Timeline for Why did Obi-Wan lop off Ponda Baba's arm?
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| Jan 19, 2016 at 21:45 | history | edited | Wad Cheber | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 19, 2016 at 21:38 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | I see him swing once at the blaster and once at the arm. And the question is quoting a canon source. | |
| Jan 19, 2016 at 21:37 | comment | added | user45623 | As I said in the edited answer, what I see is that he swirls the saber and then swings it. He draws it from his hip and swirls it in a circle in one continuous motion, then slashes it across both thugs at once. Regardless, the important part of the answer is that the question is wrong - he doesn't cut through Ponda Baby's blaster before he cuts his arm off. | |
| Jan 19, 2016 at 21:34 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | youtu.be/DIzAaY2Jm-s?t=6m35s Two swings, one mostly off camera. | |
| Jan 19, 2016 at 21:27 | comment | added | user45623 | I did a very bad job of describing what happens the first time. I've reworded most of it. | |
| Jan 19, 2016 at 21:25 | history | edited | user45623 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 19, 2016 at 21:19 | comment | added | Wad Cheber | It actually looks to me like Obi-Wan makes two strokes, as the quote says. | |
| Jan 19, 2016 at 21:19 | history | answered | user45623 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |