Threesome lightsaber fight

Yes it was extremely cool wasn’t it. Loved the location choice too. What exactly WAS the location though? Such a huge building, with those big doors that required you to wait for them to open, what were they, what was their function?

Epic fight though, it gave you an inkling as to what these guys were capable of. One of, if not the best part of the film. This and the Pod race of course lol.

This fight was the highlight of the entire prequel trilogy.

The score for that scene was just as awesome as the actual fighting!

I love the prequel fighting theme.

You'd think Jedi's would be more honorable than that. Going two on one against people don't seem fair.

I liked it best of all the films. The battle between Luke and Darth on Cloud City is right there too, more for the talking and levels to it, there was drama in that battle between the two even though the swordsmanship isn't as good as Darth Maul vs. the two Jedi.

Obi-Wan and Anakin in Revenge of the Sith.....that was just so over the top and choreographed as some synchronized dance routine. It was too much and I didn't enjoy it as much. Plus I've always hated Christianson as Darth. It never worked for me.

The Phantom Menace duel, that was the best. I actually knew when I saw it that Maul (Park) was a real, trained swordsman/martial artist so it gave it another level of menace.

The only thing I didn't like about this duel? That constant breaks to go watch that ridiculous Gungan battle against the battle droids.

Two against one.

The best part of the movie - however everytime I watch this scene and try to get into it, it becomes really apparent how meticulously they coreographed the whole thing, and how every actor is working towards their next beat and to provide the parry opportunity to the other guys. I mean don't get me wrong, the coreography is amazing and the actors did an excellent job rehearsing and performing it, but this is supposed to be a fight, and not a dance routine.

It's not really the sophistication of the moves that really sells a fight. The movements should be a bit rough around the edges, as your goal as a fighter is not to provide spectacle to onlookers, but to really hurt the other guy. At no point in this fight do I get the sense that any of the Jedi seriously wants to slay Maul - there are even points in the fight where a simple slash or stab would have instantly ended the fight, but the actor instead of taking the opportunity, goes for an useless sword twirl or fills his time until the next beat with a jump or some other BS. Concrete example: at the very beginning, right after the double lightsaber reveal, Obi-Wan gets behind Maul, and while he is parrying Qui-Gon's strike, Obi has a clear opportunity to slash Maul, but he instead twilrls his saber, and from that starts an attack Maul can parry - clearly according to the coreography.

The whole fight lacks the display of raw emotions and powerful moves that would really hurt the opponent. It's still a great scene, but I can't help but notice these things which ultimately take me out of the experience, sadly.