I saw that and then the immediate, aggressive uppercut from the dudes pole saber where he flung sparks up off the ground and had to pause because I was up off my bed, screaming "WHOA WHOA HOLD UP" at 1 in the morning lmao, shit is crazy
Wait....are you kidding me? How are you able to do in 7 minutes what Disney couldn't do over 3 movies? This was incredible! I need to see what happens next!
Totally justifies the Jedi way. She all along knew she would probably die fighting him, but she gave it all that she could. Man, that felt the REAL Star Wars story. Hats off to this superb masterpiece!
The thing I loved about that was when she gets stabbed. She, in that moment, lost the light. Once she maimed him, as a Jedi, she should've waited for him to either surrender or force further conflict. Instead, she chases the conflict by attacking him, leaving an opening of vulnerability. In that moment, she lost the protection of the light and entered the dark and paid the price. Honestly phenomenal writing if that was intended.
I don't think it works that way though, light side uses positive emotions and mind set and follows a non aggression while dark side is using less moral, the less morals and more intense you are in your ways the more dark side you become. There is no light protection or a clear scale of what action when would lead to your demise. Don't spout nonsense about the force.@@ethanbrown2019
on the other side of things if she just hit his legs while being in close quarters instead of his spear or didn't embrace the lightsaber poke by force stepping forward right on his blade - it would've ended way better. But thats not the jedi way
Cared more about her and the kid in 7 minutes than I did any other character over hours and hours of the latest SW films. Bravo!!! It's relatable and emotional and what we want to see, great choreography too.
As a musician and a Star Wars fan, I’m amazed at how well your composer did with his score, and how your director and editors gave him the necessary room to influence and accompany the story in accordance with Star Wars’ niche! Absolutely outstanding work guys, I loved every second of this.
Guys filmed a whole movie with no dialogue with peanuts for budget and this is somehow so much better in 7 minutes than the 7 hours I wasted watching disney's trilogy. Thank you for this.
No! It's supposed be about a falsely arrested space immigrant, a vengeful security guard, a female secret police agent, a depressed useless robot , a lesbian rebel, a posh senestor & an antique/arts merchant with an axe to grind! (Sarcasm)
Thank you for giving us a saber duel short that gives us the stakes of the battle but also the fact you both were aiming for each other and not the blades.Amazing.
There were a few times they left themselves wide open to an attack the other didn't take, but overall yes, well done. I just watched battles from the first 6 movies and they depended so much on jump cuts and laser flashes... I couldn't make sense of what was happening from a technical pov. This was much better.
Accept why use a pike like a staff when you can use a double sided lightsaber the same way. The villain would have killed her numerous times with a double bladed saber
Because the double bladed saber is a different weapon for a different fighting style. There's alot that a pike saber can do that a doublebladed saber cant. For example: strike with a reasonable amount of force.
I love how this scene was so organic, I could feel an emotional connection with the Jedi and her child, and the intensity of the sith and the deep story between them without ever being introduced to one. This was Star Wars, Disney should give you the rights and the budget for a new trilogy
Your location is amazing, matches the tone perfectly. I think this is the best implementation of a light pike I have ever seen in anything. the cinematography and choreography are stunning. The use of the Force feels natural. This is by far and away the best entry I've seen this year and one of the best I've seen ever.
I’m not trying to be that guy but just for future reference it is spelled Choreography. And cinematography (Just trying to help you out, not being rude)
Problem of course being that the Pike's shaft is somehow capable of blocking Saber strikes even though that's NEVER been possible. Even Darth Maul's own Dual-Saber couldn't block saber strikes along it's shaft. One of the many things that makes Dual Sabers and Saber Pikes breathtakingly stupid weapons to bring to a lightsaber fight.
@@ForeskinPyroTF2and it would make her beating Kylo more believable. As pikes have greater reach and control in a 1v1 against a sword. Even then its a bit iffy but still better than what we got.
If only ANY of the Kylo vs. Rey fights had even half this much thought put into the choreography, maybe there would at least be something redeemable about the sequels other than the visuals and soundtrack. The force premonition showing what looks like defeat, technically being accurate but leaving out the most crucial detail of how it truly ends was great and is a much more 4-6 faithful use of the force than ANYTHING it's been used for since Disney took over. THIS is what the Kylo/Rey dynamic could have been like, instead I was just bored anytime they were on screen together and wondering when they would kiss each other the whole time. Thank you for making actual Star War content.
7 minutes of pure love and talent. The acting was on point and not cringe worthy. The music is outstanding. The choreography was 10/10. This is what Disney will never understand. Wow.
Yup. No cringe at all. Unlike Disney which was non stop, eye squitin', arse clencin' , nauseating inducin' cringe-fest. I was completely engaged with this story and even felt sad when she was stabbed. Unlike how I felt with Rey, which was "Won't somebody PLEASE shoot her"
@@sledgehammer301 you’re so right! anyone that likes the sequels need to get their head out their arses I think. It completely ruins the sky walker saga and it ruins Luke story. They had every opportunity to make a brand new story but instead fucked it. Rey was the worse thing to come out of the sequels. It’s not cannon in my eyes.
Now I'm not a sequel fan by any means, but there's hardly any acting in this whatsoever, so how are you going to compare them? There's literally not a single line of dialogue in this so how is that fair
imagine a 7 minute short telling us more about a protagonist's motives, values, and personality than an entire 3 episode series of 2 hour movies. I want to see more of this character. she's amazing.
i have a lot more to say about this actually. it ended up on my suggested videos again. i wont say most of what i have to say. but here's the thing. if a hero isn't afraid, and weak, they are not a hero. if a hero doesn't have a conviction so strong that they look to it and gain whatever they need to face death, they aren't a hero. this female hero is THE hero. she is a role model to all humans. she believes completely that she will die, and she proceeds with as much strenght as she can straight into it for the sake of her convictions. this is how you create a female hero.
Impressive work right there, and that kid using the force to save her mother totally gave me the kid Starkiller vibes and good thing it didn't end the same for her :D
Not me...I had a lot of emotions after the final two movies. Believe me none of them were good. When everyone was complaining about the prequels. The force was saying "you wait you fckrs"
It's a 7 minute video with a generic mother fighting for her daughter plot, acting is basic as there is so little to act in the scene, stunt work is debatable as they have no stunts happening, cinematography, production design and directing just is not better than disney star wars, you'd have to be a special kind of bias or stupid to genuinely think that. The only thing this does better is some of the choreography, but that only beats Rey, Kylo and all other disney era characters or duels all feature decent to amazing choreography, the Acolyte being the peak so far, which is unfortunate as it didn't get it's second season. All in all, this short is cool, but not something that blows the real stuff out the water. Not like S38 does when compared to the fencing for elderly we got in A new hope.
