Top 10 of All Time Part 35

Top 10 Famous Self-Sacrifice Scenes

10. James Kirk's Sacrifice (Star Trek: Generations, played by William Shatner)

• Sacrifice: Killed by Tolian Soran (played by Malcolm McDowell)

9. Obi-Wan Kenobi's Sacrifice (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, played by Alec Guiness)

• Sacrifice: Killed in a duel with Darth Vader (played by David Prowse, voiced by James Earl Jones)

8. Data's Sacrifice (Star Trek: Nemesis, played by Brent Spiner)

• Sacrifice: Dies in the Schimitar, which becomes destroyed.

7. Brom's Sacrifice (Eragon, played by Jeremy Irons)

• Sacrifice: Mortally wounded by Durza (Robert Carlyle).

6. Ellen Ripley's Sacrifice (Alien 3, played by Sigourney Weaver)

• Sacrifice: Dives into the furnace just as the Alien queen begins to burst from her chest.

5. Neo's Sacrifice (The Matrix Revolutions, played by Keanu Reeves)

• Sacrifice: Becomes a Smith clone and a burst of energy from the machine into Neo's body into the real world, causing the Smith clones alongside with Agent Smith to be eradicated from the Matrix.

4. Yue's Sacrifice (The Last Airbender, played by Seychelle Garbriel)

• Sacrifice: Goes into the pond and seperates her and the Moon Spirit to revive the koi fish.

3. Harry Stamper's Sacrifice (Armageddon, played by Bruce Willis)

• Sacrifice: Dies in the explosion that destroys the asteroid.

2. The Terminator's Sacrifice (Terminator 2: Judgement Day, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger)

• Sacrifice: Lowered down in the lava pit and gives the thumbs up to John Connor (played by Edward Furlong) because his technology cannot be used to create Skynet.

1. Darth Vader's Sacrifice (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, played by David Prowse and voiced by James Earl Jones, masked and played by Sebastian Shaw, unmasked)

• Sacrifice: Electrocutes Emperor Palpatine (played by Ian McDiarmid), falling to his death in the new Death Star. Becomes mortally wounded, is unmasked by his son Luke Skywalker (played by Mark Hamill) and dies in his arms.

Honourable mentions: Vesper Lynd's Sacrifice (Casino Royale, played by Eva Green) and Zordon's Sacrifice (Power Rangers in Space, played by Bob Manahan)

• Vesper's Sacrifice: Locks herself in an iron-frame lift, causing her to drown as the Venesian building sinks.

• Zordon's Sacrifice: Andros (played by Christopher Khayman Lee) shatter his energy tube, allowing his good energy to wipe out the United Alliance of Evil, killing several villains in the process and purifying villaims such as Rita Repulsa (played by Carla Perez, voiced by Barbara Goodson), Lord Zedd (played by Ed Neil), Divatox (played by Hilary Shepard Turner) and Astronema (played by Melody Perkins).