1) Darth Vader Attacks
Our favourite scene from the whole movie has to be Darth Vader’s final charge on the Rebel ship at the end of the film. After first appearing for a brief scene to dress down Krennic earlier on in the film, we’d been eager to see Vader return for a proper use of his iconic status. Thankfully, this last scene delivered in a big way.
When Vader lays siege to the Mon Calamari rebel ship, he decides to leave no prisoners. In his bid to retrieve the Death Star plans, he uses his formidable mastery of hand-to-hand combat and Force powers to tear down every man in his path. It’s an astounding and terrifying deployment of the character and it really gets across how much of a threat and a figure of terror he is to the people of the galaxy. The moment where he breathes once and unsheathes his lightsaber sends a shiver down your spine.
The only minor quibble with the scene is that Vader probably could have used his Force powers to whip the plans out of the rebel’s hand – but then that would have put a premature end to the entire franchise. That aside, we can confidently say this is one of the character’s best moments ever and our favorite moment from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.