Cool lightsaber duel. I can see this happening right after RoTS, and Jedi go into hiding. This felt like a mother Jedi knight desperately trying to run from an Inquisitor. You could feel the hope and the reason to fight on when she looked at her child. Excellent work.
I agree, except for the fact that a Jedi of that era wouldn't be a mother. As far as we know, Anakin was the only one who broke the no personal attachments rule. I see this as a survivor of Order 66 trying to protect a youngling who for some reason wasn't at the Jedi temple at the time of Anakin's massacre, from an Inquisitor. Either way it was still bloody good.
And yet, without the duels in the movies, the fans who make these videos wouldn't be figuring out how to take what was done in the movies to the next level. Best lightsaber duel in the star wars movies was in Ep1. Ep3's was great, too, but single blade vs lightstaff introduced an entirely new dynamic. That was an inspiration to fan film makers, and they have been one-uping it, and each other, ever since.
@J. E. M Sequels? When did this happen and why wasn't I told? :D I know what the OP was referring to. But let's face it, the duels in the sequels barely qualified to use the word. Just some arbitrary saber swinging and clashing just to tick off "Lightsaber scene" from the list of Star Wars tropes they had to put in to barely earn the right to slap "Star Wars" on the label. But hey... It's good to know that if I want a good lightsaber duel fix, There's all these great fan productions that not only do them right, but are constantly daring to mix things up to keep it fresh.
This is a slap to everything Disney has done to the Star Wars Universe. I'm 7 minutes, you've conveyed more about it than Disney has even attempted. Great job good sir.
i don't even know who these characters are or their backstory, but I can feel so much energy between them and know that this fight had been a long time coming. Great storytelling
I love this interpretation of a vision! The rough, fragmented images bleeding into reality like a glitching screen keeps us rooted in the present yet aware of the future. Also - the lightsaber pike is used so well!
I’m a first generation SW fan. Over the last decade or so, thanks to UA-cam, I have seen the SW legacy continues strong…but not with the new Disney films BUT with the fan films. Thank you for sharing this story and work. Thanks to everyone out there who make amazing SW fan films. The fan films competition is simply better and better every year
Wonderfully done. Not only was this the best use of a light-pike I’ve ever seen, but I loved how creative the ending was. Not ending the duel with a saber, but with the jagged end of the broken pike. Amazing
That was a great touch. Star Wars always seems to forget that anything sharp can still be a weapon. She didn’t have her saber, but she still had an effective spear.
@@parksnewbornportraiture4989 sure, sure, personally not getting the decision to go for forsce-pulling a stick as opposed to just picking a blade, lying right under her, and I'm trying to put myself in her shoes here really hard... No, no, still not getting it. The touch is indeed kind of nice though.
I love how this, with no words or backstory, has better story telling then Disney's Star Wars. Edit: bruh this goofy argument in the comments 💀 But I meant more like the new Disney shit like the new Mando season is shitier then this.
@@morbidlyobeserobocop3038 it is lol. there isn’t even an actual story. people will just say anything to shit on the sequels. i’m not saying the sequels are great by any means, but the story in the force awakens is better than this.
I like this movie. You and Lizzy both have really impressive physicality. You managed to do something I’ve puzzled over a lot which is make you both feel huge and powerful. Can’t wait to see what’s next from you
I really respect how this captures the aesthetic, cinematography and character of a Star Wars movie. Most fan made movies are just action flicks with lightsabers but this captured the feel perfectly. The creator truly understands his craft.
I love both the execution and the theme. I was wondering what the twist would be, or if there was one at all, and it was wonderful to see how despite seeing her apparent doom she chose to fight and how it paid off in the end
First: this is amazing, you guys just gave me Hope again for good SW content when i finally think that all was lost. Thank you so much. Second: Tell me again how Star Wars fan don’t love strong female lead, I’ll wait here watching this gem for the third time Third: the way the red light saber retract at 6:31, very nice, don’t think your attention to details goes unoticed. It was amazing thanks again. Mtfbwu
Men don't get goosebumps from anything but being suddenly submerged in cold air or cold water. Only intellectual males, children and genuine females get so taken by emotion that goosebumps emerge. Seek inner stillness and you shall overcome such weakness, same method removes the weakness called "cringing."
how did you guys manage to put plot twists in a film barely longer than 5 minutes and with no overarching story/plot context in the first place??? so simple and so genius. 10/10 did watch again
My God. Stumbled on this and what a goddamn work of cinema. There are so many things that make this good. Your shoot location, the color grading, the really subtle lens flares. When the sith shows up and we first see him the in reflection of the water. I think what makes this so much more effective and captivating than other lightsaber shorts I've seen is from the very beginning, each moment of the fight is advancing the story telling around this character. She kneels in the beginning to be more one with the force, to dispel the fear she feels. Also, the choreography isn't just people bashing sabers together. There are a ton of little story beats in each bit. She's trying to break his staff, he's trying to use the force to throw her off balance. Also, there are real stakes. The emotional center of this piece is her son. We as the audience don't want to see him see her die. Fucking incredible work, not just from a cinematography perspective, but from a storytelling perspective as well.
Sorry for the replys from people who don't understand the nuances in storytelling, great analysis! You clearly know how a good fight scene should be constructed.
Best lightsaber fan film I have seen in many, many years! Choreography, cinematography, acting, music, sound, costumes, location, amazing all around! Haven't kept up with the contest in years now but I hope this does well!
Amazing, Max! I loved this. So much emotion through the entire thing. Definitely rivals Loyalty. The fight was brutal and gripping, and kept me wondering if it would end the way her premonition foretold. And Emily was great too! She did a great job matching the emotional intensity of scene. This is definitely one to be proud of.
Really well done, I like the idea of the emotional bond between a parent and child helping them connect deeper with the force in the moment of greatest need.
Let's just put aside the fact that everything was shot and directed beautifully and point out the amazing choreography for a minute. Wow. Great work you guys.
Gonna start by saying I really liked this, but that doesn't absolve it from criticism. I see so many people ripping Disney apart for how getting stabbed by a lightsaber is meaningless now, and here we see the same thing in a fan made video...
As a film student this is gorgeous to look at, every shot is aesthetically pleasing and the special effects look so real! You made the protagonists relatable and most importantly the choreography, though simple, was easy to follow and effective for telling this story. Take a sub 🔥
This is so well made from the sound design to the choreography. The music is spot on, and the editing and cinematography is executed properly to allow the scene to breath and flow. There was more emotional impact in this one video than the whole of the sequel trilogy, great work from everyone involved.
The sound design is really what stands out for me. And I feel like the entire production from costumes to acting to sfx are amazing! The sound design just really really landed with me. Fantastic job to your team! I’d love to see what you could make if Disney hired you for a feature length film!
