Both the Grievous and Dooku fights were much better in the novelization. Anakin and Obi Wan totally dupe Dooku into thinking that they're still using the same forms they used in their first confrontation. Dooku and Obi Wan are face to face, Dooku makes a comment about Obi Wan's needing to change his style to something less predictable, Obi Wan says 'Okay' and jumps straight up. Half a second later Anakin's lightsaber comes stabbing through the space where Obi Wan was and nearly guts Dooku then and there.Faqa wrote:Am I the only one who was disappointed by Greivous's lightsaber fight with Obi-Wan? I mean, with four sabers out, I'm expecting some fucking skill. A real FIGHT. Instead, a few token jumps, then *slash* four times, and the man's disarmed.
To paraphrase Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ok, ten out of ten for "I'm Obi-Wan Kenobi, bitch!" points, but minus several million for wasting a great oppurtunity, yeah?
From there on the fight is all downhill from Dooku. Even though he takes Obi Wan down with a desperate move, Anakin just pounds away at him. Then Palpatine yells for Anakin to use his anger, and that's when Anakin really takes off and kicks Dooku's ass.
As for the Grievous/Obi Wan showdown, Obi Wan plays a strictly defensive game. Grievous pounds away at him, continually speeding up his strikes until he hits a rate that is going to overwhelm Obi Wan's defenses. At that point, Obi Wan starts shifting his blocking style, chopping off Grievous' hands. Kind of like what we see in the movie, but not quite how I envisioned it. (Not that GL feels any obligation to follow my vision, of course.)