Your post TLJ ranking of Star Wars movies

I (respectfully) disagree with the logic of the second ranking..Of course it’s a preference and all...

ESB doesn’t have a great story, and while rewatchable for the beginning third and ending third...that second act drags, and the story grinds to a halt. I think it must do that to be the movie it wants to be and makes the the other two acts pop, as well as all that awesome character work, but it is very slow and easy to lose the thread.

I legitimately despise TFA for being a letdown that is super derivative and based on an irritating assumption by JJ & KK’s that making Rey a god will make everyone forget they didn’t know how to make a sequel to OT with the hero of the OT, Luke Skywalker.

That said, TFA is super rewatchable. The story of discovering the galaxy 30 years later through the eyes of Boyega and Ridley, their characters, and their veneers, is pretty compelling. And I want to believe every time that Luke will show up and do something.

Also, no RO?

Jake Lloyd> Han & Chewie’s last ride?

Just saying.

Let me know where you think Solo fits into your list.. the early reviews....are kind of what I expected, mixed in the exact ways that will make the film unifying and maddening.

 

My current ranking:

1. The Last Jedi
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. A New Hope
4. Return of the Jedi
5. The Force Awakens
6. Solo
7. Rogue One
8. The Phantom Menace
9. Attack of the Clones
10. Revenge of the Sith

 

I might move some of the pieces around but I think you have the top 5 and bottom 5 right.
Rogue One has steadily moved down for me.

 

Stoically walks into the chatroom, saber hilt clipped to his rough hewn belt buckle. He unclips it and raises it to eye level. "This isn't going to go the way you think!" He yells as he ignites the blade, only instead of an epic laser sword a very mundane yellow domed umbrella sprouts from the grip. "Bring on the rain of hate!" And with that he plops down his series list.

1 - Rogue One
2 - The Last Jedi
3 - Empire Strikes Back
4 - Solo
5 - Revenge of the Sith
6 - The Force Awakens
7 - Return of the Jedi
8 - The Phantom Menace
9 - A New Hope
10 - Attack of the Clones

 

Just saw this response so sorry for getting back to you so late. I really liked Solo as it harkened back to the 1977 Original Film (The movies doesn't take itself too seriously and that is when SW works the best, IMO). Honestly, I can't rank the movies as one big list anymore because there are too many variables? Newsness? Nostalgia? Do they work with the Saga? Do they work on their own? I think the best way to rank them as is by each Trilogy and Standalones as that is probably the fairest way to compare:

OT
1. ESB
2. ANH
3. ROTJ

PT
1. ROTS
2. AOTC
3. TPM

ST
1. TFA
2. TLJ (This is fluid because Episode 9 is not out yet and could put a different perspective on many plot points).

Standalones
1. Solo
2. R1

 

My only question is why do you have Hope so low?

 

Even with nostalgia tinted glasses on it doesn't hold up in my opinion. Never liked OT Luke (grumpy Luke is best Luke) and prefer Alden Ehrenreich's Han to Ford's. For context, I grew up watching the original films on VHS with my dad but never caught any in theatres.

 

i think my list would look exactly like yours!
the only one i quibble a bit with is R1 & Solo.
when Solo comes out on video, i'll be able to see, by habit of watching, whether i prefer it over R1. : D

 

it's a shame that such a small number voted on this. with all the discord since December around here, it would actually be helpful to see the results with a few hundred members voting.

as it is, approx 40% having it in their top 3 and over 30% putting it in the bottom 3.. fascinating.

 

Here's a relatively recent pole done on Twitter where people got asked what they think of TLJ and the number of people who voted is big enough to consider these results reliable:


With time I'm sure the number of people who like the film will undoubtedly increase and in 2020 there will be a plethora of hot takes on "why The Last Jedi is the best film of the Sequel Trilogy" or something like that. Films that create such an outcry are always remembered, especially if they're as big as TLJ. It's unavoidable.

 

interesting numbers, although i have very little faith in what people say and tick on the internet. i have way more faith in the members here and would still love to see this exact poll answered by big chunk of our active members.

not sure if it's a good thing that 20k liked it, or a bad thing that over 6k didn't lol.
let's go with a 'bit of both'

 

Sorry, I couldn't resist. xD

 

i'm embarrassed to admit that i had 'something good, something bad, bit of both?' in my head when i posted.. could not think of the movie
[hangs head in shame]

 

Couldn't think of the movie...

 

My list always is changing but now it’s this.

1. A New Hope
2. Empire
3. ROTJ


4. TLJ
5. TFA
6. ROTS
7. Solo
8. R1
9. TPM
10. AOTC

I put a couple of spaces after the top 3 because I feel the three OT movies are far superior to the rest.

 

Mine goes a little like this:

1. Empire Strikes Back
2. The Last Jedi
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. A New Hope
5. Return of the Jedi
6. Solo
7. The Force Awakens
8. Rogue One
9. Attack of the Clones
10. The Phantom Menace

The toughest one for me is Return of the Jedi because I think the ending is just so phenomenal but the rest of the movie is meh. I feel similarly towards Rogue One, as well. TLJ, however, is a pretty easy #2 for me. It's just such a beautiful mess of everything I love. Made me feel like a kid again.

 

Another day, another list, but TLJ remains the same.


1. TLJ
2. ANH
3. TESB
4. ROTJ

5. TFA
6. Solo
7. RO



8. TPM




9. ROTS











10. AOTC

 

LMFAO Ewok movies are better than the ST films (mind blown)

Well, anywho here are mine


1. ANH

2. ESB

3. ROTJ

4. TFA

5. TLJ

6. SOLO

7. R1

8. ROTS

9. AOTC

10. TPM

11.TCW

 

1. ESB-The perfect Star Wars movie.
2. ANH-The one that started it all.
3. ROTJ-I have great memories of seeing this on opening day.
4. RO-Bummer of an ending but still a good film.
5. ROTS-The best of the prequels despite its flaws.

6. TPM-The excitement leading up to this film's release puts this film higher than it should be.
7. TFA-A good movie but it laid the ground work for marginalizing the OT characters.
8. Solo- Haven't seen it yet, this is a place-holder.-
9. TLJ- Sorry, I tried to like it, I really did.-
10. AOTC-Even this movie had it's moments but the love story was ill-conceived.