I've never be a huge Star Wars fan, but have alway enjoyed the early movies. I'm trying to understand how these people made a better Star wars then Disney has with their billions? Good job guys.
Very good. Story within the duel was very well thought out and very well shot. My one critque (and this is coming from someone who has practiced a two man fighting form), is that there were a few moments were one was waiting for the other's attack. One thing that sells a fight is that each blow is struck with the intent of hurting the other. One of the points of choreography is that the opponant knows where the attack will land and knows how to deal with it. The mindset should be, if you get hurt with an attack you know is coming in, it's your fault.
That was f***ing brilliant! Emotionally gripping, fantastic choreography and very well acted and filmed. Well done to all. I’ll defo be rewatching this
The music in this is slept on, killer score! Really tied the whole short together. Also amazing performances as well! I feel like LCC entries don’t always have the best acting but you guys nailed it.
This is absolutely fantastic...I love the design of the staff saber and the staff is made of beskar but its still added with other elements that's why it was able to break (That's my assumption anyway). The fight as well is really done well and the VFX of the lightsaber is crisp. Edit: I forgot to add this in...WHY DID IT TAKE ME 2 WEEKS TO KNOW THIS VID EXISTED.
Got home from work, thought "I'm gonna show the kids some lightsaber duels" ended up showing them a masterpiece. Perfect way to start they're life long obsession with star wars ;)
Might've been short, but you literally crammed so much glorious star wars feels into this video. I actually began to tear up with the ending. Bravo, and Encore. This was amazing!
Felt absolutely natural. Fantastic work! I think these fan-based works are often exceeding what is coming out of the professional studios. The day is coming when the fan base will have their day on the big screen. I can feel it... and it's not a bad feeling. Looking forward to more!
I echo that sentiment wholeheartedly...to this day, the 'Grayson' fanmade trailer is memorable as one of the most impactful DC trailers to date (came out maybe 2002-05 can't recall lol). This was composed very impressively, down to the offspring having the Force, similar to the Child (Grogu) in his introduction to Mando. Passionate projects like these can't go unnoticed by the masses forever--the industry needs to evolve.
I welled up with tears at the end 😭 An amazing story with excellent choreography and execution, and one that captures the true spirit of star wars: good against evil, and protecting the one's you love ❤
That was absolutely incredible. While not a technically complex fight (still excellent and real and not too fancy for the tone), the story being told throughout is what will make this memorable. Thank you. Also, I'm partial to light-pikes, so that made me happy.
These brilliant people pulled off in 7 minutes what Disney has come sisterly failed to do, give us a story with heart, great action, and suspense. This is the most Star Wars thing I’ve seen in a very long time. Love the introduction of the pike style weapon.
Fear is a path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to... suffering. Felt like this quote fit this perfectly. Great job!
Really though, this is the fight we didn’t get in the movies. And this follows reality so well in the golden rule of fighting with blades: The loser dies on the street, the winner dies in the ambulance.
Everything about this was efficient, emotional, and amazingly well-done. The choice of location didn’t shift dramatically like with movie scenes, and the choreography and physicality of the duel- both combatants using elbows, kicks, punches and the Force as direct attacks- was far better than anything flashy visuals or massive set pieces could have brought. Also, the pike-saber is cool as hell. 10/10!
Whoa, loved every moment of this, the force vision from the start was a great start, the moment with the kid reminded me of how Obi wan drew power from his love for Leia and having the kid save the main character at the end moved me to tears, wonderful short story, great economic story writing 🙏 I'm not crying. You're crying. ♥️
You and your team, in all the years I've been a fan, have never disappointed. The cinematography, the choreography, the acting and the storytelling have always rivaled the big budget filming industry. I've been waiting and hoping for a new film to pop up on your channel and when I saw that you had a new entry for sabercon, I was ecstatic! Well done on this film! Everyone involved in its making, should be very proud...I look forward to seeing more from you. Cheers!
Where in the world have I been? I'm over a year late and I'm just seeing this now? This is a masterpiece. Choreography, emotion, it's all there. Just beautiful.
Firstly, love this so much! The Lightsaber Pike is criminally underutilized elsewhere so I loved seeing it here, and I adored the choreography. By far my favorite move was the Sith's opener, using the force to pull the lightsaber down and break her guard is extremally clever and makes it makes so much sense (it's a surprise attack that could end the fight before it even gets started), and I love seeing them fight with more than just the lightsaber (because in a fight you do anything you can to win, not just swing your laser sword around like they do in the movies cause "oh shiny"). One constructive note though (from someone who isn't any sort of authority) I felt like she could have easily slid her lightsaber blade along the pike and slice his fingers off to disarm him. All in all, very well done.
I feel like they didn't have her do that for two reasons: 1. The fight needs to be longer than 1 minute. 2. It's not a very jedi-like thing to do. That said, the jedi are known to be hypocrits...
Getting passed a pike's blade is not as easy as just sliding down it as there are a number of guards a pikeman (real word, I swear) can use to prevent this. It doesn't help that a sword would be at a disadvantage due to the pike having superior range. That said, should a swordsman find themselves able to slip passed a pike's guard, they absolutely should take advantage of it. If I was to criticize the fight choreography at all, it would be that the guy should have kept fighting with the pole arm after the woman chopped off the blade since it was clearly made of some material (probably beskar) that can withstand a lightsaber. That, however, would just be a small critique of what is otherwise a solid and very creative lightsaber duel. I liked it a lot.
Head cannon is that it immediately cautorizes the wound upon exiting. Survival entirely depends where your stuck so to speak. Your intestines can take alot of damage compared to your lungs, heart, liver, etc. We know this from ballistics. So pure heat gone in partially, and not wiggled around or slashed from inside can be an optimal outcome. Albeit any contact from a lightsaberblade can be deadly and IRL "lightsaber" plasma weapons are scary dangerous to the point you wouldn't even duel with them and if you did you would kill/maim with every cheap shot you can imagine easily. Be thankful star wars lore dictates Honor and trained styles fighting with minimal fuckery mid fight. Otherwise starwars would be a hasty gorefest.
@@fallunlight9724 My head canon is that lightsabers don't actually project heat very far beyond the width of the blade itself, and in that scene where Qui-gon is melting the blast doors with his 'saber, he's using the Force to spread the heat through the metal. This helps me to rationalize cauterization vs complete vaporization of internal organs.
This is most probably the best lightsaber duel that has been filmed since the prequels. You made the characters matter more in 7 minutes than Disney could over 3 movies. Beautiful choreography. The meditation reminded me of Qui-Gon in the phantom menace. Masterfully done.
