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The only thing I feel like commenting on is about obiwan and vader declining since their first duel. I'm pretty sure that if they remade the original movies now their fight would have been just as over-the-top as any other jedi duel in the prequels. The only reason the fight was so pathetic in IV is because of the tech they used to do the lightsabers limiting it.

During various interviews Lucas said that the Prequels were the height of the Jedi Order, and the lightsaber duels reflected that. The Original Trilogy was the decline: Obiwan is an old man at the end of his rope (Yoda being an extension of the prinicple character, invented to fill the void left by Obiwan's premature demise in the story), Vader is a quadrapalegic cripple, and Luke is a kid with more talent than training.

Maybe if the films were remade by someone other than Lucas then the Originals would be more flashy, but they were filmed the way he wanted them to be. Remember that the Prequels began before Hong Kong action flooded cinema entertainment, and along with The Matrix it likely triggered the dramatic shift of movie kung fu.