This is not even a question. In both cases (Maul and Vader), Kenobi was fighting someone who was clearly outmatching him. When both, your life and the galaxy, are at stake, there is no room for honor and sportsmanship. You do what needs to be done.
@@AndrewSzala so darth vader facing luke skywalker was not a fair fight or even darth maul vs qui gon jinn and obi wan kenobi was not a fair fight or even darth vader fightnng luke skywalker again was not a fair fight or even jaina solo vs darth caedus was not a fair fight
He was trained by Qui Gon who, I think, would be considered being as close to a gray Jedi as you can within the movies. Obi-wan would have some of those tendencies of eschewing council guidelines and rules as a carry over from his master's training.
@@XSR_RUGGER Mace Windu was also close to being a grey Jedi it's why he was able to use vapaad without succumbing to the dark side he was at balance with the force.
Because the Jedi dogma was crap. If you go into a fight doing anything less than trying to survive you are willingly committing suicide. You value the life of the person you are fighting more than you value your life. A light saber duel was to the death, unless the more morale person just happened to be more skilled, or lucky enough, to survive and take the other person prisoner. All these, oh you can strike at this angle but not this angle, were rules created by Jedi who had never been in combat. Those that had, did what they had to to survive. So it's like you said, a most ideal Jedi using all these techniques.
Honestly I think the fact that obi wan clearly knew the techniques but would only use them if he was absolutely forced to, trying literally everything else before resorting to them speaks volumes for why he's considered a paragon of the jedi. It's kinda like why superheroes who always hold back are considered heroic. Guy could have been a blender sending limbs, torsos, and heads flying everywhere. But he chose not to.
Obi wan grew up admiring Mace Windu So it could be possible that Mace taught him these forbidden moves because Mace is the sole master of Form Vll and the only one who can teach it. I strongly believe moukei is a Form Vll maneuver.
Think I saw him use on Florrum when fighting both Maul and Savage. But like you said he only used it when there was a legitimate chance of dying when he got cornered after Savage killed Adi Galia. That on top of knee-capping Savage.
I think Cal Kestis used an improvised use of Trakata in JFO. In his third duel with Trilla, he and the Second Sister were in a blade lock. Then Cal deactivated his lightsaber, causing Trilla to stumble forward and left her open to his follow up Force push
What about the usage of a Ghostfire kyber crystal? It would produce a nearly invisible and silent blade which was quite useful for stealth and during combat it had the ability to produce an after image of its wielder, confusing their opponent.
@@AndrewAce. According to Legends that is of course! Only with a user attuned with it. Although there were no records of any users as it was on a handful of far remote planets into the Outer Rims. Or they kept that advantage secret, I know I would! It was extremely difficult to obtain as it was "stealthy" on its own, barely registering a signature in the force. I have no idea if they made it cannon though.
Wait a second! That last technique was used by Mace against Jango (in the extended Scene). With one blur of his lightsabre he cuts through his arms and then his neck.
no; I can see exactly how you think this. But infact what Mace done to Windu was even worse. Basically, with the technique described; you use a single circular motion to cut of multiple limbs. Mace outright stabs Jango in the leg on this scene; then straight up through 1 shoulder as a new attack after his drawn his blade back (chambered his attack). It isn't until he Chambers his blade after taking of the first arm, that he takes the second arm. Each of the limbs Mace attacks are actually single attacks in themselves. Yea Mace straight up just butchers Jango to peices infront of Child Boba. Infact this was mentioned in this video to a degree. He mentioned how Vaapad literally flirts with the Dark side. When Mace goes full into Vaapad he fights much more like a Sith. A hateful Nd rage filled oponenet will basically make Mace faster and more powerful. Essentially it's likely that Mace attacked the same spots that Jango was going to aim for with his next 4 target. If you watch any version of the scene; after killing Jango Mace stops for a second as if all of the violence from his form has died with Jango. That wasn't an accident. The EU had detailed Vaapad already; and this scene was designed this way to actually demonstrate why the Jedi hate Mace Windu using Vaapad. It's also part of How Palpatine manipulated Anakin. He probably knew Mace would use the form on him. If he could get Anakin to see what happens to Mace whe he uses his signature form; he could make one of the most Respected Jedi out to be a complete monster. Mind you; Mace did often lose himself in Vaapad and do things that were extremely Jedi like. The Darker and more evil his opoenent; the more vile and brutal he became when using Vaapad. Obi-wan would happily use a banned technique because it would save his life or someone else's. But Obi-Wan would only do it to end a battle that was clearly until Death with no other options. Mace could never train properly using Vaapad. Jedibwere taught to be near emotionless so that Vaapad couldn't be trained on them. And he was clearly happy to go straight into Vaapad without worrying about if there were innocents preset; or a dude young Son watching on. Mace was not far off being a Sith in Jedi clothes; in literally every fight his ever been in.
@@Bakadono7525 This is the very essence of being a grey Jedi knowing you have both light and darkness and accepting both but succumbing to neither. Both Qui Gon and Mace Windu were the closest to being grey Jedi Mace Windu even more so you need to be at balance with the force to master vapaad without it completely consuming you.
Yes… I started studying The Art of Kendo and I was inspired by The making of Empire Strikes Back Documentary back when I was youngest in the 80s.. and how the actors of The Star Wars films studied Kendo for the lightsaber duels in the films. And this video has many parallels between the two arts. Electric video… Thank you for the fantastic content.
Its the same forms, but sith tend to use different techniques in their chosen form so for instance a sith that studys let's say form 4, the sith may use more aggressive techniques and or movements compared to the jedi, however every jedi and sith does add their own style to their chosen form so there's that.
I feel such techniques should be disparaged, but still taught and practiced. They are like strong medicine: terrible enough in their working that one should never wish to turn to them, but effective once need for them arises. The sword *must* be a terrible thing, a tool of slaughter and bloodshed. It needs to be so, else it should become too easily turned to when words might do. But neither should it be neglected, for it must stay sharp to do its work when time has come to draw it.
obiwan is still the pinnacle of a jedi because of how he used these techniques he didn’t use them recklessly he used them incredibly sparingly and only when he was no doubt going to die if not for the technique’s
Love Qui-Gon Jinn So much. I remember reading a book about him fighting his former apprentice (before obi-wan). So much respect, I think is his considered more neutrally aligned than good.
