Best Star Wars Space Combat Sequence

[Dave2112]

Well, we had a poll for Best Lightsaber duels...but let's show some love for the Force-less (mostly) warriors of the Star Wars Saga. Which space-combat battles did you like the best?

As far as pure action and presentation, the Battle of Endor shold rank near the top. Interesting to note that with all of the "updates" to the original trilogy Lucas did on the re-issues, not one frame of the epic final space battle was touched. Even by today's standards, the Battle of Endor is sight to behold on the screen.

That being said, my overall favorite was the Battle of Yavin in A New Hope. Everything worked perfectly. The music, in particular, added immensely to the desperation of the moment. Having the "countdown clock" going made it even more desperate. Small fleet of snub-fighters against a moon-sized battle station bearing down on your base within fifteen minutes...endless turbolaser towers, bristling surface guns...then Darth Vader and his crack team of fighter pilots gunning down the attackers one-by-one? Can't beat it. Also, the return of Han Solo at the last moment just made that battle, and the ensuing emotion. Maybe it's sentimentalism, as at the time I firt saw it, nothing like that had ever been seen before. For whatever reason, the originality, the tense musical score, the last-minute heroism...the Battle of Yavin still rocks!

 

[benjitk1]

The trouble with that is that they didn't have the computer generated images as we do now so it can't rele be judged on that because if it were the most recent ones wld win has down.

But i'd say battle of endor, because of the imagery of the destruction of evil once and for all with the command ship crashing, like a dagger into the death star. Also with the falcon just escaping from the wave of fire, the way it envoloped them, showing them just get out at the last minute.

 

[NavelTickler75]

The Battle of Geonosis was always one of my favs. Just seeing all those missiles, all those troops! LOL its cool.

 

[Strider]

I'm going to have to be old-fashioned and go with the Battle of Yavin on this one. Maybe just because it was the first, and the actors never again seemed like they were having that much fun; and I gotta agree with Dave that Han showing up at the last minute was one of those one of a kind moments, that bit alone sums up everything that made the original trilogy so great.

 

[ChosenofMystra]

Battle of Hoth all the way! 😀

 

[Vexis]

well i had to say Geonosis, because, due to the fact that they used CGI, they could make the battle seem huge, with thousands of troops charging and the gunships touching down with more loads of troops...idk i just enjoy the immensity of it.

but for space...coruscant, mainly because its Capitol Ship against Capitol Ship. The rebellion mostly depended on fighters, but in the coruscant battle, there were thousands of droid and republic cruisers everywhere.

 

[Cokecan]

Anytime I got behind the joystick in Lucasarts' TIE Fighter.

Because I am that damn good.

Having a fighter that had stronger shields than a Corellian Corvette helped too.

 

[Dussicar]

The space battle over Endor gets my vote.

I remember going to the theater in '83, and to this day, vividly remember the collective gasp from the audience when wave after wave of TIE fighters came at the screen during the rebels' attempt to flee.

 

[german]

Battle on Hoth was my favourite.....Luke taking down the AT-AT on his own is one of my favourite scenes in any movie.

Priest

 

[Chuck D]

Endor, you don't mess with an ewok. their so cute and furry. makes you want to hold one and pet it

 

[Senbab]

The trouble with that is that they didn't have the computer generated images as we do now so it can't rele be judged on that because if it were the most recent ones wld win has down.

But i'd say battle of endor, because of the imagery of the destruction of evil once and for all with the command ship crashing, like a dagger into the death star. Also with the falcon just escaping from the wave of fire, the way it envoloped them, showing them just get out at the last minute.

I disagree wholeheartedly. If anything, the excessive CGI of the new movies looks less realistic than the exceptionally well made models of the original movies.

My favorite is hard to say, but I voted for endor simply because it is the most action packed, and because I dont consider Hoth to be a space combat sequence. But the Battle of Hoth was my favorite overall fight in all of the movies.

 

[ChosenofMystra]

I disagree wholeheartedly. If anything, the excessive CGI of the new movies looks less realistic than the exceptionally well made models of the original movies.

/QUOTE]

Thank you!! ya hear that Georgie?!

 

[seckel]

Battle of Hoth