Darth Vader and Palpatine for sure. Palpatine's death was so... artificial and anticlimactic. I was expecting a massive showdown between Vader and his Master, but... And Vader's death: horrible. Honestly. That was THE character in the series, and his death was portrayed in a way that would have been more fitting for a bantha.
Originally posted by Elite Hunter
How was Mace's death lame? He was about to kill Sidious when Anakin cut his hand off and then he got blasted out the window by FL by Sidious. It's kind of funny that you think his death was lame because before production of ROTS, Samuel L. Jackson told Lucas that he didn't want to Mace to go out "like some punk" so Jackson was happy with the way it played out. To each his own I guess...
Mace Windu, if I'm correct, is probably the second-in-command under Yoda himself. Cutting off an arm of his should have made as much difference as a truck hitting a mouse. Mace was no newcomer to pain, considering where he came from. And he practiced Vaapad. He would have been much better at handling a Dark Lord of the Sith than most other Jedi.
He deserved a better sendoff. Something more than a cut arm and some lightning...
There are a lot of deaths that I didn't like that I can understand the logic behind, as well as the purpose for the narrative.
For example, I hated the death of Gilad Pellaeon because he's my absolute favorite character, EU and otherwise. But I also understood that he was old and represented a threat to Caedus and the regime of the new Empire; so long as Pellaeon lived, there could never be a second imperium. So I understand the purpose of his death, even though I didn't like it. I guess, in some ways, that made the story powerful.
It's realistic. People we like will die, and though we hope that it's for some purpose (if death can ever be purposeful), it's likely a reason we don't understand. For rational purposes, some people die without reason.
And as for Palpatine's death, I thought it was fantastic. Looking back at the six films, it was easily the most powerful death in the saga. And the most important.
Maces death was a little disappointing, fair enough he had an epic dual with the dark lord of the sith, but then he slowly pulled his arm back and fell out of a window after getting a little shock (sarcasm and understatement intended).
Yoda's was also a little disappointing, but he was old...i was a kid when i saw RotJ first time and Yoda's death made me really upset...he should have gone out fighting, but there's only so much they could do with CGI back then.