@@George-um2vc Hayden Christensen played Anakin in Episode II and III. Mace Windu denied Anakin the rank of master. Thankfully, Andrew Paull granted Anakin the rank of master 11 days ago.
its proof it was unfair from the start, if its 2 versus one then u cant say the winner (anakin) was tougher, the fact is dooku didnt use a single force push or lightning attack on anakin, he used force push on obi wan, force grip, force choke and force slam too but never against anakin anakin did not defeat dooku legitimately
@@lokesht1161dooku fan boy the only reason he didn't was becase ankins force shield was far stronger then dookus so he could only defeat ankin with his dueling skills
Hayden Christensen is by far the hardest hitting and choreographed lightsaber wielder - this isn't the first video to confirm this. His works deserve the rank of Master. Truly Chosen One :D
@@kagamiuchihathebeast5862yes some of the choreography that was deleted would have been much better in the film but even without that the prequels had by far the best choreography. It did fail in alot of ways but in choreography it's still far superior
@@BenAri18 exactly. So in duels any acrobatics like high jumps/leaps and flips are done by the stunt doubles, the actors themselves did the rest/majority of the duels on their own
Now This is more or less the type of fight that was described in the Matthew Stover novelization of Revenge of the Sith. Obi-Wan and Anakin working as a team were completely overwhelming Dooku's defenses and he had no choice but to get rid of Obi-Wan as soon as possible or else they were going to defeat him. I definitely would have liked to have seen this version in the movie.
I still imagine it happened this way in the movie. You can tell a lot of the shots were cut even from the final version, doesnt mean it didnt happen in-universe. These bts videos are a good glimpse of how it was supposed to go.
Nope, in the novel it was stated that both jedi fought with different styles in the early portion (one used shien reverse handle) and that dooku levitated a bunch of tables to throw them at anakin or toss anakin to them while he countered obi wan's ataro combat form. This deleted scene/stunt video doesn't show any of that.
Not at all. In the novel, Dooku was far more pressend then here, and he was unable to fight them both at once. Once or twice he jumped away as I remember, he was kicking them and Force pushing them, only to not fight them both head on. Here, he's quite capable of competing with both of them. It seems that they have a some advantage, but he is still doing very well. Far more similar fight to that from the novel is their last encounter in The Clone Wars show. Dooku seems to has the upper hand in terms of skill, a different thing is that he's able to force Anakin onto defense, but overall it's pretty novel-like. He's all the time doing anything to fight one of them at the time.
Yeah The choreographers probably felt cheated after they saw the final cut of the movies with shit stitched together choreography when they’d practiced for somthing that was so much better and cooler
I'm super impressed with Michael Byrne (if I've got the right one) in how he went from doubling Palpatine to such a bang-on replication of Obi-Wan's fighting style- you could tell exactly who it's meant to be even without knowing the scene!
0:08 - Anakin and Obi-Wan have the same high guard, except Anakin feints, and takes up a hanging guard. Just shows a level of how in-tune Anakin and Obi-Wan are to work together like this. 0:12 - what a great bit of storytelling. Obi-Wan's completely vulnerable, and Anakin sweeps in front of him, fending off Dooku. 00:38 - a *slick* second of choreography. After the constant back and forth, Anakin does something pretty reckless, and steps into Dooku's strike, getting his entire body on the inside of the strike. Goes to show how confident and in-control of the situation he is. 00:42 - of course, Dooku being such a talented duelist that he can block a strike from Anakin and Obi-Wan at the same time!
"Dooku found himself having a sudden, unexpected, overpowering, and entirely distressing bad feeling about this. His farce had suddenly, inexplicably spun from humorous, to deadly serious, and was tumbling rapidly towards terrifying." -Matthew Stover Revenge of the Sith novelization
Note that in the video the stuntman (actor that plays anakin) lacks a scar on his face. While in the novel he had a scar, so this video is not accurate as per the novel itself. U need to stop overrating and spamming the ROTS Novel all the time, stay in your boundary's
I'm loving these so much! Thanks Gillard for sharing this gold! I also appreciate the absolute dedication that the team put behind the choreography and everything
You have no idea how happy I am to see more BTS regarding the prequel duels. I really hope if there ever is a live action of Knights of the Old Republic you can help LucasFilm choreograph again!
