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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 7530368" data-attributes="member: 6716779">From bottom to the top. Counting live action ones and excluding the Ewok movies (I have not seen them since the 80's to rate them). The Clone Wars. If you thought the Phantom Menace was the worst Star Wars movie you would be wrong. Cutting this movie down via fast forward to an hour or so makes it semi watchable. Bad hammy acting/love scenes and Yoda doing a Cameo as Sonic the Hedgehog a major downs. The Phantom Menace. This movie had two main things wrong with it. 1. Jar Jar Binks, and 2. Jedi Knights and we got Jedi monks. The sense of disappointment at the time was rather large putting it mildly as I watched the midnight screening in 1999 and was more disappointed than enraged. It also has a few redeeming points over The Clone wars name Duel of Fates theme, Darth Maul and the lightsaber fight at the end.  The Last Jedi. My main problem with this movie was it threw out a lot of plot threads established by The Force Awakens and mostly had very little if any emotional attachment to any of the characters. And there was a bit of stupid in there as well along with the main plot being somewhat moronic ( a chase scene- in Star Wars). Watched this movie twice, IDK if I'll watch it again will likely depend on how sober I am or if episode 9 is any good and I want to do a trilogy binge watch. Revenge of the Sith While the prequels attract a lot of hate, I thought RotS was the best of the bunch and tied things up reasonably nicely and it was a masterpiece of logic compared with the Last Jedi. Has a few emotional moment in it as well which the 3 movies below it kind of lack. Bonus points for a relative lack of Jar Jar. Return of the Jedi. Often lambasted as the worst of the Star Wars movies pre 1999 it turns out you can do a lot worst. Still one of the best space battles ever filmed. Also saw it at the theater when I was 5 or 6 years old with my brother- I was scared of Jabba lol. Solo A Star Wars Story. Critics did not mid it the fanbase seemed have turned on it. I quite liked it and it was essentially a love letter to the fans.  The Force Awakens. The main problem this film had was it was mostly a rehash of episode IV. While lacking originality perhaps that was what was needed after the prequel series. It felt like a Star Wars movie though although Rey comes across as a bit of a Mary Sue.  Not the actresses fault though more the writers but it means the emotional attachment is a bit less IMHO.  Rogue One. I liked this the best of the new Disney films and on a good day I might be generous and rate this and TFA over Episode IV. For a one and done deal I thought it was great, tied in well to Episode IV, good Vader cameo, and I liked  two leads and their sacrifice at the end of the movie. This makes you care about the characters and their story. You need that emotional attachment to the story/characters. All the good Star Wars movies, books, comics and games pull this off (KoToR, Thrawn, ). Star Wars: A New Hope.  The original and still one of the best (anywhere between 2-4 I think is fair). I was not alive in 1977 but I suspect this wold have been amazing at the time in terms of special effects. The story has held up well although it is a bit hokey in places now.  The Empire Strikes Back. Leia at her most badass, Vader unleashed, Luke at his most vulnerable, Fett, "I love you- I know" and "I am Your Father". The best Star Wars movie is also the one with the least George Lucas influence in it. No Ewoks, no whiny Anakin, and the tightest and most emotional connection to the story makes this the high point of the Star Wars film saga IMHO.</blockquote>

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