From grisly deaths to moments too dark for TV, these Star Wars beats were disturbing and then some.
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00:00 From the brutal butchering of defenceless infants during Night One on the job, to the
00:05 galaxy's cutest little legend chowing down on the next generation.
00:09 Lucas and now Disney may have largely forged this much-loved universe for the younger generation,
00:14 but you can bet they successfully sent a few of them to therapy along the way on the back
00:18 of these moments.
00:19 Gareth here from WhatCulture Star Wars and here are the 10 Most Disturbing Star Wars
00:23 Moments.
00:24 Buckle up folks.
00:25 10.
00:26 The Bizarre Milking Moment Easing into this list with an entry that doesn't
00:30 actually involve a shocking execution or the massacring of an infant, but we'll get there,
00:35 here's that time fans spent two years eagerly anticipating the return of arguably the most
00:39 famous Jedi in pop culture history, only to be left recoiling in their seats at his hermit
00:44 habits in The Last Jedi.
00:46 With Rey desperate to recruit the iconic Jedi Master to the Resistance's cause, the Force-sensitive
00:50 soul finds herself being dragged around act-o by the disenchanted space wizard as he went
00:55 about his daily errands, leading to one of the most bizarre occurrences the sequels had
00:59 to offer and my goodness is that saying something.
01:02 Squeezing the teat of a docile, tharless siren on the coastline, Luke proceeds to milk said
01:06 creature before taking a hearty swig of the hard-earned green milk he'd just harvested
01:11 from the oddly laid-back entity.
01:13 From Skywalker and the animal's creepy eye contact with Rey as this whole exchange goes
01:17 down, to the touch-too-long amount of screen time afforded to the aforementioned milk-maker,
01:22 it's all made for a bit of a peculiar minute or so of movie magic, it's gotta be said.
01:26 9.
01:27 Grogu munches some eggs
01:28 After securing his spot in the hearts of Star Wars fanatics and casual viewers the world
01:32 over with his various gurgles and memeable exploits over the course of the first season
01:37 of The Mandalorian, folks simply could not wait to see what little green Grogu would
01:41 be getting up to in late 2020's follow-up season.
01:44 The answer at times, though, made for a rather conflicting viewing experience.
01:48 Our baby Yoda could still be relied upon to deliver the cuteness and jaw-dropping force
01:52 feats when needed.
01:53 He also simply could not help himself when faced with the precious spawn of a certain
01:57 frog lady during Chapter 10, The Passenger.
02:00 Chowing down on the unborn offspring of the innocent mother, the internet was understandably
02:04 somewhat split over what they were watching unfold.
02:07 Sure, Grogu was merely a child, satiating his growing appetite, but it's hard to erase
02:11 the visual of a little green legend swallowing frog lady eggs like M&Ms in a hurry.
02:16 Drama more than bit the tyke on the arse when it came to munching on another species'
02:20 eggs in that very same episode, mind.
02:22 8.
02:23 The Clone Wars moment too dark for Cartoon Network
02:25 Despite taking place within the often colourful and vibrant landscape that is the animated
02:30 corner of the Star Wars universe, one particularly savage act of violence turned out to be a
02:34 little too extreme for TV.
02:36 By the time, the Clone Wars Season 5 episode by the name of "Eminence" eventually reared
02:40 its head, brought about by none other than Savage Opress, Maul's hulking brother.
02:45 On the back of an attempt to convince the Black Sun to join the Shadow Collective, the
02:48 latter's iconic lightsaber is ultimately used by the former to decapitate all sat at
02:53 the table who refused to play ball with Maul.
02:56 Sure enough, Cartoon Network were a touch horrified by the sight of multiple smoking
03:00 animated leaders without their heads, cutting the unsettling imagery from the episode when
03:04 it originally aired on their channel.
03:06 But fear not, the gruesome culling of this counter was still very much left intact when
03:10 it came to the director's cut made available on Blu-ray and DVD.
03:14 What a world!
03:15 7.
