If nothing else, the Star Wars prequels - and their accompanying brawler, Jedi Power Battles - planted the idea that lightsaber styles might reflect the wielder's character.
In the first three Star Wars movies, the Jedi and Sith are dwindling embers. What was once a vast, entangled hierarchy of light and dark Force practitioners has shrunk to a handful of creaky and vindictive old men, fighting for control over a couple of angsty, unschooled kids. With 1999's prequel Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace - set in the heyday of the Galactic Republic - Lucasfilm wanted to show these crusading space mystics in their prime.
, Maul and the Jedi mean little to each other, and this comes across in choreography that is more about prowess than, as in Luke's clashes with Vader, a ripe old stew of fear and hatred. To the Jedi, Maul's characterisation begins and ends with Qui-Gon's remark after their first encounter on Tatooine:"It was well-trained in the Jedi arts".
Jedi Power Battles isn't a triumph, by any stretch. It's notorious for its awful platforming sequences - the camera never quite lines up comfortably, and you're forever getting shot out of the air by Rodians lurking off-screen.
In the absence of stirring dialogue performances, the film strains to capture each Jedi's personality through their choreography. Stunt coordinator Nick Gillard, for example, to reflect what he's learned from the maverick Qui-Gon. Obi-Wan in turn passed this mildly hectic duelling methodology onto his own apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who added a generous dollop of frenzy after succumbing to the Dark Side.
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