I extend my deepest regrets to Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. To be included, a scene had to feature participants fighting each other with lightsabers, not just using a lightsaber in a fight. Lightsaber duels are often the centerpiece of a Star Wars film, and that means iconic, classic moments mixed in with a few swing-and-a-miss duds. An elegant weapon from a more civilized age.'īoy, have those weapons been featured in many scenes both elegant and clumsy.
And as far back as I can remember, nothing has defined Star Wars more than the whooshing, whirring hum of a lightsaber. 'The weapon of a Jedi Knight,' Obi-Wan Kenobi ( Alec Guinness) says in A New Hope. By now, fans know the story of Star Wars beat-for-beat, but it's also always been a franchise equally built on its iconography.
