I love the way lightsabers are handled in the Disney Plus shows

It’s really refreshing to see lightsabers actually have meaning behind them when used in live action again after several years of “haha, glow stick go bash”. Every time a saber is used in these new shows, it says something about the characters-Ashokas scene in the forest: She is stealthy, brutal and yet also calm and controlled. She is now more of a ronin than a samurai, using tactics that many would find dishonourable. This is even reflected in the white/grey colour of her sabers, showing that while she is still on the die of the light, she is no longer truly a JediHowever, her later duel with the magistrate show that her classical samurai (Jedi) roots still remain, with the duel being filmed and choreographed like an old fashioned Kurosawa style duel. Even her choice of weapons screams Samurai/Ronin, her lightsaber and shoto being almost identical to the Katana and Wakizashi combo favoured by Samurai-Luke’s scene at the end of the Mandalorian: This is a Jedi Grandmaster in their prime. He moves calmly and fluidly, like he has given himself over completely to the force, letting go of himself becoming an instrument of its will.His technique is reminiscent of the Jedi in their Golden Age (Especially that of his fathers during the end of the Clone Wars), while also still clearly being an evolution of what we saw Luke do in the OT. If you want to get into lightsaber forms, Luke seems to be combining the powerful strikes and fluid counters of Form V, Djem So (Anakin’s style) with the tight guard and efficient blade work of Form III, Soresu (Obi-Wans style), honouring both his Jedi mentor and his father, while also seemingly mixing the two forms with force techniques, resulting in something resembling Form VI, Niman, to show that Luke is becoming his own man, the first in a new generation of Jedi-Din’s duel against Visla: The darksaber is heavy and clumsy in Din’s hand, almost as if the blade himself is fighting him, just as Din is fighting with his own internal beliefs and whether or not he still believes in the Mandalorian code-Obi Wan’s rematch with Vader: Obi-Wan is a broken man, afraid and out of practise. While his stance is still that of a classical Jedi and he still favours the defensive form of Soresu, he is no longer the calm and collected Jedi he used to be. His strikes and parries are clumsy and hesitant, doing the best he can to stay aliveVader on the other hand is a terrifying force of nature. Having spent the past decade refining his skills and hunting Jedi, he is constantly moving forward like an unstoppable tank. His casual one handed use of his saber echoes that of Count Dooku, however, his strikes are powerful and precise in a robotic manner, showing that he is now more machine than man. His dominating use of the force, as well as his use of fear tactics show that this is a Sith Lord in their prime, that the Chosen One is completely submerged in the Dark Side via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/pY9nrM4