03:16 A Duchess Falls
03:17 Sticking with the Clone Wars' penchant for pushing the limits when it came to thoroughly
03:20 disturbing and shocking its younger audience, few deaths held a candle to the one experienced
03:25 by pacifist Mandalorian ruler, Duchess Satine Kryze, in terms of sheer savageness during
03:30 Season 5's 16th episode, "The Lawless".
03:33 Determined to push his old nemesis Kenobi over the edge and into the dark side by provoking
03:39 his hatred and anger within, Maul takes to force choking Obi-Wan's beloved within the
03:43 throne room on Mandalore before his very eyes.
03:46 Upon defiantly refusing to opt for the weak way out though, Kenobi is then forced to helplessly
03:51 witness Satine be emphatically impaled by the Darksaber, the lingering shot on Kryze's
03:56 desperate face as she lets loose a few last agonising breaths.
03:59 The close-up on Kenobi's devastated mug as the realisation of this excruciating scenario
04:04 washes over him.
04:05 It all makes for one of the most daring and distressing executions you'll find within
04:09 this space age saga.
04:11 When it comes to delivering the emotional haymakers, Clone Wars simply refused to pull
04:14 any of its animated punches.
04:16 6.
04:17 The New and Unimproved Emperor 2.0
04:19 If you thought the fearsome Ian McDiarmid's portrayal of the Dark Lord of the Sith in
04:24 the prequel and original Star Wars trilogies was enough to leave your skin a-crawlin',
04:28 Rise of Skywalker watched those various wrinkly showings and emphatically declared "Hold
04:33 my green milk!
04:34 Do it!"
04:35 In the wake of resurrecting himself following on from his supposed death via transferring
04:38 his vessel into a clone substitute carcass, as you do, the Emperor cuts a deeply distressing
04:43 figure from the moment he's officially introduced to Kylo Ren, as he's freakishly hooked into
04:48 a huge metal apparatus, of course.
04:51 Only becoming increasingly creepier as this apparent 12A of a Star Wars caper unfolds,
04:56 zombie-esque Emperor 2.0 also experiences arguably one of the most chilling final moments
05:01 ever gifted a big bad within the galaxy far, far away to date.
05:05 During Fall Mace Windu in her attempts to stave off her grandpap's Force lightning,
05:10 Sidious experiences far worse than a few prequel scorch marks this time around.
05:14 The sight of his face very much blistering off his skull, all but confirms that McDiarmid
05:19 won't be along for the ride again any time soon.
05:22 Probably.
05:23 5.
05:24 So Many Decapitations
05:25 While already touched upon slightly with the Clone Wars series' openness to indulge in
05:28 the detaching of skull from torso, Star Wars doesn't half have a habit of making their
05:33 various characters lose their heads on our screens.
05:35 And though some folks out there may have grown a touch desensitized to the sight of an alien
05:40 or human getting their noggins sliced off by various forms of lightsaber over the years,
05:44 that still doesn't change the fact that this violent way of ending a conflict is about
05:48 as grisly as they come.
05:49 Take your pick from Mace Windu slicing off of Jango Fett's Mandalorian helmet in front
05:53 of his boy before his lifeless face slipped out mid-fall to Count Dooku's disturbing
05:58 skull roll after falling victim to Anakin Skywalker's gradual descent into darkness.
06:03 Brutal decapitations are all part of the truly traumatic family Star Wars experience.
06:08 4.
06:09 Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru get charred on Tatooine
06:11 At a glance, the U-rating slapped onto George Lucas' first-ever cinematic space opera
06:16 adventure seemed innocent enough.
06:17 But when you remember that this is also the same family flick that comes equipped with
06:21 a shot of Luke Skywalker's adopted parents charred remains lying static outside of their
06:26 ravaged Tatooine home pretty early on, said certificate becomes a little more questionable.
06:31 Even some four decades on from A New Hope's release, the fried skeletons of Uncle Ben
06:35 and Aunt Beru that were left in the wake of interacting with a despicable Stormtrooper
06:39 search team that clearly were not in the mood for a chat are enough to elicit genuine audible
06:43 gasps.