Is it though? The duel was cool but does not beat the duels from the Acolyte, it barely surpasses the sequel duels. The characters have very little actual compelling qualities, all we know is that the Jedi is protecting her child, which immediately is a concern for why a Jedi, a member of a group famous for prohibiting attachments, has clearly made atleast two of them. And then we have discount kylo with the granted very cool beskar pike lightsaber, assuming that was beskar as it did not seem to hold up like beskar does, he has no discernable motivation or reason for pursuing the woman. All in all it's a cool little fan duel, but over embellishments on it's quality are silly, but of course everybody loves to try to find any reason to crap on Disney these days.
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Yes! Yes! And absolutely heck yes! 🎉 Y’all did it again. This felt so very SW to me thematically.
Glad you felt that. I set out from the beginning to make this entry the most 'Star Wars-y' I could.
@@MaxJordanVisuals job well done
@@MaxJordanVisuals I have followed you for 9 years. You are so outstanding. God bless you
@@AntoineBandele I am a fan of your content. You are a true scholar of Star Wars
I need more star wars vs series bro frfr
Him using the force to pull her Saber down to attack right at the beginning was an awesome way to start a duel and my God was this a duel.
It's especially amazing how her daughter surprisingly saved her in the end. Never underestimate a child's love for their parents.
@@rockinHurley777 It could have been something "lightsaber resistant". Eg.: beskar would stop a lightsaber.
He had an advantage in the force, loved it!
@gyozokomporaly1557
Besar, Cortosis, and one other material, are all resistant to it so, could be a variety of things.
I saw that and then the immediate, aggressive uppercut from the dudes pole saber where he flung sparks up off the ground and had to pause because I was up off my bed, screaming "WHOA WHOA HOLD UP" at 1 in the morning lmao, shit is crazy
Wait....are you kidding me? How are you able to do in 7 minutes what Disney couldn't do over 3 movies? This was incredible! I need to see what happens next!
kinda looking like what they did tho, no hate.
Not a ST fan but this is better than all of the duels in the saga. Best Lightsaber duels are in those Old Republic cinematics lol
Except you're just a pathetic Disney hater because this is exactly like the sequel fights...
Amen, 7 minutes??
You are a directing genius!
These guys actually care that's why
Totally justifies the Jedi way. She all along knew she would probably die fighting him, but she gave it all that she could. Man, that felt the REAL Star Wars story. Hats off to this superb masterpiece!
The thing I loved about that was when she gets stabbed. She, in that moment, lost the light. Once she maimed him, as a Jedi, she should've waited for him to either surrender or force further conflict. Instead, she chases the conflict by attacking him, leaving an opening of vulnerability. In that moment, she lost the protection of the light and entered the dark and paid the price. Honestly phenomenal writing if that was intended.
I don't think it works that way though, light side uses positive emotions and mind set and follows a non aggression while dark side is using less moral, the less morals and more intense you are in your ways the more dark side you become. There is no light protection or a clear scale of what action when would lead to your demise. Don't spout nonsense about the force.@@ethanbrown2019
There was fear from the first 30 seconds. She was destined to lose
on the other side of things if she just hit his legs while being in close quarters instead of his spear or didn't embrace the lightsaber poke by force stepping forward right on his blade - it would've ended way better. But thats not the jedi way
Cared more about her and the kid in 7 minutes than I did any other character over hours and hours of the latest SW films. Bravo!!! It's relatable and emotional and what we want to see, great choreography too.
Disney films are not SW films, its just poorly made non-fan made film....
Same
@@stephaneneron Keep telling yourself that.
@@stephaneneronexept for rouge one.
@@teencommentbro thinks sequel duels are good💀
As a musician and a Star Wars fan, I’m amazed at how well your composer did with his score, and how your director and editors gave him the necessary room to influence and accompany the story in accordance with Star Wars’ niche! Absolutely outstanding work guys, I loved every second of this.
Yup, I liked the music too. 😁
Score soundtracks are usually the best...so underrepresented tho..!!
Same! 🤯
ua-cam.com/video/Y27-xpMozCY/v-deo.html some work of my own...
@@thENDweDIEAre you kidding? John Williams is extremely celebrated along with many others
I feel like she meditated to accept her vision, managing her fear, and live through the inevitable with courage.
I agree. Any female hero who must prepare for a dangerous showdown with a male villain would imaginably find her courage through meditation.
@@mikebasil4832 i dont get this
@@poopybuttguy5523 I'm not entirely sure either but I guess he meant it as sarcasm?
@@CandidObserver still makes no sense even sRcastically
She got stabbed in the gut with a lightsaber. She ain't living through that.
Once again, a fan film that's way better than the sequels. They even had a Kylo Rey feel but everyone knew their training. Well done!
Its not better than the sequels though. Stop trying to cope as hard as you possibly can.
@@TheSCPStudio Well, how about you stop trying to tell people what to do.
@@TheSCPStudio it is tho. The irony of a sequel trilogy fan telling someone else to stop coping... something about do not judge lest ye be judged..
@@TheSCPStudio Its 10000000x better/
@@TheSCPStudio You're just mad because its true.
Guys filmed a whole movie with no dialogue with peanuts for budget and this is somehow so much better in 7 minutes than the 7 hours I wasted watching disney's trilogy. Thank you for this.
Passion vs Greed. Thats the difference.
this is what star wars feels like, epic, emotional, and energetic. Fantastic work overall
No! It's supposed be about a falsely arrested space immigrant, a vengeful security guard, a female secret police agent, a depressed useless robot , a lesbian rebel, a posh senestor & an antique/arts merchant with an axe to grind! (Sarcasm)
Absolutely
It really captures what HK47 tells the exile about killing jedi
It had none of that 😂
A blantant repeat of the same shit we’ve seen a million times
Thank you for giving us a saber duel short that gives us the stakes of the battle but also the fact you both were aiming for each other and not the blades.Amazing.
YES!! Except this time 3:34
@@ashanderson2703 gotta have a bit of flourish lol
@@doofusboy7054 Eh there still was a bit too much "flourish" for my liking. Still good though.
There were a few times they left themselves wide open to an attack the other didn't take, but overall yes, well done. I just watched battles from the first 6 movies and they depended so much on jump cuts and laser flashes... I couldn't make sense of what was happening from a technical pov. This was much better.
Lightsabers are attracted to each other so it would actually make sense for there to be a lot of clashing in a duel
As an avid fan of KotFE, seeing a Pike Saber actually used in a high production value duel brings me immense joy.
Amen.
Praise the Pike!🙌
Praise the pike indeed!
Accept why use a pike like a staff when you can use a double sided lightsaber the same way. The villain would have killed her numerous times with a double bladed saber
Because the double bladed saber is a different weapon for a different fighting style. There's alot that a pike saber can do that a doublebladed saber cant. For example: strike with a reasonable amount of force.
An incredible short story about a mother sacrificing herself to protect her child. This was truly riveting.
