Star Wars: 10 Epic Lightsaber Duels NOT In The Movies

2. Kanan Jarrus VS The Grand Inquisitor (Star Wars Rebels S01 E15)

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The epic culmination of the first season of Star Wars Rebels was cinematic in its scope. The lightsaber duel between Kanan Jarrus and the Grand Inquisitor matches the emotional intensity and high stakes of climactic battles set to film, and is aided further by the Inquisitor's unique helicopter blade-inspired lightsaber - a design which represents the Inquisitor's hubris, and ultimately contributes to his demise.

Presuming his Padawan dead after seeing Ezra being knocked to a lower level Kanan fights with an intensity previously seen in Obi-Wan's fight with Maul at the end of The Phantom Menace. Knowing he lost the battle, the Inquisitor lets himself fall into the fire raging beneath him, but not before warning Kanan that "there are some things far more frightening than death." That thing, of course, is a certain ex-Jedi who appears on the Number 1 spot of this list...

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