Juyo needs superior self control to master. So Sora failing to master Vapaad due to his lack of self control is not surprising. For Vapaad is based on Juyo in which I said before, needs superior self control to even master it.
In the case of both Vapaad and Trakata, they both boil down to the Jedi and Sith alike despising and fearing efficiency and effectiveness in combat. Sith are all about domination and fear, while the Jedi are all out fair play and mercy. Ever since my friends and I really started playing tabletop D20 Star Wars, my favorite character was a regular soldier that took up a Lightsaber and fought with pure efficiency with killing an enemy as soon and swiftly as possible. Battle has no respect for bullshit, after all.
SW, I can't tell you how much all of your thorough analysis of my favorite franchise (discard everything Disney. I hate you all) has helped me through personal shit in my life. My favotite video is how Anikan, some time after falling and ending up in a space suit and cape, explains what it's like to be him. To feel a maximum of power but never be able to draw freely from it.
How ironic that Anakin/Darth Vader used Cho Mai twice in the films, using it to severe Luke's hand in Empire Strikes Back, & in Revenge of the Sith to cut off both Dooku's hands (payback for Dooku using it to cut off his hand in the past)! Still both Vader & Dooku were formerly Jedi so their use of it makes sense (Vader also likely used it on Luke to disarm him so they could talk & he could hopefully convince Luke to join him)!
The siths inability to see past their own pride and paradoxical stance on trakata is so foolish to me. If one lusts for victory and power, then a slave to honor you cannot be even if it is your own.
I would definitely use the forbidden techniques. Because I know that my enemy, (sith or jedi) wouldn't use them. And as long as they're dead, nobody will know except me.
Anakin knowing these moves are forebidden and still having obi-wan do one to him, and knowing obiwan did the other to Maul... "We're not so different you and I...."
Turning a lightsaber off to bypass an enemy's defenses was something I thought about years ago. I didn't know it was already a thing that existed in the Star Wars universe. Trakata would DEFINITELY be my fighting style as a force user. I don't care about others judging me I'm here to win! Edit: I just remembered originally I called it the Phantom Blade technique. If I could noticeably improve the style I could still call it that.
My thought is, that there are no bad techniques, except showy, flashy ones meant to demean your opponent (Sith love those). I do agree with the disarm before killing, but only if you can. In the Maul case, he was fighting a Sith (did not know if apprentice or master) and hanging in a vent shaft unarmed, he had to do what he could and a center mass shot (Sniper talk, but applies here) was the best option, to survive it. In Anakin's case, he did what he must just as Yoda said, Anakin could not leave alive or whole as he was much too powerful (very much above Kenobi), so same thing applies, whatever it takes
I imagined the same thing you said with the consular, except because he/she is a consular fighting a Sith, I imagine the Sith trying to overpower him with brute force in a saberlock, and the consular realizing he can use his force against him like some aikido move and then doing it, because that kind of sounds like the sort of epiphany a consular would have mid-combat.
Anakin/Vader actually did have Obi-Wan on the defense that whole fight. The one thing that bothered me was.... when they had that stupid "pirates" moment when swinging on the cables..... why didn't one of them just cut the other persons cable off and send them flying into the lava? Whatever. Vader was absolutely crushing Obi-Wan. That whole "you will try" thing.... he wasn't far off. Had he not gotten to that shore where Anakin couldn't land anywhere without being hit, he would've lost. And, if Anakin hadn't overshot his first jump over Obi-Wan and having to catch his balance, he would've won the duel right there. The Darth Vader we all know is really cool, but it would've been cool to see a Vader without a suit. Just a badass Sith that was stronger than any other people around him. He just hadn't learned to control it. And Sidious made sure he slaughtered the Jedi and even the younglings, to purge any good left in him. The scene where he's done killing off the Separatists leaders, and he's crying..... breaks my heart every time I see it. What he didn't understand, because of the time it happened to his mother, he actually caused the death of his love. Had he just let it be. She would've lived, he would've became a Master, and all would've been fine. But, then we wouldn't have gotten Obi-wan, Luke, Han, Leia, Chewy, and Lando. (Rey, Fin, and the others don't exist in my mind. The series ended with the party in the forest.) I guess Mando is okay. We'll see what happens. They already messed up the whole Grogu thing. Luke wouldn't have said "here, you can only have one, armor, or a weapon that you'll probably kill yourself with. You don't want the weapon? Well then I'm not training you." Stupid.
In the study of martial arts I find that often times circumstance is the reason for using a technique. I am not saying that you can’t chose but choice sometimes comes from circumstance.
Use whatever works. Turning the lightsaber on/off/on, extending/contracting its blade length, reflecting the dark side against itself...all fair in combat.
I have a hypothesis about lightsabers, that they either cannot, or it's very difficult for one blade to slide alongside another. I dunno if anyone else used to play with tunes or sticks as a kid, but pretty much the winning strategy when all you need to do is touch the opponent with your blade was holding the blade in front of you and using circular motions. If they push your blade out of the way from a lunge, you circle around their blade. Even a slight increase in range is an incredible advantage. However if blades sort of stick then that straight-out circular technique is no longer Meta, as all they have to do is make contact with your blade and one of you has to pull back to make another strike. This also explains why many of their locks didn't end in one just sliding down. It also explains why cross guards were never necessary. Blades down's slide down towards your hands. (kylo Ren's lightsaber did not have cross guards, it had vents. You can clearly see that even with his, a lightsaber sliding down would cut through the emitters and not be stopped by the short perpendicular beams) It's also why palps didn't just push his lightsaber forward to stab through yoda's head in their duel when Yoda blocked it in front of his face. It just makes everything make more sense IMO.
