This is when Darth Sidious's plan finally comes to fruition. We finally get to see the altruistic and reliable Clone soldiers morph into the ruthless Storm troopers we know and love from the original trilogy. Poor, poor Aayla Secura.
Big oops from the man I just praised. Turns out, papa Vader does not like watching his son get electrocuted. Darth Vader taking matters into his own hands and fulfilling the prophecy that Yoda had the gall to call into question is incredibly satisfying to watch. Although, I guess technically he didn't kill the Emperor? For my sanity let's just say he did . Episode IX is wild.
Saddest scene in all of Star Wars. Going into this movie, we all knew Obi-Wan would survive and Anakin had to be horribly injured to turn into Darth Vader, but the culmination of their fight and Obi-Wan's inability to watch his former friend burn is still heart-breaking. Remember, there is nothing on this planet more important than the high ground.
"How you doin', ya ol' pirate??"
"Hello - what have we here?"
"They told me they fixed it. I trusted them to fix it. It's not my fault!"
"Up a little higher. Just a little higher!"
"Come on Han old buddy don't let me down."
"That blast came from the Death Star. That thing's operational!"
"Han will have that shield down. We've got to give him more time!"
No one does a sound bite like Lando Calrissian, and the mac-daddy of them all is his exclamation after outrunning the fireball.
Has to be on here. It's interesting, this moment really loses a lot of power after watching Episode V for the first time. That seems obvious but you often see this being cited as one of the most dramatic twists in cinematic history, and it's kind of strange to look back at it and really question whether it deserves a spot in the Pantheon. Ultimately, I decided it did, but it has as much to do with Luke's leap into the abyss as it does the Maury Povich special.
John Williams and Ray Park? Name a more iconic duo.
We got to see Rey flex her nascent force ability in an earlier scene, but here we get another pairing of moment and music. Once again, John Williams comes in and amplifies an incredible moment of Rey evening the playing field against Kylo Ren and saving herself and Finn from death.
Running out of trench, Darth Vader and his two TIE-fighters on his tail, Biggs down and Wedge peeling off; things were not looking good for Luke. The fate of the Rebellion lay in the hands of a half-witted, no good, scruffy looking nerf-herder, and boy did he come through. Han coming out of the sun to take out the TIE-fighters chasing Luke, clearing him to launch his proton torpedo into the exhaust port is legendary. Love the man, love the moment.
This scene has some of my favorite dialogue in it. Yoda has four yearbook worthy quotes in the span of three minutes: "luminous beings are we" "size matters not" "do or do not, there is no try" and "that is why you fail." All of those lines surrounding Yoda flexing his force muscle in front of a disbelieving student make for near perfection. Credit to John Williams: the score here elevates the scene to new heights.
If you couldn't already tell, I give John Williams a lot of recognition for his work. True to form, the best moment in all of Star Wars for me is Luke, standing on top of a sand hill, looking out at the horizon. All of his hopes, dreams, fears, and emotions captured without a single line of dialogue. The greatest movie score ever written, a beautiful encapsulation of the character, and a visually stunning landscape are the three ingredients for cinematic gold.
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