RE-EDITING the OBI-WAN VS. DARTH VADER Duel from A NEW HOPE
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A Re-edit of the original duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader from A NEW HOPE by A.B.Director.
The final battle between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi in 1977's STAR WARS was originally hindered by the technology of the time. The lightsaber props were made of wood and broke constantly whenever the actors would strike against it.
For The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, the lightsaber duels were faster and more intense partially because the prop blades were made of a more sturdy material (Carbon Fiber) and thus broke less frequently.
This is an edit of the duel between Kenobi and Vader to match the speed and ferocity of Empire and Jedi while also bridging the movie with REVENGE OF THE SITH.
The scene has also been remixed with more intense Sound FX to increase the ferocity of the duel.
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I always defended the original version of this scene, as in the context of being the first lightsaber duel seen, coming after the setup in the cantina of one strike lethality, and Obiwan and Vader being masters, I believed measured dueling was effective and correct. After seeing this video, I believe this is what the choreographer intended and it's quite a revelation
Thank you! And yep, that was my goal. Not to so much speed up the fight to match the prequels or a modern movie sensibility, but to give an idea of what the stunt coordinator Peter Diamond originally intended the fight to be.
Diamond didn't intentionally choreograph it to be slow. After all, if one looks at classic swashbuckling movies like The Mark of Zorro or Robin Hood, the sword fighting choreography is actually very fast and would match or even exceed many modern movies today. The duel in A New Hope was slowed down only to accommodate the prop blades - made of a thin layer of wood and wrapped in reflective material to simulate the lightsaber glow - being so delicate and subject to breaking apart as the behind the scenes footage shows. That's why he said "I had to teach them [if they were to clash], to stop before [the blade] touched."
Alec Guinness and David Prowse also had to wear a wire up their sleeves that was attached to their lightsaber prop and a battery pack hidden under their costumes so that the blades would rotate to simulate the reflective material glow and that also hindered their mobility, too (you can see the wire up Obi-Wan's sleeve actually, if you pause around 2:03).
Which is one of the reasons why in Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, they gave up trying to achieve the lightsaber glow in-camera and just used carbon fiber sticks so the actors could hit against each other without worrying about breaking the blades. And why those fights are much more intense than the one in A New Hope.
@@ABdirectorso glad to hear you telling this. I have tried over and over years for year to tell this to people.
Btw Did you see some of the black and white test photo of the instructors fighting. With the original Ralph McQuirre designs of the sabers? (The one more Flash Gordon half dome hilt a homage to old awash buckling film)
Out of all the changes Lucas made in the special editions it shocks me he never did anything like this well done!
because it doesn't fit the cinematographic language of the og trilogy and even the prequels. snap zooms and instant shot changes are at contrast with the documentarist nature Lucas was aiming for.
I was thinking the same thing about when Obi Wan's lightsaber appears. It's the oldest camera trick in the book, but when they do the edit to him holding the lit saber, it's just a tiny bit different position. That's fixable, I could probably figure that out.
Or the black levels with the Rancor's green screen work or a dozen other tiny things.
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@@barsabe And that 97' CGI and cinetography just blends soooooo well with the star wars
@@timewarpdrive77 dude you dumm? wth is "97 cinetography"? and what does cgi have to do with camera style? like can you even read?
I'm sayin Lucas remained mostly consistent with his style to the point he kept the powerpoint slide effects to never make a transition abrupt. Unlike most hollywood poop he's not using camera to consciously amaze the viewer, it's more like a phantom documentary recording that captures only the truth of the scene. He did it in THX1138, did it in Star Wars. Ridley Scott would do it for Alien. And it's smooth as f
This is the first re-edit of this fight that captures the essence and idea behind the original trilogy fights, it's consistent and such a MASSIVE improvement.
I hated that SC 38 video
@@timewarpdrive77 Same lmao
I honestly thought this was going to be one of those fan edits that made it schlockier with a bunch of back flips, spins, etc. but this pretty great and apparent that you have a firm understanding of the emotional weight of the scene.
