Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith (2005)
THE STIFF Mace Windu, Jedi knight
CAUSE OF DEATH We're going to go out on a limb here and guess that it's death by lightsaber.
SCENE OF THE CRIME In interviews over the last few years, Samuel L. Jackson has frequently mentioned his desire for George Lucas to write his character a death scene that would allow him to go out in a blaze of glory. Reportedly, he got his wish.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS C'mon, we're not gonna give that away — though everyone's bound to know it after the movie's May 19 opening. We just wish he could have reprised his Ezekiel 25:17 speech from Pulp Fiction: ''And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers.'' (By the way, is that Jackson's Pulp pal John Travolta on the right, still wearing his alien dreadlocks from Battlefield Earth?)
POSTMORTEM To bring the Star Wars saga full circle to the point where Episode IV: A New Hope (a.k.a. the original 1977 Star Wars) begins, pretty much everyone except Obi-Wan, Darth Vader, and Yoda has to die, so Mace Windu's death has to be pretty darn special to stand out amid the carnage.
Image Credit: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: © & TM Lucasfilm Ltd.
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