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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Serge" data-source="post: 2068558" data-attributes="member: 4049">While I agree with leaving certain story elements alone (like not including Jabba the Hutt in ANH and not allowing Greedo to shoot at all), other elements definitely should go or be adjusted.  Just as how the entire dog fight at the end of ANH was overhauled, greatly improving the drama and action of the story, overhauled duels would serve the same purpose.  If I was so interested in revamping the entire original trilogy, I'd be for digitizing virtually every fight sequence, from the Battle of Hoth to the fight above Endor in RotJ.  I'm not because those effects still stand and do not detract from the integrity of the story.  Heck, I even have no problem with the dilapidated appearance of Rebel armaments and vehicles (they're rebels on the run, afterall, with little opportunity to keep their things in tip-top shape).  Even from a film production/FX historical perspective, it's nice to see how much ingenuity was put into those effects.  But the duels?  They're not even consistent from film to film and they have little to do with effects as much as they had to do with time and money spent on creating them.  Furthermore, I posit that as presented, they distract from the story regardless of Lucas' excuses. I was and continue to be amused by Yoda's duel.  Still, I do agree with you to a point.  I would have preferred a more... stately display of his sabre tactics.  If he was so fast that you really didn't see him move or if initially, he doesn't even wield the sabre but uses it like a dancing sword.</blockquote>

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