The Last Words Of Every Fallen Star Wars Hero From The Prequel Trilogy

Even though they're controversial, the Star Wars prequels introduced fans to a lot of cool things in the franchise — complex lightsaber fights, more intel on the Jedi religion and culture, and amazing new planets, like Coruscant (which is one big city). But of course, the prequels also had their fair share of sad and tragic events. Like the original trilogy, the prequels retained the theme of war, and as with any war, there are casualties for the good guys. No fan wants to accept the fact that sometimes their beloved heroes might die in their favorite franchises, but it happens, and the Star Wars prequels are no exception.

One of the most interesting aspects of a hero's death is their last words before departing into the afterlife. Sometimes these final lines are optimistic, hoping that good will triumph over evil. In other cases, some of these last words are haunting, preceding tragic events. But whether these final lines inspire you or give you the chills, these are the last words of every fallen Star Wars hero from the prequel trilogy.

(Be warned — major spoilers below.)

Along with the death of Antidar Williams, we get the death of Maoi Madakor, who dies in the same explosion. Madakor is the captain of the ship that transports Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn to the Trade Federation vessel at the beginning of The Phantom Menace. From what we can tell, it seems that they didn't anticipate any violence when they boarded since they kept their ship in the docking bay without any defensive measures. In fact, Madakor is patiently sitting in her ship along with Williams when the Trade Federation decides to eliminate them with a ceiling turret.

Williams notices the turret turning towards their ship, so he cries out "Captain, look," at which point, Madakor commands, "Shields up!" Perhaps if they'd activated their shields in time, they would've survived the blast, but alas, they didn't react fast enough and were blown to smithereens. As movie lovers know, the opening scene is extremely important because it must hook the audience and set the tone for the rest of the movie and, in this case, the entire trilogy. The deaths of Madakor and Williams were George Lucas' way of starting off the prequels with action and seriousness.

Corde is one of Padme Amidala's maids and loyal friends. But before we talk about Corde's death, we need to back up a little bit. 

In The Phantom Menace, Princess Amidala is trying to leave Naboo and arrive at Coruscant to persuade the Senate to do something about the blockade and invasion befalling her planet. Amidala is aware that she's a target for assassination attempts, so she does something very clever — she swaps places with Sabe, another one of her maids. In fact, Padme has quite a few maids, and they follow her around everywhere and even look like her, so the body double idea pretty good strategy. In Padme's own words, "[Sabe] is my decoy, my protection, my loyal bodyguard."

Padme uses this trick again in Attack of the Clones, but this time, it's with Corde. In the opening scene, Padme flies to Coruscant and lands her ship. Seemingly, all is safe, but right then, an assassin blows up the vessel. At first, it looks like Padme was caught in the explosion, but it was in fact Corde posing as Padme. The real Padme comes to Corde's side, and that's when Corde gives her last line: "I've failed you, Senator." Well, Corde, we completely disagree. We believe you succeeded in protecting Padme's life. We're just sorry you had to die in the process.

Mace Windu, frankly, was an awesome character who deserved more screen time, and it's a total shame that he had to die. It makes sense, though. At the time of his demise, Windu was one of the most powerful Jedi around, and there's just no way Palpatine could've established his empire with Windu alive.

Near the end of Revenge of the Sith, Anakin reveals to Mace Windu that Sheev Palpatine, supreme chancellor of the Galactic Senate, is in fact a Sith. Immediately, Windu takes a small cadre of Jedi to arrest Palpatine, but it essentially escalates into an assassination attempt ... one that massively backfires. Palpatine, who's incredibly skilled with the Force, quickly kills everyone except Windu.

Amazingly, Windu eventually gets the upper hand on Palpatine. It's here that a misled Anakin Skywalker interferes, insisting that Windu spare Palpatine. Windu rightly replies, "He's too dangerous to be left alive!" We completely agree, Windu. But unfortunately, Anakin chops off Windu's arm before he can kill the wrinkled, old Sith. After that, Palpatine blasts Windu into the air with Force lightning, and that's the end of Mace Windu. To think, the entire Star Wars saga could've been resolved right then and there had Anakin not been so horribly manipulated.

Shut your eyes and cover your ears because this is easily one of the darkest moments in the entire Star Wars franchise. Near the end of Revenge of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker has fully embraced the Dark Side, and he's on a mission to slaughter the Jedi. One would hope the Younglings at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant would be excluded, but tragically, they're also on Anakin's hit list.

While clone troopers kill Jedi throughout the galaxy under Order 66, Anakin Skywalker heads to the Jedi temple and finds a group of young Jedi hiding. They foolishly approach Anakin, believing he's still on their side. One boy named Sors Bandeam asks, "Master Skywalker, there are too many of them! What we are going to do?"

Of course, Anakin isn't there to save them from the clones. The Jedi turned Sith is there to massacre them, which is exactly what Anakin does. Mercifully, this happens off-screen. This horrifying moment serves to show us just how far Anakin has fallen to the Dark Side. He, indeed, is Darth Vader at this point, in all of his evil.