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Your favorite space battle ever in movies/series
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teruterubozu
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Vault Dweller 111
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RO was great.
Jedi still tops it, but a solid #2
Jedi still tops it, but a solid #2
Stallion Dan
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Star Trek II Kirk vs Khan
Star Trek VI Kirk vs Chang
Stargate's various series have had some good ones but he'll if I can recall specific episodes events/names.
Star Trek VI Kirk vs Chang
Stargate's various series have had some good ones but he'll if I can recall specific episodes events/names.
Stallion Dan
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Technically a lot of Rogue One
...Just saying.
wasn't space battle.
why does it always gotta be some obscure anime shit
The Cowboy
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My top was Return of the Jedi, it's now Rogue One - it's just fantastic.
disappeared
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The mech fight at the end of Macross Plus coupled with that vocal piece of music.
cj_iwakura
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Was godlike for sure. In film, RotJ is the king. BSG for TV. Wing Commander or Freespace for games.
PeskyToaster
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Death Star trench run tho
Metalingus5150
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Rogue Juan.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Melancholia.
Not sure this would pass as space battle but great nonetheless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqWJ5DNeFB8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqWJ5DNeFB8
UnluckyKate
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The expanse TV show when the Martian flagship gets picked up by a mysterious aggressor.
' they are firing rail guns... Would would be crazy enough to get into cqb of such a ship? '
' they are firing rail guns... Would would be crazy enough to get into cqb of such a ship? '
Freeza Under The Shower
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All of them?
I mean, come on, exploding space ships is why you watch 'spaceship show' anyway, as pointed out by Douglas Adams in Mostly Harmless.
But I think the planning and impact of the actual engagement is best done in Babylon 5 and BSG (both for different reasons, but they both have 'realistic' aspects to their rule-set and particularly the range and diversity of technology per race is interesting in B5, even prompting dialogue about the aesthetics of design at one point. The fact that that would come up at all is what makes the show great in terms of engagement with its diegesis).
I quite like the OP's inclusion of the Reavers in Firefly though. The idea that the enemy is uncaring about its safety or chances, and already too close, is what makes that great.
Oh you.
But points for realism.
I mean, come on, exploding space ships is why you watch 'spaceship show' anyway, as pointed out by Douglas Adams in Mostly Harmless.
But I think the planning and impact of the actual engagement is best done in Babylon 5 and BSG (both for different reasons, but they both have 'realistic' aspects to their rule-set and particularly the range and diversity of technology per race is interesting in B5, even prompting dialogue about the aesthetics of design at one point. The fact that that would come up at all is what makes the show great in terms of engagement with its diegesis).
I quite like the OP's inclusion of the Reavers in Firefly though. The idea that the enemy is uncaring about its safety or chances, and already too close, is what makes that great.
Oh you.
But points for realism.
Adam_Vania
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The Empire Strikes Back - asteroid field chase
Jedi might be more technically impressive but i think Empire really had something special. the use of color and the deep blue of that super star destroyer is just something to behold. the music in that scene is awesome as well, as we see tie fighters getting smashed by asteroids, pieces of ships careering across space and crashing into rocks, and the music is soaring and swooping around.... it's perfect.
One of my favourite scenes in Battlestar Galactica, Adama watching an epic battle while floating in space set against an awesome soundtrack. Man I love Bear McCreary's music. https://youtu.be/Fn1DuhOrZeE?t=4m31s
king picollo
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Babylon 5 always.
SodiumBenzoate
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The final two episodes of season 2 and the first four episodes of season 3 of BSG may be one of the best six-episode arcs of any TV show.
Peak arrogant smug Gaius Baltar, the "ONE YEAR LATER" mindfuck, the dystopian episodes starting season 3 that was really nothing like the rest of the show, and then the untoppable Exodus two-parter which I don't think I need to reexplain since others already have here.
If that show had ended at the end of season 4.0 with another mindfuck like that, instead of the generally terrible final stretch of episodes, I don't think it could have been topped.
