Your ranking of Star Wars films - post TROS

Rise of Skywalker has replaced the Attack of the clones for me at the bottom. (Not including Solo) All those years we spent wondering what happens after Endor and it’s a complete let down to end the Sequel trilogy. I actually found myself unable to enjoy the first 20 minutes because it was so disappointing that this was the direction they were taking and I still havnt been able to watch right through for a 2nd viewing. I thought the force awakens was a good start and didn’t want it end when we see Luke on the cliff. And the last jedi really developed the Ben-Rey story that was the best thing about the trilogy buts it’s obvious the 2 directors had a completely different vision. Some of the dialogue in ROS is as bad if not worse as clones. I understand Carrie was a huge loss but they let sentiment get in the way of story and the scenes with Rey didn’t work for me I think the main fault lays with Disney. They had a release date and no writer/director. Compare to the care that was taken for the Avengers films. It’s very disappointing that this is what happened after the Endor celebration. I came out wishing they had left it alone.

 

ANH
ESB
ROTJ
ROGUE 1
ROTS
AOTC
TFA
TLJ
SOLO
TPM
TROS
TCW

 

Cheers,
Jayson

 

I have held off on this listing for 10 months because I didn't want to give a knee jerk reaction. In my listing below, I have tried to take each movie on an individual basis, but the fact is that my overall disappointment with the sequel trilogy makes me less likely to watch the movies from it that I do enjoy.

ANH
ESB
ROTS
ROTJ
TLJ
TFA
AOTC
ROGUE 1
SOLO
TPM
TROS

 

I quick update after watching TROS for the fourth time yesterday.

TESB-TLJ
ANH
TFA
ROTJ
TROS
SOLO-R1
TPM
ROTS
AOTC

Palpaptine in this movie is my favorite after the one in ROTJ. Even if I think that it was not a great idea to bring him back.

 

I'll probably get destroyed for this but here is my opinion.

#1 ESB

#2 ROTS

#3 ROTJ

#4 ANH

#5 TFA

#6 TLJ

#7 TROS

#8 TPM

#9 AOTC

 

Tough call once I get past the top 3. But when it comes right down to it I enjoy the deeply flawed ST a damned sight more than I enjoy the even more deeply flawed PT.

BUT... I sure am glad we've got them all.

ESB
ANH
R1
TFA
TLJ
ROTJ
TROS
ROTS
Solo
TPM
AOTC

 

My film ranking at this particular moment goes something like this:

1. Empire Strikes Back
2. A New Hope
3. Return of the Jedi
   1. I consider The Siege of Mandalore to be closer to an animated Star Wars movie than the actual Clone Wars movie. This is where I would rank it amongst the films.
4. The Last Jedi
5. Solo: A Star Wars Story
6. The Force Awakens
7. Revenge of the Sith
8. The Rise of Skywalker
9. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
10. Attack of the Clones
11. The Phantom Menace
12. The Clone Wars

 

ummmm... okay:


1. A new Hope
2. Return Of The Jedi
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Clone Wars (animated film)
5. Rouge One
6. Solo: A Star Wars Story
7. Episode II: Attack Of The Clones
8. Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
9. Episode I: The Phantom Menace
10. The Force Awakens
11. The Last Jedi
12. The Rise Of Skywalker

WYT?

 

Holy trinity in my book : ROTS ANH ESB

The rest changes depends on my mood. They all have their good, great and bad parts.

Dead last are TROS and TLJ and that wont change for a long time. Well depends on what Taika does tbh.

TLJ is incredible beautiful, but I personally despise the story decisions in that movie.
TROS is also beautiful to look at but the story is complete bantha poodoo (imo) and reads on paper like terrible fan fiction.

 

The best movie -- with which I mean art of sustained beauty, power and insight. But most importantly: vision and originality.

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

 

Thought I had posted my rankings unless it was another thread but..

The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
A New Hope
Rogue One
The Revenge of the Sith
The Force Awakens
Solo
The Clone Wars
Rise of Skywalker
The Last Jedi
Attack of the Clones
The Phantom Menace

 

My Ranking:

1. ROTS
2. TESB
3. RO
4. ANH
5. TCW (Movie/TV Series)
6. The Mandalorian
7. TPM
8. ROTJ
9. AOTC
10. TLJ
11. TROS
12. SOLO
13. TFA

 

The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars
The Last Jedi
Return Of The Jedi
The Force Awakens
Solo
Rogue One
The Rise Of Skywalker
The Phantom Menace
Attack Of The Clones
Revenge Of The Sith

 

Good list. Just curious, what's the reason for you putting RotS below AotC?

 

I prefer the opening and I like Obi-Wan in detective mode.

 

Agree.

Sometimes I don't know wich one I put in the last position. But I think about C3P0's factory scene and the dialogues between Anakin and Padme and voilà, AOTC at the bottom once again

 

Interesting, there's so many ways to rank these movies yet I think this might be the first time I've seen ROTS dead last on someone's list. (There's probably someone else in here that has it but... oh well.) I've even seen Empire and Star Wars ranked last before.

 

It wasn't always like that.

Spoiler

Like most people I considered ROTS at the summit of the prequel trilogy simply by default thanks to finally depicting Vader turning to the dark side and helping the Emperor hunt down and destroy the Jedi (although it wasn't really a "hunt"). It was always close between the three of them.

But over the years I've grown to like The Phantom Menace for its naivety even though its poorly plotted and feels half hearted a lot of the time. The pacing of AOTC's first acts and Obi-Wan discovering Kamino and Jango are still formidable even though everything else is a mess. Revenge Of The Sith is just dull throughout, in my opinion. After a while even the celebrated ending sequence of Vader being "born" while Padme is buried began to feel more and more like the mark of failure. It gives the impression that aside from Obi Wan's hair growing white and Luke and Leia growing up, the whole Galaxy went into hibernation between the end of ROTS and the beginning of A New Hope