Twirl, twirl, twirl, twirl, twirl.

^ That part was so stupid. The duel had been pretty good (not great) until this point.

LOL YEA

On the one hand, there was some "musical" grace to this bit, which is probably why it was done, and is its sole redeeming quality.

What I probably like most about the prequel fights (and the OT fights to a lesser degree - one of the exceptions being the "shrinking saber" bit from ANH), especially Darth Maul vs. Obi-Kenobi, is their very musical, electrifying rhythm and well-paced "pulse" audible in the sound effects.

Heck, in my fascination for silly musical arrangements, I might write some kind of snare drum transcription of that sequence, LOL.

When they just start twirling their lightsabers after the intense fight, shortly before pushing each other apart, it feels climactic and sort of "liberating".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xP3fI7yn5s#t=175
They sort of speed up, the music does a passing dissonance, and they just start... twirling their lightsabers as if they had built up too much energy and it had to be released, and then... BAM, force match!

It's a bit like this (much better) segment of the Burly Brawl from Reloaded:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6jKffsx4l8#t=200
-3:30

Everything speeds up, speeds up, the music gets faster, the spins in the same direction start getting more frequent and then.... ..... BAM!

Trying to come up with a musical example this reminds me of, he's a drum solo by Buddy Rich:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otKKwKem570#t=135
Lots of back and forth, building of suspense... and then release at 2:20, with the simple "empty" roll taking over.

There might be others.

So there is (arguably) a fun artistic idea behind it, and it (arguably) comes through a bit, but ultimately, it's stupid as hell :DD