The Most "REAL" Lightsaber Duel I've Seen (Corridor Digital Reaction)

This fight choreography is quite impressive, so I just had to make a response video to @Corridor and talk about what makes a lightsaber fight look realistic, based on Star Wars lore and some speculation about how plasma swords might work.

*** Time stamps ***

00:00 - 01:05 Style / visual effects / immersion
01:06 - 02:00 Historical swordsmanship & sci-fi weapons
02:00 - 03:23 Efficient realism vs. fancy fantasy
03:23 - 04:46 Functional properties of a lightsabre
04:46 - 05:56 Guards & the importance of defense
05:56 - 06:51 The most vulnerable body part
06:51 -07:11 A smart, skillful maneuver
07:11 - 09:25 Binding / sword techniques / tactics
09:25 - 11:14 "To the death" - Or is it?
11:14 - 12:21 Conclusion / outro

The video that I comment on:
To The DEATH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAzY28C8Syc

We Asked a Sword Expert to Make a Realistic Lightsaber Fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp-D-488Yxk

Do lightsabers "stick" to each other?
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/110753/do-lightsabers-stick-to-each-other#110890

Adorea longsword fight duel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn36Pb8z3yI

How Different Would Fighting With Energy Swords Be?
https://youtu.be/S75THbl4tzM

If Sword Fighting Looked Like Mount and Blade
https://youtu.be/5mUaIUXQNoo

Longsword Sparring in the Park (11 March 2018)
https://youtu.be/YaXqf9iKpw4

Everybody Fails... And That's Okay.
https://youtu.be/CrYOeuIW8LQ
*** Music ***

"Drifting Beyond the Stars" by HitCtrl
https://opengameart.org/content/drifting-beyond-the-stars-background-ambient
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (CC BY 3.0)

Outro:
"Highland Storm" by The Slanted Room Records
https://theslantedroom.github.io/steve.yee/
Used with artist's permission
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