2 Best acting performances in each Star Wars Movie

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Star Wars Episode 1

1. Ian Mcdiarmid as Senator Palpatine/Darth Sidious
2. Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn

Star Wars Episode 2

1. Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
2. Christopher Lee as Count Dooku

Star Wars Episode 3

1. Ian Mcdiarmid  as Chancellor Palatine/ Darth Sidious
2. Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars Episode 4

1. Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi
2. Peter Cushing as Tarkin

Star War Episode 5

1. David Prowse/James Earl Jones as Darth Vader
2. Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker

Star Wars Episode 6

1. Ian Mcdiarmid as The Emperor
2. David Prowse/James Earl Jones as Darth Vader

[OSR stands with Israel]

Jar jar binks

lol

[OSR stands with Israel]

Star Wars Episode 1

1. Ian Mcdiarmid as Senator Palpatine/Darth Sidious
2. Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn

Star Wars Episode 2

1. Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
2. Christopher Lee as Count Dooku

Star Wars Episode 3

1. Ian Mcdiarmid  as Chancellor Palatine/ Darth Sidious
2. Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars Episode 4

1. Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi
2. Peter Cushing as Tarkin

Star War Episode 5

1. David Prowse/James Earl Jones as Darth Vader
2. Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker

Star Wars Episode 6

1. Ian Mcdiarmid as The Emperor
2. David Prowse/James Earl Jones as Darth Vader

Good list, I'd put Hamill in place of The Emperor in Return....it's got my favorite Luke/Vader scene, and not the fight.  It's when Luke surrenders and he and Vader are walking down a hallway talking.

My favorite seen is when The Emperor is seducing Luke to the dark side which makes luke use the force to grab his lightsaber to attack him which leads to the Vader/Luke battle.

[OSR stands with Israel]

To be honest, I'm really bad at assessing acting quality. I mean, I can tell the difference between Patrick Stewart and Tommy Wiseau, but I'm not comfortable making precise judgments on acting as I do for writing. I also tend to attach more importance to the latter when considering a movie as a whole.

Fair enough, but a good or entertaining acting performance goes a long way to save a bad line

Using Star Wars, while this is a trite and cliche line, the way Natalie Portman emotes it still makes it appropriately sad:   I am talking about of course "Anakin, you're breaking my heart"

And a good or serviceable line can be hampered if the actor comes off as wooden or too far over-the-top, the former is what lines given to Mace Windu become. I mean just imagine how this line could've come off if Sam Jackson's signature style was used. "You are under arrest,...my lord". Goodness, it'd probably be something like "You are UNDER AR-REST Jedif*&(!", definitely more appropriate for the scene.

I actually like episode 3 the best