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[pramod]

There's been tons of sequels but I don't think this moment/climax has ever been topped.

Why was it so good?
Because it had everything. It was truly exciting. It ended in a way you didn't expect.
It wasn't just 2 force users dueling and then one guy winning because of some dubious thing like "having the high ground". It felt earned. It didn't feel like deus ex machina.
The hero relied on his skills, his friends (Han swooping in to save the day is still the best "yeessssss" moment in all of SW), and just a little bit of the Force to carry him to victory.

Seems like every SW movie after the first tried to replicate the trench run ending but just couldn't one-up it. ROTJ came close, though.

 

[Papa]

Wtf spoiler alert

 

[Synless]

It was genocide of millions and destruction of a booming economy.

 

[ManaByte]

I see we cheer for terrorists here.

 

[The Hamburglar]

Considering it was a new structure there were probably lots of independent contractors still on site and and tech support people .

also I highly doubt the imperial army had a cleaning service again this would be 3rd party contractors.

 

[Happosai]

There's been tons of sequels but I don't think this moment/climax has ever been topped.

Why was it so good?
Because it had everything. It was truly exciting. It ended in a way you didn't expect.
It wasn't just 2 force users dueling and then one guy winning because of some dubious thing like "having the high ground". It felt earned. It didn't feel like deus ex machina.
The hero relied on his skills, his friends (Han swooping in to save the day is still the best "yeessssss" moment in all of SW), and just a little bit of the Force to carry him to victory.

Seems like every SW movie after the first tried to replicate the trench run ending but just couldn't one-up it. ROTJ came close, though.

Nope.

 

[T8SC]

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

 

[The Hamburglar]

Lucas is such a dummy. Jay and silent Bob weren’t the characters worrying about the independent contractors dying

 

[Calcium]

Rey could have made that shot without the tedious trench run. Probably from the surface of Yavin. Fucking slay, queen.

 

[bitbydeath]

Looking back though it is kinda shitty writing to allow for it to be destroyed so easily.

I mean why not train him in the force and use his powers to rip it apart piece by piece from the inside. The force is such an afterthought in those movies. /Rant

 

[sol_bad]

A little bit of Force? C'mon, Luke had zero force training, just some basic light saber training. And he guided a missile into a tiny hole with his brain. Or a farm boy was trained better than a bunch of professional fighter pilots.
Yeah yeah, bulls-eyeing Swamp Rats and all that, script convenience. You don't see Luke learn or struggle to do this in the film, they set him up to be invincible and have no trouble at the cliffhanger. And of course you saw it coming from the get go, ain't nothing surprising.

 

[Ownage]

Yub Nub.

 

[ManofOne]

Pretty my climax last night could top it.

 

[AJUMP23]

A New Hope is the best SW film. And it holds up to multiple watches through childhood and into adulthood.
I like your analysis Op.

 

[888]

Hey I’m watching a new hope right now. Doing a full rewatch until the force awakens with my daughter.

 

[Greasy Caveman]

And there's nothing we could do about it.

Luke was a made man.

 

[nush]

The best climax in Star wars was obviously Anakin raw dogging Padame to completion and making Luke and Leia.

 

[FunkMiller]

Of course it was. It was the end of the actual story.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Not even close:

 

[Birdo]

It was a great end to the saga. I'm glad they only made one Star Wars film and never let it get milked and devalued for decades.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

that’s a good one but I think R2 making robot jizzing noises while Yoda triumphantly floats the x-wing is a more dazzling feat

 

[GeorgPrime]

Extreme threats need extreme sacrifices.... he did good. Fuck all the people who worked there.

 

[Tesseract]

Extreme threats need extreme sacrifices.... he did good. Fuck all the people who worked there.

he'll fucking do it again

except not since disney killed him

 

[GeorgPrime]

he'll fucking do it again

except not since disney killed him

Disney is like the death star... but they will blow themselves up sooner or later lol

Oh thats a great meme. Let the woke people fly into the "Disney Death Star" anda fter it explodes "Go woke, go broke" xD

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

Surprised Luke firing the torpedo into the Death Star hole hasn't been reinterpreted as an attack on Women.

Hey I’m watching a new hope right now. Doing a full rewatch until the force awakens with my daughter.

Now that's what I call good parenting.

 

[Super Mario]

A super star destroyer crashing on the 2nd is like a raindrop. Two little rockets in the exhaust vent made an instant boom for the 1st.

 

[EverydayBeast]

It was a big “I told you so” moment in movie history.

 

[ipukespiders]

Just watched it last night and loved every minute.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Not even close:

This scene always gives me chills. Fucking perfect.

 

[Tesseract]

luke is a terrorist

 

[ManaByte]

From this point until the credits, Revenge of the Sith is the best Star Wars movie:

 

[Sub_Level]

Its one of the best climaxes in all of cinema.

And Rogue One retroactively made it better for me. Even with the force, Farm Boy destroying the most technologically advanced space station with a couple bombs was a stretch. Knowing that it was an intentionally designed flaw makes it easier to swallow.

 

[HellforLeather]

The music really drives it. Great scene.

Especially from this point. Really ramps up the tension

 

[HotPocket69]

Let’s blow this thing and go home

 

[Phobos Base]

It was even more impressive given that it was saved in the editing room. As it was originally filmed they just flew out into space and blew it up, they added the ticking clock of the base's immanent destruction afterwards, thus massively increasing the tension. Hence why no one on screen directly references it, it's all done in voiceovers and cut aways.

 

[Halo is Back]

Think of all of the janitors and cooks Luke murdered.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Not even close:

if the Obi-wan series was just ten hours of Vader going HAM I’d be fine with that

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Not bad not bad but i prefer the

Spoiler

warp speed suicide

 

[Husky]

The Luke & Vader fight at the end of Jedi does it for me. My favorite action sequence in the franchise.

But no lie, even though The Rise of Skywalker was real messy, its climax read like a love letter to the rest of the saga, and I appreciated it.

 

[Kev Kev]

But no lie, even though The Rise of Skywalker was real messy, its climax read like a love letter to the rest of the saga, and I appreciated it.

Not that I necessarily disagree with you, but how how so?

 

[Husky]

Not that I necessarily disagree with you, but how how so?

Tough question to answer. What doth love?
It treats its returning characters with dignity (such as Hux, thank fuck they fixed him), especially those from the OT, and even gives us jedi Leia. With the climax it finishes off by making the villain of I-VI the entire Skywalker saga's overarching antagonist, cameos the voices of several fan favorite jedi, even from the prequels and the animated shows, and concludes by giving us yet another Skywalker. Is it a big mess? Is it a massive dump of fanservice? Oh yeah. But it resonates with sincerity.