Peak arrogant smug Gaius Baltar, the "ONE YEAR LATER" mindfuck, the dystopian episodes starting season 3 that was really nothing like the rest of the show, and then the untoppable Exodus two-parter which I don't think I need to reexplain since others already have here.
If that show had ended at the end of season 4.0 with another mindfuck like that, instead of the generally terrible final stretch of episodes, I don't think it could have been topped.
evil solrac v3.0
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Battle of A boa Qu and Solid mon in the original Gundam and in stardust memory.
Razgriz-Specter
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Rogue One had loads of different ships in the battle
The standard capital ships
X-Wings
Y-Wing
U-Wings
Hammered Corvette
The Ghost
the only thing missing at that time are A-Wings which would be a bit weird appearing immediately before the Battle of Yavin.
elrechazado
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Mass Effect
Battle against sovereign
Battle against sovereign
Bobby Roberts
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This is good, Carcetti.
But Bobby you told me Ice Pirates had the best space battles.
UnemployedVillain
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I'm assuming we can include anime as well?
Char's Counterattack - Char vs Amuro
Char's Counterattack - Char vs Amuro
Dubbedinenglish
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RotJ
R1
BSG: Storming New Caprica
Klendathu drop is Starship Troopers
The battle in The Expanse
All this. Was absolutely amazing when debuted.
R1
BSG: Storming New Caprica
Klendathu drop is Starship Troopers
The battle in The Expanse
All this. Was absolutely amazing when debuted.
Bobby Roberts
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I don't even remember Ice Pirates anymore.
Is there even a space battle in that? I remember Spenser for Hire in shoulder pads.
TheChewyWaffles
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Never tell me the odds.
No, it's a shit movie, but a great book. Every nuance and interesting thing about the characters is absolutely eviscerated by the film.
TheGameshark
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ROTJ pretty easily
Count Dookkake
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Flash Gordon: Hawkmen attack War Rocket Ajax.
Babylon 5, Season 3, the episodes Severed Dreams and Shadow Dancing.
Severed Dreams was the cumulative of a three year plot line, and crossed a line that (at the time) no-one thought you could do in an episodic tv series. By declaring independence and going to war against their own government, and the first time we saw the upgraded station in a full scale battle. Plus the ending was fantastic.
Shadow Dancing was (likewise) the first time the younger races faced off against the Shadows and won. We got to see the White Star fleet in action for the first time, the Vree saucers, Minbari and Narn ships fighting together - plus it was (unlike Star Trek) extremely three dimensional in its design, with ships attacking each other from below, above etc.
Babylon 5s CGI may have aged badly, but it did things that no sci-if series had done up to that point both in terms of storyline development and how space battles were fought.
Severed Dreams was the cumulative of a three year plot line, and crossed a line that (at the time) no-one thought you could do in an episodic tv series. By declaring independence and going to war against their own government, and the first time we saw the upgraded station in a full scale battle. Plus the ending was fantastic.
Shadow Dancing was (likewise) the first time the younger races faced off against the Shadows and won. We got to see the White Star fleet in action for the first time, the Vree saucers, Minbari and Narn ships fighting together - plus it was (unlike Star Trek) extremely three dimensional in its design, with ships attacking each other from below, above etc.
Babylon 5s CGI may have aged badly, but it did things that no sci-if series had done up to that point both in terms of storyline development and how space battles were fought.
Etrian Oddity
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Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn - Kshatriya vs. Jegan Task Force
For sheer visceral impact, it's hard to beat the one in Star Trek: Beyond when the Enterprise
Yup. Without any characters to care about, it was just about as shallow as the space battles in the prequels. Pretty, granted but I can barely remember a thing from it.
gets torn to shreds.
Yup. Without any characters to care about, it was just about as shallow as the space battles in the prequels. Pretty, granted but I can barely remember a thing from it.
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
I'm not sure, but once Fast & Furious go to space all bets are off.
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