Ranking the Star Wars films — Page 173

Rodney-2187 said:

If The Mandalorian continues to impress at this level, it may eventually become my favorite Star Wars of all, even more so than the movies.

Definitely up there with Star Wars and Empire for me. It’s simple enough storytelling, and that’s part of why it’s so compelling. The parent and child dynamic is so quintessential to Star Wars, except now it feels more relevant to real life.

The Clone Wars finale, the Star Wars Rebels finale, and Rogue One are my other favourite pieces of Disney era content and as a matter of fact they’re ALL ‘up there’. If you ask me, it’s a great time to be a Star Wars fan.

Rodney-2187 said:

I thought it was time for an update.

Master list:

1. The Mandalorian
2. Rogue One
3. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
4. Star Wars (1977)

Wow, Chapters 13 and 14 must have made it for you, Rodney! Congratulations to The Mandalorian on being bestowed the great honour of being #1 on Rodney’s favourites list.

It’s close, for me. Behind Empire… for the moment.

It fluctuates for me over time . Here are my current rankings of the live action films

The Empire Strikes Back ( This one never changes and will always be my #1 )
Star Wars
Return Of The Jedi
Rogue One
The Last Jedi
The Force Awakens
Solo
The Phantom Menace
Revenge Of The Sith
Attack Of The Clones
The Rise Of Skywalker

Mine have fluctuated a bit I think, I’ve become less keen on the sequels over time. I’ve also become less keen on The Mandalorian season 2 so that’s dragged the show down a little in my rankings.

Movies:

• Star Wars
• The Empire Strikes Back
• Return of the Jedi
• Rogue One
• Solo
• Revenge of the Sith
• The Force Awakens
• The Last Jedi
• The Phantom Menace
• Attack of the Clones
• The Clone Wars
• The Rise of Skywalker

Series:

• Rebels
• The Clone Wars (2008-2020)
• The Mandalorian
• The Bad Batch (s1 at least)

Still haven’t finished watching Clone Wars (2003), Resistance, or Droids.

Personal Ranking:

1. A New Hope (Star Wars)
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Return of the Jedi
4. Revenge of the Sith
5. Rogue One
6. The Phantom Menace
7. Attack of the Clones
8. The Last Jedi
9. The Rise of Skywalker
10. Solo
11. The Force Awakens

Critical Ranking:

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. A New Hope (Star Wars)
3. Return of the Jedi
4. The Phantom Menace
5. Rogue One
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. The Last Jedi
8. The Force Awakens
9. Attack of the Clones
10. Solo
11. The Rise of Skywalker

My rankings have changed too.

Skywalker Saga:

The Phantom Menace
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Attack of the Clones
Revenge of the Sith
A New Hope
The Last Jedi
The Rise of Skywalker
The Force Awakens

Spinoffs:

Rogue One
Solo

TV Series:

The Clone Wars
Rebels

Attack of the Clones has become one of my favourite films in the series. It’s not perfect by any stretch but every time I watch it I discover new layers. I also enjoy the slower and meditative pacing as it gives you lots of time to reflect and absorb the atmosphere.

I’m also leaning The Rise of Skywalker slightly over The Force Awakens. I think The Force Awakens is better made but I find myself enjoying more scenes in The Rise of Skywalker, namely the Aki Aki Festival with the children and puppet show and the training montages. Context aside these things are pretty fun to watch.

I hope one day soon I’ll feel less cynical about Disney Star Wars. I miss being engaged but it’s so different from George’s Star Wars that it just doesn’t have the same feel and desire to tell stories but instead seems like nostalgic tales. I think it’s why I’m cautiously optimistic about Visions. It feels like it could be more.

My rankings

The Movies

1. Return of The Jedi
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. A New Hope
4. Rogue One
5. The Rise of Skywalker
6. The Force Awakens
7. Revenge of The Sith
8. The Last Jedi
9. Attack of The Clones
10. The Phantom Menace
11. Solo

TV shows

1. Rebels
2. The Mandalorian
3. The Clone Wars
4. The Bad Batch
5. Resistance

The Clone Wars Series
The Original Trilogy is tied
The Last Jedi (The majority of the comedy wasn’t that consistent with the rest of films but other than that it was really fantastic to me)
Clone Wars Micro Series
The Force Awakens

Unsure:

Solo (I’ve eventually got to rewatch this again)
Rogue One (Same with Solo)
The Prequel Trilogy (I really love the what spawned from them (novels, cw, lore, etc) though otherwise not for me)
I haven’t seen The Rise of Skywalker and kinda don’t plan to.

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
A New Hope (1977)
The Return of Jedi (1983)
Revenge of the sith (2005)
The phantom menace (1999)
Attack of clones (2003)
Sequel trilogy (2010s)

MalàStrana said:

For one last time, Skywalker/Palpatine Saga only:

1. A New Hope : 10/10
2. The Empire Strikes Back : 10/10
3. Clone Wars (micro series) : 9/10
4. Return of the Jedi : 8/10
5. Revenge of the Sith : 7/10
6. The Phantom Menace : 5/10
7. Attack of the Clones : 4/10
8. The Last Jedi : 3/10
9. The Force Awakens : 2/10
10. The Rise of Skywalker : 0/10

I just cannot fathom how Kennedy, who is a skilled producer and a very intelligent woman, could have produced such non sense. Something went wrong with the ST from its very root, I don’t know how to explain… or maybe I don’t really care now. I feel Adam Driver’s pain: such a good actor in such a mess…

To sum up:

1. OT
2. PT
3. ST : but I just want to forget this trilogy.

So real ranking:

1. OH : Original Hexalogy

See you all. Have fun. I’ll probably come back from time to back to check out OT hybrid cuts and a ROTS conservative edit.

After rewatching the ST with proper fanedits, my ranking doesn’t change much:

The good ones (lucky me that’s they actually form a complete narrative):

1. A New Hope
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Return of the Jedi
4. Revenge of the Sith
   (with Clone wars 2D it’s a perfect run: 5 high quality flicks to get to the heart of the Saga)

The “it’s still kinda OK” ones:
5. The Phantom Menace
6. The Last Jedi

The “it’s really getting difficult” ones:
7. Attack of the Clones
8. Rogue One

The “I can no longer say something even remotely nice about” ones:
9. Solo
10. The Rise of Skywalker
11. The Force Awakens (this one truly is unwatchable: cheap, uninteresting, déjà vu… the matrix of everything which is wrong in the nostalgia trend which has plagued modern cinema)

I can finally put SW behind me 😃

Next time I’ll follow my own advice ahah 😄

^ That’s all very well, Mala. Though how can you put Star Wars behind you… not knowing your true feelings and rankings for the one and true Prequel Trilogy - the Holiday Special, Caravan Of Courage and Battle For Endor?!

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oojason said:

^ That’s all very well, Mala. Though how can you put Star Wars behind you… not knowing your true feelings and rankings for the one and true Prequel Trilogy - the Holiday Special, Caravan Of Courage and Battle For Endor?!

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ahah true 😄

For ranking those I’m waiting to watch them as they have always been intended, ie as a “Jedi supercut” (ROTJ + The ewok movies) and a “Death Star Supercut” (Rogue One, ANH and the Holiday special): when they exist in their final form just ping me 😃

I’ll still watch the new tv series beinùg released because they mostly are quite entertaining and kinda fun; just saying that after trying one last time the ST - with very nice fanedits: starlight, legendary and ascendant, which represent almost perfect cuts of each entry - I’m a bit burnt with it and I’l leave to rest for a while the original hexalogy; I have seen them so many times I need to wait a few years before revisiting them.