# What is the best lightsaber duel in Star Wars?

> Choreographed set pieces sit beside quiet emotional fights, and some of the heaviest blows land in animated series. Prequel spectacle, original-trilogy weight and newer streaming duels all get a turn.

*By YPB Team · Published October 17, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-lightsaber-duel-in-star-wars*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Duel of the Fates** — score 1000/1000
   Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi take on Darth Maul in the Naboo reactor in The Phantom Menace, set to John Williams' choir.
2. **Dooku vs Anakin and Obi-Wan** — score 640/1000
   Count Dooku fights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Geonosis arena in Attack of the Clones.
3. **Yoda vs Count Dooku** — score 609/1000
   Yoda faces Count Dooku in the Geonosis hangar in Attack of the Clones.
4. **Ahsoka vs Vader in Rebels** — score 592/1000
   Ahsoka Tano confronts her former master Darth Vader in the Sith temple on Malachor in the Star Wars Rebels finale.
5. **Maul vs Obi-Wan in Rebels** — score 536/1000
   Maul and Obi-Wan Kenobi settle their feud on Tatooine in the Star Wars Rebels episode Twin Suns.
6. **Obi-Wan vs Anakin on Mustafar** — score 536/1000
   Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker fight across the lava planet Mustafar at the end of Revenge of the Sith.
7. **Obi-Wan vs Anakin in Obi-Wan Kenobi** — score 401/1000
   Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader fight again on Tatooine in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series.
8. **Luke vs Vader on Cloud City** — score 400/1000
   Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in Bespin's Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back, losing his hand and learning the truth.
9. **Ahsoka vs Baylan Skoll** — score 400/1000
   Ahsoka Tano fights Baylan Skoll in the Ahsoka series, in a duel that mixes the Jedi and the dark side.
10. **Finn and Rey vs Kylo Ren** — score 316/1000
   Finn and Rey fight Kylo Ren in the snowy forest of Starkiller Base in The Force Awakens.
11. **Mace Windu vs Palpatine** — score 316/1000
   Mace Windu duels Palpatine in his Coruscant office in Revenge of the Sith until Anakin intervenes.
12. **Luke vs Vader and the Emperor** — score 316/1000
   Luke Skywalker beats Darth Vader before the Emperor in Return of the Jedi, then refuses to turn to the dark side.
13. **Obi-Wan vs Vader on the Death Star** — score 215/1000
   Obi-Wan Kenobi lets Darth Vader strike him down on the Death Star in A New Hope.
14. **Rey vs Kylo Ren on the Death Star Wreckage** — score 215/1000
   Rey duels Kylo Ren on the wrecked Death Star in the ocean storm in The Rise of Skywalker.
15. **Ahsoka vs Anakin in the World Between Worlds** — score 0/1000
   Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker cross blades in the World Between Worlds in the Ahsoka series.

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