The Official "Most Emotional Death Scene" in the EU (spoilers?)

So here it is folks; what do you think has been the best and most emotional death scene written for the EU so far? This can be a major characters death, a minor characters death, or simply characters dealing with death. Unfortunately or fortunately, deaths in the GFFA haven't occured too much until the NJO. But some remain; Phanan, Madine, Corran (the five or six times that it happened), Thrawn, and the list goes on.

My vote, personally, would go toward the death of Ton Phanan. I just think this was beautifully written by Aaron Allston. Face and Phanan were my favorite pair in Star Wars and Face's growth as a character in Iron Fist following his friends death was just great. I think I appreciate this death because it was subtly done; not like Anakin's or Chewies where it was all over in a bang, but more like the death of Darshae'cor, slow and more deliberate.

So everyone chime in; i'm interested to hear what y'all have to say.

 

Patches and Stormtrooper #18357683

 

It's got to be Phannan's death, MysteryWhiteBoy, for exactly the reasons you mentioned.

 

Naw, #26947581's death had me bawling for days.

 

#26947581 got a sniffle, but I really think that #18357683 went so much more dramatically. I really felt for the guy.

 

Anakin Solo. He had a bright future and was a true example of what a Jedi should be. He went down fighting against imposible odds and maybe saved the Jedi from extinction.

 

He went down fighting against imposible odds

Yes, when people fight impossible odds that is what tends to happen...

 

Well, yes, Anakin's demise was a gut punch and even though I had been spoiled about it long before I read Star by Star, Troy did such a great job writing it that it still had tons of emotional impact.

Too bad Mara ruined it for Luke.

 

Good call IatDS. . . . Stormtrooper #18357683's demise was tragic. Who would have thought ?

 

Thrawn's death...

 

Good call IatDS. . . . Stormtrooper #18357683's demise was tragic. Who would have thought ?

Oh, I remember now, I thought you were talking about #18357684's death 2 pages earlier. Yeah, that was a kicker.

And who can forget Noogy Phlegm, the Yuuzhan Vong warrior Jaina fried with Force lightning- I mean, the guy was just a janitor doing his job and minding his own business, and she blows him in half with a lightning bolt. Call that job satisfaction, 'cause I don't.

 

I usually don't mind Mara Jade. But when Anakin died I wanted to slap her upside the head. What an insensitive selfish Bizach... Cripes let the man grive.

 

Yeah I hear you Anakin1607. . . . Mara is a little overprotective of Ben. Considering all the stuff going on around Jacen and Jaina and especially Anakin when they were infants and they turned out fine.

 

I have to go with Ton Phanan. Anakin a close second. Phanan's death sequence (not just his death, but the events leading up to it) were so emotionally charged that when it was all over I couldn't help but cry.

I felt a loss when anakin died, and a far greated anger, but not that level of emotion.

 

talon squadron; not exactly a person, but the group in particular.

 

Myn! You rule! I can't believe I forgot about those guys. Especially Myn's dealing with all that stuff later on was real good.

I re-read Anakin's death tonight. I'd have to put that up to a close second with Ton because of Leia and Han's immediate reaction, with Han blasting the room up afterwards.

 

Luke's should have been as good- it started off so well. I don't blame any mother for being prtective of their child, but come on- his nephew that he helped raise and train as a Jedi.

Gosh, but I do hate Mara Jade.

 

Its been a long time since I read the Jedi academy trilogy, but I thought all Han and Leais kids were put on another planet until they were like 2 to keep them away from dark side energies? I'm pretty sure thats the case, for most of their infant lives anyhow.

 

Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin were hidden because the NR was still very much at war with the Empire. There had been a bunch of kidnapping attempts already. That was the focus of putting them into hiding, to keep them from being kidnapped. And even that didn't work; Ambassador Furgan (what a terrible character; very forgettable) ALMOST got to Anakin during Champions of the Force (what was going on with Winter and Ackbar in THAT one?) and then of course getting taken by Hethir in TCS.

 

Come on guys, dont be afraid to admit it. I cried as much (if not more) than you when Anakin died. It actually upset me. And I'm the guy who laughed when Leo drowned in Titanic. Amazing what SW does to me.

 

Everyone laughed when Leo drowned in Titanic.

 

Good to know, now I don't feel like such a prick! Wait, did you laugh when people hit the propeller too?

 

Mine would be Ton Phanan, for the reasons mentioned above. A close second to Crix Madine because I really wasn't expecting it at the time. And then Stormtrooper #438957203. The poor guy...

I admit it, I laughed in Titanic when they people hit the propeller. And again when Leo drowned. I still have yet to see the first half of that movie though.

 

I found General Madine's death to be pretty emotional. I know he'd always been a background character and all. But I thought he was still pretty intresting. Then to have him sneak aboard the Darksaber and not expect his being shot kinda got to me. Just seemed like he might start to be built up as even more of a character and then suddenly he was gone.

But as for the most emotional, I think it's a toss up between Chewie and Ton Phannan. Chewie's death was something I was alerted to when I first stard on the forum. But the way it was written, it felt like he might somehow survive. It was totally unexpected and took away such a well known and beloved character.

By contrast Phannan's death was actually predictable. And I have to wonder if Allston wanted that to be the case. But instead of leaving it as such, Allston built up the emotional feeling of loosing a new character folks were growing attached to. On his website he said that he felt he had something more to say, and that's why Jesmin Ackbar bought it instead of him. Well, he definatly did say something more. And the interaction between him and Face as he lay there dying. I think really thats where the emotional build up was. We could see it coming, but Face wasn't in our place. He hoped he could save his friend, perhaps his best friend. And so he tried, even denying it when Phanan basically said he didn't think he was going to make it.

Chewie's death was more something that was observed, with the emotions being built by the observations of what was happening. Phanan's death was one of character interaction, with the emotions being built off of thse interactions. Both were very powerful and showed just how good by authors are with such scenes.

Anakin's death was less emotional. It felt more like Obi-Wan's death. Denning did a very good job with it, but at the same time he seemed to inject a sense of hope into Anakin's death. His was more a passing than a death. It was almost as if he was saying "Don't mourn for Anakin, he goes now to a better place." I think that is what kept Anakin's death from being less emotional.

 

My most emotional was when Anakin died. I'll admit it I shed a tear or two. He was my favorite. Man I fell on the ground at the theater when I saw people hit the propelers it was so funny. I hate Leo.