• raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Think of the force like Jedis being able to anticipate movements and react ultra fast and it becomes less bullshit. If those fights played in slow-motion for normal humans, it would make sense that they could go on for longer without injury. Then a win happens with sensory overload or distractions - when a fighter misleads the other to believe an attack will be coming from where it won’t actually come, they get a killing blow.

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
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      8 hours ago

      Think of the force like Jedis being able to anticipate movements and react ultra fast and it becomes less bullshit

      Not really because eventually you’re still going to take a hit if you’re inside the other guy’s striking range. If you stay outside and lunge in like a fencer you don’t risk that eventual injury / death.

      • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        Sorry but that’s simply wrong. I have done two years or sabre fencing in my youth - it’s all about reaction time and correct execution of a parry. If you always knew exactly which angle to parry at, and had the reaction speed to execute this in time, then you could fence for a long time without anyone getting hit. You’d have to outsmart your opponent by slowly leading them into a trap where they have to execute a movement that throws them off-balance, so that you then can execute an attack that they can’t regain their balance to parry.

      • arrow74@lemmy.zip
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        7 hours ago

        The issue is lunges are slower and cover more distance allowing another force sensitive opponent ample time to react