Light sabers use a magnetic field to contain the plasma of the beam,lightsaber blades actually tend to repel from one another,try seeing how long and how precisely you can control two magnets pushing away from each other,this is why when blade clash together they dont just phase through one another and why when in the midst of a saber lock its so intense in a duel
@@angelohowardii8907 interesting idea, but I'm just not sure the styles support that. If they were powerful magnets, the lightsaber would either repel of attract each other at larger range. Like it would take effort to get the blades to come into contact with each other but we just don't see anything to support that. Even young Jedi seem to be able to block an incoming blade and the incoming blade will make contact with theirs. That also doesn't explain why the blades sliding against each other doesn't appear to be a thing.
Trikata is a lightsaber form perfect for gunslingers. I'm surprised neither Kenobi, Anakin nor Darth Vader never used Trikata considering all the war crimes they committed.
It's important to know of the techniques and how to utilize them so you know how to fight against them. Knowing how to use the techniques gives you knowledge of the muscles and movements that go into them thus allowing you to defeat the opponent using the technique with your own skill rather than resort to using underhanded methods.
I wonder if any four sensitive beings used blasters or projectile weapons of any kind. As a primary weapon. Just like Darth Maul was able to redirect blaster bolts and Kylo Ren was able to stop them mid air, someone who is for sensitive could land precision shots. Disabling or outright eliminating a target.
There was a group of jedi in legends that preferred to use blasters,they were just as proficient with them as any jedi with a lightsaber,they could actually block incoming fire with their own shots,i forget the name of the group but i remember it from a geetsly video
I'm more middle ground. I say most of the time use what works but one should try to keep it quick. Though to me the turning off and back on of a lightsaber makes perfect sense for some situations and thus shouldn't be shunned.
In a life or death duel, there's no room for things like honour and sportsmanship. You do whatever you have to do to make sure you're the one that walks away. It's as simple as that.
Imagine if you took the idea of Trakata and built a light saber specifically for that technique. Have a setting that turns your saber on and off rapidly, it would be impossible to block but would also not be able to block it's self when setting the blade to "stutter"
Idk that much about all this but am fascinated. So to add to your thought, would it be possible to be so attuned to your Saber that you could control it as needed? Hope that makes sense.
Three, actually. It may have been a retcon to cover an SFX misstep at first, but Kenobi's use of Trakata vs. Vader on the Death Star is actually tactically sound. By threatening a Trakata strike to the chest console keeping Vader alive, Kenobi maintains his space and keeps Vader from simply closing in and overpowering him with his cybernetics.
@@aarushlal3702 Depends on if the Jedi consider them war crimes or not. You'd think the do what it takes to survive philosophy would hold up, sadly it doesn't even in the real world. If you built an improvised flamethrower to survive youd still be hit with war crimes because it is an inhumane weapon.
The fact that the upmost Jedi used 2 forbidden techniques only reinforces the the fact that he is the greatest Jedi. He knew how and when they were appropriate and used them with the skill to do so with absolute thought and consideration
I just heard star wars theories version of Anakins style of fighting. It was also about being fast and deliberate. Dooku wasnt fast but he did... Disarm Anakin... He restricted himself to the old rules too much
This is clearly a point when you become too good for your own good. When in a life and death situation with someone who wants to kill you, and may even better skill wise, it is suicidal to do anything less than everything you can to survive. Honestly, if you do less to try to end the fight peacefully what you are saying is you value the other persons life MORE than you value your own. For fighting regular people this style is understandable from a Jedi, fighting a Sith is a completely different scenario. This is a weakness.
Trikata, the form that explains why no one uses a completely unblockable boring attack so everyone else can have actual duels with sabres that make Star Wars cool
As a good friend likes to say, "show me a battlefield and I'll show you victims." It matters not _how_ you win a fight to the death. Only that you _do._
If I may quote the greatest pirate I've ever seen. " these are the only rules that matter. What a man can do, and what a man can't do" If I play I play to win. ✌️
As a rogue Jedi Sentinel in Role play Whatever works and accomplishes the goal / task. Tracotta being a favored form, using dual sabers employing form 7 and 10
Someone took an L from trakata and the Jedi basically talked bad about it 😭 It isn’t a bad technique tbh and I think the Jedi were very sensitive when it came to topics of old tradition
One thing about Kenobi and the forbidden moves is he only used them when he knew for a fact he was outmatched and that he would die if he did anything else. Especially with Vader. Kenobi barely kept up with Anakin when he was still being trained by Kenobi
Using what works as you can not always pick and choose what techniques you can and can not use in the mist of battle. As long only one would be truly dangerous to use would be Mace Windu's fighting style since it require a state of mind only he truly possess at the time
Honestly if there’s no other option then whatever is available to you must be taken advantage of especially when it comes to survival the Jedi council can weep about it after
Nice video I really like this alot so I take there was alot of forbidden skills and moves they use I did not know this wow I am now just finding this out nice video this is really something else it kind of makes sense, now to me but I get what's going on in the video what he's talking about.
Hello, Stupendous Wave, I was curious if Lucas or any of the other Legends Star Wars writers envisioned a force user not Jedi or Sith who was more like a martial arts hero from the eastern Wuxia tales. Since Lucas took many of the mystical aspects of Star Wars from eastern beliefs and mythology, I would be interested to know if there were powerful force users styled after mystic martial artists seen in eastern folk tales or myths along with what your opinion on such would be?
For the question : I think that's depend by situation if is a fair duel I use probably the correct and clear style but if I must fight for my life or for the life of someone probably I can use all things that I can find for win the fight
I am of the party to use the form or cut *NECESSARY* to finish a fight, preferably peacefully. If I can't, then I would use the most peaceful/merciful way to end the life of my opponent. As for the form, I'd use Niman, as I'd have a curved dueling Saber, a short/shoto Lightsaber, and a double-bladed Saber. Why the three you may ask? Because of how powerful the Niman Form is, especially with combatants who use either multiple Sabers or a double-bladed Saber. Plus, I could use the Force to levitate my double-bladed Saber if I had my dueling Saber and short Saber in my hands, and vice versa. If I had my double-bladed Saber in my hands, I could use the Force to levitate my other two Sabers to help fight if necessary.
