Best lightsaber duel ranks. Not just skill and choreography, but emotional stakes.
Anakin v Obi Wan (Ep. 3)
Ashoka v Vader (Rebels)
Vader v Skywalker (Ep 6)
Vader v Skywalker (Ep 5)
Obi Wan/ Qui Gon v Maul (Ep. 1)
Rey/Ren v Red Guard (Ep 8)
Rey v Ren (Ep 7)
Rey v Ren (Ep 9)
Nothing else is really that memorable as far as emotion goes. There are lots in the prequels, but none of them have much for stakes. I was surprised where the Duel of the Fates came out on my list, because as a kid it drove me nuts. IN hindsight, it's well choreographed and cool and Qui Gon's death adds a lot to the stakes, but the actual emotion between the characters isn't there, because we really didn't know Maul at all. That music though.
If you havent seen the Ashoka/Vader duel, I recommend watching all of Clone Wars just to enjoy that piece. So well done. It feels like Vader's final turn away from Anakin. Makes me wish parts of the Clone Wars was actually Ep 1 and 2 instead of what we got.
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