Why weren't Obi-Wan's Hands and Legs chopped off?

I was wondering, Obi-Wan's Arm and Leg came in contact with Douku's lightsaber, why weren't they chopped off?

 

Probably the nature of thwe wounds. Dooku didn't want to maim him maybe. A better question is why, instead of jumping from the wall and blocking Dooku's lightsabre with his own, did he not just jump from the wall and stab Dooku?

 

Because it was a PG movie? Wouldn't go down well with the graders seeing Obi-Wan's body parts flying about.

Edit: Better post

 

good enough for me.

 

Hmm...Maybe dooku's intention was never to hurt them.

There is still good in him then?

 

I doubt it. Dooku was about to strike down on Obi-Wan and kill him right before Anakin jumped in and saved Obi-Wan. I think Dooku stabbed him to make him suffer more before he killed him.

Besides, since he has his arms and legs in the OT, I don't think cutting them off would have been a good idea

 

thats the beautiful thing about a saber, jsut a little tap will inflict a great deal of damage. I like how Obi-wan got take out.

Though actually I entered this thread thinking you meant 'why didn't his hands get chopped off when he fell of the kaminio landing pad with his hands wraped in jango's trip wire'?

It looked awfully painful, or when he used the cord to trip Jango and make his jet pack fly off.

 

Hmmmm...So his intentions were not good and he wanted to kill Obi-Wan all along?

Than, I would think that the mere inflection of the Lightsaber on soft human flesh tissue, would be enough to sear through it?

 

well it was, but he didn't go all the way through.

I dunno, Lightsabers change in their power from film to film, in some they caterize wounds, in others they don't. ON jabbas sail barge the aliens don't get cut jsut knocked over, but the battle droids get cleaved in half. Vaders shoulder deflected lukes saber in ESB yet Luke was able to cut off his hand in ROTJ, there's no real logic.

 

I read an article in Star Wars Insider about different Jedi fighting styles from basic to more advanced. The different styles all had individual names, although I can't remember them....at least six levels, each one taking more skill w/ the light saber to master. I believe Tyranus was using one of the more advanced techniques in that instance. As far as why Anakin didn't just stab Tyranus, I think it would have broken some sort of Jedi code to blindside someone and kill them. (not that he allways sticks to the Jedi code, mind you.)

 

I think the main reason why Lucas used Battle Droids on Episode I was because it'd look really violent Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan lobbing off people's body parts on the Trade Federation Ship. The same applies to Jabba's Sail Barge. Just imagine what the age rating would be...

 

I agree.

 

R_S you raise a good point about Luke on the sail-barge.

I guess GL didn't want to make it too gory.

Edit: Yep, I agree with you too J_L. I think that maybe the reason.

 

I think that the reason lightsabre "physics" change from movie to movie is due to technology. In ROTJ it wouldn't have been very easy to have lots of body parts flying about in 1983, so the lightsabre only acts as a glamourized baseball bat.

 

That's true too.

So why wasn't Obi-wan's arm chopped off and cauterized too, they could have easily replaced it with a droid arm or a leg?

 

Dooku's a pretty skilled guy, I guess he was just looking to disable Obi-Wan before finishing him off. That, and the PG-rating comment.

 

Because he jsut got tapped with the plade, a little flick, likeif he accidentally bumped into it.

 

Vaders shoulder deflected lukes saber in ESB yet Luke was able to cut off his hand in ROTJ, there's no real logic

certain portions of vader's armour are extremely dense, and can deflect lightsaber beams for a bit

 

I never doubted that Obi Wan got anything more than a cut from the sabre. Its just like a paper cut (not too deep) but because a lightsabre burns your skin its VERY painful.

But Dooku was EVIL. If Anakin didn't come to the rescue Obi Wan wouldn't be worrying about losing limbs, he would be looking for another head.

 

yep

 

"A better question is why, instead of jumping from the wall and blocking Dooku's lightsabre with his own, did he not just jump from the wall and stab Dooku?"



Lucas would prefer it if you not ponder such obvious questions....

 

Dooku thrust with his sabre not sliced. (Someone with fencing skills and supply the appropriate vocabulary).


Anyway if Obi-Wan had been sliced and diced, we wouldn't be wondering about this topic but why in the OT Obi-Wan is intact.

 

The cauterizing (sp) didn't come in, until ESB. You only saw the blood mist to prove that Maul was dead in TPM, the sliptting of the body was also added for the same reasons. Lightsaber did cut in ROTJ, but Lucas couldn't have it look like in the other films, hence it looking more like a club.

Dooku was toying with Obi-wan as he wanted him to pay for his lack of vision, in not joining him. He cut Anakin's arm off because he was getting his butt kicked and had to stop the fight immediately, or suffer defeat at the hands of a Padawan Learner.

 

I agree. I think that Dooku did difficult little stabs at Obi-Wan rather then just cut off his arm and leg to show how much better he was at lightsaber fighting.

 

I think that Anakin was no match for Dooku and Dooku was just toying with him..

He matched Yoda for pity's sake!