Rank your favorite Star Wars films...

[Mikey]

The guy that played teen vader was such a bad actor, that alone ruined it for me.

He said his lines like he was reading directly from a script he'd never read before.

[huedell]

1. Star Wars
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Attack of the Clones
6. The Phantom Menace

It's hard to make an "order" but if I did, then THAT^^^
would be it.

I don't totally hate CLONES and PHANTOM---still---
I kinda wish REVENGE OF THE SITH was the only
sequel made to the original trilogy.

A good idea would have been to split the events of SITH up into
2 or even 3 movies---THAT story was really the most important one.

Some flashbacks would've helped accentuate it if it was done that way
even IF flashbacks aren't a STAR WARS device normally.

[toys2cool]

The guy that played teen vader was such a bad actor, that alone ruined it for me.

He said his lines like he was reading directly from a script he'd never read before.

Hayden Christensen? I like him,I thought he sucked a little in episode 2 but he was good in episode 3

and he kicked *** in Jumper

[huedell]

The guy that played teen vader was such a bad actor, that alone ruined it for me.

He said his lines like he was reading directly from a script he'd never read before.

His approach killed it for those that saw it that way.

He's actually not as bad an actor as he seems to many in the SW movies
(neither is Portman!)

Unfortunately his approach was to imbue a stilted "Vader-like" dialogue
accent into his portrayal ----it killed it for many.

I had bigger problems with CLONES than that accent.

[palitoy]

I like Star Wars and Empire, Jedi is alright but it's a real sign of things to come.

Those other movies just ain't for me, they made me less of a Star Wars fan.

The %^#$@% kid across the street exposed my kid to the wonders of the Clone Wars the other day, so all that sheltering I did is out the window with the boy.

[Mikey]

I just thought of another thing ......

R2 D2 can fly ?

Why didn't he do this in the original trilogy ?

Man, the prequels really suck.

I really can't think of one good thing to say about any of them.

[Brue]

I knew what was going to be in this thread before entering (I actually searched Star Wars to see what's been talked about here). Older men, in my experience, wouldn't even give the prequels a chance. Phantom Menace was a chore, but the last two (ESPECIALLY SITH) were good. Return of the Jedi is the worst of them all because, like the original poster said, Empire left off on such a note that the movie took what had been built up and pooped all over it.

I love the Clone Troopers. I have loved the CGI show too. The last three episodes were great.

Had they been released without the Star Wars title and the characters given different names it could have been a decent sci fi series. But it essentially pooped on the original trilogy.

Oh and I remembered another Star Wars thing I liked - The animated Clone Wars shorts.

[Goblin19]

Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars
ROTJ
Revenge of the Sith
Attack of the Clones
Phantom Menace

[kerowack]

The Clone Wars series and toys are really the only modern toys I'm into at the moment. They are great, stylized and there's not enough of them to make you break the bank collecting them.

ALL of the Star Wars films have things that make you go hmmm, but the newer ones were not a part of my childhood, so they didn't get off as easy. I teach high school art and the newer films are LOVED by my students while the old ones are just glazed over. Darth Maul and Mace Windu are by far the most popular.

Like I said, all of the films have entertained me, but a few of them, like Phantom Menace, are hard to rewatch (although from the point the music kicks in at the end of Phantom Menace where you see Darth Maul flash the double lightsaber the whole movie rocks).

[UnderdogDJLSW]

I like ROTJ best (also the nub nub song). Does that make me a bad person?

followed by:
SW
Empire
(big gap here)
Clone Wars
Revenge
Attack
Phantom

[Tothiro]

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1,000,024. Menace, Clones, Sith, all tied.

Wait...

You rank Biodrome over Glen or Glenda? G or G's a classic! Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!?!

Yeah - there are only three Star Wars movies. The only thing that might be grudgingly accepted as on a level with Holiday Special would be the Clone Wars animated series. Prequels are like ST: Enterprise - they never actually happened and anyone who says they did are victims of mass hallucination. As such:

1) Star Wars (not because it's our favorite, but because it has a cantina, jawas and tusken raiders)
2) Empire (because it's our favorite, but it doesn't have a cantina, jawas or tusken raiders)
3) Jedi (because it's the only one left. ...Ok and for Sarlaac monsters)