100% agreed. Everyone loves that fan edit and as I was sitting there watching it I was just like... Why? The choreography is way too over the top and the cinematography of it is just bad, or at the very least doesn't fit with the vibe of the movies at all. It looks like some dude was trying to shoot some modern blockbuster action movie and that's not what Star Wars is at all. People are allowed to like what they like but the only people who I feel like view that edit as superior in any way think of Star Wars as "Lightsaber Duels: With Some Story In There"
Those fan films “And we know who you are” are fun but it’s not OT SW.
Agreed. That terrible fan edit is a blight on Star Wars. This is much better.
@@c.j.echavebecause prequel fans and sequel have ultimately have taken over the community
SC-38 reimagined.
Wow. Just... wow. It feels so much more powerful with the edit and more importantly the new SFX. Bravo! My favourite re-edit of the Ben vs Vader duel so far.
This is PERFECT! Finally an edit of this fight that looks and feels correct, while still being a massive improvement.. bravo!
It takes a non professional to do a professional job. Top notch superior work on the gentleman who reedited that scene, simply Imperial.
Way to go! This is definitely faster and more intense!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is so different from typical "fan fixes," where instead of delving into the filmmakers' understanding and the tone set by the creators, people just throw in a bunch of noisy, flashy VFX shenanigans. I am sincerely grateful to you for sharing your talent and understanding with the world. I hope that the Star Wars fan community will increasingly consist of people like you-not only masters of their craft but also good, perceptive viewers who understand the author's intent.
Yeah, some of those are fun but they take it too far. This is appropriate.
Speechless. How is it so powerful yet so tasteful at the same time?
Thanks for the compliment. One of my favorite things about lightsaber duels is the sound editing and effects done by Ben Burtt.
He really makes the lightsaber clashes sound almost ‘musical’. Every hit sounds appropriate like a song almost.
I think a lot of fan edits of this duel are great, but they don’t take the ‘musical lightsabers’ into account when they enhance the sound edit. What I did differently is I left the original sound effects of the fight in and simply enhanced them, but still kept the musical “order” of them intact. So if a clash sounded vaguely like a C note, I copied it with the new mix.
My reaction exactly!
-Try spinning, that's a neat trick!
-...
-...Or maybe don't.
This is so quietly intense. Well done.
Actually insane how with some edits and new sound effects, the fight seems much more powerful and formidable.
I was skeptical at first because I didn't understand what you were trying to do, but after watching it, I'm really impressed. What you've done is that you've captured the essence - I believe - of kendo, that is, of simplicity of movement with deadliest of strikes. That's essentially what mastering swordsmanship is about, the elimination of unnecessary movement and keeping only the essence. And the essence of swordsmanship is defense and attack. More inexperienced people are more attracted to flashy movements because it looks stronger, but in reality, the masters simple movements feel stronger.
Agreed, I've never liked all the spinning and flipping. So much of it changes nothing in the fight except opening yourself up to an attack. Deadly efficiency was always more attractive to me as a jedi quality than unnecessary flourishes.
I’ve seen other edits of this fight but this one takes the cake you nailed the vibe of this fight but not so much that it looks like the prequels nice job 👍
Wow, by not changing a lot, just improving what's there, that works
DAMN! Every strike looks like a killing blow that is quickly blocked and countered by another killing blow. I had hoped of somehow seeing the "Reimagined" fight scene inserted into this but not anymore with this edit. Amazing!
Absolutely INCREDIBLE. Possibly one of the best edits I have ever seen, you changed so much without having to butcher or seriously alter the scene at all!
Of all the changes the original Star Wars has gone through, this is one that is actually needed. Incredible editing, subtle but impactful.
Wow, amazing job. The duel feels alot more intense and not so clunky.
This is fantastic work. It doesn’t ape the so-called “prequels” but instead maintains the tone and intensity of the OT. Best version of the fight that I’ve seen. Fantastic.
