We'd like to take a moment to appreciate stunt choreographer Nick Gillard and how his insight shaped not only the entire fight sequence between Anakin and Obi-Wan in Episode III, but Matthew Stover's words in the movie's novelization. #BehindtheScenes #RevengeOfThe5th #Thread

"The way I saw that fight was like having a fight with your girlfriend. That she’s just lost it and that she’s coming at you with everything she’s got...Obi is taking it and taking it, and hoping it’ll lead to a point where Anakin will run out of steam." - Gillard

"Anakin followed, constantly attacking; Obi-Wan again gave ground...Mustafar hummed with death behind his back, only a moment away, somewhere out there among the rivers of molten rock. Obi-Wan let Anakin drive him toward it. It was a place, he decided, they should reach together"

"That toe-to-toe thing shows that they can’t get through each other's defenses, because they know each other’s moves so intimately. I think it’s something like forty moves, I did the first eight then I let them go with it.” - Gillard

"Blade-to-blade, they were identical. After thousands of hours in lightsaber sparring, they knew each other better than brothers, more intimately than lovers; they were complementary halves of a single warrior."

"My take was that Obi is the central character in that duel. He wouldn’t try and kill Anakin."

"The ruthless look on Hayden’s face - the “You can’t beat me, Master” attitude - said it all. In that fight, Anakin knows that Obi is not going to kill him..."

- Gillard

"In every exchange, Obi-Wan gave ground. It was his way. And he knew that to strike Anakin down would burn his own heart to ash."