Top 10 Most Defining Star Wars Moments

This isn’t a best Star Wars moments list. It’s a list of moments from the series that really define and sum up what Star Wars is, always has been, and what it stands for.

The Top Ten

1 Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon Jinn vs. Darth Maul (The Phantom Menace)

2 Birth of Vader (Revenge of the Sith)

3 Vader’s Funeral (Return of the Jedi)

4 First Death Star’s Explosion (A New Hope)

5 I Am a Jedi (Return of the Jedi)

6 Binary Sunset (A New Hope)

7 Obi-Wan’s Sacrifice (A New Hope)

8 Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Anakin’s Force Ghosts Appear (Return of the Jedi)

9 Yoda Lifts the X-Wing (The Empire Strikes Back)

10 I Am Your Father (The Empire Strikes Back)

The Contenders

11 Boba Fett's Death (Return of the Jedi)

12 Anakin Falls In Lava (Revenge Of The Sith)

13 Han Solo's Death (The Force Awakens)

14 Luke Skywalker's Death (The Last Jedi)

15 Second Death Star's Explosion (Return Of The Jedi)

16 The Implosion of the Starkiller Base (The Force Awakens)

17 The Destruction of Alderaan (A New Hope)

18 Order 66 (Revenge Of The Sith)

19 The Destruction Of Hosnian Prime (The Force Awakens)

20 The Death Star Over Jedah (Rogue One)

21 Throne Room (A New Hope)

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