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Post #951472

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Tyrphanax
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Ranking the Star Wars films
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10-Jun-2016, 4:35 AM
  1. Star Wars — Weaker than Empire in terms of story and depth, but totally self-contained and so much fun. I can just throw this on when I need a comfort film. 5/5 (in star Wars terms)
  2. The Empire Strikes Back — The strongest entry to date. In my world, definitely cinema’s strongest sequel. Expands the characters, sets up a big universe, introduces great new characters (My buddy Boba!) and locations, doesn’t take a dump on the romance, and has a whole new and deeper wonder to it than the first film. 5(.5?)/5
  3. Return of the Jedi — This is only so far up because of its place in the OT. The duel between Luke, Vader, and the Emperor save the film. The rest of it is rehashed or phoned-in. Feels like a contract film than the passion of Star Wars and Empire. 3/5
  4. The Force Awakens — Mostly interchangeable with Jedi. I’d definitely put it ahead of Jedi in terms of acting, writing, and fun, but Jedi edges it out because of its OT Status. Brought the magic and fun back, makes me grin like a giddy little boy. 3.5/5
  5. Revenge of the Sith — This is only as high as it is because of the potential of the basic story and the culmination of the story. It’s definitely the strongest of the PT, but it’s still weak. The gap between Jedi and Awakens is almost non-existant, the gap between Awakens and Sith is a good deal more than 12 parsecs. 3/5
  6. The Phantom Menace — I feel like this is the only PT film that has a Star Wars feel to it, because they used actual locations and props extensively. However, it’s also the only PT film that doesn’t really fit in the “Saga”. This is an Anthology film and nothing more. 3/5
  7. Attack of the Clones — This goes way down here because it’s frankly crap, especially when it should be one of the biggest and best films of the Saga. The Clone Wars we’ve heard so much about don’t start until the last quarter of the film, and then end in the next film. There was potential, and much like the entire PT, the basic story concepts are good but executed terribly. 2/5

The Holiday Special and the Clone Wars film I won’t count as The Holiday Special was TV-only, and the Clone Wars “film” was basically just two episodes of the show, one of which was one of the worst of the entire series and the other wasn’t particularly strong, there were arcs much more deserving of being in theaters than what was.

I still haven’t sat down and watched the Ewok films. I think that’s about it in terms of what’s out there.