Via Starwars.com:

1988’s Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman and directed by John McTiernan, is perhaps one of the greatest, but often forgotten, Christmas movies ever made. It’s thrilling and puts the hero through his paces. Willis stars as John McClane, an off-duty cop who finds himself in a hostage situation. His wife and a number of other executives are being held for ransom by the criminal mastermind Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman).

To add insult to injury, McClane isn’t even wearing shoes when the terrorist’s plan goes off, leaving him vulnerable in his effort to save the day.

I know you’re asking yourself, “What in the world could this possibly have to do with Star Wars?” But that tells me you may have forgotten a fantastic episode of The Clone Wars called “Hostage Crisis.” Instead of the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles, the scene was set in the Senate building of Coruscant. The major players are Cad Bane (in his first on-screen appearance on The Clone Wars) as the terrorist leader, and Anakin Skywalker as John McClane.

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