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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
00:18these 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
00:40history,
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
00:55his 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
01:43-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
01:5810, 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
02:15a hurry.
02:16Karma more than bit the tyke on the arse when it came to munching on another species' eggs in that
02:20very same episode, mind.
02:22Number 8. The Clone Wars Moment
02:23Too 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
02:54play 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 when it came to the
03:10director's cut made available on Blu-ray and DVD.
03:14What a world!
03:14Number 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
03:22audience,
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
03:39anger 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
04:25Star Wars trilogies
04:26was 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,
04:37via 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
05:01ever 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 force 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 McDermid 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
05:40getting 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
05:48come.
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
06:22Skywalker'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
06:38stormtrooper search team,
06:40that clearly were not in the mood for a chat, are 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,
06:52but it's still incredible how this seriously graphic visual somehow found its way past censors
06:57to 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
07:09Death 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
07:21to 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
07:33in Lucas' proposed sequel trilogy.
07:35Those plans would ultimately be scrapped in favour of the jaw-dropping Leia reveal in Return of the Jedi, of
07:40course,
07:40but it was evident from Lucas' willingness to have the two locked lips
07:43that 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
08:01It was always going to take some seriously horrific battle wounds to leave one of the most powerful Jedi ever
08:07to walk the galaxy,
08:08relying on an excessively loud mechanical suit for the rest of his days.
08:11And sure enough, the fiery conclusion of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi's mustafar clash for the ages
08:17left little doubt in anyone's mind that this chosen one was in need of some serious TLC post-high ground
08:23cock-up.
08:24Refusing to shy away from the gory reality Hayden Christensen's once handsome-as-all-hell Jedi Knight now found himself
08:30in,
08:31as he lay in defeat, the 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
08:53a surgical table,
08:54as the various cyborg elements of his eventual massed alter-ego were 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
09:33Jedi 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,
09:42but 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?
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10:28may the force be with you,
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