Rank The Star Wars Films
 

I challenge the impossible to all die-hard fans, casuals, or like me somewhere in between. I ask you to do the impossible. It can change over time especially with VIII and IX still to come. Here is my current rank.

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

1,2, 6, and 7 will likely remain as it is even with two more entries yet to come. I feel that Sith is underrated if only for the Plagueis scene and the twin duels at the end. I enjoy the intro to Luke and Han but am displeased with Guinness getting his 'out' as a force ghost and it lacks some of the epicness that follows in the next two films. The still fresh Awakens has me wanting Ren to die not thinking he is an epic bada$$ like his forebearer because the bold move to make him intimating actually does the reverse for me. Still it is well done. Those three can shift. I bet VIII will be better than VII the way it left off.

V
iv
VI
VII
I
III
II

5
4
6
7
1
2
3

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

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

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

7- The Phantom Menace- So much wrong with this movie, and so boring at times. Best part was of course duel with Maul at the end.
6-Attack of the Clones- Huge improvement on Phantom Menace, still a lot of fluff and Anikan is just a whiny douche.
5-Revenge of the Sith- Finally witnessing what pushed Anikan to the Darkside. The payoff was ok, it could have been executed better than it was. Hated what they did to Padme though UGH.
4-A New Hope- The best in terms of a self contained story, a lot of character development and the character interactions are fantastic. Luke goes from some lame ass kid to the rebels' hero. Leia was a badass through and through.
3-The Force Awakens- A lot of new and different characters introduced to the mythos with their own great motivations and flaws. Ren is so torn and angsty and it works, as he should be. This is how Anikan should have been done with his inner conflict, not just flip a switch and join the darkside. Seeing Luke, Leia and Han Solo again was nice. Really good way to get back into the universe. The first Order Stormtroopers actually have good aim :o.
2-Empire Strikes Back-Lots of great character development and growth in this one. Vader is such a badass and the reveal of Luke and Leia's father is still great to this day. It was a ballsy move to end the movie with the bad guys winning.
1-Return of the Jedi- Luke becomes a Jedi and along with his allies they destroy the Empire and Vader sacrifices himself to save his son. Great ending to a great trilogy.

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

It's been ages and I have not seen every single one of them, mind you:

A New Hope
Empire Strikes back
Return of the Jedi



The Phantom Menace


Attack of the Clones


TPM and especially AotC were awful. Couldn't even bring myself to finish the latter. And I had rented it from the video store, so I should have made such an effort to make my money worth spending. After that, the franchise died to me. Not that I was ever crazy about it, anyway.

Has anyone seen the prequel Anti-cheese edits on YouTube? I haven't watched them all, but I did watch the Battle of Geonosis and it was amazing to enjoy without all that Threepio bull shat.

Return of the jedi
New hope
Force awakens
Empire strikes back
Revenge of the sith
Phantom menace (Darth maul was pretty cool)
Attack of the clones

-The Empire Strikes Back
-Return of the Jedi
-New Hope
-Revenge of the Sith
-The Force Awakens
-The Phantom Menace
-Attack of the Clones

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

V
iv
vii
vi
iii
i
ii

I'm surprised by all the Episode VI love. To me, that's where Lucas started slipping. Teddy bears, weaker dialogue, Death Star retread.

I do love the entire Tatooine segment though, Luke was so badass. And that loser Boba Fett meets his fitting demise.

I was surprised at how easily Awakens slotted for me immediately.

Empire
Jedi
Awakens
New Hope
Revenge
Phantom
Clones

I feel like Attack of the Clones should be separated into "Adventures of Obi-Wan on Kamino" and "The Remainder of Attack of the Clones" and then that second part should be jettison into the sun.

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For me it's kind of hard to separate the original trilogy, I guess I view it as one big movie maybe because I saw them all together as a kid while the rest have been separated by years between each one so the prequels are easy for me to separate though.

1- ANH- Sets everything up and I like the whole thing that this is a normal guy who by accident gets engulfed into an adventure and I love the concept. This is before "he's the last hope" any relation to Darth Vader, he's just a normal guy.
2- RoTJ - It has the final confrontation, and a great beginning in Tatooine and I love the Ewoks, **** the haters.
3-ESB- I don't get the internet's hard-on for this movie, I like it but it doesn't work without the other movies.
4-TPM- The most hated movie is my favorite prequel, while not as good as the originals it has the same sense of adventure ANH has.
5-AoTC- I loved this movie when it came out, I enjoy this movie but what kills it is all the terrible love scenes which none of them work with that terrible dialog.
6-TFA- I don't think it's a bad movie, it has plenty of good scenes but overall it doesn't do enough new for me to be able to rank it any higher. This movie is just kind of there.
7-RotS- I used to dislike this movie but over the years I've grown to like many scenes from the movie. Still the movie has more things I dislike than anything else.
8-TCW- Hey, it's a movie officially so we have to rank it. Four mediocre episodes stitched together. The show had much more to offer than this movie showed. A shame, I think if they had known it would be a movie in theaters they would've done things very differently and it could've been an epic clone wars movie.

If he was my father, I'd immediately sign up for foster care or ship him out.

Still waiting on seeing The Force Awakens but here's how I see it.

1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Return of the Jedi
3. New Hope
4. Revenge of the Sith
5. Phantom Menace
6. Attack of the Clones
7. Clone Wars

^It's already out right? What are you waiting for? :D I watched twice, planning a third one.

