An involved plot that goes beyond "two guys are fighting" would be the bee's knees. I know I'm not alone in saying that I don't find fight scenes especially compelling without any sort of context. Not wanting to be a downer or anything, but a standalone fight scene would have to be incredibly impressive to hold my interest for very long.

I heard sometime, that the thing about lightsaber fights; is that they're just looks. Flash and actiony, but in A New Hope the only lightsaber battle; is slow and not choreographed. That fight is an emotional battle. I suppose that might not look real good in a brickfilm, but it's something you should consider.

Well build your characters background and stories so that the audience knows who to root for. Make one cruel and have evil or slightly misguided intentions. In a movie the audience should never have to decide for themselves about something. In fact, the audience is more likely to choose favorites if the Jedi don't have a background established. They will root for which one looks coolest or has the best moves or whatever.

Also, if it has no story and is just to see how cool you can make it, It should probably go in "WIPs and Tests". I think it should have a story, even if it just takes thirty seconds to set up. You only need one or two lines to establish what the characters are fighting over, even if it doesn't give any details at all.

You could just watch this clip alone and get an understanding of what is going on in this scene and who to root for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiZNSzWIaLo

If you don't have a story, the audience won't really be that motivated to sit through and find out who wins. Like in this animated Jedi fight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQQtYZJWkzY

See what I mean?

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