Darth Maul Was Originally Hired as a Stuntman #movie

Name: Darth Maul Was Originally Hired as a Stuntman #movie
Uploaded: 2026-10-24T21:30:24+02:00
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Description: Ray Park’s martial arts skills helped him land the role of Darth Maul in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. His performance made the character unforgettable! #StarWars #DarthMaul #RayPark #ThePhantomMenace #StarWarsFacts #MovieTrivia #BehindTheScenes #Shorts

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Ray Park’s martial arts skills helped him land the role of Darth Maul in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. His performance made the character unforgettable!

#StarWars #DarthMaul #RayPark #ThePhantomMenace #StarWarsFacts #MovieTrivia #BehindTheScenes #Shorts

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@TheWall7003YouTube

But did Liam really need to master more? He was the lightsaber fight sacrificial lamb no matter what🤷‍♂️

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@MrtrenchTruckerYouTube

And now Lightsabers are just baseball bats...

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@sastrahottuaYouTube

Kapan mukul lawannya..

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@ImrightYourewrong-gs4pzYouTube

Thats why obi won lived longer

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@mhaj58YouTube

Really wish Ray Park had a duel with Hayden

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@kahjunchan7650YouTube

the choreography looks incredibly smooth and fluid. It’s just a weird they are aggressively assaulting each other's weapons instead of, you know, actually targeting the person

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@GraysonDillard-u2tYouTube

Or was his lack of mastery his downfall? Perhaps if he were better he would still be with us and he could’ve trained Anakin.

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@TheWall7003YouTube

@GraysonDillard-u2tnah he was doomed to begin with. Maul was just too op at that time and his style(Juyo) was a perfect counter for Qui Gonn's Ataru. It wasnt his mastery that got him killed, it was his feeble human body. Ataru will tire you out in a promonged fight!

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@darthhokumYouTube

Ewan mastered high ground.

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@jesseluoma3584YouTube

Actually, you're just stupid. The whole point of swordplay is to try to get someone and they block and sometimes you actually do target the sword to throw it off, bound or slide down the sword to attack the hand

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@Blackwell338YouTube

Or, spoiler, it's choreography for a movie and these two men don't actually want to score points on each other. 🤯

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@GraysonDillard-u2tYouTube

I know. I was making a joke. He was actually killed because he was too tall and the studio only built their sets to height. He cost them a lot of money so they got revenge.

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@TheWall7003YouTube

@GraysonDillard-u2t🤣

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@colinburke9681YouTube

As you can see here, they 😳 slowed it down for the cinematic battle! 😲

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@timh392YouTube

This is the reason why Liam Neeson died in The Phantom Menace.

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@clarkstartrekYouTube

I met Ray Park once at a Star Wars convention, in my home city.
He was very very grateful for George Lucas giving him a chance to work on the movie.
Ray was very very young at the time.

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@KnightShade-b2oYouTube

@jesseluoma3584 Be kind. Thanks!

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@kcnovember6720YouTube

Imagine if one of them missed. I don't mean Ray and Ewan, but Maul and Kenobi. They are literally trying to kill each other. If they don't block, there goes an arm or a head.

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@kingrezzen312YouTube

I love that you can see the bends and dent in the metal, I remember Ewan Mcgregor talking about that being a thing in episode one before the got better quality dueling saber.

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@michaldamasek6218YouTube

It’s sad Ray went completely crazy recently. He was a very good martial artist

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@unitedwithbritianYouTube

Ewan!! S Rioghal Mo Dhream!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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@dylanharris5975YouTube

They are attacking the body and not the blade. If the shot was not blocked it would contact the body. That's what defines attacking body over blade

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@BistoNationYouTube

Not sure if fully true but Liam Neeson had just finished up Rob Roy and had some solid sword fighting skills. Problem was he had to unlearn some moves because he was using techniques that involved grabbing or holding the blade

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@mitrevisanartYouTube

You must be old then

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@chadjh0213YouTube

Ray Park was also in Sleepy Hollow as the headless horseman, G.I. Joe as Snake Eyes, and X-men as Toad.

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@KingMitus-p4mYouTube

No wonder qui gon died so fast

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@KingMitus-p4mYouTube

No wonder qui gon died so fast

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@GingerEwok2104YouTube

Yes they were fast and had to crank the film to slow them down but I’m getting really sick of people taking the actual footage from the dvds and speeding the footage up faster than was actually filmed

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@GingerEwok2104YouTube

This footage is actually sped up, they were fast and the scene in the movie was slowed down but the actual behind the scenes footage isn’t even this fast. People are taking the footage and speeding it up to the point where you can see that it’s inhumanly possible to go that fast. People are out here trying to get big on a fact but by posting content that isn’t actually true because they’ve altered the actual footage…

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@Mr_Gray_1995YouTube

There was no fights like The Phantom Menace. You gotta give it to them on that

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@LucidLiv1dYouTube

definitely dont make them like they used to 😢

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@JaredSears-s3sYouTube

But geez, it was awesome

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@codycopeland8302YouTube

Oh yeah they fucked em yo these days fr

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@umbratilicious15YouTube

and now in the sequels everything is slow as shit

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@pricefield2423YouTube

Well no shit ewan learned more qui gon had what one fight

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@worry2much27YouTube

It looks choreographed

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@DarkMatterBurritoYouTube

and Peter Serafinowicz voiced Darth Maul in it.