Anyway, about Jar Jar...


I hope he is indeed

It's been years since I saw some of them, but here goes:
1. ESB
2. TFA
3. ROTJ
4. ANH
5. ROTS
6. AOTC
7. TPM

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

Empire
New Hope
ROTJ
Force Awakens
Revenge of the Sith
The Phantom Menace
Attack of the Clones

Force Awakens and ROTJ are really tossups for me though. I love them both but fully admit that ROTJ was probably the weakest of the originals.

I'm not gonna do a list. I just want to share a controversial opinion in that I don't get the big deal about Empire. It's pretty good but so were the other two, and the more times I see it the more I just keep wishing Luke would get to Cloud City already.

Like yeah it's good and I like it fine but it's not like it even works as a stand-alone movie or anything, although not like anything after IV could anyway. I'unno, it's good but I never saw it as being on a whole other level compared to the others. It's got a lot of great things in it but they all do, even the Prequels have great moments. I guess maybe it has a better balance than the other movies? If so, that's fine, I just don't think it's so much better than the other two. I like them all about the same.

I feel you on that, for sure. It's great and all, and I'm not saying they should have done anything different, but the gang is split up the ENTIRE movie. Kinda missing that sense of camaraderie and adventure that IV had.

I think the reason Empire sticks in some people's craws is that it doesn't tell a complete story. I mean, wasn't it the first movie to have a cinematic cliffhanger?

Pretty ballsy move on their part.

I like Empire because of the Luke/Yoda interaction, the intense fight between Luke and Vadar, and it really did well adding characterization for Luke and Lando and started to build on both Han and Vadar beyond their static characterization. More could have been done especially with Han in that degree.

There was a sense of entertainment in every minute of the film that kept us interested and had a few cool sequences on Hoth, Han shooting at Vader, Han's final lines, the above mentioned duel. Like TFA it kept up wanting more immediately. That is really the best I can explain it.

I am surprised that Attack of The Clones is viewed lower than The Phantom Menace. Is it the forced romance to meet the plot of the original trilogy with actors that have no chemistry and Christensen having to like up to being a precursor of the most iconic villain in film with poor dialogue to work with?

That about sums it up. :lol:

At least Phantom Menace had Darth Maul, he's the only redeemable thing about the entire film despite having a short appearance.

Don't you forget about Liam Nesson. Both Maul and him were interesting characters, but after that fan film fleshed him out I am satisfied with a political alliance rather than actual apprentice with Count Dooku. I would be interested in seeing more of Qui-gon's journey through.

Alright, I'm gonna be one of the few who explains my ranking.

1. Empire Strikes Back: I love this movie so much because I didn't have this spoiled for me. I watched this when I was a kid and my jaw dropped when Darth Vader said he was Luke's father. While I do wish the trio was together more, the arcs were REALLY interesting. Plus, Yoda was perfect.

2. The Force Awakens: I loved it. The emotion, the nostalgia. It was great. The new characters were just as likable as the original ones, and having both made this movie truly great for me. It also has my favorite two scenes from the entire Saga (Rey grabbing the lightsaber/Rey finding Luke.).

3. Return of the Jedi: I think it simply comes down to the fact that this is the ending of the saga, and it's done pretty well. I was never bothered by the Ewoks, so I think that's a big factor. But the final confrontation of Luke and Vader is perfect. While this movie does sometimes switch with A New Hope as my 4th favorite, right now it's my 3rd favorite. My only main gripe is that there's a lot of missed opportunities for emotional moments (Leia having an 'oh ****' moment and realizing Vader's her father.).

4. A New Hope: I mean, this is a great movie, but it's really amazing when you watch it for the first time. I still love it, and it was the first Star Wars movie I had ever seen. After that, it's still great, but just not as good as the other two since the other two are more connected. My main gripe with this movie is the lack of Vader/Luke conflict. I get that this was before George thought of the idea of Vader being Luke's father, but it still brings the movie down when you compare it to the rest of the saga.

5. Revenge of the Sith: I loved this movie as a kid, and it still holds a special place in my heart. The first half of the movie (Besides the Anakin/Palpatine interaction) is just as bad as the other prequels... but then Mace Windu attacks Palpatine and **** hits the fan. Order 66 is one of my favorite scenes in Star Wars. And the "You were my brother, Anakin!" gets me a little bit every time. It's just a really powerful line, and that scene really sets the original trilogy up: it's the death of Anakin Skywalker, and it's also the death of Obi-Wan as well.

6. The Phantom Menace: *sigh* Here we go. This movie basically tops Attack of the Clones for one reason: there are more moments that I like. I hate the movie, but there are 'moments' that are good. the dialogue isn't as atrocious as it is in Attack of the Clones, and the fight with Maul is amazing in almost every aspect. Other than that, the rest is crap.

7. Attack of the Clones: This... This is literally everything wrong with the world. The romance is crap, the lightsaber battle is horse-****, and Anakin is just a little bitch. Even more, the movie LOOKS bad. At least Phantom Menace had a few sets. At least Revenge of the Sith had some pretty damn good CGI for its time. This just looks terrible. I can't stand it. Easily my least favorite. Its biggest positive is that it has one of the funniest moments in the saga.

"You wanna buy some death sticks?"
"You don't want to sell me death sticks."
"I don't want to sell you death sticks."
"You want to go home and re-think your life."
"I want to go home and re-think my life."

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