10 Most Brutal Star Wars Movie Deaths

10. Jabba The Hutt (Return Of The Jedi)

Cause Of Death: Strangled by a chain.

Leia Organa is hardly known for her ruthless combat ability, but here, she surprised everyone with the savage, pitiless way in which she dispatched everyone's least-favourite crime-boss slug, Jabba the Hutt.

Using the room's confused atmosphere to her advantage, the Princess smashes an electronic panel and kills the lights, allowing her to climb up and around the back of Jabba, throw a chain around his neck and strangle him to death without so much as a whiff of remorse.

Not that Jabba didn't deserve it; but as the camera zooms onto his flailing tongue that's desperately trying to gulp down some air, and his shaking limbs that're writhing with agony, you can't help but feel a small tinge of sympathy.

The brutality of the kill is inherent, but it's heightened by the fact that it comes from Leia, a character who doesn't look capable of anything of the sort. A solid display of the Princess's determination? Absolutely. But that doesn't stop it from being any less barbaric.