It really depends on what you are trying to achieve with your fighting style. For example if a Jedi decides to go rouge, decides to become a Grey Jedi, then i think survival and therefore combat effectiveness is key. I would see Grey Jedis using such forbidden moves or forbidden fighting styles since, they are on a path lf their own.
Mercy, Honor and Victory. If some have to die, and in chance give life to others. The taking of a life is more than granted. That been said, killing just because is not a honorable or good way to live. That's why Obi-Wan I my favorite Jedi and Darth Vader my favorite Sith. Both of them did what needed to be done.
Obi-Wan actually used all 3 frowned upon strikes. Severance at the waist against Maul, sweeping severance of many limbs against Anakin, and while it didn’t show the gore, I’m pretty sure he cut Maul the long way on Tatooine.
again, I already answered one person, because Maul was to use the same hilt hit trick in the chin he used on Qui-Gon before stabbing him. So, more than deserved to poor Maul.
You know, SW(Stupendous Wave)? I'm not subscribed, but... I wonder. Is there a definitive way to see how one would turn out as a Jedi or Sith? What role one would take? What their preferred form would be, or maybe the color of the blade? An all-encompassing test, not just defining the color of the blade alone?
He was taught by qui gon who was taught by dooku it’s so ironic how obi wan is the most senior Jedi in terms of sith kills simply because he wouldn’t play fair
Honestly, if I was in their shoes, I would use all techniques and weapons available at my disposal at the moment. There is no sportsmanship in wars and you would want to do your best to survive another day. Unless you have a certain agenda in mind, like dying to be a force ghost or disarming an opponent for you to capture them etc. There is little to no point in doing flashy moves with the lightsaber with spins and just get in to cut and stab your opponent the moment the opportunity presents itself.
"The Sith invented a vertical form of Sai Tahk (or however it's spelled) that would see the user bisecting the opponent from the top down." You mentioned Obi-wan using the original against Maul as a Padawan, but you did not mention him doing it again (also to Maul, which killed him) with this variant in Rebels?
@@Maddog-xc2zv Maybe, but that does not change the fact that Stupendous Wave didn't mention it. While he was already on the topic of Obi-wan using Sith-preferred strike zones against Maul would have been a good time to bring it up, even briefly.
@@Lordmewtwo151 So it also failled to mention how dishonourable would also be to siths to use the trick maul pulled on qui-gon, as in principle is similar to tràkata.
@@Maddog-xc2zv Iirc, he has brought it up in at least two other videos: One devoted to trakata itself, and another specifically focused on Maul's use of it and his feelings about it. If I remember the latter video correctly, his thoughts on it was basically the same hatred and disgust that Sith have for such tactics coupled with an "I did what I had to do" mindset as he felt that he had no chance if he didn't finish the fight with Qui-gon quickly once he and Obi-wan were separated.
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This is not even a question. In both cases (Maul and Vader), Kenobi was fighting someone who was clearly outmatching him. When both, your life and the galaxy, are at stake, there is no room for honor and sportsmanship. You do what needs to be done.
i seriously agree with you
“I will do what I must” - Obi
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@@AndrewSzala so darth vader facing luke skywalker was not a fair fight or even darth maul vs qui gon jinn and obi wan kenobi was not a fair fight or even darth vader fightnng luke skywalker again was not a fair fight or even jaina solo vs darth caedus was not a fair fight
@@thereturnofdarthcaedus exactly
.. you can NEVER assume your enemy will fight by your rules.
I love how Obi-wan just keeps using forbidden techniques despite being one of the most ideal jedi ever lol
He was trained by Qui Gon who, I think, would be considered being as close to a gray Jedi as you can within the movies. Obi-wan would have some of those tendencies of eschewing council guidelines and rules as a carry over from his master's training.
@@XSR_RUGGER Mace Windu was also close to being a grey Jedi it's why he was able to use vapaad without succumbing to the dark side he was at balance with the force.
"Only a Sith deals in absoluts!" :Obi-Wan
@rmcgowa1987 no, he's purple, Mothafucka. He's Mace mothafuckin Windu
Because the Jedi dogma was crap. If you go into a fight doing anything less than trying to survive you are willingly committing suicide. You value the life of the person you are fighting more than you value your life. A light saber duel was to the death, unless the more morale person just happened to be more skilled, or lucky enough, to survive and take the other person prisoner. All these, oh you can strike at this angle but not this angle, were rules created by Jedi who had never been in combat. Those that had, did what they had to to survive. So it's like you said, a most ideal Jedi using all these techniques.
Honestly I think the fact that obi wan clearly knew the techniques but would only use them if he was absolutely forced to, trying literally everything else before resorting to them speaks volumes for why he's considered a paragon of the jedi. It's kinda like why superheroes who always hold back are considered heroic. Guy could have been a blender sending limbs, torsos, and heads flying everywhere. But he chose not to.
The master of defensive dismemberment
Obi wan grew up admiring Mace Windu
So it could be possible that Mace taught him these forbidden moves because Mace is the sole master of Form Vll and the only one who can teach it.
I strongly believe moukei is a Form Vll maneuver.
Indeed
Think I saw him use on Florrum when fighting both Maul and Savage. But like you said he only used it when there was a legitimate chance of dying when he got cornered after Savage killed Adi Galia. That on top of knee-capping Savage.
Star Wars is the only universe where dismemberment can be done "Defensively".
I think Cal Kestis used an improvised use of Trakata in JFO. In his third duel with Trilla, he and the Second Sister were in a blade lock. Then Cal deactivated his lightsaber, causing Trilla to stumble forward and left her open to his follow up Force push
I always thought that was creative on kals part which shows he'll will fight a bit dirt to win the duel.