Nick, it's amazing how you're able to make your staff seem like it's everywhere at once. You and Hayden and the other stunt folks put in tons of work and it's great these are seeing the light of day.
If there was any other fight I would want to see it. It would either be Obi Wan fighting the magnaguards, Anakin fighting in the Jedi Temple, or the original idea for the Grevious fight.
It's kind of fun seeing the same stunt men playing different roles in these vids. In the Palpatine fight, Count Dooku is Mace Windu, and Obi Wan is Palpatine.
yoooo that duck dooku does at 0:43 is so clean!! and that flip at 0:10, really cool stuff Nick Gillard. my guy. my sir. If you've got any more of these test clips, we'd all love to see them! I'll be rewatching all the others you've posted in the meantime. Sincerely, thank you.
Thank you Mr.Gillard for posting this video lol I loved how you cut/transitioned Hayden's "stair training" in with the duel here and how that training payed off for this scene 😊👍
Thank you once again for you sharing you videos with us . your choreography's made the prequel lightsaber fights Fantastic , you guys are truly skilled in your craft . And Hayden is such a natural, he's got the looks , skill , attitude , he will always be Anakin Skywalker . Love the prequels .
0:44 I love how he does the same behind block then foreward block Obi-Wan used when fighting Maul in TPM. Really shows how much of Dooku's lessons Qui-Gon taught Obi-Wan.
There's something about previz I always loved in filmmaking because you're seeing a really crude cut of a filmmakers vision before shooting even starts. And I find the more practical workprints rather than using quick CGI shows much more effort with in person ideas that may or may not make the cut.
I really like how you can tell here that this time, Dooku is in serious trouble. He didn't count on Kenobi and Anakin's teamwork being bumped up to such a level, or that Anakin's sheer relentless talent might eclipse his own.
I just can’t believe Disney fed us all of this fan service and prelogy bashing thinking they were doing good only to get rid of this and give us some grandma choreographed fight sequences.
You can find parts of the fight in The Clone Wars at the city of the pikes and in the Star Wars episode 3 Videogame. Amazing, they used that there, better would have been if this would have been in the movie.
Love that Hayden is all over every one of these, heck of a lot of hours put in. I grant him the role of Master.
What?
@@George-um2vc Hayden Christensen played Anakin in Episode II and III. Mace Windu denied Anakin the rank of master. Thankfully, Andrew Paull granted Anakin the rank of master 11 days ago.
@@Dave_Chrome what? Where us that from? Andrew Paul gra ting him rank of Master?
@@NoenMarAndrew Paul is the only Jedi master left on earth. You need to keep up with your training, Youngling.
@@patrickbasin9389
A Youngling lives ?
This fight makes it definitely seem like they jumped Dooku lol. I love how Anakin keeps getting more and more angry as the fight progresses.
its proof it was unfair from the start, if its 2 versus one then u cant say the winner (anakin) was tougher, the fact is dooku didnt use a single force push or lightning attack on anakin, he used force push on obi wan, force grip, force choke and force slam too but never against anakin
anakin did not defeat dooku legitimately
@@lokesht1161dooku fan boy the only reason he didn't was becase ankins force shield was far stronger then dookus so he could only defeat ankin with his dueling skills
Just like in the book :)
@@seaking9283 Dooku fan boy lol . RIP to the Count of Sorreno
Lol Obi-Wan and Anakin jumping Dooku live-action, would be maaad craazzy to see😂
Everyone has a stunt double and hayden simply does everything himself bro's the true goat
He even performs those front summersaluts all by himself and that's crazy
He does have a stunt double occasionally, but yeah he does majority of the choreography, stunts and action
The choreography and execution are incredible. The rhythm and flowing pattern are beautiful! 🔥 ✌️
that behind the back block by Dooku is beautiful
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Yeah, that was da move
Seriously that shit is so underrated
0:42 That block would've been iconic if it made it in the film
That’s the v3ubwt, I believe. Said by Nick Gillard to be the most complicated move in all of Jedi fighting.
