Alex vs Nate 2 | Fan-Made Lightsaber Duel | LCC XI 3rd Place 

The Ryan clone stuff was there since the very first Ryan vs Dorkman.

I can’t even begin to imagine how hard this must have been to create: - Telekenesis effects - Force Lightning - Animation - Rotoscoping - Props - Accurate lighting effects on the environment - Accurate reflections in glasses and surrounding cars - A cameo from Ryan Wieber who wasn’t even in the same part of the country. Damn!

Hard to believe that Ryan was never actually there, great effect.

I like how they showed the kyber crystals inside the saber total legitness

Nate: I heard you were dead. Ryan: I get that a lot.

Ryan totally needs to be in a legit cannon starwars film xD

Okay, when Ryan popped up at the end, my mind fucking exploded.

when i saw ryan i screamed OH MY GOD

I starting to wonder if all of these similar style Light Sabre "Vs" films take place in One universe, with a Highlander-esque feel... Seriously... Ryan's hopping around. I can't help but feel there is a mega story we are missing. Someone needs to playlist all those videos...

Thanks to everyone for the amazing feedback thus far. It was our intention to deliver the best lightsaber fight to our ability, and it's so great to read the feedback, both positive and negative, and see the video get out there! I tend to approach the filmmaking and choreography from an acting standpoint - making sure each move and intention is clear and, like Meisner, making sure each action is a response to something that just happened. While that may not have landed sometimes, I'm glad to read the comments about intention and the work that went in to piecing this together. Keep the great feedback coming and my thanks to all who have taken the time to watch our short!

I just flipped when I saw Ryan Wiebber. Holy shit these fans films are freakin epic ... great job on filming these videos. Bring more!

(just gets out of work) Guy #1: "Hey dude you wanna go duel in the parking lot?" Guy #2: "YEAH I"M DOWN."

Whoa...Ryan showing up at the end? Did NOT see that coming!!

Wow this is seriously underrated. Amazing job by everyone. Sounds were spot on and the lightsaber internals were an awesome addition. Thank you for the time well spent watching.

That was awesome guys, a great step up from your last one. Enjoyed every second!

Ryan Wieber out of NOWHERE! That was a "yahoo!" moment.

...When the other guy gets the promotion you wanted.

Ryan stepping into view with the lightsaber light glowing on his face literally made this video go from great to freaking EPIC. Awesome twist!

The saber clashing combat itself, rather lackluster and a lot of attacking blades instead of the opponent. But your creative use of the Force and attacking the machines of the sabers themselves give this a very realistic fight feel. And bringing in Ryan at the end was brilliant. I'm looking forward to more videos now. I don't see many videos where the fighters actually understand Forms, choose one, and make it obvious that they are practicing a specific form rather than just attacking and defending at various speeds. I think that would take your videos over the top.

These are some of the best lightsaber effects I've seen! You guys have nailed the lighting and saturation!

I just realized he slapped him with the hilt!! Damn!!!!

Coming back to this video again, this music is phenomenal

This will always be epic in my mind....mainly because of this moment 1:43 - 1:55. The lightning alone...was amazing. But the way they started out the sound, like electricity....then it slowly transitions to what sounds like thunder, echoing. The way you guys did this, in my opinion, is better than a lot of special-affect artists out there. It really shows that you guys have amazing creativity.

This was an extremely well made video! Great editing, fantastic SFX, three handsome actors, nicely fast paced, interesting uses of jedi powers. Well done, all of you!

SERIOUS props dudes. By far one of the best choreographed lightsaber battles out there.

Such an amazing job! I remember watching videos like these as a kid on my dad's iPhone 3G! Brings back memories to see these newer HD videos after many years!

"To be concluded" We haven't forgotten...

As of now, this is the DOPEST lightsaber fight I have ever seen on youtube. The choreography, pacing, effects, everything was so cool.

I have been away from saber duels for far too long! I must admit I never have seen your vids before. I happened upon them after revisiting RVDII and this was a related video. I LOVE IT! The sabers, choreography, effects, gestures, and all.. Killer!! I especially loved the shattered glass scene! Now that was unique! Although I'd have to say my favorite part of it all was about the time Ryan himself showed up. "Oh My F***ing God"! Lol. I cannot Wait to see where this goes!!! P.S.~I proceeded to watch your first duel after this one sparked my interest. The whole thing was epic and might I complement the ending to that one as well? "What the fuck just happened"? Haha PERFECT!

