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00:00George Lucas' prequel films are generally remembered for their often unrealistic dialogue, athletic duels and stunning visuals.
00:09But most tend to overlook the fact that they also exhibit some pretty savage and sometimes quite unnecessarily barbaric kills
00:17too,
00:18and a disturbing amount of sudden decapitations for a PG and 12 rated set of movies.
00:24So from a callous end for some loyal soldiers, to a brave racer who just wanted to impress his dear
00:31family,
00:32and inspired by the Star Trek versions of this very list that you should definitely go and check out too,
00:37I'm Gareth, this is WhatCultureStarWars, and here are the 10 most messed up deaths in Star Wars prequel trilogy.
00:45Number 10. They're doing their jobs.
00:47By the time Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith reached its end, the once Jedi pals known as the clones
00:53had obviously turned their back on the one-time generals,
00:56but that still didn't change the fact that the deaths of many of these poor brainwashed clones post Order 66
01:02were all kinds of messed up.
01:03That's something we'll cover in another entry though.
01:05But even before Palpatine gave that galaxy changing order, these clones were often killed off in the most brutal of
01:12ways.
01:12However, perhaps more cruel than their actual deaths was the reaction to them.
01:17Just look at the way Obi-Wan Kenobi reacted to the sound of a couple of his loyal troops being
01:21shot down during the opening space battle above Coruscant in Episode 3.
01:25Anakin Skywalker attempts to help out his clone mates in his starfighter as they're attacked by droids in space,
01:32only for Obi-Wan called Nobi to stop him by saying they're doing their jobs so we can do ours.
01:37They weren't just fixing a lightbulb Obi-Wan, these were living beings fighting for the Galactic Republic.
01:43But in a quite horribly detached moment amidst the madness,
01:47Kenobi just treated the clones as merely objects designed to help them achieve their goal.
01:52So uncivilized.
01:53While we're talking about clones, who is your favorite clone of all time?
01:57You let me know in the comments section down below.
01:59Number 9. Two Innocent Pilots Get Blown to Smithereens During a Negotiation
02:03From one opening scene moment of messed up violence to another.
02:07Episode 1, The Phantom Menace kicks off with Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi being taken to a Trade
02:12Federation ship,
02:14with the two then attempting to negotiate with Viceroy Newt Gunray.
02:17However, things very quickly went sideways when Gunray and co. were told to kill the Jedi by Darth Sidious.
02:24Before they tried to blast away the four sensitive warriors though,
02:27the innocent pilots who brought them to the enemy were first blown to smithereens in the ship's hangar.
02:32It's a pair of deaths that are rarely remembered when looking back on this thrilling opening sequence,
02:37but the more you think about them, the more harrowing the whole thing becomes.
02:41Antidar Williams and Maui Madakor likely thought they were just heading out on a relatively safe mission that day,
02:47just transporting a pair of Jedi ambassadors to try and put an end to the Trade Federation blockade above Naboo.
02:53But before the Judicial Force members had any time to throw up their shields,
02:57both peacekeepers suddenly perished in the explosion caused by a turret,
03:01becoming the first of many casualties in this prequel trilogy.
03:04Murdered while just dropping off some space wizards at work, what a horribly cruel way to go.
03:09Number 8. Kit Fisto and the other Jedi Masters' Rapid Deaths
03:13Now while it was safe to assume that not many Jedi were making it out of the prequels alive,
03:18I mean we knew they were all but extinct by the time the original trilogy began,
03:21the way that many of the Keepers of the Peace were suddenly culled in this galaxy far, far away was
03:27still quite a shock.
03:28There were a few quite horrendous murders thrown onto the big screen in the wake of Order 66 becoming a
03:34thing, of course,
03:34with Kiari Mundi's death after his troops infamously and quite swiftly turned on him mid-battle
03:40being perhaps the most memorable and disturbing of the lot.
03:43But moments before that order was even given, another group of Masters had already been brutally slaughtered
03:49by the man who would tell the clones to kill their former leaders.
03:52In one of the most startling sequences of the entire trilogy,
03:56Palpatine quickly slices through three powerful Jedi Masters in Agent Cola,
04:01Saesee Teen and Kit Fisto,
04:04the latter being one of the more beloved background Jedi in all of Star Wars.
04:07That still didn't stop George Lucas from having Palpatine savagely tear through his torso with a lightsaber though,
04:13with this trio of effed up murders setting the stage for the equally ruthless ending of Mace Windu in that
04:19same office.
