10 Best Fight Scenes In Gaming History

7. Star Wars: The Old Republic - Darth Malgus Vs. The Jedi Order

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Considering the direction Disney has opted to take Star Wars in since it acquired the franchise, an all-out war between the Jedi and Sith playing out in live-action is an unlikely prospect. Thankfully, BioWare already delivered exactly that over a decade ago. Star Wars: The Old Republic is still going strong in 2024, and while its in-game visuals leave a lot to be desired by today's standards, major story expansions are always accompanied by sumptuous cinematics.

It's the original, 30-minute-long mini-movie preceding The Old Republic's initial launch in 2011 that still reigns supreme, though. Serving as an origin story for big bad Darth Malgus (pictured), the trailer explores how he came to be in the employ of the Dark Side, and ultimately how the manifestation of his hatred for the Jedi Order results in bloodshed.

The key to making a lightsaber fight look good is choreography. Despite his missteps with the prequels, Lucas was keenly aware of that fact as was BioWare, which delivered one hell of a Force feast with Malgus' indiscriminate slaughter of the cretinous Jedi. That fans still consider the sequence to be some of the best Star Wars media available speaks volumes to Disney's slapdash handling of the IP, that's for sure.

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