I liked the fact that this guy actually has force effects in this video as well, force lightning is AWSOME!!!

I was watching this and I was like "Its really good but the sword choreography could be a bit more fast paced" and then that ending..... my jaw dropped.

when i saw ryan i legit got chills, amazing work!! hope to see the final installment soon

That was the most epic cameo I've ever seen in my life!!!

left for the outfits and background being 21 century an all. This actually well done. Great job guys

9 years later still holds the throne for some of the best fan fights ever. And such a good reveal at the end!

That was genius to include Ryan at the end.

Two Sith Lords tried to kill each other until a Jedi master came in and stop the fight.

That opening sequence is honestly brilliant.

3:00 was by far the funniest part *clang*

Why doens't this have, like, a million views?

I can't stop watching this, I loved this so much, great job! The FX, Sound, Music everything was superbly done! You guys have inspired me.

Even after all this time, i love coming back to watch all of these. Ryan showing up at the end always got me because it was so fucking good. I wish y'all made more.

Wow. That was some skilled work portraying a dark side user and the effects their rage can have through the force.

Suddenly found out the Best lightsaber dual vid i've ever seen

bill gates vs young steve jobs?

Ryan is the Final Boss of all the Lightsaber battles. The final battle will be an Assemble vs Ryan

Awesome. Just amazingly well done. Makes me want to start doing my own.

Alex's evident rage two-thirds of the way in was tense and interesting; too restrained for a Jedi, so he'd be drawn to the Dark, I imagine. In any case, it was enough to unnerved Nate for a bit. Great duel, awesome Ryan cameo!

Out of alll lightsaber fan films... Ryan is like the legendary oneee. His been posting vids since 2007??? LEGEND.

OMG THAT BEGINNING! RIGHT OUT OF THE LIGHTSABER INTO A FIGHT!

Despite the many comments, some of which attempt to point out flaws or issues, I am going to be unique in pointing out the one massive issue that makes this entire video a no-win situation for Nate.... Quite simply, if he loses the fight then he just got beat by a kid wearing glasses. If he wins the fight, he just beat up a kid wearing glasses!!! Sarcasm and joking aside, however, is very entertaining. But alas this is the internet and I do have some criticism that I intend to be constructive and not negative in the least. When you are swinging your weapons, there is very little emphasis placed on maintaining any sort of momentum with the blade. Typically people assume that because the blade of the weapon has no weight, there would be no momentum to worry about, as the entire balance is within the hilt itself. The mechanics of the weapon involve a powerful magnetic containment field to restrict and redirect the plasma energy that forms the blade. This magnetic field is not solid, obviously, but it has properties that give a sort of "heft" to the blade. A saber in motion tends to have angular momentum, and there is a gyroscopic effect taking place overall. Good examples of this are seen in Episode III as well as VI, when the Saber Throw is used. Both Master Yoda and Darth Vader throw their weapons, and despite the fact that all the weight of the weapon is in the hilt, the center of rotation when thrown is not where the point of balance is at all. Nerd-commentary concluded, carry on with the murderous lightsaber mayhem!!

being a big fan of Ryan vs Dorkman. that ending was awesome!!! great job!!

Oh my gosh! !!!! the long awaited return!!! literally before I watched this I watch theirs lol amazing

Wow... that was impressive. Great demonstration on some things that the force can do that was never shown in an actual Star Wars episode but only in the games. Also, that Cameo was really great!

Awesome video, I just thought it was kinda funny how when dude got punched (hard) in the face several times in a row, his glasses didn't come off, and are perfect. But that's just nitpicking on a fine video. Really great guys, good job!

Awww, one of them had the Sabershop Novus saber from back in the day. Wish I had bought one or two of those when I had a chance. Too bad they're not on the market anymore, since Ryan Weiber stopped making them in the shop. I guess it was too expensive for parts and all.....RIP, Sabershop. These videos were the best that started RU-vid. 😢

The way they had the reflection in his glasses of the lightsaber! That must've been a hard effect!

Alex Vs. Nate 2, was light years better than the first! Very well done! And the guest appearance of "Ryan Wieber"...FRACKEN AWESOME!!!

This was freaking awesome, can't wait to see what you do next.

Sheesh, that was great. Really a pleasure to watch something that well-made.