06:44 If you'd forgotten what was waiting around the corner as Luke returned home from his
06:47 supposed chores, of course.
06:49 Sure, the late 70s were very much a different moment in time entirely, but it's still incredible
06:54 how this seriously graphic visual somehow found its way past censors to the point of
06:58 branding the entire viewing experience suitable for all the family.
07:02 3.
07:03 Luke and Leia share a smooch
07:04 An innocent peck on the cheek as the two prepare to risk life and limb to zip wire from one
07:09 Death Star platform to another is one thing.
07:12 Very much locking lips in a steamy attempt to conjure up some jealousy is something else
07:16 entirely, and an act that left most of the galaxy gagging in their cinema seats the minute
07:20 a certain revelation came to light.
07:22 Despite what George Lucas would have you believe, Leia Organa wasn't always planned to be
07:26 revealed as Luke Skywalker's twin sister, with Lee Brackett's first draft of The Empire
07:30 Strikes Back hinting at plans to have Luke search for his sibling in Lucas' proposed
07:34 sequel trilogy.
07:36 Those plans would ultimately be scrapped in favour of the jaw-dropping Leia reveal in
07:39 Return of the Jedi, of course, but it was evident from Lucas' willingness to have
07:42 the two lock lips that he still wasn't entirely set on this twist coming to fruition at the
07:47 time of Empire.
07:48 Either that, or he simply has no issue with a little light incest being sprinkled into
07:52 his family features.
07:53 Whatever way you slice it, history still shows that these two leading lights got wayyy too
07:58 close for anyone's comfort.
07:59 2.
08:00 Darth Vader is fried alive!
08:02 It was always going to take some seriously horrific battle wounds to leave one of the
08:05 most powerful Jedi ever to wart the galaxy, relying on an excessively loud mechanical
08:10 suit for the rest of his days.
08:12 And sure enough, the fiery conclusion of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi's mustafar clash
08:17 for the ages left little doubt in anyone's mind that this chosen one was in need of some
08:21 serious TLC post-high ground cock-up.
08:24 Refusing to shy away from the gory reality Hayden Christensen's once handsome-as-all-hell
08:29 Jedi Knight now found himself in, as he lay in defeat, the uncompromising flames engulfing
08:34 Skywalker as his blistered body flails in anguish makes for one of the most affecting
08:39 visuals George Lucas has ever brought into being.
08:41 And this comes from the same mind who charred up Uncle Owen in Albaroo, don't forget.
08:45 The uncomfortable times only kept on coming, too, as the mind behind the galaxy then committed
08:50 to an extended shot of a scorched Vader squirming in agony on a surgical table, as the various
08:55 cyborg elements of his eventual masked alter-ego were coldly lodged into permanent place by
09:00 medical bots.
09:01 1.
09:02 Anakin Butchers Some Younglings
09:04 Rewinding a touch from the fire-infused fate rapidly heading Anakin Skywalker's way in
09:08 Revenge of the Sith, and to a moment that all but erased any drop of sympathy that remained
09:12 for the eventual Darth Vader in one swift switching on of a lightsaber.
09:17 A moment to showcase just how merciless and unwavering the newly turned Anakin had become
09:21 in the wake of joining the side of Lord Sidious.
09:24 George Lucas felt that the best way to hammer home this unsettling change in attitude was
09:28 to have his focal point butcher a group of innocent younglings in the midst of the purging
09:32 of the Jedi Temple.
09:34 Sure, we don't actually witness the culling of innocents in all its horror on the big
09:38 screen, despite a scene depicting the act actually being in the pipeline at one point,
09:42 but the solitary flinch from a terrified Jedi initiate - as Skywalker's iconic saber is
09:47 switched on - did enough to cement this moment as undoubtedly the most disturbing occurrence
09:52 ever to grace a Star Wars showing.
09:54 Don't let Ewan McGregor's quivering face fool you.
09:56 This despicable development and the off-screen carnage that no doubt followed was as diabolical
10:01 as it comes.
10:02 And that's our moment.
10:03 Know of any of the other most disturbing Star Wars moments we missed?
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