I love how this scene was so organic, I could feel an emotional connection with the Jedi and her child, and the intensity of the sith and the deep story between them without ever being introduced to one. This was Star Wars, Disney should give you the rights and the budget for a new trilogy
"Lone Jedi and Child"? 🙂🙂
Their fighting over child custody.
@@ugotlj4133 😆 lol
Your location is amazing, matches the tone perfectly. I think this is the best implementation of a light pike I have ever seen in anything. the cinematography and choreography are stunning. The use of the Force feels natural. This is by far and away the best entry I've seen this year and one of the best I've seen ever.
I’m not trying to be that guy but just for future reference it is spelled Choreography. And cinematography
(Just trying to help you out, not being rude)
@@Hello-hn9kq Thanks for the correction!
Problem of course being that the Pike's shaft is somehow capable of blocking Saber strikes even though that's NEVER been possible. Even Darth Maul's own Dual-Saber couldn't block saber strikes along it's shaft. One of the many things that makes Dual Sabers and Saber Pikes breathtakingly stupid weapons to bring to a lightsaber fight.
@@TheCrimsonRevenger i think this follows the cannon for beskar
I'm actually a Legends canon guys, so I think of it as being made from Phrik.
FINALLY! We get to see a lightsaber pike in live-action, and this entire duel looks phenomenal! Great work!
exactly! Ray absolutely should have had a pike, It would make more sense with her whole "I can use a staff" thing.
@@ForeskinPyroTF2and it would make her beating Kylo more believable. As pikes have greater reach and control in a 1v1 against a sword. Even then its a bit iffy but still better than what we got.
@@czarsalad101 thats true! and again, she would have skill with reach weapons.
@@ForeskinPyroTF2 yep!
@@ForeskinPyroTF2 to be honest I would've preferred a double bladed saber for her.
This is absolutely incredible. I actually had a tear in my eye. If only Disney would learn from creators like you guys. So impressed.
If only ANY of the Kylo vs. Rey fights had even half this much thought put into the choreography, maybe there would at least be something redeemable about the sequels other than the visuals and soundtrack. The force premonition showing what looks like defeat, technically being accurate but leaving out the most crucial detail of how it truly ends was great and is a much more 4-6 faithful use of the force than ANYTHING it's been used for since Disney took over.
THIS is what the Kylo/Rey dynamic could have been like, instead I was just bored anytime they were on screen together and wondering when they would kiss each other the whole time.
Thank you for making actual Star War content.
7 minutes of pure love and talent. The acting was on point and not cringe worthy. The music is outstanding. The choreography was 10/10. This is what Disney will never understand. Wow.
Yup. No cringe at all. Unlike Disney which was non stop, eye squitin', arse clencin' , nauseating inducin' cringe-fest. I was completely engaged with this story and even felt sad when she was stabbed. Unlike how I felt with Rey, which was "Won't somebody PLEASE shoot her"
You guys are common sense smart people
The kid was a little cringey, be honest lol. Still impressive though
@@sledgehammer301 you’re so right! anyone that likes the sequels need to get their head out their arses I think. It completely ruins the sky walker saga and it ruins Luke story. They had every opportunity to make a brand new story but instead fucked it. Rey was the worse thing to come out of the sequels. It’s not cannon in my eyes.
Now I'm not a sequel fan by any means, but there's hardly any acting in this whatsoever, so how are you going to compare them? There's literally not a single line of dialogue in this so how is that fair
imagine a 7 minute short telling us more about a protagonist's motives, values, and personality than an entire 3 episode series of 2 hour movies.
I want to see more of this character. she's amazing.
i have a lot more to say about this actually. it ended up on my suggested videos again. i wont say most of what i have to say.
but here's the thing. if a hero isn't afraid, and weak, they are not a hero. if a hero doesn't have a conviction so strong that they look to it and gain whatever they need to face death, they aren't a hero.
this female hero is THE hero. she is a role model to all humans. she believes completely that she will die, and she proceeds with as much strenght as she can straight into it for the sake of her convictions. this is how you create a female hero.
Yea ok…
@@et2792 that's how you create a hero thy simply sacrifice themselves for their convictions
What’s more no real dialogue.
This this this
It's amazing how this 7 minutes does a better job of showing and not telling than anything disney star wars has done
I'm fanboying so hard right now.
You guys raise the bar every time. I'm thoroughly impressed.
Impressive work right there, and that kid using the force to save her mother totally gave me the kid Starkiller vibes and good thing it didn't end the same for her :D
That part got me!
I felt more emotion in the first 3 minutes of this than in the last two movies combined.
Thats a low bar these days... Fuck Disney and KKs "The Force is Female" agenda.
Not me...I had a lot of emotions after the final two movies. Believe me none of them were good. When everyone was complaining about the prequels. The force was saying "you wait you fckrs"
When the butthurt is strong with you, you will not connect to that which offends you.
@@cerebrophage7709is he wrong tho? I felt nothing in over 6 hours of Disney fanfic and actual fanfic does it in under 5 mins
Reactance bias, in the context of un/favored content, doesn't make you right or wrong.@@Ar17778
Gotta love how this fan film has better writing, acting, stunt work, cinematography, production design and directing than anything Disney+ has put out
It's a 7 minute video with a generic mother fighting for her daughter plot, acting is basic as there is so little to act in the scene, stunt work is debatable as they have no stunts happening, cinematography, production design and directing just is not better than disney star wars, you'd have to be a special kind of bias or stupid to genuinely think that.
The only thing this does better is some of the choreography, but that only beats Rey, Kylo and all other disney era characters or duels all feature decent to amazing choreography, the Acolyte being the peak so far, which is unfortunate as it didn't get it's second season.
All in all, this short is cool, but not something that blows the real stuff out the water. Not like S38 does when compared to the fencing for elderly we got in A new hope.
Cool lightsaber duel. I can see this happening right after RoTS, and Jedi go into hiding. This felt like a mother Jedi knight desperately trying to run from an Inquisitor. You could feel the hope and the reason to fight on when she looked at her child. Excellent work.
I agree, except for the fact that a Jedi of that era wouldn't be a mother. As far as we know, Anakin was the only one who broke the no personal attachments rule.
I see this as a survivor of Order 66 trying to protect a youngling who for some reason wasn't at the Jedi temple at the time of Anakin's massacre, from an Inquisitor. Either way it was still bloody good.
I was really hoping for a plot twist of the sort: green saber Jedi gets defeated, child runs to red saber Jedi, screaming "daddy!!!!!!".
I saw it more as a scen from the Old Republic, maybe thousand years ago. The war between Jedi and Sith is constant.
@@ivaneames4354Mundi had an entire harem. No emotional attachment though.
@@ivaneames4354you mean the same way that priests are all celibate?
