The 35 greatest Star Wars movie moments

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“A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.” With the tone of ancient oral traditions, Star Wars is a modern mythos like no other, a movie franchise full of incredible moments. But which ones deserve recognition as some of the greatest in the series?

While Star Wars today is a multifaceted franchise with streaming TV shows, comic books, novels, video games, and theme park rides to its name, Star Wars began life as a movie. To commemorate the ongoing film series, we count down the 35 greatest moments in Star Wars movie history. For clarity, we’re sticking to just the theatrically-released movies in the Skywalker Saga. We’re not counting the many, many spin-off TV shows, as that would be a list that’s bigger than the Death Star itself.

35. The Binary Sunset (A New Hope)

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34. The Birth of Darth Vader (Revenge of the Sith)

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33. “I Am All the Jedi” (The Rise of Skywalker)

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Yeah, it’s corny. And few fans will ever openly admit if they enjoy The Rise of Skywalker. But in a vacuum, Rey’s confrontation with Palpatine (who is her grandfather, for some reason), featuring audio cameos of many heroes from Star Wars' past, is a pretty cool climax for the sequel trilogy. It may not be good enough to end 40-odd years of the Skywalker Saga, granted, but director J.J. Abrams knows how to frame the heck out of this scene. Plus: Who doesn’t love a good fireworks show? In 1983, fans accepted Darth Vader lifting up Palpatine and chucking him like a WWE wrestler. No reason that “more electricity” can’t be a good offense.

32. Yoda vs. Dooku (Attack of the Clones)

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Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

When audiences first met Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, his appearance as a frail, diminutive green elf was intentionally to subvert audience expectations of “Master Yoda” being a physically strong Jedi warrior. It wasn’t until the prequel trilogy, with 2002’s Attack of the Clones, that fans finally got to witness the master in action. In a thrilling match-up between Yoda and Christopher Lee’s Count Dooku, Yoda flips and spins to stand tall (figuratively speaking) against the fearsome Sith Lord. Sure, it’s goofy, and it’s a little hilarious thinking about Christopher Lee looking down at nothing, swinging his lightsaber at nothing. (Remember: Yoda is entirely a CG character in this movie.) But Yoda’s skills prove how size doesn’t matter.

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31. Kylo Ren’s Massacre/Finn’s Awakening (The Force Awakens)

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

30. Chirrut Îmwe’s Blind Faith (Rogue One)

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29. The Arrest of Chancellor Palpatine (Revenge of the Sith)

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To be fair, a lot of this scene’s dopeness has to do with Samuel L. Jackson. In Revenge of the Sith, the Jedi finally have evidence that pins Palpatine as a Sith Lord, with Jackson’s Mace Windu leading the arrest. But Palpatine doesn’t go down without a fight, with a fateful battle taking place in Palpatine’s luxe office that ends in Mace Windu’s death. While their lightsaber battle isn’t the most exciting in Star Wars history, it’s still a consequential one. Palpatine maintains his innocence and his grip on power, allowing his unstoppable rise to criminalize the Jedi and oversee the Galactic Empire. And only Ian McDiarmid can make a meal out of his best line: “Iamthe Senate.”

28. Rey’s Force Vision (The Force Awakens)

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Rey knows there’s more to her own story than she knows. When she touches Luke Skywalker’s fabled lightsaber in The Force Awakens, it kicks off a trippy sequence where Rey sees haunting images of the past - both her own, and the Force’s, as well as her imminent future. The Force quite literally calls to her too, with voice cameos of the late Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor (both as Obi-Wan Kenobi) informing her that she’s just taken her “first steps.” Even if the visions didn’t amount to anything in the end, it gets points for being generally well-crafted and clever.

27. The Revenge of Anakin (Attack of the Clones)

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26. Vader’s Hallway Massacre (Rogue One)

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

25. The Train Job (Solo)

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Solo: A Star Wars Story

All good Westerns need a train heist - and so it is, even in Star Wars. The 2018 Star Wars anthology movie which details the origins of Han Solo (with Alden Ehrenreich in the role) has a stand-out action sequence that takes the classic “train heist” trope of action-oriented Westerns and gives it a Star Wars spin. With a unique structure to the trains and winding tracks that give off the vibe of a proof-of-concept Disneyland ride, Solo proves it’s a more worthwhile experience than its apparent prequel-itis lets on.

