The 11 Best Ever Star Wars Lightsaber Battles

3) Vader vs. Luke in ‘Return of the Jedi’ (1983) (3 of 11)

3) Vader vs. Luke in ‘Return of the Jedi’ (1983) (3 of 11)

Luke and his father get some quality onscreen bonding time here, complete with identical sliced-off hands. It all comes to an end with an epic lightsaber thrashing about in the dark, and from the shadows emerges the annoying Emperor Palpatine, who is then thrown down a power core.