“In previous films, you had very fast, flashy jumpy fights scenes where it’s like a ballet. There had been a lot of flynning, which is where the duelists do a lot of fancy movements to make sure they’re constantly hitting each other’s weapons. When you draw the fights out like that, the weapons feel less and less dangerous. Kylo uses his saber more like a large broadsword–with weight behind it.
The Emperor knew that the Knight was cheating, but saying so would be admitting that it was working.
A.k.a. Kylo and Hux are training and Kylo is playing dirty by distracting his opponent. It’s not working. Hux is all like “Stop showing off and get back into position why am I putting up with this I don’t need to learn how to use a lightsaber what kind of sick fantasy of yours is this can I go back to my work please.”
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