24. “Chewie, We’re Home” (The Force Awakens)

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The first 40 minutes of The Force Awakens is wall-to-wall with brand new faces that the Star Wars franchise introduces for the first time. But when Chewbacca and Han Solo (a naturally aged Harrison Ford) walk onto the Millennium Falcon after who knows how long, that’s when the Force really wakes back up. When Han smiles and tells Chewie “we’re home,” timed to a well-deployed John Williams motif, fans are in full agreement. The Millennium Falcon is back in proper hands, and the spirit of Star Wars is truly restored. For now, at least.

23. The Broom Boy (The Last Jedi)

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Some fans deride The Last Jedi for being offensive to canon. But the final, closing scene of Rian Johnson’s movie is a testament to the inspiring powers of storytelling - a virtue that George Lucas knew well. After the Resistance has regrouped to see another day, Rian Johnson returns to the dirt-faced stable children working in the depths of Canto Bight. Among them is a little boy, with no name and no identity, who exhibits familiarity with the Force and gazes up at the star-dotted night sky. The broom in his hand is suddenly no longer a broom. Like all of us who’ve played with sticks and held them like swords, this moment in The Last Jedi alludes to what really matters with stories like Star Wars. It isn’t how it respects canon or whatever nonsense. It’s how they make you feel, and what they instill in you to believe.

22. The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis, The Wise (Revenge of the Sith)

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Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

21. Han Solo’s Death (The Force Awakens)

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Star Wars

Nothing hits hard like the death of a loved one. For Star Wars fans, seeing Kylo Ren willingly kill his own father Han Solo defines the sequel trilogy, for better or worse. While fans mourn the loss of a hero like Han Solo, for Kylo Ren, it further cements his adherence to his radical Sith beliefsandto cap off his festering personal resentment towards his family. While die-hard Star Wars faithful are still mad about Han’s death, the only person to blame is Harrison Ford himself, who wanted Han to die even as far back as Empire Strikes Back and only came back to The Force Awakens so Han could get a proper demise. You might not like it, but you gotta respect it. It’s maybe the coolest way to get out of a job.

20. “Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi” (A New Hope)

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Star Wars: A New Hope

“You’re my only hope!” And that, my dear reader, is how you kick off a life-changing adventure. Princess Leia’s distress call to Obi-Wan Kenobi, which is famously contained in R2-D2’s hard drives and projected as a holographic recording, springs Luke Skywalker into action and joining the Rebellion. (It might have also been the start of a romance, as George Lucas didn’t write Luke and Leia as siblings until much later. Observe how Luke thinks Leia is “beautiful.") Luke wanted an adventure, and he got it - never mind that it would cost him his only remaining family he knew, and would lead to a lifetime of pain and regret. But those are small prices to pay to save the galaxy.

19. The Battle of Scarif (Rogue One)

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Before Rogue One, fans only knew that the Rebellion paid dearly to obtain the Death Star plans. The 2016 movie Rogue One finally brings fans into the frontlines of that fateful battle, with an impressively staged climax that cleverly plays with scale (as seen in the slow approach of the towering AT-ATs). Evoking the intensity of war pictures like Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, Black Hawk Down, and more, Star Wars finally lives up to its very name with a thrilling portrait of bravery and sacrifice in the name of a better future that many here will never see.

18. Lando Sells Out (The Empire Strikes Back)

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Lando has more swagger than anyone else in Cloud City, but even he can’t turn away the Empire. Shortly after the crew of the Millennium Falcon get a warm welcome from Lando, their host unfortunately sells them all out to Darth Vader, who appears patiently waiting for them at the head of a lavish dinner table. (Hilariously. Han Solo instinctively reaches for his blaster.) While Lando would soon redeem himself, the act of selling out our heroes proves the galaxy is full of lofty trust and shady, self-serving figures. Luckily, Billy Dee Williams has enough charisma in his pinky to make fans still love him afterward.

17. The Holdo Maneuver (The Last Jedi)

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

16. Anakin’s Redemption (Return of the Jedi)

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15. Picnic on Naboo/“Across the Stars” (Attack of the Clones)

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14. Snoke’s Throne Room Battle/“Join Me” (The Last Jedi)

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Rey and Kylo Ren are drawn together, somehow. Their shared connections to the Force make them kindred spirits, however much they tense up when they’re in the same room. Their covert connections to each other explode like fireworks towards the end of The Last Jedi, when Kylo Ren betrays Supreme Leader Snoke and he teams up with Rey to take down the heavily armored Praetorian Guards. Delectably framed with stylish and tasteful slow-motion, not to mention top-notch choreography, Rey and Kylo Ren’s one-time union cements The Last Jedi as one of the best Star Wars movies (yes really). For denouement, the scene ends with Kylo and Rey, still panting and sweating, coming to their senses and realizing they are not meant for each other, along with the important “revelation” that Rey came from anonymous paupers. (Never mind how The Rise of Skywalker quickly bent over backwards to change this.) The subtext here is about the closest Star Wars has ever gone to being sensual.