It was done in TCW
Hayden Christensen is by far the hardest hitting and choreographed lightsaber wielder - this isn't the first video to confirm this. His works deserve the rank of Master. Truly Chosen One :D
The prequels had the best lightsaber choreography
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Only in deleted scenes and footage that never made it public
@@kagamiuchihathebeast5862yes some of the choreography that was deleted would have been much better in the film but even without that the prequels had by far the best choreography. It did fail in alot of ways but in choreography it's still far superior
@@kagamiuchihathebeast5862lol the prequels easily have the best lightsaber duels, the original Star Wars have terrible duels and slow duels
@@sah_sookthey aren’t terribleee they’re just different 😂 I love obi wans 10 second spin
Notice how it is always Hayden fighting, not a stunt double!
Hayden: I wanna do my own stunts.
Director: WHY?
Hayden: because then I do more lightsaber duels!
He does have a stunt double, but the stunt double actually does less action than Hayden did
@@larryyeo6708the double only did flips and jumps but hayden was doing the dueling
@@BenAri18 exactly. So in duels any acrobatics like high jumps/leaps and flips are done by the stunt doubles, the actors themselves did the rest/majority of the duels on their own
0:12 What a legendsry sequence, Hayden and the 2 stuntmen were absolutely phenomenal 🔥
Now This is more or less the type of fight that was described in the Matthew Stover novelization of Revenge of the Sith.
Obi-Wan and Anakin working as a team were completely overwhelming Dooku's defenses and he had no choice but to get rid of Obi-Wan as soon as possible or else they were going to defeat him.
I definitely would have liked to have seen this version in the movie.
Totally agree
I still imagine it happened this way in the movie. You can tell a lot of the shots were cut even from the final version, doesnt mean it didnt happen in-universe. These bts videos are a good glimpse of how it was supposed to go.
Nope, in the novel it was stated that both jedi fought with different styles in the early portion (one used shien reverse handle) and that dooku levitated a bunch of tables to throw them at anakin or toss anakin to them while he countered obi wan's ataro combat form.
This deleted scene/stunt video doesn't show any of that.
@@lokesht1161 And for good reason, a lot of the stuff from the books just doesnt work on film.
Not at all. In the novel, Dooku was far more pressend then here, and he was unable to fight them both at once. Once or twice he jumped away as I remember, he was kicking them and Force pushing them, only to not fight them both head on.
Here, he's quite capable of competing with both of them. It seems that they have a some advantage, but he is still doing very well.
Far more similar fight to that from the novel is their last encounter in The Clone Wars show. Dooku seems to has the upper hand in terms of skill, a different thing is that he's able to force Anakin onto defense, but overall it's pretty novel-like. He's all the time doing anything to fight one of them at the time.
I cannot even imagine how much work it must be to learn a choreography like this, at all, let alone to deliver it so fast and fluid.
And then to be fucked over when they cut out your hard work anyways.
Mr. Gillard is the best Choreographer on the face of the planet.
bro the blocking sequence at 0:42 is insane!
These behind the scenes choreography videos are so great keep up the great content! The intensity and speed at which they practice is amazing
Yeah The choreographers probably felt cheated after they saw the final cut of the movies with shit stitched together choreography when they’d practiced for somthing that was so much better and cooler
I bet it’s extremely fun to practice these especially once you can go through the fights smoothly
I'm super impressed with Michael Byrne (if I've got the right one) in how he went from doubling Palpatine to such a bang-on replication of Obi-Wan's fighting style- you could tell exactly who it's meant to be even without knowing the scene!
You never cease to amaze me! I love these Choreos!
0:08 - Anakin and Obi-Wan have the same high guard, except Anakin feints, and takes up a hanging guard. Just shows a level of how in-tune Anakin and Obi-Wan are to work together like this.