Yup, this is the supreme edit of this fight. I clicked on this just to see what it would be like, and while I do appreciate the effort put into the "SC 38 Reimagined" by FXItinPost version, you could put this one in the actual movie and it would work flawlessly. As a matter of fact, I finally felt a sense of danger and intensity while watching this fight lol The editing and especially the SFX were top notch... This might be as close as I will ever get to feeling what everyone else felt in 1977 seeing a saber duel for the first time ever 👏
Exactly. That reimagined version was cool but way too much modernisms, too much of a departure.
This looks like how I imagined seeing it the first time.
This is amazing. The fact you only used components that Lucas already shot makes it much more authentic. This now canon. Bravo
As a fan, I think this is by bar the best edit I have seen for this scene. The idea behind it it’s just so breathtaking. Understanding the original vision, making a homage, improving the pacing, and improving the sound effects as the original editor intended… all at the same time.
Really, thank you for this and you should be really proud of this marvelous work. Congrats!
A fantastic and faithful edit. This truly fits with the era and tone, and is seamlessly done. A true treasure.
This is so much better than that silly CGI Kenobi v Vader fight somebody created a few years ago. This keeps it an old man vs a lumbering machine as it should be and just makes the lightsabers more dangerous.
Thank you!! I hate it when I see that cgi fight edited into clips as if it fits with the movie at all!!
Yeah but explain why other Jedi that were old were able to fight much more acrobatically, also Obi wan is not as old as he look in this movie so that silly CGI fight might have helped better tie it to the prequels. Also it’s much more of an improvement than what is in the original
@@seriousnesstv7902because people like Dooku were still honing their skills. Obi-Wan just sat in a desert for 20 years. For Vader it was just because they had David Prowse doing the fighting. Later movies they had someone else doing it so Vader looked more formidable.
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@@seriousnesstv7902because George didn’t think it through? 😂
Wow, that looked a 1000% better than the original. Can you do the whole movie
I'm stunned - I never thought this duel could be re-edited to become as powerful as all the others - fantastic work!
Even without the edit, this is still a better duel than any of the duels in the prequels and the sequels combined.
This is fantastic! This improves the fight dramatically (in both senses of the word), but retains and respects what was originally filmed.
Your genius cannot be overstated. This fight went from an underwhelming stage play, to a fierce battle that I can’t help rewatching over and over. Thank you.
sorry I thought this was footage from the recent presidential debate.
This is the hardest i have laughed in about a month
“Your powers are weak old man!”
“If you strike me down I shall bsmfghdfduh…”
Someone needs to do that edit! Dub in the quotes from the debate
Terribly underrated comment
Can people like you just stop with bringing politics in to videos like these we dont want it its tiredsome
Well done. It punches up the importance of the two characters interaction. And it compliments Guiness's Obi Wan performance, that one last push. And dials up Vader's intimidation factor.
Wow this was great! I had every intention of shitting all over this thing for adding in all the unnecessary acrobatics and gymnastics.
Instead, you made the fight look way more intense by speeding up the swings and tightening up the audio. You have preserved how this looks like a fight, rather than a choreography display.
Bravo!
The visual effects are very nice without going over the top. Complimented by great sound design and faster more energetic dueling that doesn't overdo spectacle to the detriment of impact. Much more powerful and an enhanced sense of how dangerous lightsabers can be. Great job.
The legend has returned after 1 year with a banger! Great job!
I stand by that the refilmed fight that a team did was the best reimagining of the fight.
BUT, of all the edits of the og fight using og footage I've seen. This one absolutely steals first place.
They didn't just speed it up like others have done. It actually looks like they reduced the frames to make it still the same frame rate as the rest of the footage, but feels faster that way. Which feels way more consistent than just making the footage sped up slightly.
They also went further and looked like they rearranged clips to slightly alter the order of choreography. That plus the new effects and sounds make it all feel a bit more aggressive.
Well done.
