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Hazel Motes 12-18-15 12:13 AM

Rank the Star Wars films
 
For me:

8 The Clone Wars
7 Attack of the Clones
6 The Phantom Menace
5 Revenge of the Sith
4 A New Hope
3 The Force Awakens
2 The Empire Strikes Back
1 Return of the Jedi.

Throwing Copper 12-18-15 12:20 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 
1. Star Wars
2. Empire
3. Jedi
4. The Force Awakens (in the ballpark of original 3, though)

Don't give a shit about the other 3. Now dead to me.

Lt Ripley 12-18-15 12:38 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 
1. SW

2. Empire

3. Jedi or Awakens, need more time.

5+ Who gives a shit. Lame ass midichlorians.

Draven 12-18-15 12:49 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 
1. Empire
2. Force Awakens
3. New Hope
4. Jedi
5. ROTS
6. AOC
7. TPM

JesseCuster 12-18-15 02:59 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 
1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. A New Hope
3. The Force Awakens
4. Return of the Jedi
5-7. Utter shite/doesn't matter

Brack 12-18-15 03:03 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 
Love that everyone is acknowledging that The Clone Wars should be omitted from the other seven films without anyone actually pointing it out.

Jackskeleton 12-18-15 05:08 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 
Wait... 8? :confused: -other--screwy-

Ash Ketchum 12-18-15 05:46 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 
Mobile Suit Gundam
Space Battleship Yamato
Robotech
Galaxy Express 999
Captain Harlock, Space Pirate
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Message from Space


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stvn1974 12-18-15 06:36 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 
Star Wars
Empire
Jedi/Force Awakens

Being made to crawl naked across broken glass

Phantom Menace
Revenge Of The Sith

Walking in on your parents having sex

Attack Of The Clones

mhg83 12-18-15 08:07 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 

Originally Posted by Brack (Post 12674925)
Love that everyone is acknowledging that The Clone Wars should be omitted from the other seven films without anyone actually pointing it out.

Might as well include The Ewok Adventure movies :lol:

inri222 12-18-15 08:29 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 
1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Jedi

Saw half of The Phantom Menace once and shut it off. Done with Star Wars. Will not watch the rest of TPM, the other prequels or any future films.

TomOpus 12-18-15 08:33 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 

Originally Posted by inri222 (Post 12675007)
1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Jedi

Saw half of The Phantom Menace once and shut it off. Done with Star Wars. Will not watch the rest of TPM, the other prequels or any future films.

Seems to me you would really enjoy TFA but whatever.

TomOpus 12-18-15 08:36 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
The Force Awakens
Return of the Jedi


Sith
Phantom


Clones

johnnysd 12-18-15 08:45 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 
Empire (only great film)

Star wars

Force Awakens

ROTJ (saved by last 15 mins)

All the others are awful, impossible to distinguish piles of shit, though the last of the prequels is the least smelly

inri222 12-18-15 08:51 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 

Originally Posted by TomOpus (Post 12675010)
Seems to me you would really enjoy TFA but whatever.

Maybe I might but I will never know. I have issues with films that try to milk nostalgia for profit.

Brack 12-18-15 09:04 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 

Originally Posted by inri222 (Post 12675028)
Maybe I might but I will never know. I have issues with films that try to milk nostalgia for profit.

TFA does a little bit, but that's not the heart of the film to be honest.

rocket1312 12-18-15 09:42 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 

Originally Posted by Brack (Post 12675040)
TFA does a little bit, but that's not the heart of the film to be honest.

I disagree. At times it feels like a straight up remake of the original film.

As for my rankings:

1. Empire
2. Star Wars
3. Jedi
4. Force Awakens
5. Phantom Menace
6. Sith
7. Clones

I could easily make a case for swapping 3 and 4, but after one viewing, I just feel like the highs of TFA don't come close to the highs of Jedi. It doesn't have some of the extreme lows of Jedi either, but Jedi has the nostalgia factor on its side. Things may change after I see it again or after we see 8 and 9 and it's context becomes more clear.

Brack 12-18-15 09:54 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 

Originally Posted by rocket1312 (Post 12675081)
I disagree. At times it feels like a straight up remake of the original film..

Those times are less than a handful.

rocket1312 12-18-15 09:56 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 

Originally Posted by Brack (Post 12675094)
Those times are less than a handful.

Again, I disagree so completely that I can't even put it into words. I'm not going to belabor the point though. I want to see the movie again and let some time pass before I start bickering about it too much online.

Brack 12-18-15 10:01 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 

Originally Posted by rocket1312 (Post 12675102)
Again, I disagree so completely that I can't even put it into words. I'm not going to belabor the point though. I want to see the movie again and let some time pass before I start bickering about it too much online.

No need to bicker, I've seen A New Hope as much as any movie, and I just don't see TFA as a large copy of the original. Some plot devices, sure, but not so much that its not its own movie.

jjcool 12-18-15 11:35 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 

Originally Posted by Brack (Post 12675040)
TFA does a little bit, but that's not the heart of the film to be honest.

TFA does this a lot. At the expense of the new characters.

DVD Josh 12-18-15 11:42 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 

Originally Posted by inri222 (Post 12675028)
Maybe I might but I will never know. I have issues with films that try to milk nostalgia for profit.

So then, all films, ever. Gotcha.

Michael Corvin 12-18-15 11:46 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 
The Clone Wars? Since when is that a part of the discussion? Did I miss a memo?

dhmac 12-18-15 11:56 AM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 
The Clone Wars belongs on this list about as much as The Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor belong here.

(And I don't care that The Clone Wars "movie" got a theatrical release - it was Made-for-TV to launch the animated TV series and only at the last minute was there a decision to release it theatrically)

rocket1312 12-18-15 12:39 PM

re: Rank the Star Wars films
 

Originally Posted by DVD Josh (Post 12675231)
So then, all films, ever. Gotcha.

:hscratch: I don't necessarily share inri222's feelings on the subject, but your response makes no sense at all.


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