Veknoid Ranks the Star Wars Movies

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Veknoid_Outcast said:

I cannot focus at work today, so I decided to compose a list of the Star Wars movies. Because that's what I do when I'm bored  

I recently rewatched all seven mainline movies, and the spin-off Rogue One. Here are my thoughts.

 

8) Episode II: Attack of the Clones

 7) Episode I: The Phantom Menace

6) Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
5) Rogue One

4) Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Apart from suffering from a serious case of deja vu, The Force Awakens was a triumphant return to form after three poorly-made prequels. Yes, the movie relies on many of the beats of A New Hope, but unlike Rogue One, it makes up for all the call-backs and allusions by introducing complicated, sympathetic characters. There's Rey, a naturally gifted mechanic and linguist who's suffering under the delusion that her family will return for her. There's Finn, a turncoat Stormtrooper who's torn between self-preservation and loyalty to Rey. And there's Kylo Ren, a brooding, uncomfortable young man struggling with his family legacy and his desire for control. Director J.J. Abrams embraces practical effects whenever possible, giving the movie texture, and, with the help of Empire screeenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, pens a script full of humor and genuine emotion.

2) Episode IV: A New Hope
It's a classic for a reason. Inspired by Flash Gordon, The Hidden Fortress, and Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces, A New Hope is a story immediately understandable and relatable. A young man fulfills his destiny to rescue a princess and save the galaxy. Filled with ground-breaking special effects and sound design work, set to an all-time great musical score, injected with humor and suspense, and starring arguably the most memorable movie villain of all time, Star Wars is a movie for the ages.

1) Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
A movie's identity is wrapped up with its director, and so Empire Strikes Back, the best of the saga, shares the vision of Irvin Kershner, who said famously "I like to fill up the frame with the characters' faces. There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face." Thus Empire moved past the pulp origins of Star Wars and became a dramatic and emotional movie about real people, set in space. Sure, there's plenty of action in Empire — an armored assault on Echo Base, a high-risk escape through an asteroid field — but what makes Empire special is its more humble character development moments. Luke's training with Yoda is the emotional and philosophical center of the movie, with the budding romance between Han and Leia setting up incredibly romantic and, eventually in Cloud City, heart-breakingly somber scenes. The climactic scene with Vader's revelation and Luke's subsequent decision to destroy himself rather than turn is perhaps the defining moment of the entire Star Wars saga.

 

That's my list! What's yours?

I like your list, but the only change I would do is to put Return of the Jedi in third place, followed by the Force Awakens. Also, I hate the prequels, but I think Phantom Menace is the least horrible of them all and Revenge of the Sith is slightly less horrible than Attack of the Clones.

But those are the worst 3 movies ever made to me, because they had endless resources and made the most disgusting movies ever, I mean, nauseatingly bad.