Two brothers, near mirror images in fighting styles, battle to the death while the avatars of the dual natures of the force THROW THE SENATE AT EACH OTHER! We’ve talked about the duels being personal explosions of character development, well here you go. This is, without question, the best duel in all six films, not just in terms of the four combatants being at the height of the powers or fight choreography, but this is the moment on which the entire series pivots. Of the four Star Wars films that George Lucas directed, I think Episode III shows the best craft, with some fantastic shots and non-stop, mind-blowing Star Wars action from the opening battle over Courscant to A New Hope at the end.įor the purposes of our conversation, I’m going to treat this like the intercut scene it is in the film, flashing between Anakin (now Darth Vader) battling Obi-Wan on Mustafar and the two most powerful Force-wielders we’ve seen on screen: Yoda and Palpatine throwing down in the Senate.
I have to apologize for not being able to find this 17 minute sequence intercut, but the best I can give you is the “dual duels” standing on their own. Say what you will about the first two entries in the Prequel Trilogy, I think Episode III is every bit as good as the films in the Original Trilogy (and doesn’t contain a single Ewok or musical number).
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