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Leaked Star Wars: Acolyte footage shows Wuxia inspired fight scene
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Looks great! Finally something star wars related that I want to watch. I just want to see jedi fighting and doing cool shit. I never understood what was so hard about making something like that before LOL
The Ahsoka series had plenty of cool fights. I'd argue most of them involving her were among the best in live action star wars, aside from the ones in the last episodes
I still need to watch this. I honestly forgot all about it! That sounds right up my alley I think I'll give it a go this weekend.
TV show formats, pacing, and budgets don't generally lend themselves to pure jedi action all the time. Also for every person who feels like you do there's someone going on about how the jedi are the least interesting part of Star Wars. They're juggling a lot of stuff with this franchise.
Looks awesome and dynamic, something I can't say for the other SW shows outside of Andor. I can't wait for this!
Well that's certainly more headturning than what we saw in the trailer
It's got a steady cam (which tbh some recent movies could stand to remember to have) and you can see most of what's happening but also kind of unmemorable rn for anything besides the style itself. Hoping for more in the series
It's got a steady cam (which tbh some recent movies could stand to remember to have) and you can see most of what's happening but also kind of unmemorable rn for anything besides the style itself. Hoping for more in the series
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Non neck breaking version
Tough needle to thread from the sounds of it. Seems like they are on the right track trying to be diverse with their tv shows then. I always forget so many folks are burned out on the jedi as the people in my bubble don't seem to care about anything else in the star wars universe
Definitely more interesting and well-choreographed than most live action Star Wars TV action. Really hoping this delivers
I think that's just wuxia in general, right? Watching wuxia fight scenes feel like you're watching a dance.
Wuxia is like Hero and Crouching Tiger right? I never felt that way watching those movies. But maybe it's unfair to compare to the cream of the crop
It's not just you, there feels like a bit too much "wait a beat for your turn". It's not egregious yet for me tho
It's nice if you see it through the lens of classic wuxia fights in old movies.
It's just not exciting for modern sensitivities, as it never conveys a sense of danger on either fighter. There is barely any opposition/strategic measure to be solved either.
Can only surmise that the reason why the Master Jedi - whom very clearly is the sole target of assassination - remains comfortably watching, while all the other guys (staff? henchmen? random civilians?) risk their lives to stop her, is an indictment attempt on how the powerful are better shielded against the problems of the regular folk, or something.
I'm sure there will be better battles down the road.
It's just not exciting for modern sensitivities, as it never conveys a sense of danger on either fighter. There is barely any opposition/strategic measure to be solved either.
Can only surmise that the reason why the Master Jedi - whom very clearly is the sole target of assassination - remains comfortably watching, while all the other guys (staff? henchmen? random civilians?) risk their lives to stop her, is an indictment attempt on how the powerful are better shielded against the problems of the regular folk, or something.
I'm sure there will be better battles down the road.
Holy wow. They made a 3 minute long fight scene somehow be incredibly boring just by including the fucking Jedi into the mix. And the force grab there just begs the question: "why not just force grab the assassin, or her weapon? Why is she watching these people all get murdered?"
That's just the style, compare it to something like this:
View: https://youtu.be/fQTiADgBkS4?si=snSB5KQl03VSyOR3
With that said...this Acolyte scene didn't impress me as much as I hoped it would. The choreography is neat and well executed, but there's a layer of visual storytelling that feels like its missing.
Yeah this is what I was thinking as well. Obviously the scene will probably make more sense in context but the thing is, after what a shitshow Obi Wan was, its also possible that it...won't, and will be dumb.
That one kind of depends I guess
If you've watched a lot of those older films you've got stuff like this rattling around in your brain
View: https://youtu.be/-zdAF7IfrSQ?si=d6ipXVPnM_y81uPk
Or of course Hero or w/e
Which I mean, Disney is never going to come close to, so it's unfair, but it's still there in my mind so it's not going to stack up
Wow I thought the fight was great. Really surprised by the reactions here. Clearly there's not a sense of danger because the Jedi master is supposed to be better. Further down the line when the opponents are more equal I'm sure it'll be a different story.
Man now I'm just wishing Ezra fought like this in Ahsoka.
Man now I'm just wishing Ezra fought like this in Ahsoka.
The talent involved with this show really makes me think it's going to be really good tbh. I'm still shocked by all the negativity surrounding the show.
The setup to this fight is weird. Why does this master jedi allow the fight to go on for as long as it does? To the point where the baddie takes a hostage at knife-point? It's obvious from the get-go that she could incapacitate this person without a sweat.
Right, cuz then we wouldn't get a cool wuxia fight. I'm worried about the writing already.
Right, cuz then we wouldn't get a cool wuxia fight. I'm worried about the writing already.
Maybe we're supposed to read her as being arrogant/overly confident
Well the inspiration is clear at least. Feels a little slow here, not a lot of particularly cool exchanges, but I assume it's an early scene. More Dragon Inn than Crouching Tiger so far
I think a lot of people on the internet just selectively remember recent Star Wars content quality. Ignoring Bad Batch, Ashoka, Tales, and Andor and remembering Boba, Mando S3, and Obi while vastly overstating their problems.
My assumption is the Jedi have been unchallenged for so long, especially by other force wielders, that it's a combination of shock and trying to see what the assassin's deal is.
The first one or the one where she dropped out of her ship to fight him and then ran away because she didn't need to beat him, only reach Ezra, even though she initiated the fight?
I'll concede the first fight wasn't too bad. I think it might be the only fight in the show I enjoyed and was impressed by.
Yes, that's my problem with the scene.
Just watched the Ashoka vs Baylon fight scene and it looks way better. More natural.
The first fight!
Some of the more well known wuxia movies that have come to the west are "Flying Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero", and "House of Flying Daggers". All of em are pretty good
all starring the same woman, bizarrely. she's also really good in The Grandmaster, costarring Tony Leung
I'm guessing you're talking about Zhang Ziyi? Yeah she was super big until the whole fake scandal about her being getting paid to sleep with people. But not trying to derail this thread