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*WARNING! POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD! DO NOT READ THIS DESCRIPTION IF YOU HAVE NOT YET SEEN ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY AND DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED OF A MAJOR SCENE!

Remember that Jurassic World Meme I made several years ago? The one where it depicts the scene where the raptors join up with the Indominus Rex and I said that was pretty much the biggest "Oh Shit" scene ever in movie history? Here's the link to it: Jurassic World I-Rex and Raptors Meme

Well, turns out I was dead wrong.

Now that Rogue One has been out for roughly a month now, I feel it is alright to reveal stuff about the movie since pretty much everyone's seen it twice by now. And by God, did the ending scene in the movie with Darth Vader truly make it the greatest "Oh Shit moment" in film history! (At least in my opinion).

Now Darth Vader is supposed to be a very frightening character. But the trouble is, unless you’ve dug deeper into Star Wars lore than the average fan has, you’ve probably never seen or understand just why Vader is such a heart-stopping terror. Even when he’s Force choking Imperial peons or fighting against his son, he’s really holding something back. Which is why I’m still trying to pick my jaw off the floor after seeing a truly demonic Vader cut down Rebel soldiers in the ending of Rogue One.

I mean, DID YOU FRIKKIN' SEE THAT SCENE! Vader ignites his red lightsaber in a pitch black hallway (that's pretty much the moment where you realize hell is about to break loose), and then proceeds to cut down and slaughter everyone in the room. People die, and they die horribly. He even cuts a dude he levitates to the ceiling in half! Then he uses the Force to pull the blasters out of the remaining soldier's hands, and cuts them all down. Just as he's about to kill the last guy he passes the Death Star plans through a jammed door to another soldier on the other side, then Vader impales the soldier, forces the door open and kills two more grunts as the Rebel soldier with the plans manages to escape onto the Tantive IV Blockade Runner. Which then detaches from the Rebel command ship and escapes into hyperspace (which leads into Episode IV: A New Hope).

I’ve watched that scene in theaters twice now, and both times I found myself recoiling out of both awe and horror, saying, “Oh shit!” over and over again. This scene alone really makes you realize not only how powerful Darth Vader is, but also how terrifying he is when you remember that he's evil. Rogue One makes how much of a threat Vader presents not only dreadful, but also intimate. All you have to do is just put yourself in the shoes of one of those doomed Rebel soldiers, and you realize this take on Vader is a whole new level of scary. (I actually had a nightmare about it after I saw the film for the first time, and it was pretty frightening!) It makes losing a hand seem like child’s play (and it really is given how quickly you can get a robotic one in the Star Wars Universe).

Now like I said before, while Vader was indeed terrifying in this scene, unless you know more about Star Wars than the average fan (as in you've read the books, games, etc.), you'd actually know this isn't exactly the first time Darth Vader's been portrayed as such a menace. If you've read the Star Wars comics (both old and new), Vader did shit like this all the time (no kidding, in one comic he slaughtered an entire battalion of Rebel soldiers and even destroyed several attacking starfighters all while he was on the ground). So don't think that this scene now makes Vader a total badass, he's always been a badass. And the ending of Rogue One finally gives average Star Wars fans a taste of Darth Vader's true power, when he truly lets loose and does not hold back whatsoever.
Darth Vader might still be a Teddy Bear to some people (for some apparent reason, but to the life of me I'll never know), but there’s no denying now that he’s practically made of evil. I want to say that it makes him so much cooler, but I almost feel bad thinking about it.

I do not own this image.

Description
*WARNING! POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD! DO NOT READ THIS DESCRIPTION IF YOU HAVE NOT YET SEEN ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY AND DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED OF A MAJOR SCENE!

Remember that Jurassic World Meme I made several years ago? The one where it depicts the scene where the raptors join up with the Indominus Rex and I said that was pretty much the biggest "Oh Shit" scene ever in movie history? Here's the link to it: Jurassic World I-Rex and Raptors Meme

Well, turns out I was dead wrong.

Now that Rogue One has been out for roughly a month now, I feel it is alright to reveal stuff about the movie since pretty much everyone's seen it twice by now. And by God, did the ending scene in the movie with Darth Vader truly make it the greatest "Oh Shit moment" in film history! (At least in my opinion).

Now Darth Vader is supposed to be a very frightening character. But the trouble is, unless you’ve dug deeper into Star Wars lore than the average fan has, you’ve probably never seen or understand just why Vader is such a heart-stopping terror. Even when he’s Force choking Imperial peons or fighting against his son, he’s really holding something back. Which is why I’m still trying to pick my jaw off the floor after seeing a truly demonic Vader cut down Rebel soldiers in the ending of Rogue One.

I mean, DID YOU FRIKKIN' SEE THAT SCENE! Vader ignites his red lightsaber in a pitch black hallway (that's pretty much the moment where you realize hell is about to break loose), and then proceeds to cut down and slaughter everyone in the room. People die, and they die horribly. He even cuts a dude he levitates to the ceiling in half! Then he uses the Force to pull the blasters out of the remaining soldier's hands, and cuts them all down. Just as he's about to kill the last guy he passes the Death Star plans through a jammed door to another soldier on the other side, then Vader impales the soldier, forces the door open and kills two more grunts as the Rebel soldier with the plans manages to escape onto the Tantive IV Blockade Runner. Which then detaches from the Rebel command ship and escapes into hyperspace (which leads into Episode IV: A New Hope).

I’ve watched that scene in theaters twice now, and both times I found myself recoiling out of both awe and horror, saying, “Oh shit!” over and over again. This scene alone really makes you realize not only how powerful Darth Vader is, but also how terrifying he is when you remember that he's evil. Rogue One makes how much of a threat Vader presents not only dreadful, but also intimate. All you have to do is just put yourself in the shoes of one of those doomed Rebel soldiers, and you realize this take on Vader is a whole new level of scary. (I actually had a nightmare about it after I saw the film for the first time, and it was pretty frightening!) It makes losing a hand seem like child’s play (and it really is given how quickly you can get a robotic one in the Star Wars Universe).

Now like I said before, while Vader was indeed terrifying in this scene, unless you know more about Star Wars than the average fan (as in you've read the books, games, etc.), you'd actually know this isn't exactly the first time Darth Vader's been portrayed as such a menace. If you've read the Star Wars comics (both old and new), Vader did shit like this all the time (no kidding, in one comic he slaughtered an entire battalion of Rebel soldiers and even destroyed several attacking starfighters all while he was on the ground). So don't think that this scene now makes Vader a total badass, he's always been a badass. And the ending of Rogue One finally gives average Star Wars fans a taste of Darth Vader's true power, when he truly lets loose and does not hold back whatsoever.
Darth Vader might still be a Teddy Bear to some people (for some apparent reason, but to the life of me I'll never know), but there’s no denying now that he’s practically made of evil. I want to say that it makes him so much cooler, but I almost feel bad thinking about it.

I do not own this image.