Ahmed has helped Ilm better to create the epic Yoda duel in Attack of the Clones; Inspired by anime, Martial Arts and Tasmanian Devil

If there is a scene in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones This meant that every fan of the theater cheered for the excitement, is the moment when Jedi Yoda turns on his laser sword and makes a full acrobatic fury against Count Dooku.

He was unexpected, crazy, and he was different from whatever we had seen from the character that once he hit Luke Skywalker with a stick. But what many fans don’t know is that this unforgettable duel of the laser sword was born from panic, improvisation, souls, martial arts films … and very help from Ahmed Best.

Yes, the actor behind Jar Jar Binks helped to break one of the most crucial action scenes in Star Wars Prequel trilogy.

This story was revealed in the second season of the Lucasfilm documentary Light and magicNow in streaming on Disney+. In an episode, animation supervisor Rob Coleman remembered how George Lucas He handed him a script that randomly described the climatic duel of Yoda as “a struggle that challenges the description”. Of course, Coleman had questions.

So he went to Lucas and asked how the struggle would actually have been, and Lucas laughed and said to him: “Yes, you have to understand it.”

As for what should look like Yoda’s fighting style, Lucas offered this exasperating intuition: “Think of him as the Tasmania devil”.

So when he examined the films of the early tests, Lucas gave an even more colorful direction: “I would like more like a frog. He would have sprung up.

Rob Coleman, understandably, was losing his head.

This is when Ahmed Best I noticed that it seemed stressed on the set. Best asked what he would do with Yoda’s struggle. This is when Best made an unexpected offer.

A permanent student of martial arts and a big fan of the action cinema of souls and martial arts, has better invited Coleman to his home to help him view the sequence. There, he turned on a series of films and sequences of anime actions that have changed everything.

Showed Coleman’s film from Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet thereAnd a film that distinguished itself was jet there Swordsman II.

Rob explained his thoughts: “These ninja starts flying, and went to” Boop “, now I can see Yoda.” And this is the inspiration behind the way in which that combat scene was created.

With that spark, the ILM team reinvented Yoda’s movements using the principles of classic cinema of martial arts and stylized souls fighting by emphasizing speed, verticality and unpredictability.

It was not just about making Yoda fast or flashy; It was a matter of translating a philosophical and wise Jedi into a kinetic and agile force of nature that could credibly assume someone like Count Dooku.

One of the key visual inspirations was Bruce Lee’s iconic combat position. Yoda channels the exact energy just before turning on her saber, a moment that sent shock waves through the public in cinemas and reported that this would not have been your typical Jedi duel.

In the end, what started as a concept with a description Vauge of a duel that “challenges the description” has become an extraordinary moment Star Wars history. It all happened because someone who was often the target of criticism (Improve) He entered the scenes and helped to remodel one of the most surprising and most fantastic sequences of the saga.

That wild and glorious moment exists because George Lucas embraced chaos, Ilm became creative and Ahmed Best had the perfect film and the anime collection.