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
   • To The DEATH  

We Asked a Sword Expert to Make a Realistic Lightsaber Fight
   • We Asked a Sword Expert to Make a Rea...  

Do lightsabers "stick" to each other?
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/quest...

Adorea longsword fight duel
   • Adorea longsword fight duel  

How Different Would Fighting With Energy Swords Be?
   • How Different Would Fighting With Lig...  

If Sword Fighting Looked Like Mount and Blade
   • If Sword Fighting Looked Like Mount a...  

Longsword Sparring in the Park (11 March 2018)
   • Longsword Sparring in the Park (11 Ma...  

Everybody Fails... And That's Okay.
   • Everybody Fails... And That's Okay.  


** Music **

"Drifting Beyond the Stars" by HitCtrl
https://opengameart.org/content/drift...
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (CC BY 3.0)

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


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