13. Podracing! (The Phantom Menace)

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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

12. “Why Are You Here?"/“Do. Or Do Not. There Is No Try.” (The Empire Strikes Back)

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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

11. Chase Through Endor (Return of the Jedi)

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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

With revolutionary visual effects and a genuine sense of danger with each passing second, the lengthy chase through the forests of Endor, seen in 1983’s Return of the Jedi, is the picture definition of an iconic action scene. A solid four straight minutes of breakneck speed, this scene sees Luke and Leia hijack speeders and take down Stormtroopers while dodging trees, trunks, and other hazards at what feels like 200 miles an hour. The genius of the scene, however, is in its sound. Listen closely. Observe the absence of any John Williams' music. That “music” here is the action itself - the droning whirs of the speeders, the percussive booms of explosions, and Luke’s sighs of relief that his reflexes are as sharp as his lightsaber.

10. The Execution of Order 66 (Revenge of the Sith)

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9. “We Are What They Grow Beyond” (The Last Jedi)

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

What is the burden of all masters? If you ask Yoda, it’s the inevitability of falling short. (And he would know.) Rian Johnson’s Star Wars sequel, The Last Jedi, is a divisive one among fans, to say the least. But Johnson’s story willingly (and bravely) interrogates the mythology of Star Wars as being built on insufficient, almost infantile notions over legacy, stewardship, and an inability to “grow.” It also posits that weakness and failure are as valuable to pass on as strengths. “The greatest teacher, failure is,” Yoda tells Luke. As the allegedly sacred Jedi texts burn, Yoda and Luke meditate before the warming glow of its fires - a symbol of Star Wars freeing itself from the past while keeping only what is most important. If only most fans got the message.

8. The Emperor’s Throne Room (Return of the Jedi)

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At last, Luke Skywalker enters the belly of the beast. The climax of 1983’s Return of the Jedi begins with Darth Vader escorting his own son Luke into the presence of Emperor Palpatine. Relishing over his victory at hand, Palpatine engages in a battle of wits against young Luke. While Luke maintains faith in his friends even if he himself must die, Palpatine still gloats in the apparent inevitability of his dominance. When Luke and Vader clash again, the smirk in Palpatine’s face says it all.

7. Versus Darth Maul/“Duel of the Fates” (The Phantom Menace)

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6. “I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing” (A New Hope)

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Who can forget when Darth Vader uses the Force to choke someone for the first time? From Admiral Motti having the guts to insult Vader as a “sorcerer” to the Sith Lord dropping the stone cold line “I find your lack of faith disturbing” whileliterallyshowing off the power of the Force - this is a workplace meeting straight from hell, with the Devil himself in attendance. Although Vader had already shown himself to be a formidable antagonist at the top of the movie, this pivotal scene reasserts his fearsome stature.

5. Anakin’s Speech/Battle on Mustafar (Revenge of the Sith)

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Fans on TikTok love to recreate the moment, but don’t let the memes fool you: The end of Revenge of the Sith is a fateful battle between student and master, between fate and will, between good and evil. The fall of the Galactic Republic coincides with Obi-Wan and Luke Skywalker clashing above the fires of Mustafar, the volcanic intensity mirroring their inner feelings. But that happens after another big moment: Anakin’s grand speech that what he’s done was for the good of all. Forhisnew empire. Obviously, Obi-Wan has issues with Anakin calling all of the galaxyhis.

4. The Death Star Trench Run (A New Hope)

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3. Versus Kylo Ren (The Force Awakens)

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Anakin’s lightsaber sure has changed a lot of hands. At the end of The Force Awakens, both Finn and Rey wield Anakin’s original lightsaber against Kylo Ren in the snowy wilds of Starkiller Base. While Kylo Ren is a legit trained swordsman who studied under Luke, Finn and Rey hold their own despite Kylo Ren’s superior combat skills and fearsome crossguard variant saber. Both times when our heroes ignite their lightsaber, it’s exhilarating for different reasons. For Finn, it’s a former Stormtrooper’s stand against his forced programming. For Rey, it’s a lonely girl’s certainty towards her place among the stars. When Rey uses the Force to take the lightsaber away from Kylo Ren? That moment is something else.