0:12 - what a great bit of storytelling. Obi-Wan's completely vulnerable, and Anakin sweeps in front of him, fending off Dooku.
00:38 - a *slick* second of choreography. After the constant back and forth, Anakin does something pretty reckless, and steps into Dooku's strike, getting his entire body on the inside of the strike. Goes to show how confident and in-control of the situation he is.
00:42 - of course, Dooku being such a talented duelist that he can block a strike from Anakin and Obi-Wan at the same time!
Watching dooku's choreo in this fight really makes you feel differently when you go "that was once Qui Gon's master".. Loooove this fight.
"Dooku found himself having a sudden, unexpected, overpowering, and entirely distressing bad feeling about this. His farce had suddenly, inexplicably spun from humorous, to deadly serious, and was tumbling rapidly towards terrifying."
-Matthew Stover
Revenge of the Sith novelization
Note that in the video the stuntman (actor that plays anakin) lacks a scar on his face.
While in the novel he had a scar, so this video is not accurate as per the novel itself.
U need to stop overrating and spamming the ROTS Novel all the time, stay in your boundary's
@@kagamiuchihathebeast5862...
@@christopherrapczynski204 ur comment made no sense
Brilliant, the stuntman for Dooku should’ve been a Sith Lord himself a la Ray Park.
I'm loving these so much! Thanks Gillard for sharing this gold! I also appreciate the absolute dedication that the team put behind the choreography and everything
This really makes Dooku look like the master swordsman he is meant to be! Really cool, thank you for sharing!
HOLY MOLY! Mr Gillard, Sir... You are a genius!
I would love a 3 hour cut pf Revenge of the Sith!!!! Amazing choreography
You have no idea how happy I am to see more BTS regarding the prequel duels. I really hope if there ever is a live action of Knights of the Old Republic you can help LucasFilm choreograph again!
Nick, it's amazing how you're able to make your staff seem like it's everywhere at once. You and Hayden and the other stunt folks put in tons of work and it's great these are seeing the light of day.
interesting to see Anakin was able to land more hits on Dooku in this version
These videos make my day! Thank you Nick Gillard for posting these. Whatever clips you post next I will be first in line to watch them!
I’ve been looking forward to this!
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If there was any other fight I would want to see it. It would either be Obi Wan fighting the magnaguards, Anakin fighting in the Jedi Temple, or the original idea for the Grevious fight.
Thank you for all of this mister Gillard!
That blocking from behind while leaning down looks so awesome, a bit jammy but if they're space monks I guess they can pull it off
This fight would’ve really shown how elite of a swords master that Dooku was. The fight we got was far too short
What a joy. I'm so excited for these test reels. I hope there's a lot more to come. Thank you for posting, again!
It's kind of fun seeing the same stunt men playing different roles in these vids. In the Palpatine fight, Count Dooku is Mace Windu, and Obi Wan is Palpatine.
0:42 that move behind back was incredible
Anakin definitely is portrayed as being ahead of Kenobi in this version.
Movement is so fluid. I can watch these all day!
yoooo that duck dooku does at 0:43 is so clean!! and that flip at 0:10, really cool stuff
Nick Gillard. my guy. my sir. If you've got any more of these test clips, we'd all love to see them! I'll be rewatching all the others you've posted in the meantime. Sincerely, thank you.
Thank you for giving us those amazing fight scenes, you are a very important part of those movies
So cool man! Thank you for sharing this with us🙏🙌
I've watched this about 10 times, and just like Star Wars, I'll probably do it again.
Thank you Mr.Gillard for posting this video lol I loved how you cut/transitioned Hayden's "stair training" in with the duel here and how that training payed off for this scene 😊👍
So great to see. Thank you for taking the time to dig these up, edit them together and share them with us.
Woah I wish sooo much we got at least a fraction of this in the actual movie! Awesome upload Nick, please keep posting it as it's beyond cool!