I think that's just called thinking.. I'm sure if swords could do that then people would've done it years ago throughout history
I did this all of the time in Jedi academy, as well other duelists. never knew it was "forbidden"
I really wanna see esra vs cal
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It fits Cal’s description. He is no longer a by the book Jedi. The Jedi are gone. Cal simply needs to survive.
What about the usage of a Ghostfire kyber crystal? It would produce a nearly invisible and silent blade which was quite useful for stealth and during combat it had the ability to produce an after image of its wielder, confusing their opponent.
I didn't know it could produce an afterimage...
@@AndrewAce. According to Legends that is of course! Only with a user attuned with it. Although there were no records of any users as it was on a handful of far remote planets into the Outer Rims. Or they kept that advantage secret, I know I would!
It was extremely difficult to obtain as it was "stealthy" on its own, barely registering a signature in the force. I have no idea if they made it cannon though.
Excellent
Wait a second! That last technique was used by Mace against Jango (in the extended Scene). With one blur of his lightsabre he cuts through his arms and then his neck.
no; I can see exactly how you think this. But infact what Mace done to Windu was even worse.
Basically, with the technique described; you use a single circular motion to cut of multiple limbs.
Mace outright stabs Jango in the leg on this scene; then straight up through 1 shoulder as a new attack after his drawn his blade back (chambered his attack).
It isn't until he Chambers his blade after taking of the first arm, that he takes the second arm.
Each of the limbs Mace attacks are actually single attacks in themselves.
Yea Mace straight up just butchers Jango to peices infront of Child Boba.
Infact this was mentioned in this video to a degree. He mentioned how Vaapad literally flirts with the Dark side. When Mace goes full into Vaapad he fights much more like a Sith. A hateful Nd rage filled oponenet will basically make Mace faster and more powerful.
Essentially it's likely that Mace attacked the same spots that Jango was going to aim for with his next 4 target.
If you watch any version of the scene; after killing Jango Mace stops for a second as if all of the violence from his form has died with Jango.
That wasn't an accident. The EU had detailed Vaapad already; and this scene was designed this way to actually demonstrate why the Jedi hate Mace Windu using Vaapad.
It's also part of How Palpatine manipulated Anakin. He probably knew Mace would use the form on him. If he could get Anakin to see what happens to Mace whe he uses his signature form; he could make one of the most Respected Jedi out to be a complete monster.
Mind you; Mace did often lose himself in Vaapad and do things that were extremely Jedi like. The Darker and more evil his opoenent; the more vile and brutal he became when using Vaapad.
Obi-wan would happily use a banned technique because it would save his life or someone else's. But Obi-Wan would only do it to end a battle that was clearly until Death with no other options.
Mace could never train properly using Vaapad. Jedibwere taught to be near emotionless so that Vaapad couldn't be trained on them.
And he was clearly happy to go straight into Vaapad without worrying about if there were innocents preset; or a dude young Son watching on.
Mace was not far off being a Sith in Jedi clothes; in literally every fight his ever been in.
@@Bakadono7525 awesome point of view! Thanks for sharing
@@Bakadono7525 good breakdown
@@Bakadono7525 This is the very essence of being a grey Jedi knowing you have both light and darkness and accepting both but succumbing to neither. Both Qui Gon and Mace Windu were the closest to being grey Jedi Mace Windu even more so you need to be at balance with the force to master vapaad without it completely consuming you.
1. In a duel to the death, there are no rules.
2. Being in a fair fight is the result of poor preparation and planning.
Trikata for Jedi “dishonourable”
Trikata for Sith “bitch move”
Yes… I started studying The Art of Kendo and I was inspired by The making of Empire Strikes Back Documentary back when I was youngest in the 80s.. and how the actors of The Star Wars films studied Kendo for the lightsaber duels in the films. And this video has many parallels between the two arts. Electric video… Thank you for the fantastic content.
Id love to see the comparison of lightsaber forms between jedi and sith and how they differentiate
Its the same forms, but sith tend to use different techniques in their chosen form so for instance a sith that studys let's say form 4, the sith may use more aggressive techniques and or movements compared to the jedi, however every jedi and sith does add their own style to their chosen form so there's that.
I feel such techniques should be disparaged, but still taught and practiced. They are like strong medicine: terrible enough in their working that one should never wish to turn to them, but effective once need for them arises.
The sword *must* be a terrible thing, a tool of slaughter and bloodshed. It needs to be so, else it should become too easily turned to when words might do. But neither should it be neglected, for it must stay sharp to do its work when time has come to draw it.
obiwan is still the pinnacle of a jedi because of how he used these techniques he didn’t use them recklessly he used them incredibly sparingly and only when he was no doubt going to die if not for the technique’s
Love Qui-Gon Jinn So much. I remember reading a book about him fighting his former apprentice (before obi-wan). So much respect, I think is his considered more neutrally aligned than good.
Juyo needs superior self control to master. So Sora failing to master Vapaad due to his lack of self control is not surprising. For Vapaad is based on Juyo in which I said before, needs superior self control to even master it.
In the case of both Vapaad and Trakata, they both boil down to the Jedi and Sith alike despising and fearing efficiency and effectiveness in combat. Sith are all about domination and fear, while the Jedi are all out fair play and mercy. Ever since my friends and I really started playing tabletop D20 Star Wars, my favorite character was a regular soldier that took up a Lightsaber and fought with pure efficiency with killing an enemy as soon and swiftly as possible. Battle has no respect for bullshit, after all.
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How ironic that Anakin/Darth Vader used Cho Mai twice in the films, using it to severe Luke's hand in Empire Strikes Back, & in Revenge of the Sith to cut off both Dooku's hands (payback for Dooku using it to cut off his hand in the past)! Still both Vader & Dooku were formerly Jedi so their use of it makes sense (Vader also likely used it on Luke to disarm him so they could talk & he could hopefully convince Luke to join him)!
Luke used cho mai against Vader on the second death star.
The siths inability to see past their own pride and paradoxical stance on trakata is so foolish to me. If one lusts for victory and power, then a slave to honor you cannot be even if it is your own.
