10 Scariest Star Wars Moments

8. Rey's Vision - The Force Awakens

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The Star Wars franchise has always had a way with creating horror out of visions, as this list will show more than once.

In The Force Awakens, Rey finds Luke Skywalker's old lightsaber, and upon touching it is treated to a sudden and incredibly dark vision kicked off by the sound of Darth Vader's breathing all around her.

Trapped in a small, cramped room, she finds her surroundings morph and twist around her, as she falls into the open, seeing Luke (or at least his unmistakable metal hand) and a Rebel soldier being cut down by the mysterious Knights of Ren.

The whole sequence is set during a violent storm, as Rey hears Obi-Wan's voice amongst the chaos and audiences are treated to an unsettling scene in which a young Rey is left alone by her parents.

It's an uncomfortable and shocking sequence, short and ambiguous, but with the dark aesthetic and the fear of what's still to come in Rey's journey, it's also absolutely fascinating.

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