I love all of these videos... you guys should consider doing a collaboration with the Mando Mercs. That would make for an interesting fight scene.

Still really cool that despite the fact this was shot in Kansas, Ryan green-screened his part from his Living Room in California and it worked really well

As a huge Star Wars fan, I love these videos. I remember you guys first one, which wasn't that great, but this one is sooooo much better. Keep up the good work, And please make more

Holy shit! How have I never seen this?! Seeing Ryan at the end was like WHAAAT?!!! I was really hoping this was new :(

Never before has a choreography made me exclaim out loud "That was COOL!" before. Well done!

how have I not seen this yet! this was epic. the cinematography was gorgeous, fight scene was awesome. ending was great.

Now that was an ending...... to be continued ???

hey Jonathan, thanks for the comment. I'm actually the artist largely responsible for the opening shot, so when Nate suggested I answer your question, I obliged. I actually rendered the 3d saber out of Blender in a single pass, pulling focus on it with the 3d camera. Nate then timed that up in After Effects (I believe) with a DOF effect of his own. The saber itself took forever to render...I ended up sending Nate the proj file and we attacked it from opposite ends to get it done in time. :P

I love how u can see the saver reflection On the car so it really feels like an actual weapon.and actually has a physical form

The fucking force stopping the sparks is seriosuly some of the sickest shit!

As usual, best FX of the lot. Well done, I very much enjoyed the show. Thanks Nate and crew!

It certainly made me go "oooo". Superb that Ryan made an appearance - a large percentage of lightsaber duels on RU-vid exist thanks to him, including my own. You have a new subscriber :)

awesome video -- great sword/fight choreography and camera shots; although I did wonder where the blue blade came from when he lost the red -- the finger lightning was very cool along with the last part.

did anybody expect that!!!!!!????!!!!????

Ya'll need to conclude this son'bitch. Can't wait for the next one. I'm sure it will be an arm-fracturing good time.

Mark Wahlberg and the kid from polar express get into lightsaber duel right after church

Liked this very much... the ending is awesome, I never expected that!

This fight was badass. Seeing Ryan in the end just topped it off!

Dude u guys are soooooo lucky to have him in your video bc Ryan wieber is the best at making saber duels can't wait for the 3rd!!!!!!!

this was really well filmed.

Is this like a big RU-vid light saber duel expanded universe, and Ryan vs Dorkman 3 will be like Infinity War, where all the big RU-vid light saber duelists join a side and have a epic battle.

Fantastic!! Great job, all round!! From those awesome interior sabre shots, to the reflections of the sabers on the parked cars - right up up to that superb, surprise ending...just faultless!! You guys have raised the bar - yet again...!! Well done!! :-D

Am I the only one who sees Benedict Cumberbatch vs Edward Snowden?

Very cool stuff. Loved those shots showing off the sabre internals. Also, nice ending.

Love the effects, like the additional reflection on the car.

lol ryan just how many of him are there

Was not expecting Ryan Wieber in there, Nice Twist! It had it's moments of intensity, but not ferocity. This is a very respect entry. Hope you guys make the top five. You deserve it. :^)

Huge fan of rvd2 and watched this off of a link and I gotta say, well done and I did not see ryan coming xD cool touch. Can't wait for the next!

Holy biscuits. That special entrance from Ryan at the end was the BEST!

I almost swallowed my tongue at the ending. That opened up so many new possibilities for that other canon.

No fucking way! So epic! Great duel video plus Ryan at the end?! Can't wait for the next. Great work guys

There's a lot of cool things to say about this battle, but damn if that is not *the* coolest opening title scene I have ever seen in a lightsaber duel. Really hope the sequel gets finished someday!

I saw the first rvd video back when it came out years ago. Great job with the effects and choreography but to see that plot twist at the end completely blew my mind! Was not expecting to see that face show up! Amazing. P.s. Dorkman had a hand chopped but brandon survived the end of his last battle so maybe the next one could have him join in.

when Ryan shows up at the end, that was an eye opener

the legendary Ryan

And then the real master of lightsaber choreography arrives! This is a very good video, well done!

Did not expect that reveal of Ryan at the end, even after the lightsabers seemed a tad too familiar.

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!! You did such a great job!

Love the reflections on the cars! All around amazing!

Using this in Study for an upcoming short film of mine. Bravo, Bravo.