04:20All three of the pre-Windu kills are cold, efficient and horrifyingly quick,
04:26establishing Palpatine as a swordsman capable of effortlessly chopping through master duelists
04:31like it was just another day at the creepy office.
04:34Yeah, the Windu death was pretty bad too.
04:35Number 7. Anakin Skywalker's Tusken attack after Shmi's death
04:39Like master, like soon-to-be apprentice, eh?
04:42Not for the last time on this list,
04:44Anakin Skywalker found himself in the middle of a seriously messed up situation in the prequel trilogy,
04:50with this one going down in Episode 2, Attack of the Clones.
04:53In the wake of discovering that his mother had been captured by Tusken raiders,
04:57a determined, chosen one searched for her on Tatooine.
05:00But when he found his mom within one of the Sand People's huts, it was too late.
05:04She'd been tortured and was on the verge of death already,
05:08uttering a few words to her baby boy before then passing away.
05:12In a fit of rage, the Jedi then decided to take revenge on the raiders,
05:16and not just the men, but the women and children.
05:20Now, sure, the Tuskens responsible for capturing poor Shmi likely deserve some form of punishment,
05:25even then murder probably shouldn't have been the first resort,
05:28but to cut through every single person in that clan, kids included, was all kinds of disturbing.
05:34In the space of just a few scenes, Lucas was able to show just how far Annie was willing to
05:39go
05:39to get back at those who'd wronged him, or stop those he felt needed to be,
05:43giving viewers their first real glimpses at the Vader lurking within.
05:47Number 6. Darth Vader executes the Separatists
05:51Speaking of the Sith Lord Anakin Skywalker would eventually become,
05:55the Chosen One was back to swinging his lightsaber around and murdering a bunch of folks like they
06:00were animals one film later. Though many of the Separatists had very much been up to no good at
06:05various points in the prequels, that still didn't mean they deserved to be viciously murdered once
06:10Emperor Palpatine decided he had no more use for them, but that's precisely what happened in
06:15Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith. After being sent to Mustafar by his new master,
06:20Darth Vader ultimately slashes his way through the likes of Nuke, Gunray, and the rest of the
06:25Separatist gang. I mean, the appalling scene feels like something ripped right out of a slasher movie.
06:30Now, no one is saying that people like Gunray, who tried to have Padme Amidala assassinated
06:34multiple times, don't forget, should not have been punished. But without even being given a fair
06:39trial, all of the beings in this room were shockingly butchered on the orders of the man who'd been
06:44manipulating them the whole time. All this coming after Palpatine had promised his new apprentice
06:49would take care of them. Yeah, that's what he did. Again, there were no saints, but seeing them get
06:54brutally massacred like this was still pretty rough. Thanks for coming to see our messed up list today,
06:59my friends. I hope you're enjoying it. And if you want to see more of these What Culture Star Wars
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07:07It's awesome. Number 5, Count Dooku loses his head.
07:10Before the rest of the Separatists were chopped to pieces by Lord Vader, their leader also felt
07:16the hot end of his lightsaber earlier on in the film. One moving on from the traumatizing visual
07:21of Boba Fett watching his pop's head be, well, popped off, Count Dooku experienced a similarly
07:27unpleasant end early on in Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith. Anyone who has dug a little deeper into
07:33the former Jedi Master's backstory will know that he originally left the Order due to losing faith in
07:38the Jedi and the Corrupted Republic. He then joins Sidious as the leader of the Separatists,
07:43doing everything his new master asked of him as the two look to bring order to the galaxy,
07:48including killing Jedi Master Yaddle. That's what made his cold double lightsaber beheading in front
07:54of that same master so brutal to watch. The look on Dooku's face as Sidious orders Anakin to do it
08:01tells the story of a man who'd done all he was asked to remake the galaxy alongside his Sith
08:06Master, only to then be shockingly betrayed moments after having his hands cut off.
08:11Talk about kicking a man when he's down. His head then alarmingly rolled,
08:14opening up a position next to Sidious' side in the process.