The fact that she meditates before the duel actually tells you a lot
Yeah, I agree, so good
Tribute to Qui gon
LMFAO
Its a green jedi thing
and yet she still gets stabbed, despite knowing it is coming..
It’s insane how fans make lightsaber duels better than they make in movies. Bravo. So well done
simple fans care more tham the company
@@tio_john you’re spot on there.
And yet, without the duels in the movies, the fans who make these videos wouldn't be figuring out how to take what was done in the movies to the next level.
Best lightsaber duel in the star wars movies was in Ep1. Ep3's was great, too, but single blade vs lightstaff introduced an entirely new dynamic. That was an inspiration to fan film makers, and they have been one-uping it, and each other, ever since.
@J. E. M Sequels? When did this happen and why wasn't I told? :D
I know what the OP was referring to. But let's face it, the duels in the sequels barely qualified to use the word. Just some arbitrary saber swinging and clashing just to tick off "Lightsaber scene" from the list of Star Wars tropes they had to put in to barely earn the right to slap "Star Wars" on the label.
But hey... It's good to know that if I want a good lightsaber duel fix, There's all these great fan productions that not only do them right, but are constantly daring to mix things up to keep it fresh.
This is a slap to everything Disney has done to the Star Wars Universe. I'm 7 minutes, you've conveyed more about it than Disney has even attempted. Great job good sir.
i don't even know who these characters are or their backstory, but I can feel so much energy between them and know that this fight had been a long time coming. Great storytelling
It's supposed to be Anakin Skywalker's mom and Kylo Ren I'm pretty sure but idk
@@googleuser3163 Shmi died long before Kylo's time, tho I do see the resemblance!
RIDICULOUS. Even if Anakin’s mom somehow survived, she’d be near 100 by the time Kylo was an adult
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At first, I thought it was Rey and Kylo Ren, but maybe not.
I can't help but think that kid looked a bit like the Sith guy... Talk about adding an extra level of tragic.
Edit: Casting, lol.
I love this interpretation of a vision! The rough, fragmented images bleeding into reality like a glitching screen keeps us rooted in the present yet aware of the future. Also - the lightsaber pike is used so well!
I’m a first generation SW fan. Over the last decade or so, thanks to UA-cam, I have seen the SW legacy continues strong…but not with the new Disney films BUT with the fan films.
Thank you for sharing this story and work.
Thanks to everyone out there who make amazing SW fan films.
The fan films competition is simply better and better every year
This was 20x better than anything from Disney (except Rogue One). It put everything else to shame. Congratulations. An epic feat.
Anything? Andor, Mando, Bad Batch, Tales, Fallen Order?
@@PKryik zzz
@@PKryik and now survivor
Yep anything
@@neo-fx8qd Disney did not develop that game and they don’t deserve credit for it.
Amazing work with great emotional performances! The King is back 👑
I am a fan of your Star Wars Fan Fiction
Wonderfully done. Not only was this the best use of a light-pike I’ve ever seen, but I loved how creative the ending was. Not ending the duel with a saber, but with the jagged end of the broken pike. Amazing
That was a great touch. Star Wars always seems to forget that anything sharp can still be a weapon. She didn’t have her saber, but she still had an effective spear.
@@parksnewbornportraiture4989 sure, sure, personally not getting the decision to go for forsce-pulling a stick as opposed to just picking a blade, lying right under her, and I'm trying to put myself in her shoes here really hard... No, no, still not getting it. The touch is indeed kind of nice though.
@@leth5540 Poetic justice is sweet, is it not? and the irony of falling to your own weapon is all the more galling
@@BTTRSWYT They kinda teamed on him though ngl gotta respect the 1v1
Amazing! Agree with what everyone said here. This is way better than the movies.
I love how this, with no words or backstory, has better story telling then Disney's Star Wars.
Edit: bruh this goofy argument in the comments 💀
But I meant more like the new Disney shit like the new Mando season is shitier then this.
ok now this is just pushing it.
@@Ghxstizz
Eh not really
@@morbidlyobeserobocop3038 it is lol. there isn’t even an actual story. people will just say anything to shit on the sequels. i’m not saying the sequels are great by any means, but the story in the force awakens is better than this.
@@Ghxstizz
A desperate mother trying to protect her child > three Disney flops
@@morbidlyobeserobocop3038 whatever helps you sleep at night
I like this movie. You and Lizzy both have really impressive physicality. You managed to do something I’ve puzzled over a lot which is make you both feel huge and powerful. Can’t wait to see what’s next from you
Now THIS is what a lightsaber fight should’ve been! So much better than what the sequels gave us! Excellent work!! 👏👏👏👏👏
Hold up now, don’t go too Gaga, movie duals were just fine lol. When Rey pushed back against Kylo, that was 10x more tense
@Jayme A the sequels didn't even look like sword fights. It looked like to people trying to hit one another with bats.
@@piratekingthaszar7912 are you retarded? Thats called "trying to kill" and not "touch swords" like in the original stuff.
You Disney haters will try to cope at any point. This was just like the sequel fights. Of which were significantly better
@@TheSCPStudioscrew you man you are outnumbered by everyone in the comment section just admit defeat
I really respect how this captures the aesthetic, cinematography and character of a Star Wars movie. Most fan made movies are just action flicks with lightsabers but this captured the feel perfectly. The creator truly understands his craft.
You know it’s a good fight when you recognize what forms they’re using.
Yup, it's good to recognize Lightsaber form or fencing form in the duel, not baseball batting form...
Her form III, him form IV? Or no? What is your take?
This is amazing! Had so much fun making this but its even more amazing watching the final!!
I love both the execution and the theme. I was wondering what the twist would be, or if there was one at all, and it was wonderful to see how despite seeing her apparent doom she chose to fight and how it paid off in the end
“Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.” - Yoda
First: this is amazing, you guys just gave me Hope again for good SW content when i finally think that all was lost. Thank you so much.
Second: Tell me again how Star Wars fan don’t love strong female lead, I’ll wait here watching this gem for the third time
Third: the way the red light saber retract at 6:31, very nice, don’t think your attention to details goes unoticed.
It was amazing thanks again.
Mtfbwu
02:15 instant goosebumps - Qui-Gon during the fight with Maul at the theed power plant!
Precisely what came to mind too
Men don't get goosebumps from anything but being suddenly submerged in cold air or cold water.
Only intellectual males, children and genuine females get so taken by emotion that goosebumps emerge. Seek inner stillness and you shall overcome such weakness, same method removes the weakness called "cringing."
