The Seven Forms Of Lightsabre Combat: If anyone besides me cares...

The styles need better names. I cant get the roman numerals straight.

 

I also would like to see more of Mace and form VII, it looks like the most precise of all the forms. But unlike Meshiak, I want to see Anakin in exclusive form V in ep 3. How cool would it to see Obi1 back peddaling using all of his form III knowledge to try and defend Anakin, who is coming full tilt with form V, just swinging one powerful, vicious stroke after another. This would be perfect, Anakin could be ruining Obi1, when he puts his saber over his head for a huge swing, Obi pops one in. Sounds great to me!

 

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Ah, I like the visual MasterRiu. That would be cool to see Anakin exclusively use Form V in his duel with Kenobi. Maybe we could see Anakin toying with Mace using Form VII combined with the Dark Side, taunting Master Windu with his own form, then coming into his own and beating him down with a VII, V combo? (Not sure if Mace and Anakin will duel, but I can dream can't I!)

 

yep it would be a treat to see something like mace vs a suited vader, but i don't think it will happen. I just don't see Anakin/Vader in three battles in ep3, plus possibly many other Jedi in the purge. I still hope Mace falls at the hand of Palpatine.

 

Ya, I also hope that Sid is the one who takes out master Windu. After seeing Dooku use Force lightening, I want to see Sid prove why he is the baddest Sith Lord around.

I still think the reason he he left was because he knew troops would be coming and he needed to get the plans to Sidious.

Now back to the Yoda v. Dooku duel, I have to disagree here. I think that Dooku retreated because he knew his defeat was imminent and that there was no way he could defeat Yoda. Just my opinion, though.

 

Darth P.
That roman numeral site is cool! It turns real numbers into roman numerals!

 

Yeah, that site is pretty cool!

1138 = MCXXXVIII

 

Glad to be of help, guys !


There ya go.

 

Thats a pretty cool idea meshiak! And I love the visual JedimasterRiu.
To JediMasterYoda12, Yeah I guess we'll never really know, but it's fun to speculate.

 

Damn, I'll have to bookmark this, lots of neat stuff I've been interested in.

You may also want to see the AOTC Visual Dictionary which has a few pages detailing more about lightsaber combat. Shows some of the practice moves, body zones, etc.

Also, the Visual Dictionary makes mention of Anakin's saber being designed specifically for Form V combat. When you take a look at the hilt, you can see that one could easily get a good amount of leverage behind it and give quite a blow to their opponent.

I guess one could also take Maul's saber into account when determining his fighting form. Looks a lot like Form IV with some hints of VII. I imagine that a saber like a quarterstaff would allow for a lot more flash in one's combat.

 

dooku's saber also is perfect for his form. The curved handle allows him to handle well with one hand when needed

 

i thought it was curved (dooku's lightsabre). now i know i wasn't imagining things.

 

and for those who don't think dooku's style is anything like fencing, wathch his three duels in slow mo. Almost half of the time he is battling with only one hand.

 

Yes people say he couldn't have a fencing style because he used two hands. But like I said in another topic, he only used two hands when he felt he had to. The best example I can give for this is if you notice when he is dueling with Kenobi and he spins around, when he strikes he is using one hand but when he see that Obi-Wan is also spinning around and needs to protect himself from a strong attack, he uses two hands to parry. Also, when dueling with Anakin, he uses primarily two hands because he is up against an opponent that is obviously focusing on the power and force behind his attacks. The time he uses one hand, is when Anakin has two lightsabres. He only uses one hand here because he realizes that because Anakin only has one hand for each sabre, Anakin won't have much force in his attack. Using one hand also alows him to have more freedom of movement.

EDIT: spelling

 

Exactly. A Form II combatant would only need both hands if trying to gain some additional leverage or weight to their attack. Since Anakin was putting his weight behind his attack, Dooku had to use both hands in order to balance things out.

 

even against Yoda there are times when dooku fights with one hand, more than once too.

 

Hi guys! Great topic! Ive been lookin for a topic about this for months! It is the most complete ive read so far, very good work!!!!

It only lacks visual illustration.
Does anyone got some link about this?
It would be indeed intersting if we could also see the many stances jedis are using, and also which strikes are exclusive to one form or another.
Thanks

 

I care

 

Kyle, that's a cool piece of information to know that Anakin's saber was specifically designed for Form V combat. I know it's EU, but doesn't Anakin design his Saber in an unconscious state flowing from the force? Would this would make his choice of form destiny and not a conscious decision? Maybe a little bit of both. Meditate on this, I will.

 

This is an extremely cool topic I read every message on it.

I always thought that when Obi-Wan and Vader fought on the death star they weren't really trying yet they were just talking about old times and swinging the light sabers occasionally to test each other before they tried to kill one another.

When Yoda did all the super spin moves fighting Dooku I think he knew he didn't need to save any energy because he knew the fight would be over quickly, whether he finished Dooku himself, or if he ran away like he did, or if Padme and the storm troopers arrived first and shot him, or even if Obi recovered and got back in the fight.

I think the coolest thing would be if the jedi took the laser shields the Jar Jars used in TPM and used those together with a lightsaber. That would be way better then when anakin uses a light saber in each hand.

 

this post has really got me excited to see the various duels that might happen in ep. 3!!! I have already said what a great battle obi1 and Anakin will be(III vs IV)
and how about some other great duels? personally I want another 3-way battle!!! Obi1 and Yoda battle Sidios after he kills Mace!!! won't happen but it would be awsome. based on form matchups, what duels would you like to see?

 

Definately Dooku and Mace. I would love to see how the "cream of the crop" form would stand against the "duelists" form.

 

Sorry, double post.

 

"When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. The classical man is just a bundle of routine, ideas and tradition. If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow - you are not understanding yourself."- Bruce Lee. Just had to say that . Really Darth Abaddon I have enjoyed the thread & keep up the great posts-most impressive.