Scene 38 Reimagined is fun, but I actually preferred this edit to it. Reimagined tries to bring the fight to a modern level that doesn’t match anything else in the film, let alone the whole trilogy. Meanwhile, this edit strives to make the duel feel equal to its peers in Empire and Jedi. In terms of putting artistic intent over theatricality, this definitely wins.
@@rpvee that is a very fair assessment. One of my critiques of the reimagined scene is how the cinematography is not the same style of ep 4 at large. The use of ep3 music as well breaks from it.
But I do think the choreography was on par with and didn’t overstep ep5 and ep 6.
@@CritStanley Yeah, the choreography wasn’t an issue with Reimagined. I actually quite like how well it captured the rage Vader would be feeling facing his old master once again. I meant it was more the general aesthetic, such as the cinematography and the music as you mentioned, that didn’t fit the rest of the movie. I definitely enjoy Reimagined for what it is, but I really appreciate it how this edit stayed true to the aesthetic of the film the scene is a part of.
SC38 is awful
Okay I was not prepared for how intense this would be hahah! Well done. I wish I could watch this officially in the full movie.
One of the best fan re-edits I've seen...well done
Clearly a superior edit. It gives me the feeling as an adult of what it felt like as a kid, which is quite an accomplishment. Bravo. I’d be curious to see a middle ground version where a touch more of Kenobi’s feebleness is let back in. He’s so agile here that when Vader says “your powers are weak, old man,” I don’t feel that’s true. Which is really interesting, but definitely changes the energy. In any case, awesome.
Dude!!!!!!
major improvement! oh my God! The editor literally could have done this from day one. Awesome job 👍
So essentially changing it without changing changing it, a few little edits really go along way in speeding the flow and making it feel more intense. Very good
Lifelong fan and this edit fits sooooo well with what I believe the choreographer was trying to accomplish originally. Well done!
Well done. Your work is seamless and doesn't destroy the original work.
What an incredible difference, while keeping the sense and identity of the scene and characters in the first film. Wonderful work.
If they're ever going to make another special-special edition of this film, this change should be included.
Omg the pacing is sooo much better! It’s such a classic fight ❣️
Wow. That seems way cooler...the speed of the movements make the duel way more threatening and impactful. I wish this could have been the way it was presented in The Special Edition, in 1997. However, the re-edit by SC 38 Reimagined is now the standard in my imagination. Thank you, and May The Force Be With You.
This is awesome, it improved upon it without being silly or over the top like certain other edits out there, they should release the scene like this whenever they do another inevitable re-release of the films.
Thanks for your work on this! really amazing!
This is insanely good! It’s so slick and intense. Brilliant edit!
You did such a good job on this - as mentioned, certain famous “edits” are way too flashy and more insane than the prequel fights, but this captures the quiet intensity at play between these long warring enemies - beautifully done!
That was wonderful. Thanks for the great edit
Woah, that's some fine editing and remarkably 'ups the energy level' of this lightsaber fight between old men without making it look silly (with nonsensical spinning) or too choreographed (like Disney's later versions).
The other big edits of this scene on youtube try to make it feel like a prequel era fight, this feels a lot more grounded considering the age of the both of them. Force assisted or not. (Like fights with Dooku if any prequel fight)
I gotta admit, this does make a certain special difference.
Editing is tight. Fantastic work.
Amazing edit! As others have mentioned, it resonates well with the rest of the film, unlike other edits (the most obv being sc.38 reimagined). Also, the way you sped up certain frames gives it true retro authenticity! It can also be interpreted lore-wise as Ben and Vader using the Force to amplify their speed, agility and dexterity.
I'd love to see this spliced into Star Wars Revisited, by Adywan.
This really conveys what I understood the original intent to be. Economy of motion and a subtle but deadly match of wills and skill.
