Samuel L. Jackson Describes Lightsaber Practice as Mace Windu

Samuel L. Jackson may be playing Frozone in The Incredibles 2 this month, but a lot of people haven't forgotten that he was no nonsense Jedi master Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequels. Asked by GQ about his experience on Star Wars, Jackson gives us an inside look on his lightsaber duel with Darth Sidious.

Jackson explains:

I don't know exactly what that means, in terms of what you want to know. There was a time when you went to acting school, fencing was a part of your requirement. So a lot of us did that. But the majority of fighting is choreographed. Lightsaber battles? It takes a long time to learn those, or it did when I was doing them. The last one I had with the Emperor was 99 moves through three rooms, backwards for me. So, two weeks in sneakers and shorts, two weeks in boots, another week in Jedi robe/boots/lightsaber, before we actually shot it. So, it was pretty intense.

While the scene was definitely one of the darker turning points in the movie, a lot of people have been criticizing that it's the dullest duel within the film. You can't blame Jackson for his work though, as he had to work with a very old Ian McDiarmid. Personally, I kind of wish that the other three Jedi masters had more to do in the scene before they got killed off.

Jackson's Star Wars days may be over, but he has been open about coming back as the character. If we were to see an old and grizzled Mace Windu, I'm all up for it—as long as it makes sense in the story.

Catch Jackson as Frozone in The Incredibles 2 now in theaters.

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