Sword Expert Reacts To Star Wars The Prequel Trilogy | Lightsaber Fight Scenes

We got Matt Easton, a Historical European Martial Artist, Antique Arms Dealer, and owner of the fencing club Schola Gladiatoria, to react to the prequel Star Wars Trilogy. Telling us his sword-fighting expert opinion on just how realistic Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Episode II - Attack of the Clones, and Episode III - Revenge of the Sith is when it comes to lightsaber (or sword) combat.

From, once again, talking about Obi-Wan Kenobi's obsession with twirls and flips, to Count Dooku's curved lightsaber and of course, the high ground, Matt breaks down these iconic Star Wars fight scenes! In this detailed Star Wars reaction video, prepare to learn all about Star Wars realism, and whether Star Wars sword fights are as true to life as a real sword fight from a sword expert.


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[perezkoala]

Next you should have "politician reacts to all senate scenes in Prequels"

[RodneyG]

The whole "high ground" thing was 100% Obi-Wan trolling Anakin to get him to make a mistake.

Obi-Wan's true force strength was trolling his opponents to literal death.

[CaptPierce]

“Maul should of stayed around longer”
Me: ahh should we tell him?

[DrobusMaximus]

The theory about the 17:30 bit is that they're both predicting the other one's move, and readjusting for it, over and over again. Not only are they force sensitive, so they have insanely fast reflexes, but they're also basically brothers. They've been sparring together for years and years during Anakin's apprenticeship and the Clone Wars, putting in thousands of hours of fighting each other, so on top of their reflexes and the force, they know each others moves very well.

[Ydna_Kehn]

18:00 Actually if you didn't know, they also use the force to help predict where the enemy is going to strike next! So with that in mind, I'd have to guess they were stuck in a ridiculous loop of trying to get through the other's defense.

[scholagladiatoria]

Thanks for having me on! It's great fun doing these fight reviews.

[Kamenriderneo]

9:00
Christopher Lee didn't ask specifically for a curved handle. He brought his rapier, showed how he could use it and asked for a lightsaber that would allow him to fight as such.

[DarthGandalftheBlack]

You also have to understand that Obi Wan didn’t want to kill Anakin. He really wanted to save him. Bring him back to the light side. And Anakin didn’t really want to kill Obi Wan either. Really enjoyed your analytics, but it would also be interesting to see what your opinions are concerning the emotional factors involved in a fight, and the motivations of two people engaged in combat.

[jasonblack]

My favorite aspect of Darth Maul wasn't his fighting. It was how convincingly PREDATORY he came across. He had like 3 lines the entire movie, but his body language, his facial expressions, his snarls, they all said "don't...fuck...with...me".

[WJS]

Regarding lightsabers being cutty or thrusty, it's probably worth remembering that with steel weapons, one advantage of the thrust is that it's easier to get through to vital organs while cuts can often be more superficial unless they are really committed to, but with lightsabers going clean through limbs or bodies with no resistance, they can be _more_ effective in a cut than a sword would be.

[aceshotz]

You guys should have him react to the Old Republic trailers like Decieved, he will definitely like the movement in the Malgus fight

[Anthyrion]

A small background information for Matt on Dookus curved handle: When Dooku was a Padawan, there weren't any other lightsaber users then the Jedi in the Republic. The Sith thought to be extinct and the Jedi trained more for Blaster Defense. But because Dooku always wanted to be the best, he decided to make this kind of handle to be better prepared for duels. His whole fighting form was designed to fight sword wielders.

[klemmensenpf]

Obi-wan and the high ground; in the phantom menace obi-wan jumped over maul, while maul had the high ground. That move he made haunted him for the next decade, he always came back to how it could have failed. Then in revenge of the sith, Anakin tried the same move on him, that he did to maul. This is why Obi-wan won over Anakin with the high ground. It was all he thought about.

[kratosGOW]

The “twirling” thing can be viewed as an aesthetic stunt but I’m pretty sure it comes from the defensive technique against blaster shots. It’s very useful when being surrounded and shot from different angles.

[maniaccop]

The reason why (in universe) there is a bunch of twirling with the lightsabers is because all force sensitives have such attuned senses that they can pretty much see into the future slightly with the opponents' next move. The twirling helps make the next move be more unpredictable

[turinturambar]

From my point of view they twirl the swords so much because as many times was explained these guys can slightly predict the actions of their rivals due to the force. Imaging two guys constantly knowing what the rival is going to do. If they stop enough to think about it (as Anakin and Obi Wan do in Mustafar) that can be an endless loop.

[Sheev_Senate]

If you want to see thrusting of blades, look at Chancellor Papatine, his fighting style is full of trusting.

[braden]

Fun fact: The high ground statement Obi-Wan made was a bait to get Anakin to make the jump. When Anakin attempted the exact move Obi-Wan used when Darth Maul had the high ground.

[dingletun]

8:47

To answer this, this is intentional. Darth Maul let his overconfidence get to him, thus Obi-Wan returning to kill him caught Maul off guard. This happens with a lot of Sith, such as Anakin fighting Obi-Wan

[jolean_cujoh]

0:37 - The Phantom Menance
9:07 - Attack of the Clones
14:10 - Revenge of the Sith