@@linyenchin6773 being intellectual, or in tune with one's feelings, is not synonymous with weakness - far from it.
how did you guys manage to put plot twists in a film barely longer than 5 minutes and with no overarching story/plot context in the first place??? so simple and so genius. 10/10 did watch again
My God. Stumbled on this and what a goddamn work of cinema. There are so many things that make this good. Your shoot location, the color grading, the really subtle lens flares. When the sith shows up and we first see him the in reflection of the water. I think what makes this so much more effective and captivating than other lightsaber shorts I've seen is from the very beginning, each moment of the fight is advancing the story telling around this character. She kneels in the beginning to be more one with the force, to dispel the fear she feels. Also, the choreography isn't just people bashing sabers together. There are a ton of little story beats in each bit. She's trying to break his staff, he's trying to use the force to throw her off balance. Also, there are real stakes. The emotional center of this piece is her son. We as the audience don't want to see him see her die. Fucking incredible work, not just from a cinematography perspective, but from a storytelling perspective as well.
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nerd
bro calm down
Sorry for the replys from people who don't understand the nuances in storytelling, great analysis! You clearly know how a good fight scene should be constructed.
@GilbertWriting This, all of this! This is an epic duel! I want to see much, much more.
That was a clever first attack I don't remember seeing else where. Using the force to push down the light sabre in an attempt at a 1 hit kill.
Best lightsaber fan film I have seen in many, many years! Choreography, cinematography, acting, music, sound, costumes, location, amazing all around! Haven't kept up with the contest in years now but I hope this does well!
Amazing, Max! I loved this. So much emotion through the entire thing. Definitely rivals Loyalty. The fight was brutal and gripping, and kept me wondering if it would end the way her premonition foretold. And Emily was great too! She did a great job matching the emotional intensity of scene. This is definitely one to be proud of.
His first move, when he just casually uses the force to lower her lightsaber was so cool.
Pro Gamer movie.
I love these little fan productions, they add such cool stories to an already awesome universe.
Really well done, I like the idea of the emotional bond between a parent and child helping them connect deeper with the force in the moment of greatest need.
God bless the power of love over hate
"But attachments lead to the dark side"
@@twilight_lupinesilva4691 🤓🤓🤓
Let's just put aside the fact that everything was shot and directed beautifully and point out the amazing choreography for a minute. Wow. Great work you guys.
Gonna start by saying I really liked this, but that doesn't absolve it from criticism. I see so many people ripping Disney apart for how getting stabbed by a lightsaber is meaningless now, and here we see the same thing in a fan made video...
@@nahor88 yeah and then a stick does a better job lol
@@0riginalFIR3 Well it's a beskar spear but I get your point.
@@nahor88 for all intents and purposes, compared to a lightsaber, its a stick.
Why doesn’t Disney hire people like these to make Star Wars movies? I want to watch a movie about these characters now!
Because Disney put people in charge of SW who don’t give a fuck about the IP
Because this doesn't push their degenerate agenda
@@Darjaboo someone has been forgetting to take their meds
@@jackson.6282 Disney definitely has a political agenda
@@leonrussell9607 oh no, gay people exist and you have to see them in media. Oh the horror. I’m so so sorry your life is so hard
So much passion packed in just 7 minutes. That’s what makes content so good.
As a film student this is gorgeous to look at, every shot is aesthetically pleasing and the special effects look so real! You made the protagonists relatable and most importantly the choreography, though simple, was easy to follow and effective for telling this story. Take a sub 🔥
This is an absolutely amazing Star Wars fan film guys you knocked it out of the park again ❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is so well made from the sound design to the choreography. The music is spot on, and the editing and cinematography is executed properly to allow the scene to breath and flow. There was more emotional impact in this one video than the whole of the sequel trilogy, great work from everyone involved.
They took a throw away scene and turned it into a meaningful scene. Bravo. This is what Starwars needs so badly right now.
All I have to say is wow. Amazing choreography, visual and sound effects are on point. The emotion, the intensity..all so good.
The sound design is really what stands out for me. And I feel like the entire production from costumes to acting to sfx are amazing! The sound design just really really landed with me.
Fantastic job to your team! I’d love to see what you could make if Disney hired you for a feature length film!
I've never be a huge Star Wars fan, but have alway enjoyed the early movies. I'm trying to understand how these people made a better Star wars then Disney has with their billions? Good job guys.
Very good. Story within the duel was very well thought out and very well shot.
My one critque (and this is coming from someone who has practiced a two man fighting form), is that there were a few moments were one was waiting for the other's attack.
One thing that sells a fight is that each blow is struck with the intent of hurting the other. One of the points of choreography is that the opponant knows where the attack will land and knows how to deal with it. The mindset should be, if you get hurt with an attack you know is coming in, it's your fault.
That was f***ing brilliant! Emotionally gripping, fantastic choreography and very well acted and filmed. Well done to all. I’ll defo be rewatching this
The music in this is slept on, killer score! Really tied the whole short together. Also amazing performances as well! I feel like LCC entries don’t always have the best acting but you guys nailed it.
Please! Make a series! Eveyrthing was a masterpiece here. The combat, the use of Force. This NEEEDS to have more than 1 million views at the least.
Man!!! That kid using the force made me drop some tears. Loved it!
This is absolutely fantastic...I love the design of the staff saber and the staff is made of beskar but its still added with other elements that's why it was able to break (That's my assumption anyway). The fight as well is really done well and the VFX of the lightsaber is crisp.
Edit: I forgot to add this in...WHY DID IT TAKE ME 2 WEEKS TO KNOW THIS VID EXISTED.
I think it's more like a nagamaki sword where the grip handle is just as long as the blade itself.
Got home from work, thought "I'm gonna show the kids some lightsaber duels" ended up showing them a masterpiece. Perfect way to start they're life long obsession with star wars ;)
Might've been short, but you literally crammed so much glorious star wars feels into this video. I actually began to tear up with the ending. Bravo, and Encore. This was amazing!
Wow! This was nothing short of AMAZING!! Cinema quality storytelling and cinematography are excellent!! Well done!!! 👏
This wa so great! amazing fight choreography! A simple but compelling story told without any dialogue, only visuals and through the fight itself!
Felt absolutely natural. Fantastic work! I think these fan-based works are often exceeding what is coming out of the professional studios. The day is coming when the fan base will have their day on the big screen. I can feel it... and it's not a bad feeling. Looking forward to more!
I echo that sentiment wholeheartedly...to this day, the 'Grayson' fanmade trailer is memorable as one of the most impactful DC trailers to date (came out maybe 2002-05 can't recall lol). This was composed very impressively, down to the offspring having the Force, similar to the Child (Grogu) in his introduction to Mando. Passionate projects like these can't go unnoticed by the masses forever--the industry needs to evolve.
I really loved all this even bringing in Beskar and even with no backstory gives us the emotion of the mother and daughter. Hope to see more
You can tell who wrote this LOVES star wars. Every range of emotion needed to make for a truly remarkable Lightsaber duel!
