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Portion Under Busch's avatar

I agree that The Last Jedi is the best of the sequels, but I groaned at the prank phone call/your mom joke

Cardinal70's avatar

That’s fair. It seemed a little too kitschy.

Richard McGill's avatar

A New Hope

Empire Strikes Back

Rogue One

Return of the Jedi

Revenge of the Sith

The Force Awakens

Solo

Attack of the Clones

The Last Jedi

The Phantom Menace

ROTS

First-ever rankings...subject to change!

Cardinal70's avatar

I think that last one is TROS, unless Revenge takes up two very different spots.

Richard McGill's avatar

You’re right! Juggling too many things. “Somehow Palpatine survived” is always last.

Richard McGill's avatar

First, let me say that everyone should click play and listen to the audio of this. The British voice, while mispronouncing some words/names, brings a nice feel to it.

Like you, I rank the original pretty high on my list for many of the same reasons. As I was telling Truman this weekend, I still remember standing on the hot pavement waiting to get in to see ANH. I wasn't quite six years old, but that memory and the impact that the movie had on me are undeniable. What it did for me and movies overall, I'd rank it first. Yeah, ESB is a better movie, and it's clearly second, but ANH has a special place for me.

I've never ranked the movies. Maybe I should. I guess this gives me the opportunity!

I'll also say this, though. I'm glad you mentioned Andor. For me, it's the best Star Wars product out there. Where the writing and dialogue is average, at best, in many of the movies, Andor is some of the best written material in any universe. It ranks in my top 5 TV series of all time. Maybe top 3. Maybe higher.

The quote I used yesterday in honor of the date: "The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil." Mon Mothma in Andor