Wow. I'm really blown away here. The approach is relatively minimalistic, but the effect is enormous. I like this much more than the "Scene 38" edit (which really qualifies as more of editing in a fan film). It's amazing what just speeding up some footage and a little bit of trimming can do
dane this is SO GOOD
really like this edit. feels good. love the background saber sounds that Han and the others can hear too, good detail. The fight feels more intense without going over the top.
I genuinely can't stop watching this.
Very impressed. I didn't know what to expect. It's subtle, near invisible work, but makes it so much better.
It's infinity more appropriate than some of the over the top choreographed modern fight edits.
Great work! Thanks for sharing!
I got goosebumps, that was an AMAZING improvement to the scene! I sure wish I had a version of the movie with this edit inserted…👀
This is awesome!! So much better but so simple
Such a huge improvement without any reworks to the scene itself, very well done!
The most underrated duel in the franchise.
Only because the Prequel kids don't understand the logistics of light sabers and that the duel should first and foremost advance the story/mythology. So ridiculous to see them just twirling the sabers overhead.
Well I must admit that is much improved, nicely done!
Definitely not what I expected. Great stuff!
I think the yellow flashes might be a bit too much but I get that was in the original so letting that pass pretty perfect, looks awesome!
Yeah, this was before ILM started to tone down the flashes the sabers created when they clashed in Empire Strikes Back, so I tried to retain that aspect of the original A New Hope and just add more where I put extra moves for effect and consistency.
But, as Lucas would say, “I may have gone too far in a few places.”
I’d probably tone it down/rotoscope the characters to be properly in front of the clashes if I decided to do a second attempt.
Thanks for the compliment.
@@ABdirector This is great. I feel Adywan should see this for his New Hope edit.
Yeah this works really well and I appreciate that it doesn’t cut to all the ridiculous flipping and swordplay that really bogs down the longevity of the prequel fights.
"Faster, more intense"😍
Wonderful!!! Maintains the original vision and still feels fresh and powerful! Love this!!!
Outstanding work.
Cannot believe its the OG source material. Bravo!
That's fantastic, so well done. 👏
Impresive. Most impressive.
You have made a great job here, recovering the original intention, congrats!
Wow, really impressive ! It's so much intense, powerful and realistic ! And it makes more sense actually.
Simply excellent. This will be both my new canon, and how I will introduce friends to this scene mid-movie.
Amazing work dude!
One word, BRILLIANT!! I wish this could be inserted into the movie and released on home media. Better still, not the 1997 version, but inserted into the original as it was first seen.
Glorious work!
Without having to completely remake the scene like that CG animation from a few years ago, this is AMAZING!
Damn! This makes the fight seem so much more intense!
Dude that was excellent. I felt now more exited about this scene
Maybe in 1977 the audiences weren't ready for quick and cutty editing. Definitely shows how editing has saved a lot of productions in more modern times.
It's not so much the editing, just the duel itself. But audiences had already seen great fast-paced choreographed blade-to-blade duels long before Star Wars.
For example:
th-cam.com/video/nB8tiSMCwRE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=A5ooD1ZIRTC-OXvR
Really nice work. Cheers!
Amazing editing!!!!
HOLY CRAP YES!!!! THIS IS AMAZINGGGG
Awesome job!!
Good job. I wish this was the version of the Disney Plus. This is probably one of the best scenes of the movie and one of the most iconic. The dialogue in this duel its great and its very Star Wars.
This is BRILLIANT! Makes Obi-Wan & Darth actually look competent & even deadly! Bravo!
Brilliantly done! Amazing what some subtle trims and improved sound design can do in making this fight feel way more on par with the others in the trilogy. Bravo!
If I were to have any nitpicks, I think it would be more impactful if the hum of the sabers becomes a bit muted as Obi-Wan sees Luke and Williams’ score comes back in. But otherwise, this is amazing!
Broooo, this is AMAZING!!!!!!
I'm not sure what you did here, but this looks fantastic. That duel was a lot better than I remembered.
I prefer this over the SC38 remaster. It is a lot more respectful too the series and the limitations they had to work with
Man this is so cool
This is amazing. Well done 👍