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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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
And why he's the right vs. a droid that swings 4 lightsabers at once (but that didn't come through in the film)
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yeah but it's telling he kills Grievous with a gun, and that he hates doing so
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he likes his lightsaber style bc it gives him the moral high ground
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never has to be the one to choose to shoot first, so to speak
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