I would definitely use the forbidden techniques. Because I know that my enemy, (sith or jedi) wouldn't use them. And as long as they're dead, nobody will know except me.
Anakin knowing these moves are forebidden and still having obi-wan do one to him, and knowing obiwan did the other to Maul...
"We're not so different you and I...."
Duly noted… and very good point lol.
I'm not sure if it was a deleted scene or extra part. Maul tries to slice Obi wan as he's jumping up. Not sure why Maul didn't just block the swipe.
Turning a lightsaber off to bypass an enemy's defenses was something I thought about years ago. I didn't know it was already a thing that existed in the Star Wars universe. Trakata would DEFINITELY be my fighting style as a force user. I don't care about others judging me I'm here to win!
Edit: I just remembered originally I called it the Phantom Blade technique. If I could noticeably improve the style I could still call it that.
In fact it could be just as dangerous turning it on and off as it is effective keep that in mind not you.
Very good anything it takes I like that 🔥🔥
Imagine mastering Trakata and Vaapad both and in conjunction together as a hybrid of the two
Jedi: Noooooooo it's unsportsmanlike
Sith: Pussy
Copied meme aside, it's highly risky because if you time yourself wrong then you're pretty much dying
@@pankajsaroj3039 Snarky Grey Jedi: The p*ssy that killed you...
5:19 the enemy won't play fair, then way should you.
The discovered by the sith vertical cut in half was used by Obi Wan Kenobi in the "Rebels" series. So he used both forbidden moves.
So nice he did it twice! >.>
My thought is, that there are no bad techniques, except showy, flashy ones meant to demean your opponent (Sith love those). I do agree with the disarm before killing, but only if you can. In the Maul case, he was fighting a Sith (did not know if apprentice or master) and hanging in a vent shaft unarmed, he had to do what he could and a center mass shot (Sniper talk, but applies here) was the best option, to survive it. In Anakin's case, he did what he must just as Yoda said, Anakin could not leave alive or whole as he was much too powerful (very much above Kenobi), so same thing applies, whatever it takes
I imagined the same thing you said with the consular, except because he/she is a consular fighting a Sith, I imagine the Sith trying to overpower him with brute force in a saberlock, and the consular realizing he can use his force against him like some aikido move and then doing it, because that kind of sounds like the sort of epiphany a consular would have mid-combat.
Anakin/Vader actually did have Obi-Wan on the defense that whole fight. The one thing that bothered me was.... when they had that stupid "pirates" moment when swinging on the cables..... why didn't one of them just cut the other persons cable off and send them flying into the lava? Whatever. Vader was absolutely crushing Obi-Wan. That whole "you will try" thing.... he wasn't far off. Had he not gotten to that shore where Anakin couldn't land anywhere without being hit, he would've lost. And, if Anakin hadn't overshot his first jump over Obi-Wan and having to catch his balance, he would've won the duel right there.
The Darth Vader we all know is really cool, but it would've been cool to see a Vader without a suit. Just a badass Sith that was stronger than any other people around him. He just hadn't learned to control it. And Sidious made sure he slaughtered the Jedi and even the younglings, to purge any good left in him. The scene where he's done killing off the Separatists leaders, and he's crying..... breaks my heart every time I see it. What he didn't understand, because of the time it happened to his mother, he actually caused the death of his love. Had he just let it be. She would've lived, he would've became a Master, and all would've been fine. But, then we wouldn't have gotten Obi-wan, Luke, Han, Leia, Chewy, and Lando. (Rey, Fin, and the others don't exist in my mind. The series ended with the party in the forest.) I guess Mando is okay. We'll see what happens. They already messed up the whole Grogu thing. Luke wouldn't have said "here, you can only have one, armor, or a weapon that you'll probably kill yourself with. You don't want the weapon? Well then I'm not training you." Stupid.
Obi out here like “honor is useless if you’re dead!”
I'm not dying for belife in good sportsmanship
In the study of martial arts I find that often times circumstance is the reason for using a technique. I am not saying that you can’t chose but choice sometimes comes from circumstance.
Use whatever works. Turning the lightsaber on/off/on, extending/contracting its blade length, reflecting the dark side against itself...all fair in combat.
I have a hypothesis about lightsabers, that they either cannot, or it's very difficult for one blade to slide alongside another. I dunno if anyone else used to play with tunes or sticks as a kid, but pretty much the winning strategy when all you need to do is touch the opponent with your blade was holding the blade in front of you and using circular motions. If they push your blade out of the way from a lunge, you circle around their blade. Even a slight increase in range is an incredible advantage.
However if blades sort of stick then that straight-out circular technique is no longer Meta, as all they have to do is make contact with your blade and one of you has to pull back to make another strike.
This also explains why many of their locks didn't end in one just sliding down. It also explains why cross guards were never necessary. Blades down's slide down towards your hands. (kylo Ren's lightsaber did not have cross guards, it had vents. You can clearly see that even with his, a lightsaber sliding down would cut through the emitters and not be stopped by the short perpendicular beams)
It's also why palps didn't just push his lightsaber forward to stab through yoda's head in their duel when Yoda blocked it in front of his face.
It just makes everything make more sense IMO.
Light sabers use a magnetic field to contain the plasma of the beam,lightsaber blades actually tend to repel from one another,try seeing how long and how precisely you can control two magnets pushing away from each other,this is why when blade clash together they dont just phase through one another and why when in the midst of a saber lock its so intense in a duel
@@angelohowardii8907 interesting idea, but I'm just not sure the styles support that. If they were powerful magnets, the lightsaber would either repel of attract each other at larger range. Like it would take effort to get the blades to come into contact with each other but we just don't see anything to support that. Even young Jedi seem to be able to block an incoming blade and the incoming blade will make contact with theirs. That also doesn't explain why the blades sliding against each other doesn't appear to be a thing.
Trikata is a lightsaber form perfect for gunslingers. I'm surprised neither Kenobi, Anakin nor Darth Vader never used Trikata considering all the war crimes they committed.
The only thing Obi did wrong was not finishing off Anakin. Exactly what mercy was he showing to let him slowly burn up, which seriously.....backfired.