And for clarification purposes: There was a lot of genuine talent involved with the prequels, unfortunately none of it came from Lucas.
Like the reason Empire is so much better a film than Star Wars (before it was retitled New Hope) is because of Lucas hiring out people better than he is to script doctor and direct. He pulled the the reigns back in for Jedi again, which in my opinion is why it sucked a little more.
(though if SW had kept the scene at Toschi station where it's revealed that Luke is by and large disliked by most of the people on the planet and kind of a whiny loner without any friends I think the film would have been helped greatly and might actually be my authentic #1 choice for what it says about the lies we tell ourselves, the turning of Luke's character and over all development... I think it would have made a stronger, more textured story)

By prequels time lucas had already just gone bat crazy because there was no one there to tell him "no, you can't do that." He's an idea guy but one who seriously needs an editor and he's grown too powerful for anyone to tell him what to do.
The prequels were also hurt by the THX1138 problem. Lucas tried to answer his critics with American Graffiti, which did well, but you can almost see him shake that off and say, "Whoo! Glad I never have to do THAT again" when it comes to characterization and emotional depth. He's much happier moving the pieces around and putting spectacle in the background than he is comfortable setting up dramatic tension. Death of a Salesman is not what he does. I think you may draw a direct line from his directorial style and what ends up on the screen.
I think a lot of the actors are very talented (maybe not so much Hayden, don't really care for him) but especially Ewan - you can "almost" see him trying to act out of his constrictions in some areas. He gets to go over the top in the final sith scene, but overall you don't see the emotion as much as you get told about it with anyone in these three flicks.

I consider myself amongst the ranks of "biggest SW fan ever" people, like any SW geek does - SW was the first movie my parents said I shut up through - and I obsessed on finding a Jawa figure to the point that my father and sister (two who tried to avoid each other and for good reason) got together and scoured every Sears and grocery store in three towns until they found some and my old man (notoriously spendthrift) bought five. I had tickets to watch all the rereleases at midnight for the first showings. I'm the kind of guy who will smile politely for the worst third grade talent show and then clap when it's over.
I literally fell asleep in Episode 2.

-Robert

PS - if you watch extras in the the Indiana Jones trilogy set there's some interesting stuff from both lucas and spielberg about filming. Lucas talks about how he "tried to do this or that for spielberg" and separately, spielberg is trying to be polite, saying, "Well, George we put up on a mountain or something with a spare camera we had... but my DP shot some excellent footage for the chase scene as a second unit because I had my hands full - really dynamic and great action - things I wouldn't have thought of... what? Lucas' stuff? Oh no... I don't think we ended up using any of that. ...Maybe."

[Hector]

Look at it this way...
you like Movies...,
Lets say for the Sake of trying to get into your Narrow Minded views for a minute,.. you can Humor me....
Say you Had a Brother,.. Say your Brother Killed your Entire Family,.. & it was your Task to Deal with Him...., to put an end to him, after everything you 2 had been threw....

That scene was very powerful,.. on Many different levels, Not just the Sabre Battle,... inwhich Was very High Octaned . & No,.. I am not "Kidding" You. It is My Opinion,.. which was asked in this Particular thread. You shared yours,.. There was mine.

This...
YouTube - The Final Battle - Darth Vader VS. Obi-Wan - Episode III


...or this...
YouTube - Darth Maul VS Obi-Wan VS Qui Gon


Ray Park makes stiff and wooden Hayden Christensen look like a paralyzed sloth, lol.

I may hate The Phantom Menace...but I do not hate the lightsaber duel with Darth Maul...that my friend...is what I call a kickazz lightsaber duel.

Even the background music score in that scene is kickazz...if only the rest of Phantom Menace would've been that awesome.

Checkmate.

Hector 1, Blacknight 0.

[kennermike]

Empire
A New Hope
Return of the Jedi

the prequels were a bad nightmare for me

[Hector]

Wait...

You rank Biodrome over Glen or Glenda? G or G's a classic! Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!?!

[Hector]

BTW...that's how the Darth Maul scene should've been shown...with no cuts and interruptions to the other crap going on back and forth (you know, cut to the stupid Padame palace gunfight/escape scene, cut to the stupid Jar Jar army vs robot army fight scene, and cut to the stupid horrid-acting little Anakin vs Trade Federation space station scene).

I think George Lucas was on drugs directing that movie, lol.




Let's enjoy Darth Maul's uninterrupted lightsaber duel once again. Shall we?

YouTube - Darth Maul VS Obi-Wan VS Qui Gon