Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (J.J. Abrams, December 20, 2019) Movie • Page 22

I’m gonna have to rank these in a liner notes one week.

 

My top 2-3 films changes every time I rewatch them. Empire is always first but the next couple I switch around constantly. And then at the bottom is Attack of the Clones forever and always.

 

Empire
TFA
ANH
ROTJ
TLJ
R1
Solo
Sith
Phantom
Clones

 

Empire > ROTJ > ANH > TFA > TLJ > R1 > Solo > ROTS > TPM > AOTC

 

At least most people agree that Empire is #1 and AOTC is last. That’s what matters.

 

Empire
A New Hope
The Last Jedi
Return of the Jedi
The Force Awakens
Solo
Rogue One
Revenge of the Sith
The Phantom Menace
Attack of the Clones

 

I need to watch the prequels again to get a clearer ranking but I just can’t do it, even ROTS

 

The prequel ranking you posted is the correct one so you good

 

(Great)
TFA
R1
ESB
(Good)
ANH
ROTJ
(Above average)
TLJ
Solo
ROTS
(Decent)
TPM
AOTC

 

scorching hot take to even call AOTC decent imo

 

I may never watch the prequels or solo again. I'll def watch all the others with some regularity.

 

I enjoyed Solo but if 10 years wnt by before the next time i saw it i probably wouldnt notice

 

Granted, there is A LOT bad about The Phantom Menace, but I don't think anything in Revenge of the Sith comes close to the lightsaber fight with Qui Gon, Obi Wan & Darth Maul at the end of TPM. For me personally, the fight between Obi Wan & Anakin at the end of ROTS isn't even in the same league.

(My brain blocks out the fact that it is intercut with scenes of that silly CGI clusterf--- of a battle between aliens and robots.)

 

I f---ing love this!

 

The way I see it, all 3 prequels are bad enough that the order doesn't really matter that much. And, because of how bad they are, I personally rank 'em purely based on the highlights, regardless of consistency.

I think that's why I prefer Phantom over Revenge. Like, all 3 are bad enough that I'll never sit through any of 'em again for the rest of my life. So, while Revenge is in some ways more consistent, it's still awful, and a Phantom highlight reel would be better than a Revenge highlight reel.

Anyways, if we're doing tiers, for me personally...

Great: Empire, New Hope, Last Jedi
Good: Rogue One, Force Awakens
Unfocused but still good: Return of the Jedi
Forgettable: Solo
Bad: Phantom, Revenge, Clones

 

Kinda off note but I enjoyed the Yoda/Sidious fight in ROTS more than the Anakin/Obi-Wan

 

Solo wasn’t as bad as people make it out to be. I liked it more than most Marvel movies.

 

Yeah I just saw Solo a week or two ago and for all the hate it got, I quite enjoyed it

 

Yea, I really enjoyed Solo. I watched it again when I bought the Blu-ray and it still held up. I don’t love everything in there, but it’s still at better than it should have been considering all the BTS drama.

 

I kind of hated and still loathe every second where a CGI Yoda is on the screen flipping and bouncing all around. I don't think the CGI version of him had the soul that the puppet version did.

I do admit that this could very well just be my bias having grown up watching Sesame Street and Jim Henson stuff.

In my opinion, having him fight like that was ill advised. I would have simply had him be so skilled and powerful that he was able to overcome and defeat larger and more physically imposing enemies.

 

I feel like the prequels are a result of the time period that they were made in. CGI was vastly improving and it was exciting so Lucas was so preoccupied with whether or not he could, he didn’t stop to think if he should.

A lot of the stuff like CGI gymnastic Yoda is a result of this.

 

TLJ
TFA
ROTJ
Empire
ANH
After that, it’s all kind of jumbled. Shoutout to the few of us here who have fun with the prequels ha. Also, this reminds me I need to reread the ROTS novelization.

 

we definitely don't need to analyze the prequels in here lol they are very bad let's leave it at that and discuss other things

 

I don't think I've ever met someone who ranks ROTJ above Empire and/or ANH before.

 

I go back and forth on ROTJ and Empire regularly. I watched ROTJ way more as a kid