Tuesday Tally

Best Star Wars Scenes Ever...

So aprops of a debate we were having on FB the other day, we'd thought we'd put together a list of the best Star Wars scenes ever,  This is a list not of sequences, but of one off shots that last a few seconds, perhaps ten at most.

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-Opening shot, A New Hope: The rolling credits followed by the peaceful space scene shattered by the Hammerhead Cruiser and Star Destroyer. This has mesmerized children (including the author) for two generations now.

-Final trench attack, A New Hope: Tension anyone?

-The asteroid chase, The Empire Strikes Back: God bless John Williams and director Irvin Kersher for giving these scene epic Gone with the Wind cinematic sweep.

-The carbonite scene, The Empire Strikes Back: 'I love you', 'I know' was improvised. John Williams' soundtrack adds unbelievable depth an emotion.

-Luke lops off Vader's hand, Return of the Jedi: An incredibly intense sense. Well shot, the Gregorian chanting in the background is another John Williams triumph.

- Vader tosses the Emperor, Return of the Jedi: I don't know how they can back a robot mask look emotionally twisted, but they did. The last time I was in a movie theater and anybody clapped.

- Vader arrives, Rogue One: Utterly transformed the ending and incredibly dark. Doom is everywhere.

[What about the prequels? -ed] Prequels, what prequels?

*These are in chronological order.
**Do I really need to put the scenes up here?