Thank you once again for you sharing you videos with us . your choreography's made the prequel lightsaber fights Fantastic , you guys are truly skilled in your craft . And Hayden is such a natural, he's got the looks , skill , attitude , he will always be Anakin Skywalker . Love the prequels .
Now this looks objectively better!
0:44 I love how he does the same behind block then foreward block Obi-Wan used when fighting Maul in TPM. Really shows how much of Dooku's lessons Qui-Gon taught Obi-Wan.
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
wouldnt have minded if the fight in the movie was 10 min long haha
Fighting with that curved hilt is definitely not easy so props to that guy for doing it
Great Work!! Beautiful and epic choreography!
Peak Jedi Lightsaber Action!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
Looks fabulous Nick, thanks a lot for sharing! It’s so cool we’re seeing this now.
Speechless.. That was amazing !
Now, these stunts are really good
This is on another LEVEL. You can really appreciate Dookus form 2 makashi fighting style
I really love these videos.
Hayden's art aged like a fine wine
the sticks sound so loud when they connect i wonder how much it hurts to mess up :s sick choreography
They need to hire this man again and show us the sweet science of lightsaber combat
This is incredible stuff! Thanks for sharing!
Nobody will ever be able to top mr. Gillard when it comes to the fight choreography in star wars, the man is the GOAT
There's something about previz I always loved in filmmaking because you're seeing a really crude cut of a filmmakers vision before shooting even starts. And I find the more practical workprints rather than using quick CGI shows much more effort with in person ideas that may or may not make the cut.
Everyone says how great the Hayden Christensen but never mention how skilled the guy who play as dooku
I really like how you can tell here that this time, Dooku is in serious trouble. He didn't count on Kenobi and Anakin's teamwork being bumped up to such a level, or that Anakin's sheer relentless talent might eclipse his own.
I love how elements of this deleted footage were used in the fight of dooku vs obiwan and anakin on that spice planet in the clone wars
Thank you for sharing this Mr. Gillard. I think would have been a better film if more of this choreography was kept in.
It's like poetry un motion
This also should have been in the final cut the way it is. Incredible choreography! I know Dooku loses but he is an elegant beast here.
I like how it almost looks like a dance.
Amazing duel! 🔥
Thank you Nick!!! 😁👍
It would be cool if this was the deleted scene from Attack Of The Clones
0:42, This right here, so cool.
The blades they use for this will always be better then the cheap lighting stuff Disney Lucasfilm has been using for their behind the scenes duels.
lol I lost it @0:31 for the randomness 😂
Anakin flipping over obi is kinda reminiscent of the dual of the fates with qui gon and padawan kenobi clever. Would have been a nice touch
Exactly! ❤️ ⚔️
Love it Nick! ☯️🙏
Awesome! Thank you for uploading.
Wonderful choreography! ⚔️ ❤️
Why in the world didn't follow that . That was awesome
0:43 They added that move for their final fight in TCW.
Wish they kept this in the film. Show off more of Dooku's dueling mastery
Notice how Hayden is holding a red lightsaber in this footage
So appreciate these videos!
i love these
Despite this being raw BTS footage, the transition to the next frames at :39 is amazing
I just can’t believe Disney fed us all of this fan service and prelogy bashing thinking they were doing good only to get rid of this and give us some grandma choreographed fight sequences.
Fun fact: Anakins hair from the 2008 clone wars series was modled after his look in this early test footage.
You can find parts of the fight in The Clone Wars at the city of the pikes and in the Star Wars episode 3 Videogame. Amazing, they used that there, better would have been if this would have been in the movie.
Hayden! He makes it look so easy.
Of all the test footage, this one is probably the one I'd cut. Not useful.
obi wan needs to force pull that hairline back
beautiful
Why was the final product more like this? All the deleted scenes are far superior to the final product.
Out of curiosity, do you have anything with both Hayden and Ewan in it? It'd be pretty awesome to see.
I'm sorry but at 0:43 is that the move kylo ren was going for in Rise of Skywalker?
Get out of here with that kind of blasphemy. 😉
These are gooood