Timeline for Why do the lightsaber moves of Luke Skywalker look so uncoordinated and crude compared to the prequels?
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| Sep 18, 2014 at 23:17 | history | edited | Valorum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 25, 2013 at 16:43 | comment | added | Shantnu Tiwari | Who is this Mr Plinkett? There is no link | |
| Nov 22, 2013 at 10:28 | comment | added | Kenny Thompson | Nice answer, but for some reason I couldn't help reading Mr. Plinkett's quote in his voice.. Kind of like the Morgan Freeman effect.. | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 21:46 | comment | added | RobertF | Luke Skywalker never does receive proper training in lightsaber dueling, does he? Both Obi Wan and Yoda are too old and die before they can adequately train Luke. Yoda seemed more interested in teaching balance and control to Luke, not fighting skills (although Luke did learn a lot of fancy acrobatic moves from Yoda). | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 18:23 | comment | added | Monty129 | I think it's also an important point that Vader had to abandon much of his previous skill once he became the cyborg of the original trilogy, and shifted his saber style to one of power over speed and agility. | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 17:30 | comment | added | PeterL | The answer addresses Luke's abilities ("Luke is still very much a novice") and also gives an explanation of why the obvious consequence of being a novice (getting killed swiftly by more skilled/experienced duelists) doesn't come about. | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 17:16 | comment | added | Plutor | Very good answer, but it doesn't answer the question asked. The question is about Luke's abilities, not Anakin's. | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 16:30 | comment | added | bitmask | +1 -- the incomparable Mr. Plinkett also points out something along the lines of the lack of choreography making the fight more interesting; You can see the anger and desperation in Luke building up, while (e.g.) the Obi-Wan / Maul fight is boring beyond measure because it's too perfect. | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 9:29 | comment | added | Tom Bowen | This is exactly what I was thinking. But also the reason for him being so poor is his very little training in comparison to Jedi's of the new trilogy. | |
| Nov 21, 2013 at 3:58 | history | answered | Beta | CC BY-SA 3.0 |