We were ROBBED of the BEST Lightsaber fight in Star Wars

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Props to McDiarmid, a 60-year old classical actor, for pulling off of those sick flips while swinging at Sam Jackson

it amazes me how Ian McDiarmid could do the epic corkscrew jump opening with just 15 minutes of training, absolute legend

They should have kept the full duel, but the change to have Anakin arrive at the end of the fight works perfectly.

Imagine being the stunt guy that trained for 6 months to do this scene, and George comes in the very last day and is like, "So, this morning as I was eating my cornflakes, it came to me. How about we do the complete opposite of what I said 6 months ago." Stunt Guy: But what about me? George: Who are you again? How did you get in here?

Ian was so committed to the role that he actually became a Sith Lord in secret during filming. When he arrived on set that day, Lucas was so impressed by his command of the dark side that he insisted that Ian do all the stunts, including the flips.

Watching the mightiest Sith Lord take on 4 Jedi at once with slow little tickly pokes was just the biggest WTF in the theater...what an absolute shame they didn't use the stuntman.

Wait. Nobody gonna talk about how he casually says he texted the fight choreographer?? W my man. I can wait til a fan edits faces and backgrounds over this choreo!!!

The fact that he would have used Anakin's lightsaber now explains an old action figure from 2005. When they first released all the ROTS toys prior to the movie coming out, there was a Palpatine action figure from that scene where he had a blue saber instead of red. Because it was believed to be an error, it was quickly changed to red and the blue saber version became extremely rare. And even more interesting, that figure also seems to be holding Anakin's hilt. Guess now we know it was never an error after all

The scene really would of been 10x better with that deleted scene included those jedi died way too easily.

The fight choreography in the deleted scenes are absolutely stunning and would’ve been the best in the series

It's even more ridiculous since they successfully used a stunt man to fight as Count Dooku with no problem.

Wow that original footage with the stuntmen is soooo cool. Palpatine really looks invincible and terrifying. This the first time we have seen Palpatine fight and to see him moving like that would’ve been incredible.

It blows my mind the tools Lucas had and some of his final decisions were so mind boggling…

Just adding my two cents: A somewhat drawn out fight between four Jedi and the Royal Guards would have been good had it remained in the final cut. It would have established that they weren’t disposable fodder (like stormtroopers) and would have made Yoda look so much more powerful when he dispatched two of them with a simple wave of his hand. IMHO.

To add to what you correctly said, I think the scene would also have worked much better if Anakin had arrived AFTER Palpatine had had his force lightning reflected back at him. Anakin would then not know how it happened. He might assume Windu had done it. The shock value for him of seeing his friend disfigured would have been greater. Also as a plea for sympathy "Hey, Anni, I was just chilling in my office when he just burst in and attacked me, look what he did to my face!" works far better than "Hey, Anni, I know I just revealed my badass sith power which I lied to you about by trying to fry Mace alive like a chicken, but I'm just a nice, innocent old guy, honest!"

I understand the concept of the three other Jedi around Palpatine being surprised by his reveal/approach but them going down so quickly does feel a little cheap on their behalf. It would make sense if one or two of them were slain right away due to surprise, but the original intention of having Kit Fisto last longer makes more sense. I think the overall fight between Palpatine and Mace actually works pretty well in the film if you don't have the context of this extra footage. I'm kinda confused why they didn't use the full choreo with the stunt double because they obviously did use a stunt double for some shots in the final. The blocking of that entire scene seemed to have been a bit of a mess from the start – but I still enjoy it immensely in the film

Man, Nick got shafted so hard on revenge of the sith. He deserves better. Thank you for helping him gain some back-due recognition for all his unseen efforts on the prequels.

It's easy to forget that Lucas didn't always know best. As a genre director I can only think of Jackson and Nolan as his peers. Film makers who had both the original vision and the most creative control in realizing those visions. With each of them you can see the wheels of hubris at certain points in their careers. That's the give and take of it all. You wouldn't have those great stories without them but you also wouldn't have these odd choices if someone could push back on them.

I will say, Ian is such an insane actor that I really like the aggressive and evil grin on his face, the facial expressions as he fights, and the almost brutish and inelegant fighting style he used also. That said, the weak point is definitely that the first Jedi die so badly. A more choreographed fight but with still some of the close ups of Ian edited in really would have made this scene an all-timer. As it is, Ian alone makes this whole sequence my favorite thing in all the prequels.