Star Wars: The Best Moment From Every Movie, Ranked
1. I Am Your Father - Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
"No, I am your father!"
In the end, what else could it have been? The greatest moment in Star Wars movie history is and will forever be its great reveal that Darth Vader, the infamous tyrant and military leader of the Empire, is actually Luke Skywalker's father.
The rare kind of scene that, even after so many replays and spoofs, remains as thrilling and genuinely surprising as it did some four decades ago, watching Vader loom over his wounded, handless, and hopelessly exhausted son to deliver the infamous line "I am your father" has no equal.
Changing the shape of the franchise forever, and shocking audiences worldwide for generations to come, Vader's admission of parentage and Luke's subsequent screams of denial are impossible sounds to shake, regardless of their familiarity. Star Wars has been chasing this high ever since it debuted.
Not just the finest scene in The Empire Strikes Back but in all of Star Wars, this is one scene that has more than earned its rep. No matter how many times you return to it, it still hits like the full power of the Force.