{"id":8382,"date":"2022-01-26T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saberproject.de\/?p=8382"},"modified":"2026-07-07T20:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:01:52","slug":"nick-gillards-behind-the-scenes-reel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saberproject.de\/en\/nick-gillards-behind-the-scenes-reel\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Gillard's behind the scenes reel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Obi v Vader Rough Test - Star Wars Episode III Battle of the Heroes Behind the Scenes Reel\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MP7Z59kKIKM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We've been working on lightsaber choreographies since 2006. On the occasion of our 10th anniversary in 2016, Nick Gillard, the stunt coordinator and creator of all the lightsaber duels in the Star Wars prequels, visited us to celebrate. Afterwards, Nick sent us some test footage of the final duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan, which we kept secret at his request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Ewan McGregor doesn't appear in this test footage and was doubled, Hayden Christensen did most of the fight himself. The video was shot to give George Lucas an idea of how the final fight could play out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small parts of this video were released in the featurette &#8222;Star Wars It&#8217;s All For Real: The Stunts Of Episode III&#8220;. It was first included on the &#8222;Revenge of the Sith&#8220; DVD, but can also be found on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway: Nick has now given us permission to share this wonderful piece of choreography with you. Enjoy watching!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since we didn't make this video, it is of course not monetized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to use the video online, we ask you to do the same and not use it for your own benefit, as it really is something special for us fans and shouldn't be used commercially. That's also why this is an upload of the unedited file we received from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out our interview with Nick, which we recorded during his visit back then, to learn more about his life, his career and, of course, his lightsaber choreographies! He also shared some details about this video and his ideas for the \"Battle of the Heroes\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Courtesy of Nick Gillard.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seit 2006 besch\u00e4ftigen wir uns mit Lichtschwert-Choreographien. 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