Like everyone else, I am so happy to see the Star Wars franchise back and in full force with the success of Episode VII: The Force Awakens and Rogue One. For May the Fourth I decided to put together a list of the best scenes. You’ll notice an absence of anything from episodes I – III as I don’t feel that they belong in anything involved with the Star Wars franchise. I also have excluded the cartoon series’ as I have not seen enough of them to include here. Instead of writing a full recap of each scene (which would end up extremely lengthy) I have included a list of a few highlights from each scene.
Finn and Rey’s Escape from Jakku – Episode VII: The Force Awakens
- Chase through the marketplace
- The reintroduction of the Millennium Falcon
- Flying through the Imperial Star Destroyer
Jabba’s Palace – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- Boba Fett in action
- Luke fights the Rancor
- The rescue of Han Solo
Betrayal on Bespin – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Introduction of Lando Calrissian
- Han gets frozen in carbonite
- Luke and Vader lightsaber battle
Battle of Scarif – Rouge One
- Taking out the Imperial Star Destroyers
- The sacrifices of the Rouge One crew
- The death of Krennic
Luke’s Training – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- The Dagobah planet
- Introduction to Yoda
- Learning about The Force
Streets of Jedha – Rouge One
- K-2SO coming to the rescue
- Chirrut and Baze in action
- Jyn saving the child