Ranking the six Star Wars films

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1. Empire Strikes Back. A perfect sequel to a great film. Develops the characters further, adds to the story and lore, up the ante on effects and action scenes, much better direction, writing, acting, and music. One of the best films ever made.

2. A New Hope. A fantastic thrill ride from beginning to end. Likable characters, well paced, well shot, decently acted, and an incredible climax. Not to mention that it changed movies forever, and without it we would never have gotten movies like Alien, Blade Runner, the Star Trek revival, and too many other films to count. Held back only by a few oddities here and there, Leia's strange accent, and Luke's complaining in the first act.

3. Return of the Jedi. Though it has the feeling of a creativity drought here and there, the film still manages to be a great final film of the original trilogy. What the film lacks in character development, it makes up with character moments. It has the best confrontation between Vader and Luke, and has the best visual effects in the entire series. Jabba the Hutt is a fantastic villain, and a marvel of practical effects and puppetry. But it also has the Ewoks, and the beginning of Lucas' desire of making things Toyetic.

4. The Phantom Menace. It's really hard to find good things about this film. But, it still has a little bit of that flare that were in the original films, and still has a slight spark of the fun as well. The Pod Race scene is great fun, and can be pretty exciting. The final light saber duel is also quite spectacular, and fun to watch. Other than that, the characters are boring, and completely disinterested in what they're doing. The story is a jumbled mess, that hardly makes any kind of sense. The effects are cartoonish, and not convincing in the least. And as a whole, the movie is just boring. At least the music is fantastic.

5. Revenge of the Sith. Even harder to find good things about. Really, the only thing I can think of is the opera scene with Anaken and Palpatine. It was interesting, atmospheric, and actually added some to the lore. Oh, and Ian Mcdiarmid, he completely steals the show, hamming it up to the tenth degree and loving every moment of it. A joy to watch on screen, and the only character in the prequel trilogy to have some passion. As for the rest, a complete waste. George had three movies to get it right, and he never did. Stupid characters, action scenes that drag on and on becoming boring, character motivations make no sense, more stupid characters. This movie just makes me mad.

6. Attack of the Clones. No, there's nothing good about this one. At all. There is not a single good frame of this film. George took every opportunity to destroy the series he created, and every character within this film that was also in the original trilogy is ruined because of this film. But the biggest crime this film commits is that Christopher Lee, rest his soul, is completely wasted, and serves little to no purpose. I really despise this film.