2. “I Love You.” “I Know.” (The Empire Strikes Back)

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Generations of Star Wars fans have waited to quote this one in real life. In the heartbreaking ending of The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader freezes Han Solo in carbonite - a major blow to both the rebellion and our heroes. But just before Vader turns Solo into stone, Han and Leia declare their love for one another. Kind of. When Leia tells Han “I love you,” Han gives her the unexpected yet most Han Solo response he could muster: “I know.” Even in defeat, Han Solo never loses his swag.

1. Versus Darth Vader/“I Am Your Father” (The Empire Strikes Back)

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It has everything: An epic duel, a stunning revelation, and a story twist like no other. At the end of The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker - still tending to the wounds of his freshly sliced right hand - learns from Darth Vader himself that he’s his father. While anyone would reasonably demand, like, a paternity test, the Force helps Luke realize that Vader speaks true. The end of The Empire Strikes Back is immovable; a seminal moment in pop culture mythology where the impossibly great sequel to an all-time classic ends with a reveal that changes everything.

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1Nemesis review: “A magical sense of tension”

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1Nemesis review: “A magical sense of tension”

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2Arcs review: “A whole lot of game in a small package”

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review: “The best adventure Indy has embarked on in over 30 years”

5Marvel Rivals review: “So preoccupied with trying to be like Overwatch that it forgets to play to its own strengths”

5Marvel Rivals review: “So preoccupied with trying to be like Overwatch that it forgets to play to its own strengths”

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Marvel Rivals review: “So preoccupied with trying to be like Overwatch that it forgets to play to its own strengths”

1Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review: “Keanu Reeves as Shadow is wasted whilst Jim Carrey steals the show”

Shadow brandishes a gun in Sonic The Hedgehog 3

1Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review: “Keanu Reeves as Shadow is wasted whilst Jim Carrey steals the show”

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review: “Keanu Reeves as Shadow is wasted whilst Jim Carrey steals the show”

2Mufasa: The Lion King review – “It’s no Hakuna Matata but this Disney origin story is a class above the 2019 movie”

2Mufasa: The Lion King review – “It’s no Hakuna Matata but this Disney origin story is a class above the 2019 movie”

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Mufasa: The Lion King review – “It’s no Hakuna Matata but this Disney origin story is a class above the 2019 movie”

3Kraven the Hunter review: “The insistence on an R-rating helps save this, with a decent helping of bloodthirsty action”

3Kraven the Hunter review: “The insistence on an R-rating helps save this, with a decent helping of bloodthirsty action”

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Kraven the Hunter review: “The insistence on an R-rating helps save this, with a decent helping of bloodthirsty action”

4The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim review – “An uninspired expansion of the most iconic screen take on Tolkien”

4The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim review – “An uninspired expansion of the most iconic screen take on Tolkien”

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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim review – “An uninspired expansion of the most iconic screen take on Tolkien”

5Nightbitch review: “Amy Adams' disappointing dark comedy is all bark and no bite”

5Nightbitch review: “Amy Adams' disappointing dark comedy is all bark and no bite”

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Nightbitch review: “Amy Adams' disappointing dark comedy is all bark and no bite”

1Squid Game season 2 review: “Secures its place as one of the best shows on television right now”

Squid Game season 2

1Squid Game season 2 review: “Secures its place as one of the best shows on television right now”

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Squid Game season 2 review: “Secures its place as one of the best shows on television right now”

2Doctor Who 2024 Christmas special review: “Ncuti Gatwa is as magnetic as ever in this delightful festive treat”

2Doctor Who 2024 Christmas special review: “Ncuti Gatwa is as magnetic as ever in this delightful festive treat”

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Doctor Who 2024 Christmas special review: “Ncuti Gatwa is as magnetic as ever in this delightful festive treat”

3Secret Level review: “An uneven experience with serious highlights that ultimately make up for the misses”

3Secret Level review: “An uneven experience with serious highlights that ultimately make up for the misses”

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Secret Level review: “An uneven experience with serious highlights that ultimately make up for the misses”

4Skeleton Crew review: “Perfectly captures the vibes of classic Star Wars with a swashbuckling twist”

4Skeleton Crew review: “Perfectly captures the vibes of classic Star Wars with a swashbuckling twist”

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Skeleton Crew review: “Perfectly captures the vibes of classic Star Wars with a swashbuckling twist”

5Creature Commandos review: “James Gunn’s heartwarming, R-rated tale about super-monsters proves that the DCU is in good hands”

5Creature Commandos review: “James Gunn’s heartwarming, R-rated tale about super-monsters proves that the DCU is in good hands”

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Creature Commandos review: “James Gunn’s heartwarming, R-rated tale about super-monsters proves that the DCU is in good hands”

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