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Post #642049

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TM2YC
Parent topic
YouTube/Vimeo/etc... Star Wars video finds
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Date created
30-May-2013, 2:05 PM

Hey, it's me. said:

These guys are good!

http://youtu.be/-ZM4Hkw5CPk

^ Impressive dancing skills but it's like a guide to why the Lightsaber duels in the original cuts of the PT suck. Twirling Sabers round like a frickin' marching band troop for no reason.

One of the better Duels in the PT (Not perfect but better) is Mace vs Palpatine because Ian McDiarmid was too old to do all that silly fluff the choreographer had planned. So on set, they were forced to scale it back from what was originally rehearsed.  I got the impression Sam Jackson was disapointed but it worked in his favour as the result was a tighter, more memorable Duel with some closeups of actual acting!.

                                                           ^ PT (Acrobatics)

                                                   ^ OT (Character and emotion)