It's important to know of the techniques and how to utilize them so you know how to fight against them. Knowing how to use the techniques gives you knowledge of the muscles and movements that go into them thus allowing you to defeat the opponent using the technique with your own skill rather than resort to using underhanded methods.
Amazing of forbidden Jedi and sith lightsaber tasks use in star was, fantastic job.
I wonder if any four sensitive beings used blasters or projectile weapons of any kind. As a primary weapon. Just like Darth Maul was able to redirect blaster bolts and Kylo Ren was able to stop them mid air, someone who is for sensitive could land precision shots. Disabling or outright eliminating a target.
There was a group of jedi in legends that preferred to use blasters,they were just as proficient with them as any jedi with a lightsaber,they could actually block incoming fire with their own shots,i forget the name of the group but i remember it from a geetsly video
Most Jedi deemed blasters uncivilized, that's why most didn't use them.
I'm more middle ground. I say most of the time use what works but one should try to keep it quick. Though to me the turning off and back on of a lightsaber makes perfect sense for some situations and thus shouldn't be shunned.
In a life or death duel, there's no room for things like honour and sportsmanship. You do whatever you have to do to make sure you're the one that walks away. It's as simple as that.
Why would Cho Mai be bad for a Sith? Wouldn't unwristing an opponent make it easier to do a killing blow or dunk on the opponent?
Obi Wan reads the forbidden moves text as "Stuff I'll Do All The Time"
Imagine if you took the idea of Trakata and built a light saber specifically for that technique. Have a setting that turns your saber on and off rapidly, it would be impossible to block but would also not be able to block it's self when setting the blade to "stutter"
Idk that much about all this but am fascinated. So to add to your thought, would it be possible to be so attuned to your Saber that you could control it as needed? Hope that makes sense.
This is a thing, not 100% on the name but it’s a specific kyber crystal in legends.
In answer to the question at the end.
"I will do what I must." ~Obi-Wan Kinobi~
It is not how you fight but what you are fighting for that determines the good or evil of your actions.
Three, actually. It may have been a retcon to cover an SFX misstep at first, but Kenobi's use of Trakata vs. Vader on the Death Star is actually tactically sound. By threatening a Trakata strike to the chest console keeping Vader alive, Kenobi maintains his space and keeps Vader from simply closing in and overpowering him with his cybernetics.
When you are in a life and death duel with lightsabers, nothing is off the table. Use every tool, technique, and knowledge to win the battle.
I feel like that’s why these are considered more as philosophies rather than legitimate strategy
@@aarushlal3702 Completely agree. Like pre-determined ROE, but in the heat of the battle survival instincts almost always kick in.
@@aarushlal3702 Depends on if the Jedi consider them war crimes or not. You'd think the do what it takes to survive philosophy would hold up, sadly it doesn't even in the real world. If you built an improvised flamethrower to survive youd still be hit with war crimes because it is an inhumane weapon.
The fact that the upmost Jedi used 2 forbidden techniques only reinforces the the fact that he is the greatest Jedi. He knew how and when they were appropriate and used them with the skill to do so with absolute thought and consideration
“Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead.”
I just heard star wars theories version of Anakins style of fighting. It was also about being fast and deliberate. Dooku wasnt fast but he did... Disarm Anakin... He restricted himself to the old rules too much
This is clearly a point when you become too good for your own good. When in a life and death situation with someone who wants to kill you, and may even better skill wise, it is suicidal to do anything less than everything you can to survive. Honestly, if you do less to try to end the fight peacefully what you are saying is you value the other persons life MORE than you value your own. For fighting regular people this style is understandable from a Jedi, fighting a Sith is a completely different scenario. This is a weakness.
Kenobi committed war crimes, broke the Jedi council rules, and left his friend to burn to death. What a Chad.
Obi wan using illegal techniques is the epitome of "the the wrong man for the right situations".
Actually, "the right man for the wrong situation"
4:15 - That one tactic everyone in the whole game hates and looks down upon, but one stupid noob in every server always abuses 🤣
Obiwan sure uses a lot of banned moves. What's next, using blasters?... wait...
Obi Wan was an exemplary example of the Jedi, including their hypocrisy.
8:11 It (presumably) doesn't damage any vital organs, and because the wound is caterized, there wouldn't be any bleeding out.
There is one technique the Jedi will NEVER forbid.
And that is THE HIGH GROUND.
Some of the Greatest Jedi & Sith Masters ever used forbidden forms. Kenobi, Windu, Both Skywalkers, Reven, Traya, ect....
Victory is essential. Use ANY technique that works given the current situation.
Mace Windu tought Bepa Dillaba Form VII Vapaad version. But still she favoured, as jedi knight, to taught form III, Soresu.
Trikata, the form that explains why no one uses a completely unblockable boring attack so everyone else can have actual duels with sabres that make Star Wars cool
As a good friend likes to say, "show me a battlefield and I'll show you victims." It matters not _how_ you win a fight to the death. Only that you _do._
the old rule of combat, if it's life or death, there are no rules, obi-wan seemed to understand that.
If I may quote the greatest pirate I've ever seen.
" these are the only rules that matter. What a man can do, and what a man can't do"
If I play I play to win. ✌️
As a rogue Jedi Sentinel in Role play Whatever works and accomplishes the goal / task. Tracotta being a favored form, using dual sabers employing form 7 and 10
Jedi's were protectors of peace. The moment they joined the war, the moment those rules were thrown out.
Someone took an L from trakata and the Jedi basically talked bad about it 😭
It isn’t a bad technique tbh and I think the Jedi were very sensitive when it came to topics of old tradition
One thing about Kenobi and the forbidden moves is he only used them when he knew for a fact he was outmatched and that he would die if he did anything else. Especially with Vader. Kenobi barely kept up with Anakin when he was still being trained by Kenobi
Using what works as you can not always pick and choose what techniques you can and can not use in the mist of battle. As long only one would be truly dangerous to use would be Mace Windu's fighting style since it require a state of mind only he truly possess at the time
Bepa Billapa was instructed by Windu on Vapaad, but still as Jedi Knight she favoured, mastered and taught form III, soresu
Honestly if there’s no other option then whatever is available to you must be taken advantage of especially when it comes to survival the Jedi council can weep about it after
Nice video I really like this alot so I take there was alot of forbidden skills and moves they use I did not know this wow I am now just finding this out nice video this is really something else it kind of makes sense, now to me but I get what's going on in the video what he's talking about.
