Did anyone else see Anakin grabbing Dooku's arm?

just before he slices of Dooku's hands, watch carefully. it happens so fast, I never saw it the first time.
He grabs Dooku's right arm (which is holding Dooku's sabre), pulls the arm down, then cuts off Dooku's hands, but while still holding at one of them. He is still holding Dooku's seperated right hand for a split-second after it is cut off!

I thought this was pretty odd, I don't remember someone grabbing another duelist's hand in any other Star Wars duel. Anakin uses it to his advantage, pulling Dooku towards him, and not leaving any opportunity for Dooku to block the final move - his sabre arm is already being held by Anakin. Pretty Sith-ish move, really.

 

Ya, I noticed that now that you mentioned it and i watched it again. It certainly doesnt seem like something a jedi would do.

 

It was also a very bold and clever dueling strategy...probably included to further reinforce the idea that Anakin was the Chosen One.

 

yes but is anakin the chosen one?

 

Yes, Anakin is the Chosen One, it's been proven. But that's off topic. Anyways, yes that wasn't a typical move by Jedi or Sith in the Star Wars movies, or EU as far as I know.

 

He IS, and this is NOT the place for that discussion

 

Yes, the place is the Who is the Chosen One? thread located in the Classic Trilogy board!

 

Jedi Knight, though he may have been, he fought like a Sith Lord instead. The way he disarmed him is to showcase that he's very agressive and dangerous.

 

The whole nature of war is part of the dark side, but participating in it doesn't necessarily make one evil. Anakin wasn't doing anything wrong up until he decided to execute Dooku.

 

Agreed!

 

I think the Jedi are taught to disarm an opponent so they will no longer be threat. Look at Kenobi and Grevious.

 

Anakin defeated Dooko becasue he was becoming more powerful through anger. Dooko says he can sence the darkside in him, but he does'nt use it. Notice at this point Anakin pushes Dooko away and with a look of pure hatred and his sabre high above his head he storms in with a ferosious attack and gives Dooko a licking.

Perhaps Anakin decided to give into the darkside at this point to make himself stronger and enable him to win the duel, especially since Dooko tells him he has the power within him.

I loved the disarming and i noticed the way anakin seems to grab his hand then cut upwards. Does he pull both hands together so as Dooko will lose both of them and not just the one? He seems to.

 

That move was awesome and completely unexpected. Anakin is the master saberist in my book, the problem is that he lets emotion get in the way of his decision making, otherwise ObiWan would have died on Mustafar. Period.

 

Or Kenobi and Zam Wessel, or Kenobi and Vader, or Kenobi and the ugly dude that attacks Luke.

Anakin was too aggressive in disarming/fighting Dooku; but he didn't do anything essentially wrong until he started playing scissors.

- O_F

 

I have to correct myself here, I remembered that this also happens with Anakin and Obi-Wan early on in "the duel". Anakin grabs Obi-Wan's non-sabre hand, then Obi-Wan kind of twists Anakin's arm behind his back, and Anakin blocks Obi-Wan's sabre behind his own back. Some of the smaller details of the ROTS duels happen so fast they totally skip your mind when you try to recall the scenes.
There is also that moment with the exploding lava in the background, as Obi-Wan and Anakin grab each other's wrists and wrestle (or the Jedi equivalent of wrestling ). Is this Anakin's trademark move or something... three hand grabs during a duel, all in the same movie.

 

I believe he grabs Dooku with his mechanical arm too doesn't he? So there's a stronger grib on the arm than a normal person would have.

 

This was my favorite move in the fight. What an awesome move.

 

[/quote=HookLineAndSinker]I believe he grabs Dooku with his mechanical arm too doesn't he? So there's a stronger grip on the arm than a normal person would have. [/quote]

It is his left hand (the real one) that he grabs Dooku's arm with. You can tell because he isn't wearing a glove on that arm during the shot.
This is the same hand he then grabs Dooku's sabre with, after he drops Dooku's hand.

I've mentioned in other posts; using the Sith sabre in his real hand is symbolic, foreshadowing Anakin's turn. Perhaps grabbing Dooku's hand with the organic hand adds to this slightly, but it isn't nearly as important as the red sabre.


I said:
"Is this Anakin's trademark move or something..."

...or is it one of Vader's?

 

Anakin was using his anger and hate to defeat Dooku. That's wrong.

 

It is his left hand (the real one) that he grabs Dooku's arm with. You can tell because he isn't wearing a glove on that arm during the shot.
This is the same hand he then grabs Dooku's sabre with, after he drops Dooku's hand.

Yeah you're right. I knew which arm he grabbed him with, I just mixed up which was his mechanical.

 

Even Dooku said he was not using it. He used it mainly when he killed him, before that, he was not full of hate. No more than Mace against Sidious or OB against Maul.

 

Also, I seem to remember Anakin/Vader grabbing Jedi he killed in the Temple hologram when Obi-Wan looks at it. But, that scene goes awfully fast, too.

 

I noticed and loved that move...I'ts not the only time Anakin grabs his opponents arms when he fights... He did it to Obi Wan on Mustafar and in the clone wars cartoon he didi it to Assaj Ventress also.. He really likes using the supperior strength of his cybernetic hand to man-handle his opponents. Its was never done better than against Dooku(although he did use his real hand), so smooth.

 

no I did not but,remember he grabing in the temple.

 

I saw it the first time I saw the film. It seems pretty obvious to me.