Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith fight choreographer Nick Gillard has spoken out regarding the lightsaber duel between Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) – in particular, Obi-Wan’s line about having “the high ground.”
In a recent interview with IGN, Gillard revealed the line stemmed from a behind-the-scenes scenario between him and Hayden when they would go out to eat at a restaurant.
“We would eat in this restaurant every night that was up a hill,” Gillard revealed. “You could walk up the road and down to this restaurant, or you could walk across a steep bank to it. For me, I always want the most direct route so I’m going for the bank, and [Hayden] hates walking on a slope, so that was in my mind about the higher ground. If I can get [Anakin] on the slope, Obi might have a chance.”
It turns out Obi-Wan did have a chance as the iconic duel resulted in Obi chopping off Anakin’s legs and arm and letting him slide towards the lava river after having the advantage of the high ground.
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