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textooine
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Ranking the Star Wars films
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13-Apr-2016, 11:01 PM

*Disclaimer: It’s merely my opinion

  1. STAR WARS (My favorite film of all time. Lucas at his best. Most satisfying ending in the series. Stands on it’s own as story, I don’t think you can say that for any other Star Wars picture. )

  2. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Yoda, Lando, Boba Fett, and Emperor Palpatine introduced. Imperial March. Maybe the best lightsaber duel in the series. An actual surprise in Vader’s revelation to Luke. One of the rare times a sequel is as satisfying as the original.)

  3. RETURN OF THE JEDI (Han’s rescue and Jabba’s palace sequence, non Special Edition, is great. I don’t mind the ewoks, but it’s the Imperial trap and subsequent space battle along with Luke and Vader’s duel in the Emperor’s throne room that make this one for me. Does have the weakest ending of the original trilogy however.)

  4. REVENGE OF THE SITH (I think it cleans up some of the mess from the earlier prequels. Lightsaber duels galore. I like the ending which is a call back to the original Star Wars.)

  5. THE FORCE AWAKENS (This one may rise in time but I cannot see it as being better than any film in the original trilogy. Really like Rey, BB-8, and Kylo - in his mask. Shot on film too. A lot to like, but…Basically a reboot of A New Hope. Music also not as strong as even the prequels, which may the best part about the prequels. Some non Star Wars feeling aliens, to me anyway. Also the least Star Wars like ending. Not really a self contained story as the original film was. However this one does get better with each viewing for me and depending on how it fits in the new trilogy it could be more satisfying but again this is a basic complaint that it relies too much on what comes after.)

  6. THE PHANTOM MENACE (In my opinion, and whatever one thinks of George Lucas, it was somewhat audacious to even set out to make a trilogy to perhaps the most beloved film franchise of all time. Even more, this was a prequel where everyone who saw the originals knew exactly where the story was going, and it manages to feel very different and fresh from the original trilogy. Also shot on film, looks the best of the originals. A very flawed film with some good new characters (Maul) and some horrid (JarJar), but the Duel of the Fates sequence, music and action, is great. Killed Maul off far too soon- Clone Wars notwithstanding. Weakest ending of the saga.)

  7. ATTACK OF THE CLONES (Questionable on many fronts. The romance seems forced and hokey. The Jedi council is blind and foolish but this does not seem to be a deliberate story choice. It’s almost like they want Anakin to turn to the darkside, in fact having a member of the Jedi council secretly in league with Sidious would have done a better job explaining their blindness. I like the planet Kamino, but not the Jango Fett plotline. It’s still Star Wars but the least satisfying episode thus far.)