Timeline for High ground in Star Wars
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| Nov 19, 2019 at 15:28 | vote | accept | Plexus | ||
| Nov 18, 2019 at 12:13 | answer | added | Christopher Beckford | timeline score: -2 | |
| Jun 26, 2019 at 8:44 | answer | added | TK-421 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 2, 2018 at 20:06 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMovies/status/1003004827260063744 | ||
| Dec 25, 2017 at 22:43 | comment | added | komodosp | I think you're treating Obi Wan as a narrator here rather than a character. He says that to try to get Anakin to give up the fight, since having the high ground is a tactical advantage, even if it's not technically a guaranteed win. | |
| Dec 25, 2017 at 0:13 | comment | added | Skillmon | I guess the momentum of surprise must be considered here. Obi Wan somewhat knew Anakin would try to jump while Darth Maul was overwhelmed. | |
| Dec 24, 2017 at 18:48 | comment | added | Charles | In general though, neither of the situations that you bring into question involve principles that come with having high ground during a sword fight. High ground is advantageous during a sword fight because it requires much less energy/effort to block oncoming attacks, and less energy to take the offensive. Conversely, it's much more difficult to bring about powerful attacks if you're aiming upwards, also similar to boxing. Again though, this isn't the case for either Star Wars situation, since both Obi-wan and Anakin tried jumping over their opponent; Daul Maul was simply slower to react. | |
| Dec 24, 2017 at 17:11 | comment | added | Darth Locke | Yes and Obi-wan cut Darth Maul in half, where he had to become a cyborg! | |
| Dec 24, 2017 at 17:08 | comment | added | Plexus | @DarthLocke I agree, but his opponent is Darth Maul... | |
| Dec 24, 2017 at 3:54 | comment | added | Charles | In Episode I, although Obi-wan was at a lower ground, he was focused and had a somewhat clever plan. Anakin however, was reckless and predictable. | |
| Dec 24, 2017 at 0:12 | comment | added | Darth Locke | Well having the high ground is normally considered an advage in general (without Star wars in mind), So my guess is the scene in ROTS is call back to scene(s) in TPM with the point being that Obi-Wan is one of the best Jed in lightsaber combat, since he could do both and be successful. Of course Anakin is in such a rage that he really isn't at his best. | |
| Dec 23, 2017 at 22:34 | history | asked | Plexus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |