Space Battle Rankings

[Specter177]

After the amazing space battle in 'Be All My Sins Remembered,' I thought it would be cool to see what peoples favorite space battles were. My would be as follows:

1: Battle to retake DS9 (Sacrifice of Angels/ 6.06 STS9)
2: Battle of Asuras (Be All My Sins Remembered/ 4.11 SG:A)
3: Battle of Cardassia Prime (What You Leave Behind/ 7.25-26 STS9)
4: Battle of the Milky Way (Camelot-Flesh and Blood/ 9.20-10.01 SG-1)
5: Battle of Couresant (SW: Ep III)

[TheGreatLordGeorge]

i have never seen #4 but hands down sacrifice of angels is the best i have seen

[eviladam]

I couldn't give you a specific episode but I all ways loved the Babylon 5 space battles.

[Xicer]

The Battle of Babylon 5, The Battle of the Line, and that last battle that ended the Shadow War should definitely be on the list.

[Battera]

What about the battle of Antarctica? ...Does that even count though.

[EarthandBeyond]

The Battle of Babylon 5, The Battle of the Line, and that last battle that ended the Shadow War should definitely be on the list.

Will add a few Youtube vids, so others may see too:

Battle of Coriana 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8UmAD_rm_Q

The Battle of Babylon 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MipPH24q4yk

The Battle of the Line( speech): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbBRrK9Q-rw





And of course The video of what supposed to be the best Space Strategy game of our century: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhZQEvg1V0Y

[Jumper_One]

right now I think I'd go with

1) DS9: Sacrifice of Angels
2) SG-1: Camelot
3) SGA: BAMSR
4) B5: ‘Endgame’ battle
5) B5: Battle of the Line

What about the battle of Antarctica? ...Does that even count though.

and if LC counts:

1) DS9: Sacrifice of Angels
2) SG-1: LC
3) SG-1: Camelot
4) SGA: BAMSR
5) B5: ‘Endgame’ battle

[DigiFluid]

In no particular order:


ST: DS9 - "Sacrifice of Angels"
ST2 - Das Boot-style battle in the Mutara Nebula
SG-1 - "Camelot"
BSG - "Exodus, Part 2"
BSG: Razor - Attack on the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards
Serenity - Reavers/Alliance over Mr. Universe's planet
SW:ROTJ - Battle of Endor (space)
SW:ROTS - Battle of Coruscant

[Lord batchi ball]

I don't really know anything about B5 so I think the best battle is Reckoning

[1138]

1) Battle of Yavin, Star Wars. It's a pure battle between good and evil. The entire movie, which was packed with fantastic sights and phenomenal action, built up to the battle and the outcome was absolutely pivotal to all the heroes that the audience has come to love. It's very well edited and the pacing is superb. John Williams' soundtrack has not been surpassed by any other accompanying music.

I don't think any other space battle will ever come close. In the Star Wars series itself, the other battles are diluted with ground / lightsabre action (Battle of Endor, Return of the Jedi; Battle of Naboo, The Phantom Menace), which disqualifies them since this is about Space Battles, or do not have as much weight in the movie (Battle of Coruscant, Revenge of the Sith). The Asteroid Field in The Empire Strikes Back was a chase, not a battle (but was really cool nonetheless). In Babylon 5, the Battle of Coriana 6 was too philosophical (with it ending in a verbal confrontation with the First Ones). The battles in Star Trek DS9 aren't very good: they always play them up to be such epic affairs but the editing and pacing are no good.

2) Battle at the Mutara Nebula, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. This is a distant second but it was good. It was all about Kirk using his wits to defeat Khan, an enemy bent on revenge. The conclusion was also very satisfying in terms of pay off for the whole plot and the death of Spock was a very emotional thing.