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From grisly deaths to moments too dark for TV, these Star Wars beats were disturbing and then some.
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00:00From the brutal butchering of defenseless infants during night one on the job,
00:04to the galaxy's cutest little legend chowing down on the next generation.
00:09Lucas and now Disney may have largely forged this much-loved universe for the younger generation,
00:14but you can bet they successfully sent a few of them to therapy along the way on the back of these moments.
00:19Gareth here from WhatCultureStarWars and here are the 10 most disturbing Star Wars moments.
00:24Buckle up, folks.
00:25Number 10. Luke's bizarre milking moment.
00:27Easing into this list with an entry that doesn't actually involve a shocking execution or the massacring of an infant,
00:33but we'll get there.
00:35Here's that time fans spent two years eagerly anticipating the return of arguably the most famous Jedi in pop culture history,
00:41only to be left recoiling in their seats at his hermit habits in The Last Jedi.
00:45With Rey desperate to recruit the iconic Jedi Master to the Resistance's cause,
00:50the Force-sensitive soul finds herself being dragged around Ak-To by the disenchanted space wizard as he went about his daily errands,
00:56leading to one of the most bizarre occurrences the sequels had to offer, and my goodness is that saying something.
01:02Squeezing the teat of a docile, thalas siren on the coastline,
01:05Luke proceeds to milk said creature before taking a hearty swig of the hard-earned green milk
01:10he'd just harvested from the oddly laid-back entity.
01:13From Skywalker and the animal's creepy eye contact with Rey as this whole exchange goes down,
01:17to the touch-too-long amount of screen time afforded to the aforementioned milkmaker.
01:22This all made for a bit of a peculiar minute or so of movie magic, it's gotta be said.
01:26Number 9. Grogu Munches Some Eggs
01:28After securing his spot in the heart of Star Wars fanatics and casual viewers the world over
01:33with his various gurgles and memeable exploits over the course of the first season of The Mandalorian,
01:38folks simply could not wait to see what little green Grogu would be getting up to in late 2020's follow-up season.
01:43The answer at times, though, made for a rather conflicting viewing experience.
01:48While baby Yoda could still be relied upon to deliver the cuteness and jaw-dropping force feats when needed,
01:53he also simply could not help himself when faced with the precious spawn of a certain frog lady during Chapter 10, The Passenger.
02:00Chowing down on the unborn offspring of the innocent mother,
02:03the internet was understandably somewhat split over what they were watching unfold.
02:07Sure, Grogu was merely a child, satiating his growing appetite,
02:10but it's hard to erase the visual of a little green legend swallowing frog lady eggs like M&M's in a hurry.
02:16Karma more than bit the tyke on the arse when it came to munching on another species' eggs in that very same episode, mind.
02:22Number 8. The Clone Wars Moment
02:24Too dark for Cartoon Network
02:25Despite taking place within the often colourful and vibrant landscape that is the animated corner of the Star Wars universe,
02:32one particularly savage act of violence turned out to be a little too extreme for TV.
02:36By the time the Clone Wars Season 5 episode by the name of Eminence eventually reared its head,
02:41brought about by none other than Savage Opress, Maul's hulking brother.
02:45On the back of an attempt to convince the Black Sun to join the Shadow Collective,
02:48the latter's iconic lightsaber is ultimately used by the former to decapitate all sat at the table who refused to play ball with Maul.
02:56Sure enough, Cartoon Network were a touch horrified by the sight of multiple smoking animated leaders without their heads,
03:02cutting the unsettling imagery from the episode when it originally aired on their channel.
03:05But fear not, the gruesome culling of this counter was still very much left intact
03:10when it came to the director's cut made available on Blu-ray and DVD.
03:14What a world!
03:15Number 7. A Duchess Falls
03:16Sticking with the Clone Wars' penchant for pushing the limit when it came to thoroughly disturbing and shocking its younger audience,
03:23few deaths held a candle to the one experienced by pacifist Mandalorian ruler Duchess Satine Kryze,
03:28in terms of sheer savageness during Season 5's 16th episode, The Lawless.
03:33Determined to push his old nemesis, Kenobi, over the edge and into the dark side by provoking his hatred and anger within,
03:40Maul takes to force choking Obi-Wan's beloved within the throne room on Mandalore before his very eyes.
03:46Upon defiantly refusing to opt for the weak way out, though,
03:49Kenobi is then forced to helplessly witness Satine be emphatically impaled by the Darksaber.
03:54The lingering shot on Kryze's desperate face as she lets loose a few last agonizing breaths,
03:59the close-up on Kenobi's devastated mug as the realization of this excruciating scenario washes over him.
04:05It all makes for one of the most daring and distressing executions you'll find within this space-age saga.
04:10When it comes to delivering the emotional haymakers, Clone Wars simply refused to pull any of its animated punches.
04:16Number 6. The New and Unimproved Emperor 2.0
04:19If you thought the fearsome Ian McDiarmid's portrayal of the Dark Lord of the Sith in the prequel and original Star Wars trilogies was enough to leave your skin a-crawlin',
04:28Rise of Skywalker watched those various wrinkly showings and emphatically declared,
04:32Hold my green milk! Do it!
04:34In the wake of resurrecting himself following on from his supposed death via transferring his vessel into a clone substitute carcass, as you do,
04:41The Emperor cuts a deeply distressing figure from the moment he's officially introduced to Kylo Ren,
04:47as he's freakishly hooked into a huge metal apparatus, of course.
04:51Only becoming increasingly creepier as this apparent 12-A of a Star Wars caper unfolds,
04:56Zombie-esque Emperor 2.0 also experiences arguably one of the most chilling final moments ever gifted a big bad within the galaxy far, far away to date.
