Star Wars The Most Iconic Moment From Every Saga Film Ranked

Star Wars: The Most Iconic Moment From Every Saga Film, Ranked

The Rise of Skywalker marks the end of an era for Star Wars. We’re ranking the most iconic and important moments that defined each movie of the saga!

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With the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the epic nine-film Star Wars saga that began in 1977 has come to an end. From the rise and fall (and redemption) of Anakin Skywalker to Luke Skywalker embracing his destiny to Rey’s self-actualization, the saga has told a grand story in only the way that Star Wars can.

Now that the saga is complete, let’s take a look back at the most iconic moments from each film of the saga (so no Rogue One, Solo, or The Mandalorian). Not necessarily the coolest moments from each film or the most important moments in Star Wars canon (although there will likely be a lot of overlap), but the moments most vital to telling the tale of the Star Wars saga. And just for fun, let’s rank them for impact. Here are the most iconic moments of the Star Wars Saga, ranked.

9 Star Wars: Episode II: Attack Of The Clones: Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Yoda vs Count Dooku

Attack of the Clones was a slight improvement on the disappointing Phantom Menace, but only marginally. The fight between Jango Fett and Obi-Wan was definitely a cool moment in Clones, but the battle between Count Dooku and the tandem of Anakin and Obi-Wan was a more significant sequence, as it leads Anakin further down his path to the dark side (he also loses his right arm, the same arm that Luke would lose a hand from in The Empire Strikes Back).

Dooku’s defeat of the two Jedi is then immediately followed by one of the coolest, if not strangest, lightsaber duels, as Dooku battles Jedi Master Yoda. Yes, Yoda! Seeing Yoda wield a lightsaber and flip around in battle was a sight to behold. And it’s just as weird now as it was then.

8 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace: Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan vs. Darth Maul

Let’s face it: The Phantom Menace didn’t bring a whole lot to the table. But it did introduce us to Darth Maul, who is without a doubt, the coolest villain in the prequel trilogy. So it stands to reason that he would be involved in the most iconic moment in The Phantom Menace.

His 1-on-2 battle with Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi was a thing of beauty. Maul managed to take out Jinn, but his celebration was quite literally cut short by Kenobi. A riveting sequence that laid the groundwork for the rest of the prequel trilogy.

7 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Episode VIII): Luke vs Kylo Ren

One of the main storylines in The Last Jedi is Luke Skywalker’s failed mentorship of his nephew, Ben Solo. Luke failed to prevent Solo from being seduced by the dark side, leading to Solo destroying Luke’s Jedi Temple and fleeing to become Kylo Ren. When the Resistance is pursued by the First Order and seemingly trapped in an old rebel base on the planet Crait, Luke arrives to confront the First Order and Kylo Ren.

A lightsaber duel between the two takes place on the salt plain outside of the old mine/rebel base, ending in Luke revealing himself to be a Force projection and allowing the Resistance fighters to escape. Skywalker, still physically on the planet Ahch-To, collapses due to exhaustion from the projection and fades away, a la Obi-Wan and Yoda before him.

6 Star Wars: A New Hope (Episode IV): Darth Vader vs Obi-Wan

In the 19 years between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader became one of the most powerful Sith lords in the galaxy and a key member of the Galactic Empire while Obi-Wan changed his name to “Ben Kenobi” and became a desert hermit.

When the two finally meet again, Vader is more than ready to face his former mentor. As Vader puts it, “When I left you, I was but the learner. Now I am the master.” Although Vader technically defeats Kenobi, it is Ben/Obi-Wan who achieves victory by transitioning into a Force spirit and guiding Luke Skywalker on his journey to defeating the Empire.

5 Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (Episode IX): Final Duel Between Rey And Kylo Ren

This was a tough one, as there were two major moments in the film that could have qualified. In the end, though, the final lightsaber battle between Kylo Ren and Rey wins out over Rey’s final confrontation with Emperor Palpatine. The duel between Rey and Kylo on the ocean planet Kef Bir aboard the wreckage of the second Death Star advances the main story arc of the sequel trilogy to near its conclusion.

It is also significant for two main reasons outside of the Kylo/Rey confrontation: It is the moment where we see Leia sacrifice herself in one last call out to her son Kylo/Ben, which in turn saves Rey from certain death at Kylo’s hand, and it marks the final appearance of Han Solo, who appears in a vision to his son and, following Rey’s Force healing of a mortal wound she inflicted on Kylo, convinces him that there is still good left in him and that he can now return to being Ben Solo, sending him on his path to redemption.

4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Episode VII): Death of Han Solo

Without a doubt, one of the most satisfying moments in The Force Awakens is the return of Han Solo and Chewbacca. As the pair stands in the cockpit of the Millenium Falcon, Han remarks “Chewie, we’re home.”

This heartwarming return to the franchise by Harrison Ford is then contrasted by the shocking moment where the villainous Kylo Ren, who we learned earlier in the film is Ben Solo, son of Han and Leia, murders his father Han via lightsaber impaling. Chewie, who witnesses his best friend’s death, cries out in agony and fires off a couple of blasts at Ren.

3 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith: Obi-Wan vs. Anakin

This climactic battle between mentor and student caps off the solid third entry of the prequel trilogy, Revenge of the Sith. Easily the darkest of the prequels (Anakin literally murdered a bunch of kids in the film), the battle on Mustafar between Kenobi and Skywalker ends with Anakin losing his legs and being badly burned by the planet’s volcanic lava.

This leads to his physical transformation into Darth Vader. However, it might be best remembered for the line Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan shouts at Hayden Christiansen’s Anakin just before his fateful leap: “Don’t try it, Anakin! I have the high ground!” Classic.

2 Return Of The Jedi (Episode VI): Darth Vader Saves Luke

Anakin Skywalker’s six-film arc, which began in The Phantom Menace, comes full circle here in Return of the Jedi. Anakin prophesied to be the chosen one by the Jedi as a child, instead chose the path to the dark side and became Darth Vader.

As he watches his son Luke pushed to the brink of death by Emperor Palpatine, the good that Luke still saw in his father prompts Vader to save his son and kill the Emperor. The rise, fall, and redemption of Anakin Skywalker is complete.

1 The Empire Strikes Back (Episode V): “Luke, I am your father.”

This is the most iconic moment not just of the saga but of anything Star Wars-related. The twist at the end of The Empire Strikes Back, wherein our main baddie, Darth Vader, reveals to our beaten and battered hero, Luke Skywalker, that he is his father, contrary to what Obi-Wan led him to believe, was a truly shocking reveal at the time.

It capped what many feel is the best Star Wars film and elevated the stakes of the entire nine-film saga, often referred to as the Skywalker saga, to Greek tragedy levels. Even non-Star Wars fans know this line, even if they have never seen any of the films. It doesn’t get any more iconic than this.

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