A wandering DC Comics appears!
Batman Begins
This is a movie I like to cite when thinking about how Jedi actually fight compared to their reputation for how they fight. I think there is a popular conception, both in-universe and out-of-universe that Jedi are these unstoppable, all-blaster-bolts-blocked whirling dervishes of invincibility who annihilate anything in sight with massive displays of telekinetic might. I think this conception is extraordinarily wrong.
In-universe, though, this makes sense. Why? Batman Begins, that's why. In the movie, Ra's al Ghul explains the idea to Bruce: Intensive physical training and martial self-discipline can be combined with theatricality, deception, and general "shock and awe" to effectively engage an otherwise numerically-superior enemy. And this is what Batman learns to do -- by skulking in the shadows, employing distractions, surgical attacks, and the principle of "divide and conquer," Batman scatters, disorganises, and demoralises the many goons he fights, and only then does he appear in the open to beat up the last few remaining goons. He never just walks into a room and face-tanks an entire army of goons; he's always tactically avoiding direct confrontation until the enemy is actually weak enough to fight directly.
This, combined with his "Bat" image, quickly gives him a fearsome reputation as a crazy badass who will totally kick your ass -- further fueling the future demoralisation and disorganisation of enemies he later fights, based on his reputation alone, and the whole cycle just feeds on itself. In other words, Batman seems scarier and more dangerous than he actually is, and Batman uses this to his advantage. It's all very Art of War.
This, in my mind, is very similar to how Jedi function. They seem like invincible battle-gods who cannot be killed by blasters, and are quite happy to let this reputation go unchallenged, because it helps them in their duties by seeming more dangerous than they actually are. In reality, just like a bullet could drop Bruce Wayne dead, so can a blaster kill a Jedi in the snap of a finger (cf. Order 66).
I've always tried to play Iaera with this in mind -- a lightsaber duellist, yes, but one very aware of her own mortality. She does not charge into entire battalions of enemy soldiers and expect to win. Rather, she sneaks around, hiding in the mud, mind tricking lone sentries, and only fights with her lightsaber if she is forced to defend herself. I try to play her as someone with the reputation of fighting entire armies and winning, while knowing that reputation is anything but true.
