Mace/Off

Really should stop yakking about how awesomely brilliant Empireonline.com is with their "50 Greatest Movie Finisher Moves", as I already had my shot in the earlier post. Too bad this one's way too neat to be left out. Part of the all-consuming hype for Attack of the Clones focused on the dust-up between Samuel L. Jackson’s Mace Windu – at last getting something to do other than nod meaningfully – and Temeura Morrison’s Jango Fett, father of Boba. Finally, it was on. Jango – he bobs! He weaves! He shoots! Mace deflects! Jango shoots again! Mace deflects again! Mace cuts off Jango’s head! Interesting move – what will Jango respond with? Oh, nothing. Damn, that was short – yet, in establishing Mace’s tough guy credentials, the brevity of the fight is all-important. Then comes the kicker. Especial kudos to Lucas for the blackly comic image of a distraught Boba picking up his dad’s helmet. Hands up who wanted Jango’s head to fall out, scarring the young lad for life? Shame on you!