Obiwan in Ep1. His lightsaber tecnique was cool with lots of spinning and moving in a neat flow. However I come to realise that Obi-wan is just a little bit showoff. Take that scene which Qui and Obi jump from a bridge to another while fighting Maul. Obi just HAD to do the flip. Also in the hanger bay Obi just HAD to spin his saber only to be blocked and then kicked in the face. He could have just slashed normally and maybe land a blow.

Its like,"woa don't touch me with that thing, I bruise like a grape".

Anyway another thing i noticed is Luke's tecnique. Sure its shabby, no flow, no stlye whatsoever. But on a positive side, it is unpredictable. One time Luke can be just parrying the blows he gets, the next time he can come back with aggressive slashes(Ep6).

Making his movements less fluent, and visually canny--but extremely aggresive but polished over with times of defense and quick stabs.

The reason it isn't as visually canny, fluent and flows greatily is because he was the only Jedi. He had Yoda teach him the ways of the force while Obi-Wan barley had to chance to teach him the arts of the lightsaber.

Though he was submitting to the Dark side in his attacks of aggresion, it was for the better good of everyone else. So it's hard to say exactly what he was truly doing with that attack. He may have been submitting to the Dark Side of aggresion for the better of the universe.

No one is naturally born with lightsaber skills, this guy had to learn mainly by his own expirences. He still manages to get the job done on numerous occasions. It isn't stylish, doesn't have to be. It was more of a lance style to me. Poke a few times and quickly attack another.

He had a nice lightsaber techinque if you ask me, he could deal a few scares to Obi-Wan.

Also, in the time it was more of short stabs instead of quick twirls, because the blaster ruled the galaxy with an iron fist, not a lightsaber. It was seen as an old ancient toy.

That is mainly why back in the earlier days of the Republic, during the Sith War, the blaster wasn't seen as great as a lightsaber in trained hands.

In that time of Luke's existence there was more blaster battles than lightsaber ones. Of course his father is superior, he was trained in both arts.

Form 1 is simple blocking and swinging techniques.

Form 2 is incredibly graceful fighting, with large swings and broad body movements, like a dance. Count Dooku studied it.

Form 3 is the standard Jedi form, created for combat with blasters. Equal balence between attack and defence. Obi-Wan studied it.

Form 4 was a very difficult form, focused mainly on defnsive technique, wearing the opponent down with his own energy. Yoda studied it.

Form 5 was a failure made up by a band of Jedi Masters obsessed with fancy tricks.

Form 6 was the form raw power and attacking ability. Could catch the opponent off guard. Anakin studied it.

Form 7 was a mix of all the other forms. Intensely difficult and powerful. Mace Windu studied it.

Luke probably didn't have the time to learn all these forms thuroughly. He kind of improvised. It still proved to be very effective.

Yoda taught him mostly in the arts of the Force, not that of the lightsaber. That what was necessary at the time. To be able to use the Force to guide him in his path, aswell as use it as an ally in confrontation with evil or troubles.

That is what Yoda taught him....

I would have to say that although the technique may not look pretty, but if it comes from instinct, there really is no way to beat it. That's why Luke wins so many battles. He doesn't focus his mind on following a routine. He just fights.

But the reason in this one just cant be argued with...

In the original trilliagy, there special affects sucked ass compared to now... They were still dealign with second rate lightsaber affects...

The combat had to be slow, if they did it fast the computer wouldnt have been able to keep up to add the glow...

Ep1 was filled with all the flips and spins to showcase the brand spankin new special affects they had at there disposal...

If they were to remake the original trilliagy...again...(that is, if it were humanly possible for the actors to actauly do it) They would probably add in the cool flips, and spins.

Now getting down to the first post... As for the flip, the starwarsian theory(aka a reason aside from "they are showing off new Special effects) Now that would be because, it actauly adds jumping power... You see, when he flipsit brings his feet up with the lift, so he can land more easily, not trying to aim his still outstretched legs...

Also flips help increase the movement, making you NOT a big target that say's "please kill me now"

If you had seen the movie you will understand this. His character is named Cocknocker. He has one really large fist, and weilds a "Vibrosaber". Now JAY and SILENT BOB have "BONGsabers" And they reinact a Lightsaber duel. Mark Hamill does pretty well with this role touting off lines like "Don't F__K with the Jedi master son!" and "No little punk is gonna upstage me!"

Edit: Also, I say Jay and Silent Bob, hehe--didn't know it was him.