Vader’s Pyre
A lot of the moments on this list are very goofy or lighthearted, but it’s fitting that Vader gets many of Jedi’s most emotional moments—it is, essentially, the story of his redemption in death as much as it is the victory of the Rebellion. And there are few moments more somber than Luke slipping away from the joyous celebrations with the Ewoks to bid a spiritual farewell to his father, a bittersweet bond formed in the flames of Anakin’s funeral pyre.
