Favorite Star Wars Moment
There have been many iconic Star Wars moments across the years, from the destruction of the Death Star to Anakin's turn to the dark side, but what are your favorites? My most beloved Star Wars moments would be the duel between Yoda and Sidious at the end of ROTS (as they are my two favorite characters and the way galactic history was written would depend on the outcome), the duel between Fulcrum and Darth Vader in Rebels, and the escape from Cloud City by Leia, Lando, and Chewbacca. Comment your favorites below!
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Honorable mentions belong to:
Any scene between han and leia in Empire
Maul tempting Obi Wan to the dark side in Clone Wars
Ahsoka declining anakin's invitation to rejoin the Order
I agree with you, especially on the topic of the throne room battle; it has the best musical score out of any scene in my opinion.
Also I loved how Dooku told Obi-Wan about the Sith controlling the senate
The deaths of both Yoda and Maul and the events around those deaths where also really good in my opinion, so much more to that then you can see
1. Han Shoots Greedo: Han being sick of listening to stupid Greedo waffle on decides to kill him and move on - it was brilliant. Now there is the who shot first question. I guess Lucas thought the original scene was too cold for Han - he was a scoundrel and had a gun pointed at him by a bounty hunter who was gonna turn him into Jabba, what do you expect? Also Han's head "dodging" Greedo blast looks ridiculous too.
2. The Wampa Cave: The original costume for the wampa was terrible. They needed the scene to explain why Mark looked so different from ANH to TESB (which was the result of a car accident). So they shot around the wampa creature and you never really see him. This made the scene chilling and full of suspense - seeing the creature in full view in the special editions completely ruined the scene.
1. Vaders reveal to Luke that he is his father, on Bespin.
2. Yoda walks into the hangar to engage Dooku at the end of AOTC. Before he even ignites his lightsaber - fans have speculated what Yoda would fight like - the suspense leading to that dual almost killed me and I was grinning from ear to ear.
3. Dual of Fates - Maul v. Kenobi & Jinn at the end of TPM - brilliant, compared to the lightsaber fights of the original trilogy, and I feel this is still one of the top lightsaber fights of all.
The fight was awesome, but the MUSIC from that scene immediately popped into my head as I read OP's title. Bummer E1 didn't quite live up to that level of awesomeness for the whole film.
2. A close second, because this fight is the definition of epic.
How could I have forgotten about Vader at the end of R1!!!!!
Amazing!
Also Yes - Sidious v. Maul & Savage = excellent!!
When it comes to the duel with Darth Maul, it is a scene that I truly loved, though I feel that the Clone Wars jumped the shark and made the scene less enjoyable when they revealed that Maul was not truly dead.
I completely disagree on your assessment of maul's revival.
What is the first and most important criteria for an effective villain? A connection to the protagonist. Maul had the most potential of any character to be the main villain of the prequels because after killing Qui-Gon, he had that connection with obi wan. Having a character like Maul survive throughout the prequels (instead of introducing more boring villains like grievous and dooku) would:
1) give Obi Wan more of an arc (the prequels should have been his story)
2) make the three movies more cohesive and continuous (Phantom contributes absolutely nothing to the saga)
3) allow more time to develop maul as a character (like clone wars was able to do)
In Phantom Menace, Maul has 0 personality or character. "But, DatBoi. Maul is evil" Really? Prove it. Name one evil thing that Maul says or does before he kills Qui-Gon. He gets into two duels with Qui Gon that are not at all set up or relevant to the story, and he stands around looking shady. Even terrible movies have some cheesy scene where their villain's introduction is them killing somebody in cold blood, or robbing a bank, or blowing up a building. What is maul's introduction? he stands in a blue hologram and palpatine says, "this is maul". Wow, I have shivers going down my spine.
Hands down, my favorite Star Wars moment. This reveal was epic. Nobody saw it coming. There were no hints at all. In hindsight you can say Old Ben alluded to it, but if you did not already know Vader was Luke's father then you would not catch it. The scene loses all of its impact if you go in knowing the truth. But on release, this moment was huge and has not been matched.
Pure gold.
One of my main complaints about The Phantom Menace has always been that up until the death of Qui Gon, Maul had no connection to the protagonists and had no character development outside of his connection to the Sith and Trade Federation, as well as his appearance and starship.
I agree that Obi Won's arc could have been portrayed better using Maul, though in TPM, the antagonist died only minutes after killing Qui Gon, and the Clone Wars was released after the prequels, and in my opinion, the resurrection of Maul was unrealistic and uneccessary, as was adding the character of Savage Oppress. I just feel that killing a character only to resurrect them plays with the audience's emotions and misleads the audience in a way that rarely contributes to anything other than viewer ratings.
By the way, I loved your comment about the "intimidating" hologram, because I felt the same way
It seems funny as a lifelong fan to have a favorite moment from the recent spin-off film, but it is what it is! Seeing the AT-ATs for the first time is another favorite as well as experiencing the satisfying engine humming and speed of the podracers.
Ooooo just thought of another one! Lol Yoda ambling in using his cane to face Dooku, dropping it, lighting up his little lightsaber, and going bats*** crazy.
I know people have mixed feelings about the slave girl outfit, but when she kills him it instantly became the awesome girl outfit.
Also, the battle between Vader and Luke on Bespin. Good action with a great reveal.
Tons of great scenes throughout Star Wars, but those to are a bit above to me.
I think that the fact that Maul lives in Clone Wars is amazing. His hate for Kenobi was so deep that he managed to survive on the dark side of the force alone. Just like Vader did whenever his suit was broken.
Sorry for my English :]
Now if only that could be replicated in the game...
Well every scene portrayed above is certainly memorable, all of them.
But my most memorable moment was playing the orginal KOTOR... and entering Korriban for the first time... the scenes, the enviroment, the comments from HK-47... the realization that this game would change the way people saw star wars more than any movie...it covered so much more than what movies did! And i had read as many books as i could get my hands on, yet still that game kept revealing more...
And now almost 2 decades later looking back, i believe KOTOR is the bacta tank that brought the franchise back from near death, indoctrinated countless new souls into the SW universe, set the bar for literally every RPG & MMORPG since and most importantly made me realize that i was not alone in my fanatical desire for all knowledge that was SW related...
Yes KOTOR holds that special title @OP asked for... Korriban in particular...
I just started playing KOTOR yesterday on the app store, coincidentally. I hope that I come to love the game as much as you do
I couldn't care less about the "age" of the technology as long as it services the gameplay and the quality is consistent throughout the game. This is why i think Super Mario or the original Sonic have better graphics than most games nowadays.
Also, dialogue doesn't really age that much. Its either good or bad and i thought some more effort could have gone into the writing of KOTOR 1.
But now im highjacking the thread so ill stop