So I haven't reviewed the old EU saber forms but here's who I see using common forms: Young Anakin, Ahsoka: super fast, sometimes dual blade
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Vader, Kenobi: defensive and restrained Dooku: actual fencing, shares some in common with Palpatine
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in the RotS novelization they go on at some length abt how Obi-Wan is the worlds greatest master of defense
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
You oughta read the novelization, BG, it has a lot of texture the movie doesn't.
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stuff like, uh, what the characters are thinking and feeling u know, liek emotions
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Replying to @Sarcasmorator @BootlegGirl
well, the RotS novelization is worth it bc it's by Matt Stover, who is generally smart and good
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he takes what could be tiresome geeking out abt stuff like lightsaber forms and makes it interesting
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Obi-Wan is the great grandmaster of Soresu, his "Soresu is flawless"
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which is the lightsaber form abt anticipation and defense
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he is completely locked into a mindset of "First do no harm", his fighting style only strikes as a riposte
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which explains why he can't just kill Anakin
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also reveals that he dies in ANH entirely bc he wanted to
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