Because lightsaber fighting was based off of the sword techniques of the ancient samurai since Star Wars itself is actually loosely based off of the times of Feudal Japan, which is also one of the reasons for the line “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away”. Feudal Japan was also a long time ago in a far-away place.
First off, don’t spoil anything. Second, this comic ran for ten years and had a satisfying ending that included what Locke would eventually end up doing, so you can either enjoy Dana’s new comic and move on, or keep wondering about an old webcomic that she isn’t likely to revisit anytime in the foreseeable future.
I’ll only say two things: One, his name is Locke, and two, the box is not really a box…At least, not in the sense that he was locked in a confined space…
I’d actually very much like to see how he’d lose it while on the witness stand in one of those games…