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@elyasgonzales6109YouTube

Phantom menace was the most goated fighting in star wars I ever seen it’s definitely my favorite movie

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@alcapow2YouTube

Im the only one that noticed his face is "off" looks like AI edited stuff

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@brendanr1525YouTube

Holy AI Slop, Batman!
Wtf is going on with tbe video?!

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@brendanr1525YouTube

No.

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@alcapow2YouTube

@brendanr1525is it a mask or? Tried to pause it, but i guess my phone is too crappy to really zoom in clearly

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@JordanMurphy-nk6pnYouTube

They also got so good and fast at it they were to to slow down

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@listrahtesYouTube

You can see how McGregor has zero posture for fighting

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@jacobboaden2213YouTube

Best job ever. Used to choreograph fights with my brother for fun

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@FernandoPerez-zx2vzYouTube

And Disney thought they could replicate this with arrogance and a few bucks lol

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@brendanr1525YouTube

@alcapow2 No, it looks like some kind of visual filter was used - or it was AI; horrible choice.

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@DéjàVuNoirBandYouTube

En post tuvieron que ralentizar la pelea , ya que creían que la gente diría que aceleraron el combate 😮

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@diamondmetal3062YouTube

This is one of the reasons why they moved so fast in the prequels and OT, they used these light, dense sticks that could be whipped around really fast.

The problem with them is that actually applying the proper lighting in post was difficult and never came out right according to the fx team, so in the sequels they gave them whole lights to use instead, resulting in slower movement, but a more natural lighting.

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@unknownyouber168YouTube

Man , if i had the access the skills i would aquire. How could you not take that opp😂

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@thefusionbros7010YouTube

This is why the prequels were good

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@Alex-kh9juYouTube

Then came Hayden

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@Sh_fingersYouTube

Why is nobody mentioning the weird route sound effect

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@dragonus85YouTube

Seeing these moves this fast is impressive.

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@Dakadok-1YouTube

Is he wearing the chocolate chip bottoms?

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@williampjr1233YouTube

hands down one of the best casting decisions ever made... There are many notable ones throughout history, but this is definitely up there.

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@johnpaton4246YouTube

This is why he doesn't speak

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@PhoenixHavokYouTube

I mean if you're only gonna be in one movie barely fighting, 3 seems like more than you need

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@deadbicyclistYouTube

No body mentions that thier fight is the same few moves on loop shot from different angles

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@MarquesTaufaotalamaivaoYouTube

bruh, no wonder qui gon lost

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@Tk5869YouTube

Best lightsaber fight in all of the six movies.

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@redmadness265YouTube

Ewww the AI upscaling got you

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@oafgeekYouTube

Even if this is exactly choreographed, that's damn impressive

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@Steve-sf8fvYouTube

Is it bad that I knew what this was just by the choreography before even reading the text?

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@ReaverKainYouTube

When the choreographer is too good, you have to use him for the role.

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@Dsonic55YouTube

I hate how the first strike is to the saber and not the man that the target is suppose to be

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@adamalva2911YouTube

They learned 0 moves for the last 3

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@bushholland7849YouTube

HE WAS BORN TO PLAY THAT ROLE.

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@alondite215YouTube

Episode 1 may have no been the greatest Star Wars movie, but none of that is Ray's fault. He did exactly as he was asked to do, and crushed it.

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@BongSabreYouTube

Ewan was fighting for Scotland against Ray Park😂

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@Prime1116YouTube

Liam didn't learn moves. He just flowed with his swordplay learned in Rob Roy. He knew how to sword fight but not necessarily lightsaber fight. Meanwhile Park and Ewan were attacking like coked up ninjas.

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@suggeryshakesYouTube

You want me to be darth maul? But I cant act.

Not a problem

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@seantaintor7261YouTube

Ray and Ewan were moving so fast, the director begged them to slow down for the film. Same exact situation as Hayden and Ewan for RotS. These three reached pure flow state and moved in such a harmonious way, no camera in those days could follow

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@bongo_bagginsYouTube

Liam Neeson was already a pretty experienced swordsman by then though. I'm willing to bet that those three moves he learned were just adding to his library.

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@DJDxter12YouTube

Can Ray Park and Hayden Christensen in a video pls

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@SofckingoveritYouTube

Hahahaha says the kid. Best fight yes, absolutely not the best movie

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@derpyFxYouTube

Incredible absolute legends

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@RaindropsBleedingYouTube

I love that his IMBD profile picture is just a picture of Darth Maul

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@Spark____YouTube

Imagine if we had saber fights like this in the movies and not slow ass basic ass swinging

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@johnudiskey3056YouTube

Wasn't he in the Ron Pearlman Hellboy as well?

