Combat as conversation

 I've been watching rather a lot of youtube this week and I was particularly struck by this vid by Jill Bearup. She's ostensibly dissecting the Raleigh-Mako fight scene from Pacific Rim, but in doing that she talks about how a combat scene is a continuation of storytelling through other means.

Raleigh "It's a dialogue, not a fight".

See also:

Obi Wan vs Darth Vader, a character arc told through combat styles. (Even if shot completely out of order).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6SQm65VMbU

And Captain Marvel, signalling the plot arc through a fight, and wrapping up that arc through another.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdspVeDnGsg&t

Spoilers throughout all three, including for pretty much all of the core Star Wars canon.