captainsolo said:

Nearly any moment in SW could be considered one, primarily due to the way the film was cut. There's an undeniable energy to even the slightest of gestures that makes the thing feel so incredibly alive. This is what really makes ESB and ROTJ seem different.

No kidding. This is why I love watching the Puggo Grande so much - it really allows one to focus on the energy of the editing. This is such a kinetic movie from start to finish - and the death star finale is a virtuoso piece of work. Sometimes I wonder if it's notable that this was edited by a woman...as rousing as this whole ending is, it's also very elegant, and I think that energy really puts the sequence over the top. Every single time Han shows up, I'm floored. And the old FX is so perfect - yeah, it's a big battle, but the ships always have a bit of that 2001-style "drifting" quality to them. The SE dogfight work is so...not elegant.

This energy is also why I think Star Wars works best when it's removed from any notion of a saga. I love the PG so much because it takes me to a place where Star Wars was just another movie, the new one from that American Graffiti guy. And the great leap from his previous work was largely in the editing.