• UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      the dart maul fight had an actual martial artist doing fancy moves even though quai gon jinn stood there like in the originals with obi

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        1 year ago

        Seriously, watch the fight at the end of the Phantom Menace. It’s fun but it’s not good.

        There’s a lot of times where Obi Wan and Qui Gon take turns attacking, and visibly waste time to avoid attacking simultaneously. There’s a bunch of times where they’re really obviously attacking Maul’s saber, not Maul. Attacks that are obviously out of distance. That sort of thing. Ray Park is a great, award winning martial artist, but Liam Neeson and MacGregor aren’t, and it really shows.

        Compare it to the Maul vs Ahsoka fight at the end of Clone Wars. Being able to motion capture two great martial artists makes a big difference vs having to teach an actor fight choreography. It’s still flashy and has some silliness in it, but it looks much better.