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** Also in the radio adaptation version, Vader attempts to invoke her loyalty to her father. If you've seen the prequel trilogy, it's even more chilling.

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** Also in [[Radio/StarWarsRadioDramas the radio adaptation version, version]], Vader attempts to invoke her loyalty to her father. If you've seen the prequel trilogy, it's even more chilling.
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* Obi-Wan slicing off a patron's arm in the Mos Eisley Cantina, mostly because of how it's one of the few scenes in the whole saga where we actually see blood, plus said patron's realistic reaction to having his arm cut off.
** Even more disturbing was how little time it took the patrons to go right back to what they were doing, as if what took place was entirely routine. Though then again, Obi-Wan ''did'' say Mos Eisley was [[FridgeBrilliance "the most wretched hive of scum and villainy"]]...

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* [[AnArmAndALeg Obi-Wan slicing off a patron's arm arm]] in the [[BadGuyBar Mos Eisley Cantina, Cantina]], mostly because of how it's one of the few scenes in the whole saga where we actually see blood, plus said patron's realistic reaction to having his arm cut off.
** Even more disturbing was how little time it took the patrons to go right back to what they were doing, [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror as if what took place was entirely routine.routine]]. Though then again, Obi-Wan ''did'' say Mos Eisley was [[FridgeBrilliance "the most wretched hive of scum and villainy"]]...
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** Consider Leia's position when Alderaan is used as the bargaining chip against her. It's her home and where her adoptive parents, family, and friends are, and she has to choose between surrendering the Death Star plans and the galaxy's only hope....or willingly allowing her home and people to be destroyed in cold blood. It's almost bittersweet that Leia correctly guesses that Tarkin would [[ILied fire anyway]] despite her answer, so the Rebels still have a chance, but ''DAMN'' that had to have been a massive heartbreak to choose...

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** Consider Leia's position when Alderaan is used as the bargaining chip against her. It's her home and where her adoptive parents, family, and friends are, and she has to choose between surrendering the Death Star plans and the galaxy's only hope....hope... or willingly allowing her home and people to be destroyed in cold blood. It's almost bittersweet that Leia correctly guesses that Tarkin would [[ILied fire anyway]] despite her answer, so the Rebels still have a chance, but ''DAMN'' that had to have been a massive heartbreak to choose...
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'''Han:''' Yeah...[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I think you're right]]!

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'''Han:''' Yeah... [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I think you're right]]!
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** Listen to the audio drama when it reaches this very scene. Leia starts pleading, begging in the name of mercy, for Tarkin to stop, helpless as the Death Star commences primary ignition. As she watches her planet get destroyed, she screams in anguish and breaks down into sobs. As Tarkin orders her taken away, she warns him coldly that he and the Empire are at war with life itself.
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** Also pay attention right after Alderaan's destruction as the scene transitions to Luke and the others. Obi-Wan is nearly floored all of a sudden and has to sit down before revealing that he felt Alderaan's destruction. ''The FORCE'' felt that loss and Obi-Wan felt the ripples of that pain. Imagine feeling the impact of that kind of tragedy and only having a guess as to what had happened, only feeling the pain the Force felt from it.
** Consider Leia's position when Alderaan is used as the bargaining chip against her. It's her home and where her adoptive parents, family, and friends are, and she has to choose between surrendering the Death Star plans and the galaxy's only hope....or willingly allowing her home and people to be destroyed in cold blood. It's almost bittersweet that Leia correctly guesses that Tarkin would [[ILied fire anyway]] despite her answer, so the Rebels still have a chance, but ''DAMN'' that had to have been a massive heartbreak to choose...
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[[caption-width-right:325:“There’s nothing you could have done, Luke. You’d have been killed too, [[FateWorseThanDeath and the droids would now be in the hands of the Empire]].”]]

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[[caption-width-right:325:“There’s [[caption-width-right:325:"There's nothing you could have done, Luke. You’d You'd have been killed too, [[FateWorseThanDeath and the droids would now be in the hands of the Empire]].”]]"]]



* The IT-O interrogator droid used to interrogate Leia. The [[https://youtu.be/bEPba_tdFbk?t=3h18m55s radio adaptation]] actually shows us Vader's mind probe-assisted interrogation of Leia and it's terrifying. He at first tries to convince her that he's another rebel who needs to know where the Death Star plans are, before causing her horrible pain.

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* The IT-O interrogator droid used to interrogate Leia. The [[https://youtu.be/bEPba_tdFbk?t=3h18m55s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEPba_tdFbk&t=3h18m55s radio adaptation]] actually shows us Vader's mind probe-assisted interrogation of Leia and it's terrifying. He at first tries to convince her that he's another rebel who needs to know where the Death Star plans are, before causing her horrible pain.



-->'''Obi-Wan:''' ...[[MemeticMutation That's no moon. It's a space station]].
-->'''Han:''' It's too big to be a space station.
-->''(The Death Star gets bigger as they approach)''
-->'''Luke:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck I have a very bad feeling about this]].
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Turn the ship around]].
-->'''Han:''' Yeah...[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I think you're right]]!

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-->'''Obi-Wan:''' ...[[MemeticMutation That's no moon. It's a space station]].
-->'''Han:'''
station]].\\
'''Han:'''
It's too big to be a space station.
-->''(The
station.\\
''(The
Death Star gets bigger as they approach)''
-->'''Luke:'''
approach)''\\
'''Luke:'''
[[ThisIsGonnaSuck I have a very bad feeling about this]].
-->'''Obi-Wan:'''
this]].\\
'''Obi-Wan:'''
[[KnowWhenToFoldEm Turn the ship around]].
-->'''Han:'''
around]].\\
'''Han:'''
Yeah...[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I think you're right]]!
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*** In Legends he was even ''worse'': one of his crimes, revealed in ''[[Literature/GalaxyOfFear City of the Dead]]'', is to poison people to test different versions of a reanimation serum, with the early versions causing literal ''zombies''. And that wasn't actually what got him any of his death sentences, just what allowed Boba Fett to finally track him down and kill him... Twice, because once he had perfected the serum he used it on himself.
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-->'''Luke:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck I have a bad feeling about this]].

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-->'''Luke:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck I have a very bad feeling about this]].
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-->'''Obi-Wan:''' It's too big to be a space station.

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-->'''Obi-Wan:''' -->'''Han:''' It's too big to be a space station.
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* The MassOhCrap from the heroes when they first spot the Death Star. [[NotSoStoic Even Obi-Wan is freaked out]].
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' ...[[MemeticMutation That's no moon. It's a space station]].
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' It's too big to be a space station.
-->''(The Death Star gets bigger as they approach)''
-->'''Luke:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck I have a bad feeling about this]].
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Turn the ship around]].
-->'''Han:''' Yeah...[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I think you're right]]!

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