To be fair, the prequels make almost any movie look like a masterpiece of film-making, and with that said you can imagine my opinion of the prequels. Are we allowed negative numbers when rating those things?

ANH:90, this movie has its ups and downs, but since it was the 1st one we tend to forgive its misgivings.

ESB:92, this movie defined the Star Wars movies for the most part, and on top of that I would say that it was the most solid of the original 3. It did have its high points, but the lows never dived deep enough to bring the movie down like some of the things in RotJ.

RotJ:85, this one could easily be called both the best and the worst of the OT. When the highs were high, they were high, and when they’re low, well…Ewoks and a nonsense rescue plan. When I was a kid this one was my favorite simply because it has a space battle that has never been equaled since its release 32 years ago, in my opinion of course.

Now to the new one,

TFA:80ish, comparable to RotJ, but the highs weren’t as high while the lows weren’t as low. Still light years ahead of the prequels, though I do have a list of complaints that I can’t go into here.