@HubPointless My favorite bit of lore around podracing is learning that this race specifically was apparently an unprecedented bloodbath
Like, normally people don't die during these
Here's a criminally underused workaround:
In Spartacus: Blood And Sand we swap to close-up shots of the actors' faces under their helmets mid-fight.
Allows to showcase the acting without breaking immersion by removing the helmet at an inappropiate time.
Fun fact, the gun she's reaching for is an HK VP70. The gun was specifically picked by the armorer because it looked semi futuristic. The great irony is, the pistol in fact has one of the worst trigger pulls, so the likelihood of her winning that draw was never good.