Survival and victory always!
WOW i like Obiwan even more now!!!
Hello, Stupendous Wave, I was curious if Lucas or any of the other Legends Star Wars writers envisioned a force user not Jedi or Sith who was more like a martial arts hero from the eastern Wuxia tales. Since Lucas took many of the mystical aspects of Star Wars from eastern beliefs and mythology, I would be interested to know if there were powerful force users styled after mystic martial artists seen in eastern folk tales or myths along with what your opinion on such would be?
Nice vidio like always
Imagine if there was a guy using every forbidden technique in Starwars, who just outright dominates both sith and jedi. Would be pretty funny
If it is the most efficient way to adapt and overcome then, Time and Opportunity shouldn't be wasted, period.
To me, these techniques should be handled on a case by case basis, with some like Cho Mai only being used as a last resort!
For the question : I think that's depend by situation if is a fair duel I use probably the correct and clear style but if I must fight for my life or for the life of someone probably I can use all things that I can find for win the fight
what about who created the forms? great video!
That turn on/turn off technique. Didn’t Rey and Kylo do a modified version of it together in TLJ?
I am of the party to use the form or cut *NECESSARY* to finish a fight, preferably peacefully. If I can't, then I would use the most peaceful/merciful way to end the life of my opponent.
As for the form, I'd use Niman, as I'd have a curved dueling Saber, a short/shoto Lightsaber, and a double-bladed Saber.
Why the three you may ask? Because of how powerful the Niman Form is, especially with combatants who use either multiple Sabers or a double-bladed Saber. Plus, I could use the Force to levitate my double-bladed Saber if I had my dueling Saber and short Saber in my hands, and vice versa. If I had my double-bladed Saber in my hands, I could use the Force to levitate my other two Sabers to help fight if necessary.
8:17 YIKES!!!
Trakata? The main reason why Exar Kun was unbeatable.
thanks for the tutorial
The Stupendous Wave: An unknown Jedi Consular created Trakata.
*Kreia has entered the chat*
It really depends on what you are trying to achieve with your fighting style.
For example if a Jedi decides to go rouge, decides to become a Grey Jedi, then i think survival and therefore combat effectiveness is key. I would see Grey Jedis using such forbidden moves or forbidden fighting styles since, they are on a path lf their own.
Love FAM. Respect.
Oh man, I'd love to see some Mace Windu series/movies. Especially, if S.L.Jackson was in the role.
It's weird how they name everything, soon stabbing the toe of someone with a lightsaber will be named "Bullshita"
lol the second one I always thought about while watching the movies didn’t know it was an technique though
I would 100% use Trakata. It just seems like the most efficient way to end a fight quickly.
the trolling that you could do with that 🤔🤔🤔
Mercy, Honor and Victory. If some have to die, and in chance give life to others. The taking of a life is more than granted. That been said, killing just because is not a honorable or good way to live. That's why Obi-Wan I my favorite Jedi and Darth Vader my favorite Sith. Both of them did what needed to be done.
Obi-Wan actually used all 3 frowned upon strikes. Severance at the waist against Maul, sweeping severance of many limbs against Anakin, and while it didn’t show the gore, I’m pretty sure he cut Maul the long way on Tatooine.
again, I already answered one person, because Maul was to use the same hilt hit trick in the chin he used on Qui-Gon before stabbing him. So, more than deserved to poor Maul.
You know, SW(Stupendous Wave)? I'm not subscribed, but... I wonder. Is there a definitive way to see how one would turn out as a Jedi or Sith? What role one would take? What their preferred form would be, or maybe the color of the blade? An all-encompassing test, not just defining the color of the blade alone?
We all know the best lightsaber form is the one where you control it with the force
I see Obiwan was the most naughty boy in the Jedi order.
He was taught by qui gon who was taught by dooku it’s so ironic how obi wan is the most senior Jedi in terms of sith kills simply because he wouldn’t play fair
That's right, use whatever works.
Honestly, if I was in their shoes, I would use all techniques and weapons available at my disposal at the moment. There is no sportsmanship in wars and you would want to do your best to survive another day. Unless you have a certain agenda in mind, like dying to be a force ghost or disarming an opponent for you to capture them etc. There is little to no point in doing flashy moves with the lightsaber with spins and just get in to cut and stab your opponent the moment the opportunity presents itself.
"The Sith invented a vertical form of Sai Tahk (or however it's spelled) that would see the user bisecting the opponent from the top down." You mentioned Obi-wan using the original against Maul as a Padawan, but you did not mention him doing it again (also to Maul, which killed him) with this variant in Rebels?
yeah, but maul deserved it as he was to apply Kenobi the same dirty hilt hit trick in the chin he used on Qui-Gon before killing him.
@@Maddog-xc2zv Maybe, but that does not change the fact that Stupendous Wave didn't mention it. While he was already on the topic of Obi-wan using Sith-preferred strike zones against Maul would have been a good time to bring it up, even briefly.
@@Lordmewtwo151 So it also failled to mention how dishonourable would also be to siths to use the trick maul pulled on qui-gon, as in principle is similar to tràkata.
@@Maddog-xc2zv Iirc, he has brought it up in at least two other videos: One devoted to trakata itself, and another specifically focused on Maul's use of it and his feelings about it. If I remember the latter video correctly, his thoughts on it was basically the same hatred and disgust that Sith have for such tactics coupled with an "I did what I had to do" mindset as he felt that he had no chance if he didn't finish the fight with Qui-gon quickly once he and Obi-wan were separated.
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