Truly gifted. You all are able to capture and produce what Disney hasn't. Bravo.
Incredible job everyone!!! Wow, this was so cool! And amazing music I might add, well done Rylan!
I welled up with tears at the end 😭 An amazing story with excellent choreography and execution, and one that captures the true spirit of star wars: good against evil, and protecting the one's you love ❤
The Soundtrack is So EPIC!!! it reminded me a lot of John Williams. My favorite track is the Ending 😅
Touching, exciting and absolutely Star Wars viby, congratulations. This is the kind of stuff we wanna see
That was absolutely incredible. While not a technically complex fight (still excellent and real and not too fancy for the tone), the story being told throughout is what will make this memorable. Thank you.
Also, I'm partial to light-pikes, so that made me happy.
The fight choreography and setting were both so unique and cool.
These brilliant people pulled off in 7 minutes what Disney has come sisterly failed to do, give us a story with heart, great action, and suspense. This is the most Star Wars thing I’ve seen in a very long time. Love the introduction of the pike style weapon.
Fear is a path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to... suffering.
Felt like this quote fit this perfectly. Great job!
Really though, this is the fight we didn’t get in the movies. And this follows reality so well in the golden rule of fighting with blades:
The loser dies on the street, the winner dies in the ambulance.
This is one of the best fan films i have seen, everything was good, actors, fights, location and the overall look of the productions
Lizzy nailed the acting here! Phenomenal!
Everything about this was efficient, emotional, and amazingly well-done. The choice of location didn’t shift dramatically like with movie scenes, and the choreography and physicality of the duel- both combatants using elbows, kicks, punches and the Force as direct attacks- was far better than anything flashy visuals or massive set pieces could have brought. Also, the pike-saber is cool as hell. 10/10!
So much emotion in this fight. Great work guys, as always.
I absolutely loved this, and absolutely love the Jedi’s look. We need to make Jedi fashion an everyday thing.
Whoa, loved every moment of this, the force vision from the start was a great start, the moment with the kid reminded me of how Obi wan drew power from his love for Leia and having the kid save the main character at the end moved me to tears, wonderful short story, great economic story writing 🙏
I'm not crying. You're crying. ♥️
How are you not a producer for Star Wars? Absolutely awesome. And the actors, they look like they have been doing this for years.
Excellent work! I really like Sith in this movie! Jedi is so believable too. Finally, the kid should have been a youthful Anakin or Kylo. 5 STARS!
You and your team, in all the years I've been a fan, have never disappointed. The cinematography, the choreography, the acting and the storytelling have always rivaled the big budget filming industry. I've been waiting and hoping for a new film to pop up on your channel and when I saw that you had a new entry for sabercon, I was ecstatic! Well done on this film! Everyone involved in its making, should be very proud...I look forward to seeing more from you. Cheers!
Bravo. The cinematography and acting are head and shoulders above other saber choreo vids. Nice to feel some real drama and not just watch spins.
Where in the world have I been? I'm over a year late and I'm just seeing this now? This is a masterpiece. Choreography, emotion, it's all there. Just beautiful.
Firstly, love this so much! The Lightsaber Pike is criminally underutilized elsewhere so I loved seeing it here, and I adored the choreography. By far my favorite move was the Sith's opener, using the force to pull the lightsaber down and break her guard is extremally clever and makes it makes so much sense (it's a surprise attack that could end the fight before it even gets started), and I love seeing them fight with more than just the lightsaber (because in a fight you do anything you can to win, not just swing your laser sword around like they do in the movies cause "oh shiny"). One constructive note though (from someone who isn't any sort of authority) I felt like she could have easily slid her lightsaber blade along the pike and slice his fingers off to disarm him. All in all, very well done.
i agree with everything you said! well written comment!
I feel like they didn't have her do that for two reasons:
1. The fight needs to be longer than 1 minute.
2. It's not a very jedi-like thing to do.
That said, the jedi are known to be hypocrits...
@@ThatDudeWithSunglasses Some were. Stereotyping sucks in fiction or reality.
Getting passed a pike's blade is not as easy as just sliding down it as there are a number of guards a pikeman (real word, I swear) can use to prevent this. It doesn't help that a sword would be at a disadvantage due to the pike having superior range. That said, should a swordsman find themselves able to slip passed a pike's guard, they absolutely should take advantage of it.
If I was to criticize the fight choreography at all, it would be that the guy should have kept fighting with the pole arm after the woman chopped off the blade since it was clearly made of some material (probably beskar) that can withstand a lightsaber. That, however, would just be a small critique of what is otherwise a solid and very creative lightsaber duel. I liked it a lot.
Rule of the SW New Age - nobody dies from a lightsaber stab.
Saber as hot as the sun that can melt a blast door doesn’t kill you when it’s shoved into fleshly organs. This shit needs to stop happening.
Yeah that's the most lame thing in this woke era
Head cannon is that it immediately cautorizes the wound upon exiting. Survival entirely depends where your stuck so to speak. Your intestines can take alot of damage compared to your lungs, heart, liver, etc. We know this from ballistics. So pure heat gone in partially, and not wiggled around or slashed from inside can be an optimal outcome. Albeit any contact from a lightsaberblade can be deadly and IRL "lightsaber" plasma weapons are scary dangerous to the point you wouldn't even duel with them and if you did you would kill/maim with every cheap shot you can imagine easily. Be thankful star wars lore dictates Honor and trained styles fighting with minimal fuckery mid fight. Otherwise starwars would be a hasty gorefest.
@@fallunlight9724
My head canon is that lightsabers don't actually project heat very far beyond the width of the blade itself, and in that scene where Qui-gon is melting the blast doors with his 'saber, he's using the Force to spread the heat through the metal. This helps me to rationalize cauterization vs complete vaporization of internal organs.
@Vigilante8841 I like your angle. Entirely plausible. Ty.
This this is utterly amazing the drama the tension the location and the music just blew me away 5:59
This is most probably the best lightsaber duel that has been filmed since the prequels. You made the characters matter more in 7 minutes than Disney could over 3 movies. Beautiful choreography. The meditation reminded me of Qui-Gon in the phantom menace. Masterfully done.
Is it though? The duel was cool but does not beat the duels from the Acolyte, it barely surpasses the sequel duels.
The characters have very little actual compelling qualities, all we know is that the Jedi is protecting her child, which immediately is a concern for why a Jedi, a member of a group famous for prohibiting attachments, has clearly made atleast two of them.
And then we have discount kylo with the granted very cool beskar pike lightsaber, assuming that was beskar as it did not seem to hold up like beskar does, he has no discernable motivation or reason for pursuing the woman.
All in all it's a cool little fan duel, but over embellishments on it's quality are silly, but of course everybody loves to try to find any reason to crap on Disney these days.