There was an old saying in the Jedi Order - never give up the high ground. It was a simple enough saying, but often misunderstood.
For one, one of the major key requirements of high ground was that there needed to be, well....ground.
There was a very simple reason for this - when a Jedi used the Force to jump, the moment they left the ground they were more or less committed to their trajectory until they landed. Jedi were - or at least Kara was - encouraged to avoid such acrobatics in combat, instead utilising time-old traditions such as footwork, or small hops and skips. Agility meant dextrously navigating the landscape, not leaping over it in a single, clumsy jump. A fleet footed Jedi would spot pitfalls and loose ground in ways that one that was leaping never could. They could change their direction, or momentum, at a moments notice. A Jedi mid-jump was, to put it mildly, quite vulnerable.
For Kara's part, she had anticipated the Sith's movements. Her low, ankle strike wasn't really meant to take the girl's feet out from under her, at least not literally. But as the Sith quite literally leapt back and up and away from Kara, she had left herself ungrounded. And there was a brief moment after she leapt, when her focus was depleted from augmenting her own jump and she began focusing her attention on Jaesa instead, that she wasn't focusng on Kara. And in that moment, the Sith truly was vulnerable.
Kara followed through on her low strike by switching her grip on her lightsaber, dextrously completing the swing by flicking it into a reverse grip. Her right arm extended, blade reversed, she released a quick swipe with her blade, releasing the weapon from her grip and arcing it up at the retreating Sith. Guided by the Force, the blade swept up towards the Togruta from below, just as the she was focus to defend against Jaesa.
Defending against Kara's previous low strike had clearly been difficult enough, but now the Togruta had to deal with being distracted by Jaesa, having just depleted herself by leaping (and thereby needing a moment to refocus), being midair and unable to reposition easily due to a lack of secure (or any) footing, as well as defending from Kara's saber, which was coming in from a very low angle that would make parrying the blade extremely difficult.
For her own part, however, Kara did have the advantage of secure ground beneath her. She planted her right foot into the ground beneath her, using a combination of last of the momentum of her slide, and the halting of her trajectory by digging her feet into the ground, to effectively slingshot herself back up to her feet with practiced dexterity. Had her thrown saber somehow missed its mark, it would snap immediately back to her grip, a simple task for such a Force attuned object that was only scant few meters away.
If the Togruta somehow managed to complete her vault and fire her blaster, Kara would be well positioned to deflect the bolts away from herself to harmlessly liquefy a unoffending mound of snow that had accumulated in the distance. And if the girl was struck by Kara's thrown blade and still somehow able to continue, then Kara would be ready for her.
For one, one of the major key requirements of high ground was that there needed to be, well....ground.
There was a very simple reason for this - when a Jedi used the Force to jump, the moment they left the ground they were more or less committed to their trajectory until they landed. Jedi were - or at least Kara was - encouraged to avoid such acrobatics in combat, instead utilising time-old traditions such as footwork, or small hops and skips. Agility meant dextrously navigating the landscape, not leaping over it in a single, clumsy jump. A fleet footed Jedi would spot pitfalls and loose ground in ways that one that was leaping never could. They could change their direction, or momentum, at a moments notice. A Jedi mid-jump was, to put it mildly, quite vulnerable.
For Kara's part, she had anticipated the Sith's movements. Her low, ankle strike wasn't really meant to take the girl's feet out from under her, at least not literally. But as the Sith quite literally leapt back and up and away from Kara, she had left herself ungrounded. And there was a brief moment after she leapt, when her focus was depleted from augmenting her own jump and she began focusing her attention on Jaesa instead, that she wasn't focusng on Kara. And in that moment, the Sith truly was vulnerable.
Kara followed through on her low strike by switching her grip on her lightsaber, dextrously completing the swing by flicking it into a reverse grip. Her right arm extended, blade reversed, she released a quick swipe with her blade, releasing the weapon from her grip and arcing it up at the retreating Sith. Guided by the Force, the blade swept up towards the Togruta from below, just as the she was focus to defend against Jaesa.
Defending against Kara's previous low strike had clearly been difficult enough, but now the Togruta had to deal with being distracted by Jaesa, having just depleted herself by leaping (and thereby needing a moment to refocus), being midair and unable to reposition easily due to a lack of secure (or any) footing, as well as defending from Kara's saber, which was coming in from a very low angle that would make parrying the blade extremely difficult.
For her own part, however, Kara did have the advantage of secure ground beneath her. She planted her right foot into the ground beneath her, using a combination of last of the momentum of her slide, and the halting of her trajectory by digging her feet into the ground, to effectively slingshot herself back up to her feet with practiced dexterity. Had her thrown saber somehow missed its mark, it would snap immediately back to her grip, a simple task for such a Force attuned object that was only scant few meters away.
If the Togruta somehow managed to complete her vault and fire her blaster, Kara would be well positioned to deflect the bolts away from herself to harmlessly liquefy a unoffending mound of snow that had accumulated in the distance. And if the girl was struck by Kara's thrown blade and still somehow able to continue, then Kara would be ready for her.