Your Star Wars movie rankings

Mine (very tentatively, subject to change and dependent on mood/criteria):

ESB
RotJ
ANH/RotS
TLJ?
TFA/AotC
R1
TPM

The Last Jedi is one of the most polarizing ones for me in that 1) I don't know if I think its decisions are good for Star Wars as a whole yet and 2) it has a weird combination of historically good and historically bad moments.

Rogue One and TPM are kinda like that too in that they're both kinda saved by two epic scenes of which I'm sure you know.

RotJ almost gets the top spot for the Throne Room scene, but the rest wasn't as strong as ESB.

The prequels were arguably better than the Originals at world building, but I didn't weigh that over their narrative quality.

I also think every SW movie has been excellent vs. the general spread of blockbuster movies so none of them are *bad* per say.

1. ROTS
2. ESB
3. ROTJ
4. ANH
5. R1
6. TFA/TLJ
7. TFA/TLJ
8. AOTC/TPM
9. AOTC/TPM

1. ROTS
2. ESB
3. ANH
4. ROTJ
5. TLJ
6. TPM
7. AOTC
8. TFA
9. RO

ESB
ANH/ROTJ
ROTS
R1
TLJ
TFA
TPM
AOTC

1. ESB - Perfect and GOAT sci-fi movie
2. ANH - Nigh Perfect
3. ROTJ - Great, but flawed.
4. ROTS - Great, but flawed.
5. R1 - Above average.
6. TLJ - Mediocre.
7. AOTC - Piss poor.
8. TFA - Garbage.
9. TPM - Abomination

1. TESB
2. ANH
3. RotJ
4. R1
5. RotS
6. TFA
7. TLJ
8. AotC
9. TPM

I’m really unsure about 5-7, as they could all be interchangeable, honestly. While as solo movies I feel the sequel trilogy is relatively good, I think they’re quite detrimental to Star Wars as a whole because of the refiltering of the original trilogy and confused/unfocused structure. Unlike the prequel trilogy, though, the sequel trilogy is actually entertaining and has some semblance of a soul. I’m kind of giving Revenge of the Sith the benefit of the doubt for once by placing it over The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, because I feel it didn’t completely neuter the Star Wars shelf-life as the sequel movies seem to be doing. I’m more-or-less confident in the rest of my list, though.

ROTJ
ESB
TLJ
ANH
ROTS
TFA
TPM
AOTC
R1

Certain positions change around depending on how I feel. ROTJ is still my favorite and has been for a long time. I think R1 was also a solid film but I just didn't personally favor it all that much.

1. ROTS
2. ESB
3. Rogue One
4. ROTJ
5. ANH/TFA
6. AOTC
7. TPM
8. TLJ

ESB
ANH
RotJ
TLJ
TFA
R1

1. ESB
2. ANH
3. RotS
4. TLJ (?)
5. RotJ
6. TFA
7. R1
8. AotC
9. TPM

I'm still iffy on TLJ being above RotJ. Also there is a huge gap between ANH and RotS. Seriously, ESB and ANH are significantly better than any of the other SW films.

The Ewoks slow the film's pace, but they're not garbage. Han feels like he's already checked out and is in the car waiting to go home. Leia feels like she's coming down off her high. Chewie Tarzan yells for some reason...

But the space battle and the confrontation between Luke and the Sith is just... creme de la creme of visual orgasms and characters clashing. Every other time I watch RotJ I skip straight to those scenes and watch nothing else.

I know it's sacrilege, but I don't love RotJ's space battle. It's fine I guess, but I feel it pales in comparison to the drama and intensity of ANH's trench run. The throne room sequence, on the other hand, is excellent.

Oh f*ck yeah, it's gold. There's genuine tension and a huge sense of relief. RotJ's space battle is visually sexy and super fun. It's not tense, I'm not feeling strained. I'm just enjoying the spectacle. It's a wonderfully well made spectacle.

ESB
ANH
RO
RotJ
RotS
TPM
AotC
TLJ
TFA

1. RotJ
2. ESB
3. ANH
4. RotS
5. R1
6. TPM
7. AotC
8. TFA
9. TLJ

1.ROTJ

2.ANH

3.ESB

4. ROTS

5. R1/TLJ/TPM

6. R1/TLJ/TPM

7. R1/TLJ/TPM

8. TFA

9. AoTC

ESB
ROTS
AotC
ROTJ
R1
ANH
TPM
TFA
TLJ

Gotta say, I pretty much watch Return of the Jedi FOR the Throne Room scenes, and still rate is as my number one film.

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

Well I just watched ANH a few days ago and honestly I thought that while it was a great movie, it has been idealised quite a bit. There are definitely big problems with it. Some of the acting is bad even for SW, the final space battle is pretty weak, the lightsaber fight is obviously hot garbage, the garbage chute scene is somewhat fillery etc. It's also a lot less frenetic and fast-paced than modern movies tend to be, and I personally prefer the modern style. I give it a great deal of credit for the sheer amount of creativity it had, I was marvelling at all the different designs even today. Overall though I'm thinking of putting it below the new 3 films at least in my personal preference.

I'm going to see TLJ again in an hour and I plan to watch ESB and RotJ soon so I won't make a judgement on rankings until then. I've really liked all the new movies though so I'm not even sure how I rank those over each other.