Favourite Star Wars scene?

[auntiehill]

My favorite is the scene where Han is frozen in the carbonite.
(cue sad music)
"I love you."

"I know."

That scene gets me all choked up every time!

 

[Aquehonga]

When Jar Jar Binks was killed.

Wait a minute

They never had that scene. That never happened did it? Damned shame!

My bad

 

[sbk1234]

I still argue with my 10-year-old son who insists that is is Jar Jar in The Special Edition DVD of Episode 6, who yells, "Wesa Free!" in the Naboo clip. I say it can be any Gungan. In my own mind, I just want to believe that someone killed him.

To my son's credit, when he was little and played with his Jar Jar action figure, I once heard him saying for the character, "I'm Jar Jar. I annoy everyone."

 

[Skywalker]

When Jar Jar Binks was killed.

Wait a minute

They never had that scene. That never happened did it? Damned shame!

My bad

Here's the scene.

 

[Aquehonga]

Here's the scene.

Thanks for that Skywalker

Are you Anakin or Luke?

 

[Skywalker]

Luke, naturally. Though I'm thinking of switching to an Anakin avatar for a while in June, for Father's Day.

 

[Aquehonga]

I'm thinking of switching to an Anakin avatar for a while in June, for Father's Day.

Groovy

An Anakin avatar is very appropriate for Father's Day.

 

[DigificWriter]

This is really hard, but I'm gonna have to say the scene where Luke pulls himself back from following the same path as his father, and then tells Palpatine that he's failed. It's one of those instances that is made even more poignant and powerful with the context of Anakin's story to back it up.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I'll nominate something that probably won't get mentioned much: the very final scene with Luke and Leia in ESB. I dunno why, I just liked it a lot.

Another "obscure" fave of mine, also from ESB: Luke confronting the fantasm of Vader on Degobah and having the face revealed as his own. (When I originally saw it, I figured that meant Luke was going to be tempted by the Dark Side - which was already a very likely plotline - rather than the more-literal secret that was soon to be revealed).

When Jar Jar Binks was killed.

That's a worthy thread of its own: scenes that should have been!

 

[Jedi Marso]

The lightsaber fight in Cloud City- particularly right toward the end. The whole thing is just steeped in mythological stereotypes- good vs evil, Luke standing at the brink (of choosing between light and dark) standing literally over the precipice. Then the whole "I am you father" scene.

I was 11 years old, unspoilered, in a full theater. You could hear the collective gasp.

When you're that age, 3 years was an eternity to wait to see the faceoff between Luke and Vader. Then, in that moment, the whole story gets turned on its ear.

Plus, the whole deal of the love triangle between Han, Luke, and Leia was the subject of much schoolyard debate. Back then it was all up in the air, and ESB saw the Luke/Leia shippers get slammed.

It was pure magic.

As an almost-thirty year old when the PT came out, nothing in it could even come close.

 

[WillsBabe]

My favorite is the scene where Han is frozen in the carbonite.
(cue sad music)
"I love you."

"I know."

That's my second favourite!

 

[Rii]

To my son's credit, when he was little and played with his Jar Jar action figure, I once heard him saying for the character, "I'm Jar Jar. I annoy everyone."

"Like my father before me..."

 

[SeerSGB]

Vader's funeral in RotJ. One of the stronger moments in the trilogy...though, I could ave done without the teddy bear rave at the end. Still annoyed they switched out Shaw for Christen in the DVD release; sort of punks the whole "there's still good in him"/"Anakin was always just lurking beneath" angle.

Binary sunset. The staging, the music, classic film moment.

 

[Admiral2]

Battle Of Hoth, every second of it.

First runner up: Same movie, Vader takes Admiral Ozzel down for being stupid:

"Lord Vader, we've come out of hyperspace and UURRRRRRK!"

Honorable mention: AoTC and ROTS, Yoda's lightsaber duels! That little space monkey flying around and goin' mad ass on Dookoo and Palpatine has got to be the damnedest thing I've ever seen in any movie.

 

[SeerSGB]

Battle Of Hoth, every second of it.

First runner up: Same movie, Vader takes Admiral Ozzel down for being stupid:

"Lord Vader, we've come out of hyperspace and UURRRRRRK!"

Honorable mention: AoTC and ROTS, Yoda's lightsaber duels! That little space monkey flying around and goin' mad ass on Dookoo and Palpatine has got to be the damnedest thing I've ever seen in any movie.

You know what's great about that scene Ozzel getting choked: Is the officer that looks around from his console, looks up, and just "Oh well, whatever" goes back to working.

 

[DanTheGrey]

1) When Luke loses it after Vader scans his mind about Leia...just the wild swinging, the way the music swells right up to him severing Vader's hand and then the looking down at his own artificial one...

2) Anakin leading the 501st up the steps and into the temple, again the music sells the scene

3) Vader pummeling Luke with objects during the second half of their lightsaber duel in ESB

 

[sbk1234]

To my son's credit, when he was little and played with his Jar Jar action figure, I once heard him saying for the character, "I'm Jar Jar. I annoy everyone."

"Like my father before me..."

HEY!

On another note, in regard to Admiral2's comment about Ozzel being stupid, I heard an unofficial theory - that I choose to adopt for my own Star Wars backstory, that Ozzel was actually a rebel sympathizer, so he was trying to find a way to warn them. I kind of like this, since I find him a much more interesting character if he's not an idiot.
It's not official, but I like it.

 

[Admiral2]

To my son's credit, when he was little and played with his Jar Jar action figure, I once heard him saying for the character, "I'm Jar Jar. I annoy everyone."

"Like my father before me..."

HEY!

On another note, in regard to Admiral2's comment about Ozzel being stupid, I heard an unofficial theory - that I choose to adopt for my own Star Wars backstory, that Ozzel was actually a rebel sympathizer, so he was trying to find a way to warn them. I kind of like this, since I find him a much more interesting character if he's not an idiot.
It's not official, but I like it.

Nah. It's only a funny scene if he's an idiot.

Remember, a few scenes before that he's being condescending to DARTH VADER while Vader's telling him (rightly) Hoth is where the rebels are. "Milord, there are hundreds of these settlements out here. It could be smugglers, or..." and then the genius pops into the system where the rebels could detect them. Now, maybe this screams to you "rebel saboteur", but I don't think Vader's that stupid, so it makes more sense to me that Ozzel is just a pretentious screw up that got pwned by his boss.

And...it's just funnier that way.

 

[T'Baio]

Still annoyed they switched out Shaw for Christen in the DVD release; sort of punks the whole "there's still good in him"/"Anakin was always just lurking beneath" angle.

This is really the only change in the OT that pisses me off to no end. Greedo firing first, kinda' annoying, but whatever. But this is what really gets me.

I refuse to watch the ROTJ Special Edition because of it.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I was 11 years old, unspoilered, in a full theater. You could hear the collective gasp.

Yep, they gasped in my theater too. I didn't expect it at all. It's funny because now it seems so obvious and nobody could get away with that plotline.

Another great, shocking moment: when that goofy little green food-snatching goblin reveals himself to be Yoda, who we were all expecting to be some big hulking warrior type.