Two days from now, after the long-awaited episode of The Force Awakens is finally showing in theatres, I've yet to have that film until I go and see it on Monday night. This list of the top twenty Star Wars scenes is still counting down for the movie. Everyone should know that parts one and two are now in this blog. We'll look at numbers #10 to #6 in this section as we are close to reaching the end of this list through No. #5 to No. #1. You better wait until tomorrow or after.
You can (click here for part one) and (here for part two) as they contained these previous entries through the beginning and the second, but there's no telling why or how you missed out.
#10. Destruction of Alderaan (A New Hope)
A nightmarish scene demonstrates how the Empire brings fear and destruction to the galaxy. The scene where a captive Princess Leia witnesses her home planet's demise by the Death Star after disclosing the hidden Rebel base shows how the battle station is fully operational when destroying peaceful planets like Alderaan. The worst-case scenario is that Grand Moff Tarkin is responsible for ordering its obliteration, as he knows Alderaan is a peaceful world with no weapons. It affectedly killed millions that were on the planet. So powerful that it caused a disturbance in the Force.
A nightmarish scene demonstrates how the Empire brings fear and destruction to the galaxy. The scene where a captive Princess Leia witnesses her home planet's demise by the Death Star after disclosing the hidden Rebel base shows how the battle station is fully operational when destroying peaceful planets like Alderaan. The worst-case scenario is that Grand Moff Tarkin is responsible for ordering its obliteration, as he knows Alderaan is a peaceful world with no weapons. It affectedly killed millions that were on the planet. So powerful that it caused a disturbance in the Force.
#9. Battle Over Coruscant (Revenge of the Sith)
This opening in REVENGE OF THE SITH starts the prequel in a flash of style as Anakin and Obi-Wan are in a massive space battle attempting to board General Grevious' ship to rescue Palpatine. There, they wound up with spider droids as they were about to dismantle their fighters, and a lot of action occurs in this space battle while attacking the droid fighters. It's a sturdy action-oriented scene with a lot of brilliant cinematography and visuals involved, and it's thanks to a massive overload of CGI effects with some witty dialogue that takes you back to the original trilogy for lines that include "This is where the fun begins."
#8. The Asteroid Chase/This is No Cave (The Empire Strikes Back)
After the rip-roaring moments of the Battle of Hoth and the destruction of the Rebel base, the Millennium Falcon is attempting to outrun the Imperial fleet of Super Star Destroyers and TIE Fighters. Han Solo heads to an asteroid belt to evade capture, much to the discomfort of everyone on board. Even C3PO finds it impossible to survive the odds in an asteroid belt when Han says, "Never tell me the odds." The chase ensues with many TIE fighters blown to bits by oncoming asteroids, and Han and the others seek refuge in a cave below on a giant asteroid. Only to find themselves dealing with Mynocks and escaping the jaws of a giant space slug, which realises Han upon saying, "This is no cave." This scene put the special effects forward with the score by John Williams intact as a definitive moment of Star Wars.
After the rip-roaring moments of the Battle of Hoth and the destruction of the Rebel base, the Millennium Falcon is attempting to outrun the Imperial fleet of Super Star Destroyers and TIE Fighters. Han Solo heads to an asteroid belt to evade capture, much to the discomfort of everyone on board. Even C3PO finds it impossible to survive the odds in an asteroid belt when Han says, "Never tell me the odds." The chase ensues with many TIE fighters blown to bits by oncoming asteroids, and Han and the others seek refuge in a cave below on a giant asteroid. Only to find themselves dealing with Mynocks and escaping the jaws of a giant space slug, which realises Han upon saying, "This is no cave." This scene put the special effects forward with the score by John Williams intact as a definitive moment of Star Wars.
#7. Opening with Star Destroyer (A New Hope)
The film starts with "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...," then STAR WARS lights up the screen, and John Williams' epic score announces the arrival of something special. This opening scene comes after the introduction crawl, demonstrating the size and power of the rebels compared to the Imperial fleet. The camera shows a tiny rebel ship bombarded by laser fire from a star destroyer that swallows the rebel spaceship whole. And then, we are treated to invading Stormtroopers breaching the ship's interior, and Darth Vader makes his grand villainous entrance. He surveys the carnage and continues to hunt for Princess Leia and the stolen plans. Thirty-eight years ago, this introduced us to a new world of science fiction and embarked us on a scene no other moviegoer forgets.
The film starts with "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...," then STAR WARS lights up the screen, and John Williams' epic score announces the arrival of something special. This opening scene comes after the introduction crawl, demonstrating the size and power of the rebels compared to the Imperial fleet. The camera shows a tiny rebel ship bombarded by laser fire from a star destroyer that swallows the rebel spaceship whole. And then, we are treated to invading Stormtroopers breaching the ship's interior, and Darth Vader makes his grand villainous entrance. He surveys the carnage and continues to hunt for Princess Leia and the stolen plans. Thirty-eight years ago, this introduced us to a new world of science fiction and embarked us on a scene no other moviegoer forgets.
#6. Battle of Hoth (The Empire Strikes Back)
Considering that the Star Wars series was a product of George Lucas's imagination, it was a plethora of large-scale action and innovative VFX (whether practical, CGI or both used in these films). The Hoth battle sequence remains at large as the second visually iconic moment of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, and it shows that the Rebels are just more than capable of earning their victories in a war against the Empire. This scene proves that the Imperials have successfully invaded the Hoth system and taken down the Rebel base of its shield generators. Luckily for the Rebels, however, they managed to destroy only two Imperial Walkers and one Star Destroyer and bought some time to evacuate into orbit. This full-scale action scene was produced at the Star Wars visual effects house of ILM (known as Industrial Light and Magic) and has gone untouched because of the stop-motion and miniature effects achieved in this film.
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