"Rank the Star Wars Films

[Brianman90]

This is easy,
1)A New Hope

2)Empire Strikes Back

3)Return of the Jedi

4)episode 3 gets an OK at BEST and 1&2 suck and never should have been done, totally aimed at kids and not the kids who grew up with the original 3!! I felt very let down after all the hype. Even the re issues of the first 3 were way better! Don't mind me but they were better when I was growing up and still are.

[hwbs]

Empire...new hope ..and return of the jedi....other ones don't exist to me

[Ecstatic]

There were six? Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope wasn't tacked on until its 1991 re-release) and The Empire Strikes Back are galaxies far, far away better than any of the remaining four films. In many ways Empire was indeed better written, directed, and acted (and had a much bigger budget; the original was made for only $11 million and, adjusted for inflation, is the second-best selling film of all time as of 2010). But it was incomplete, demanding the continuation of Jedi, which was flawed (though not nearly as badly as the prequel trilogy).

Star Wars was a complete movie; it did not require a sequel. While the acting (sans Sir Alec Guinness) was stiffer than Empire or Jedi, it had humor (often overlooked or poorly handled, as with Jar Jar Binks) and followed the full cycle of the Hero with a Thousand Faces (Campbell). And in 1977, it was a revelation; with the sole exception of 2001, no previous SF movie hit the high notes Star Wars struck (though I've always been a fan of Forbidden Planet, which took its form from The Tempest rather than Campbell and which was the previous high water mark imho).

[TheGuard]

V
iv
iii
vi
ii
i

[Ecstatic]

BTW, this thread should have a poll!

[msbhaven]

BTW, this thread should have a poll!

Done!

[jimbo1974]

Say this like Roy Hodgson, and its an entirely different question

[GIJedi]

The Star Wars Saga has had a huge impact on my life since I first saw Star Wars in the summer of '77 with my Father when I was just Six years old. When the SE's released in '97, I took my Seven year old Son on opening night for all three, we both sat at the edge of our seat with our mouths open in awe, there is some magic in the story that still rings true today. BTW, Star Wars became Episode IV when it re-released in '78.

I admit that Lucas has seemed to have lost touch since the end of Jedi and has made a few mistakes in dabling with Original Trilogy. Jar Jar has got to be one of the most hated characters on in the Star Wars Universe, replacing Sebastion Shaw at the end of Jedi with Hayden, Ewoks, Hayden, and let's not get into the who shot first debate.

As far as my rankings:

1) Empire Strikes Back-This is the strongest of all the movies.

2) A New Hope-The movie that changed movies as we know it forever, a genre defining film that still rings true today.

3) Revenge of the Sith-The fall of the Jedi and the Republic and getting to see Anikin's whiney ass get beat down by Obi Wan, finally.

4) Return of the Jedi-Everthing comes full circle, I agree that Lucas should stayed with the Wookie idea.

5) Attack of the Clones-Yoda was a real badass.

6) The Phantom Menace-Weakest of the six, but still had it's moments.

[south ov da border]

Empire was the best one of all of them. There were good scenes in all of them, but all together Empire. Also There were some things that they did that could have been left out, Jar Jar, Bringing Han back for the Return movie, etc.

[alpha2117]

Empire - It stands up as the best film to re-watch
New Hope - It really was groundbreaking
Sith - Of the new trilogy it's the one with the most oomph

Clones - 4th by a fair margin
Jedi - other than the EWOKS it's okay but it feels like a retread of the earlier films
Menace - It looks fantastic and I'm not the hater some are but story wise it's a bit weak and Jar Jar just doesn't work.