Published On Nov 13, 2021
This fight choreography is quite impressive, so I just had to make a response video to @Corridor and talk about what makes a lightsaber fight look realistic, based on Star Wars lore and some speculation about how plasma swords might work.
** Time stamps **
00:00 - 01:05 Style / visual effects / immersion
01:06 - 02:00 Historical swordsmanship & sci-fi weapons
02:00 - 03:23 Efficient realism vs. fancy fantasy
03:23 - 04:46 Functional properties of a lightsabre
04:46 - 05:56 Guards & the importance of defense
05:56 - 06:51 The most vulnerable body part
06:51 -07:11 A smart, skillful maneuver
07:11 - 09:25 Binding / sword techniques / tactics
09:25 - 11:14 "To the death" - Or is it?
11:14 - 12:21 Conclusion / outro
The video that I comment on:
To The DEATH
• To The DEATH
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• We Asked a Sword Expert to Make a Rea...
Do lightsabers "stick" to each other?
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/quest...
Adorea longsword fight duel
• Adorea longsword fight duel
How Different Would Fighting With Energy Swords Be?
• How Different Would Fighting With Lig...
If Sword Fighting Looked Like Mount and Blade
• If Sword Fighting Looked Like Mount a...
Longsword Sparring in the Park (11 March 2018)
• Longsword Sparring in the Park (11 Ma...
Everybody Fails... And That's Okay.
• Everybody Fails... And That's Okay.
** Music **
"Drifting Beyond the Stars" by HitCtrl
https://opengameart.org/content/drift...
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (CC BY 3.0)
Outro:
"Highland Storm" by The Slanted Room Records
https://theslantedroom.github.io/stev...
Used with artist's permission
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