In Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Beckett declares a state of emergency to suspend rights to assembly, habeas corpus, legal counsel, and verdict by jury of peers, so of course him being killed is epic

Boy I sure hope no imperialist ruler of mine declares a state of emergency to suspend rights to assembly, habeas corpus, legal counsel, and verdict by jury of peers. Somebody might try to emulate this scene to bring about an epic death to this hypothetical real world imperialist ruler!