05:05Going full Mace Windu in her attempts to stave off her grandpap's forced lightning,
05:09Sidious experiences far worse than a few prequel scorch marks this time around.
05:14The sight of his face very much blistering off his skull,
05:17Orbud confirms that McDiarmid won't be along for the ride again anytime soon.
05:21Probably.
05:22Number 5. So many decapitations
05:24While already touched upon slightly with the Clone Wars series' openness to indulge in the detaching of skull from torso,
05:31Star Wars doesn't half have a habit of making their various characters lose their heads on our screens.
05:35And though some folks out there may have grown a touch desensitized to the sight of an alien or human getting their noggin sliced off by various forms of lightsaber over the years,
05:44That still doesn't change the fact that this violent way of ending a conflict is about as grisly as they come.
05:49Take your pick from Mace Windu slicing off of Jango Fett's Mandalorian helmet,
05:53In front of his boy before his lifeless face slipped out mid-fall,
05:56To count Dooku's disturbing skull roll after falling victim to Anakin Skywalker's gradual descent into darkness.
06:02Brutal decapitations are all part of the truly traumatic family Star Wars experience.
06:08Number 4. Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru get charred on Tatooine
06:11At a glance, the U rating slapped onto George Lucas' first ever cinematic space opera adventure seemed innocent enough.
06:17But when you remember that this is also the same family flick that comes equipped with a shot of Luke Skywalker's adopted parents,
06:23Charred remains lying static outside of their ravaged Tatooine home pretty early on,
06:28Said certificate becomes a little more questionable.
06:30Even some four decades on from A New Hope's release,
06:33The fried skeletons of Uncle Ben and Aunt Beru that were left in the wake of interacting with a despicable stormtrooper search team,
06:40That clearly were not in the mood for a chat,
06:42Are enough to elicit genuine audible gasps.
06:44If you'd forgotten what was waiting around the corner as Luke returned home from his supposed chores, of course.
06:49Sure, the late 70s were very much a different moment in time entirely,
06:53But it's still incredible how this seriously graphic visual somehow found its way past censors,
06:58To the point of branding the entire viewing experience suitable for all the family.
07:02Number 3. Luke and Leia share a smooch
07:04An innocent peck on the cheek as the two prepare to risk life and limb to zip wire from one Death Star platform to another is one thing.
07:11Very much locking lips in a steamy attempt to conjure up some jealousy is something else entirely,
07:16And an act that left most of the galaxy gagging in their cinema seats the minute a certain revelation came to light.
07:22Despite what George Lucas would have you believe,
07:24Leia Organa wasn't always planned to be revealed as Luke Skywalker's twin sister,
07:28With Lee Brackett's first draft of The Empire Strikes Back hinting at plans to have Luke search for his sibling in Lucas' proposed sequel trilogy.
07:36Those plans would ultimately be scrapped in favour of the jaw-dropping Leia reveal in Return of the Jedi, of course,
07:40But it was evident from Lucas' willingness to have the two locked lips that he still wasn't entirely set on this twist coming to fruition at the time of Empire.
07:48Either that, or he simply has no issue with a little light incest being sprinkled into his family features.
07:54Whatever way you slice it, history still shows that these two leading lights got way too close for anyone's comfort.
07:59Number 2. Darth Vader is fried alive
08:02It was always going to take some seriously horrific battle wounds to leave one of the most powerful Jedi ever to walk the galaxy,
08:08Relying on an excessively loud mechanical suit for the rest of his days.
08:12And sure enough, the fiery conclusion of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi's mustafar clash for the ages,
08:18Left little doubt in anyone's mind that this chosen one was in need of some serious TLC post-high ground cock-up.
08:24Refusing to shy away from the gory reality Hayden Christensen's once handsome as all hell Jedi Knight now found himself in,
08:31as he lay in defeat.
08:32The uncompromising flames engulfing Skywalker as his blistered body flails in anguish,
08:37makes for one of the most affecting visuals George Lucas has ever brought into being.
08:41And this comes from the same mind who charred up Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, don't forget.
08:45The uncomfortable times only kept on coming too,
08:48as the mind behind the galaxy then committed to an extended shot of a scorched Vader squirming in agony on a surgical table,
08:54as the various cyborg elements of his eventual massed alter ego
08:58were coldly lodged into permanent place by medical bots.
09:01Number 1. Anakin Butchers Some Younglands
09:03Rewinding a touch from the fire-infused fate rapidly heading Anakin Skywalker's way in Revenge of the Sith,
09:09and to a moment that all but erased any drop of sympathy that remained for the eventual Darth Vader
09:14in one swift switching on of a lightsaber.
09:16Determined to showcase just how merciless and unwavering the newly turned Anakin had become
09:21in the wake of joining the side of Lord Sidious,
09:24George Lucas felt that the best way to hammer home this unsettling change in attitude
09:28was to have his focal point butcher a group of innocent younglings in the midst of the purging of the Jedi Temple.
09:34Sure, we don't actually witness the culling of innocents in all its horror on the big screen,
09:38despite a scene depicting the act actually being in the pipeline at one point,
09:41but the solitary flinch from a terrified Jedi initiate,
09:45as Skywalker's iconic saber is switched on,
09:47did enough to cement this moment as undoubtedly the most disturbing occurrence ever to grace a Star Wars showing.
09:54Don't let you, McGregor's quivering face, fool you.
09:56This despicable development and the off-screen carnage that no doubt followed was as diabolical as it comes.
10:02And that's our moment.
10:03Know of any of the other most disturbing Star Wars moments we missed?
10:06Let us know all about them in the comment section right down below,
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10:24I've been Gareth from WhatCulture Star Wars,
10:26thank you very much for clicking on this video today,
10:28may the force be with you,
10:29and hopefully I will see you very, very soon.
10:32Bye-bye!
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