In a peak climactic moment of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith, Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson) and the accompanying Jedi announce Chancellor Palpatine’s arrest, prompting the secret Sith Lord to reveal his red-bladed weapon and literally spin forward to kill the surrounding Jedi before going mano a mano with Windu.
This could have been the end of Palpatine’s oppressive reign had Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) not sliced off Windu’s hand in defense of his new master, giving this surprising sight of Galactic Empire’s future leader in action a devastating conclusion with the birth of Anakin’s new title: Darth Vader.