Star wars prequel haters hit a new level of low.

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mountaindewslave said:

Arlo said:
While I will say I'm of the opinion that they're very bad movies (not even as a Star Wars fan--just as a movie fan) you're right that that's a new low. There was nothing wrong with the light saber fights. They were just as neat as you would hope.

the problem with the light saber fights is they are absurd

just because someone is a Jedi doesn't magically make them non human or whatever. I can believe that Jedi can flip around to some extent but it went from fairly reasonable in the Phantom Menace to absolutely absurd in the other prequels in terms of how the flashy and ridiculous the lightsaber duels are

I mean for gods sake there is a scene in Revenge of the Sith where this Robot holding like 6 lightsabers spins them all around (his lightsabers) really quickly in front of Obi Wans face, an instance in which obviously he could have just cut up Obi Wan

the lightsaber duels in the original films were more significant because they were SOMEWHAT believable and actually generally were part of a bigger message or story arc

in the prequels the flashy lightsabers seem to just be there for kids with ADD and you can't go 5 minutes without seeing them

I mean for gods sake Anakin and Obi Wan duel for like 10 minutes straight with them. it's like come onnnnnn

Epic lightsaber duels:

Obi-wan vs Darth Vader (Ep4)

Luke vs Darth Vader (Ep5)

Luke vs Darth Vader part II (Ep6)