10 Scariest Star Wars Moments

Revenge of the Sith has quite a few scary moments, from the execution of Order 66 to Palpatine's bone-chilling story about Darth Plagueis the Wise.

But the most out-of-the-blue moment in the film actually comes before Order 66, when Mace Windu leads a charge against the chancellor in hopes of arresting him for being the Dark Lord of the Sith.

The fight goes...well. At least for Palpatine, who dispatches Windu's allies with ease but is in the end beaten down by the Jedi Master. Using his force lightning against him, Windu repels the bolts, causing them to reverberate back and cause Palpatine to become deformed, old and seemingly weak.

Watching Palpatine seem to melt under his own power is quite a traumatising image in its own right, but add to that Anakin turning to the Dark Side and taking off Windu's hand, and what you have is one of the most horrible scenes in any Star Wars vehicle.