The Original Jedi

Rating: Null/10 (22 January 2001)

George Lucas used to say that the concept of Jedi is borrowed from some ancient Chinese warriors. I always wonder what they are. After watching Crouching Tiger, I finally see the original Jedi. As a diehard Jedi fan, I really enjoy watching this movie. What an incredible experience! I hope the Jedi in next Star War can fight like these tigers and dragons. The clothes of Jedi even look like the Wudan warriors. I watched this movie with a Taiwanese friend. He told me that the concept of `the force' in star war is similar to the `internal strength' in Wuxia novel. The Wudan School have ancient kung-fu scroll that teaches them how to meditate to gain internal strength so that they can jump much higher than normal people. However, most of the Chinese know this `fact' so it wasn't explained in the movie. There are also something left unexplained in the movies that later I found out they were just common knowledge among Chinese people. For example, Bo was numbed by Jade Fox and later un-numbed by Li Mu Bai in a fight scene. I was told that this `paralysis touch' is very popular in Wuxia movie. Warrior with higher internal strength can poke on some certain spot (collectively termed as vital points) on their enemy and make them temporarily paralysed. Poking on other certain vital points can also make people temporarily deaf or dumb. And internal strength can also be transfused to heal other people, like in the end of the movie Li tried to heal Jen when she was drugged by some essence. This movie is so excellent I can't wait to see the squeal. Spoiler ahead I was told that one of the clichÃ© in Wuxia novel is that people who jump off a cliff usually won't die but end up finding secret cave that has some kung-fu scroll. Wow! Can't wait to see Jen again in the sequel!