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Porkins4real
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Ranking the Star Wars films
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1-Jan-2018, 3:15 PM

yhwx said:

yhwx said:

yhwx said:

  1. The Empire Strikes Back
    Everything is bigger and better. Plot and script are great. May be considered one of the best films of all time.
  2. Return of the Jedi
    The needed sequel to The Empire Strikes Back. You can’t have one without the other. I can tolerate some of the lower points of the film. Overall, a great end to the trilogy.
  3. The Force Awakens
    A modern film in all the good ways. I like the diverse cast, the script, and the plot. Rey is great. Edges out Star Wars for me.
  4. Star Wars
    A solid film. Not as good as the other ones, but still great. It is very important in that it introduces all the characters.
  5. The Phantom Menace
    A terrible, terrible film. Edges out the two other prequels because it’s at lease semi-entertaining in its badness. Also contains some questionably racist characters.
  6. Attack of the Clones
    Absolutely horrendous. Bad for the same reasons all the prequels are bad: A terrible script. The “romance” story is spectacularly bad.
  7. Revenge of the Sith
    Taken on its own, Revenge of the Sith may be the best of the prequels. However, it finds its place at the bottom of the list because it failed at what it was supposed to do: Tell the story of how the good man who was Anakin Skywalker turn to Darth Vader. The first two also failed at this, and the last one failing is just sad. If I removed this factor, I might have put Attack of the Clones here.

Updated ranking, which I am not completely satisfied with:

  1. The Empire Strikes Back
    This will always be the best Star Wars movie. Great plot, characters, and dialog.

  2. Star Wars
    I didn’t want to bump this one all the way down to the number five spot with my addition of Rogue One, so I bumped it up here.

  3. Return of the Jedi / The Force Awakens
    No extra thoughts.

  4. Rogue One
    I think I liked Rogue One more than the average Star Wars fan. A great plot with some standout characters make it a great film.

  5. The Phantom Menace
    At some points The Phantom Menace gets to the so bad it’s good point, so that at least makes it half-watchable, plus it doesn’t really have anything to do with the rest of the movies.

  6. Attack of the Clones
    Ugh.

  7. Revenge of the Sith
    No.

I’m probably going to stay away from posting for a while now. Goodbye.

New ranking:

  1. The Empire Strikes Back
  2. The Last Jedi
  3. A New Hope
  4. Return of the Jedi / The Force Awakens / Rogue One
  5. The Phantom Menace
  6. Attack of the Clones
  7. Revenge of the Sith

I hated that I had to do a three-way tie, but c’est la vie.

I take it you don’t speak french. A group of three is a ménage à trois. (;