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@mutteri1298YouTube

Wow it's amazing what you can do when you quit heroin

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@RoxxGameplanYouTube

Is it cool? Yes. Are they aiming for the weapon at all times? Yes.

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@imofage3947YouTube

Liam Neeson didn't need to learn very many moves. Dude has handled swords before.

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@yup439YouTube

The fact that they had a whole big trash can full of bent and broken poles is awesome that they trained alot

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@mra8162YouTube

The speed at which he turns back and forth is insane

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@NolenCobbYouTube

Yes.
Very young indeed.
He was riding around on a tricycle blowing his little horn.

😂

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@boa-sgt_reaperlivestreams5998YouTube

I mean Nissans character was killed off in the first prequel movie and never shown only mentioned in the original trilogy 4-6

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@LexonTheDragonGodYouTube

@NolenCobb 😐

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@NolenCobbYouTube

@LexonTheDragonGod. 😂

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@twojacksandanace3847YouTube

Things have not been good with him for a while lol

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@TheGooch68YouTube

Qui Gon only learned three moves, and he’s supposed to be master.

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@Chris-dy9gwYouTube

Somebody needs to show whoever wrote this direct liam neeson's background
Dude learned a lot more than three moves with a sword
AND ROB ROY PROVED IT ONLY TAKES ONE

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@TheUnoRissenYouTube

RobRoy!

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@RapsCalorieYouTube

Anything with Darth Maul, and the final fight scene on the foundry planet are the GOATS for me.

I get why most of the Sith kind of suck narratively/thematically speaking, but I really loved there being a Sith that is just straight up hatred instead of "I skipped therapy and got real angry instead" :P

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@jakobbraun5180YouTube

and today we have baseballbat swatters in disney‘s „star worse“ 😂

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@Bobman450YouTube

Same, one of my earliest memories is watching it in the theater with my dad when I was 3 in 1999

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@Bobman450YouTube

So much better than all that Disney bullshit.

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@ordinary-not2525YouTube

Love your username!❤

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@FenrysianWolfGuardYouTube

Imo Ray Park saved the prequels. He was only in phantom menace, but he trained the actors and stunt men for the three movies. Ewan Mcgregor and Hayden Christiansen put a lot of time and effort into training to the point where they got too fast for the camera.

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@RaysAlt-i2uYouTube

Too bad Ray Park couldn't ever get any leading roles

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@AshleyDenicolaYouTube

Random Star Wars trivia like this will never cease to amaze me 🤩

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@carljendrickchung6718YouTube

So thats why quigon died, didnt learn enough moves

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@garystyke2384YouTube

Back when they took pride in the fight scenes

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@shadowfeather3094YouTube

Same definitely, yes!

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@SixStringsBrokenYouTube

Only 3? No wonder Qui Gon lost

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@shkase398YouTube

One of my kids is going to be Darth Maul for Halloween for the second year in a row.

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@LemyWinks-o5wYouTube

I mean, no real reason for Neeson to master a lot of moves when he wasn't in a lot of combat and died in the 1st movie.

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@Drafter528YouTube

Before the dark times… before 2018-present… rip Ray Park being a good person🥀

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@simonmellor220YouTube

@Bobman450 I was 11/12 in '99 and my mum let me and my brother stay off school so my older cousin could take us to see it. We then met up with his girlfriend to have lunch and play pool at a Bar and Grille type place.
It's a good memory.

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@Frenzified832YouTube

As long as he didn't take the Dave Prowse deal...

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@thecoolunclea.k.a.unclebea1158YouTube

If you think Darth Maul is Black you are no Stat wars Fan in my mind.
-Ewan McGregor ( i think)

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@Rogue_857YouTube

Should have put that much effort into the dialogue as well and took out Jar Jar

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@sukuruchanYouTube

boom boom dim doom bi di boom dush boom bam klonk
they realy have a GREAT rythm in the fightcoreography

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@geoffreyphillips7801YouTube

So impressive

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@oni-one574YouTube

It's 2026 and evert shitty video on the internet looks like it was filmed in 1984.

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@automaticmattywhack1470YouTube

If i heard correctly, they had to slow down the lightsaber fight between Darth Maul and Obi Wan because it was too fast for the camera.

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@rajahziaYouTube

Nonsense, you strike the limbs or the body, not the weapon.

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@Rich4098YouTube

It was such a terrible mistake to kill off that character. Trying to shoehorn him in later just never worked.

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@VoMabulayYouTube

@TheUnoRissen I call your RobRoy and raise you with an Excalibur.

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@ajvanmarleYouTube

The voice isn't his, though. His lines were dubbed.

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@richardsutcliffe8002YouTube

And n his prime mr lee would have kicked their arses

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@ernestsuyunov860YouTube

13 and 3, that's the reason why Qui Gonn was killed.

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@didamnesia3575YouTube

Daisy riddly learned nothing

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@zeghydios9392YouTube

Lucas - we have indepth choreography that our actors have learned themselves, they move with great speed due to how light a lightsaber is
Disney - idk, not bothering to train anyone, hey just flail around randomly and act like the lightsaber weighs a million pounds

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