Han Solo- The John Williams soundtrack, Harrison Ford's acting, Kylo Ren's emotional conflict, the emotional impact, and Chewbacca's heartbreaking roar and subsequent furious rampage all culminate in an extremely good scene. Say what you want about TFA, whether you thought it was a travesty to SW or the best movie ever made, Harrison Ford as Han Solo brought his A-Game.
Count Dooku- "DEW IT"
Lord Qordis- Qordis is written, rather cleverly by Drew for the purpose Qordis is meant to serve, as an extremely contemptible character who more than anyone else is meant to represent everything wrong with the Brotherhood of Darkness, and everything from his hubris and cowardice to his disgusting physical mannerisms (cutting into his own palm and smearing his blood all over Bane's head... ew) only leads the reader to hate him more and more as the book progresses. It is thus extremely satisfying near the end of Path of Destruction when Bane not only kills him, but slowly, brutally, and casually crushes his body with the Force as he pleads for mercy.
Pre Vizsla- The fight scene building up to it, the brutality of the end of that fight, Vizsla upholding his honor in his final moments and accepting his defeat and death, Maul's ascension to the throne, and the thematic significance of Vizsla falling to his own blade and Vizsla's blade passing into the hands by which it will be used to kill Vizsla's most hated enemy.
Order 66 sequence- technically more than one death, but I'm counting it in a single slot anyways because its basically one long death scene for numerous Jedi. The cinematography of using such diverse locations, the emotional impacts of the deaths, and perhaps most importantly that killer John Williams score creates an extremely emotionally powerful and beautifully crafted scene.
Honorable mentions:
Agen Kolar- My heart sings every time I see Sheev run him through
Shaak Ti- Only Jedi I know to have three death scenes
Lucia- The image of Zannah's Force wave having her bounce up and down the hallway like a ping pong ball is extremely amusing to me for some reason.
Kopecz- A Sith fighting with a ton of arrows in the back of his neck and two spears skewered through his body in a last stand embracing death to escape eternal torment? Seems pretty legit to me.
Satine- The impact on Obi-Wan, the sadistic vengeful pleasure Maul derives from it, and Satine falling to the blade once wielded by her greatest enemy.
Ventress- One thing I can appreciate about Dark Disciple was that it brought Ventress's story to a close. She served her role as Dooku's apprentice, and her betrayal, revenge attempt, reconnection with her past, and finding a new place in the universe as a bounty hunter was an interesting character arc, but once she became a bounty hunter I felt like her character arc didn't have much left.
Castas- The way Aurra just non-chalantly shot him through the face after calling his name to get his attention, combined with Hondo's reaction ("Hey hey! Somebody scrape that guy off the floor! He sprung a leak"
was comedic gold.
Darish Vol- He leaves Ivaar Workan's room with his lightsaber whipped out to kill Abeloth... the next thing we see is Abeloth walking into Workan's room with Vol's severed head grasped in one of her tentacles... hilarious.