08:17Number 4. Padme Amidala Loses the Will to Live
08:20So many of the deaths here were included due to just how shockingly savage or unexpectedly horrific
08:27they were. That is not the case with this entry though. Instead, it's the fact that a medically
08:31healthy Padme Amidala died because of something as underwhelming as losing the will to live that
08:36makes her demise so messed up. Amidala deserved a way more epic end than simply giving up on life
08:43after seeing that her beloved Anakin Skywalker had turned to the dark side. This was a strong woman
08:48who'd been the Queen of Naboo, had fought against evil in the galaxy for years, and was about to bring
08:54two children into the world. So it was a bit tough to accept that even the admittedly heartbreaking
08:58revelation of Annie now being a Sith Lord would be enough to make her decide enough was enough.
09:03But rather than finding a more compelling way to write her out of the story before the original
09:08trilogy, like perhaps having Annie accidentally kill her with that Force Choke, I don't know,
09:12Lucas just decided to give fans one of the most disappointing and bizarre deaths in Star Wars
09:17history. Number 3. Rat Tyrell crashes and burns as his poor family watches on.
09:23Pod racing is a dangerous sport, my friends. So it's probably wise not to invite your wife
09:28kids and newborn baby to one right. Well, Rat Tyrell unfortunately did not get that memo
09:34in Episode 1, The Phantom Menace, and likely traumatized his family for life. It's shown
09:39in the full version of the Boonta Eve classic that the Alina racer was being watched by his
09:43family on Tatooine, meaning they all very much witnessed the little guy crash, burn and die
09:49in the second lap of the race. Horrific stuff. Oh, but it gets worse. You actually see the Tyrell
09:54clan wandering behind Qui-Gon Jinn in the background after the race, evidently broken
09:59after watching poor Rat smash into a stalactite. The galaxy would be changed somewhat in the
10:05wake of this extremely messed up situation too, with Rat's son Deland ultimately founding
10:10the Rat Tyrell Foundation, and getting pod racing banned on a lot of planets due to it
10:15being so damn perilous. At least Rat didn't die for nothing, eh?
10:182. All of those younglings If you hadn't realized already, Episode 3,
10:23Revenge of the Sith was not afraid to get a little bit dark, and that is certainly one
10:27way to describe the last entry focusing on Anakin Skywalker wickedly murdering a bunch
10:32of people on this list. With Order 66 in full swing, Lord Vader eventually enters a room
10:37within the Jedi Temple, only to find a group of innocent younglings hiding from the deadly
10:42assault happening outside. Not aware that the man in front of them had fully turned to the
10:47dark side. They asked him what they were going to do to escape the situation, but little did
10:52these defenseless kids know there was no escape. In without doubt one of the most unsettling shots
10:58in Star Wars history, Vader ignites his lightsaber and frightens the life out of the youngsters,
11:03with George Lucas cutting away from the action before the Chosen One began killing the next
11:07generation of Jedi. It's a moment that's still a tough watch almost 20 years later, even without
11:13seeing the actual, you know, killing. The truly barbaric acts cementing Skywalker's turn.
11:19That's not the only unspeakable moment of violence that occurs during the siege of the
11:23temple either. Lucas' own son, Jet, playing Padawan Zet Jokassa, also fails to survive this
11:29attack of the clones, being ferociously shot to death by the soldiers whilst trying to protect
11:34Bail Organa. If that doesn't show you just how messed up Order 66 was, well then maybe this
11:39final entry will. Number one, Yoda does not think twice about cutting down clones. As promised,
11:45this list is going to end on an entry looking at the rather dreadful treatment of some poor
11:49clone troopers. Now sure, the Jedi had to do what they could to protect themselves following the
11:54activation of Order 66, but there were still some situations early on there in the Jedi purge that
12:00were uncomfortably and perhaps excessively savage. You can understand trying to deflect blaster shots or
12:06using the force to push these pals turned foes away. Master Yoda had other ideas though.
12:12After already feeling the death of many Jedi across the galaxy, the second he sensed that the
12:17brainwashed troops behind him on Kashyyyk were about to turn their weapons on the little green legend,
12:22Yoda did not think twice about flipping backwards and slicing both Commander Gree and Captain Jek's
12:27heads clean off. Look, these clones were very much trying to murder him due to the inhibitor chip
12:32placed in their brains, so Yoda had every right to do what he could to keep that from happening.
12:37However, the fact his first thought was to jump up and decapitate two soldiers who had been so
12:42loyal to the Jedi for so long without batting an eyelid was just, it was just really disturbing.
12:48Attachment may have been forbidden for the Jedi, yes I know, but this was still a pretty shocking
12:52and cold-blooded way of dealing with the unexpected turn of events.
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