Ranking the Star Wars Movies — 30 Years of the George Lucas Empire
By Norm Schrager at June 1, 2007 | 6:00 am | Print
Has there been a sci-fi film with more cinematic and cultural impact than Star Wars? Released 30 years ago last week — on a measly 32 screens, by the way — it single-handedly reinvigorated an entire genre and 20th Century Fox. But three decades later, where do you place this landmark movie (and its sequels/prequels) in modern history?
It’s safe to say no recent Star Wars episode (’99-’05) beats any in the original trilogy (’77-’83). Lucas started taking plotlines too seriously, not enough cool ideas for three features, etc. So how do all six films match up against one another?
According to viewer voting on the IMDb, the Star Wars rankings, as of today:
- The Empire Strikes Back (#8 in Top 250)
- Star Wars (#12)
- Return of the Jedi (#111)
- Revenge of the Sith (not in 250 — 7.9 / 10)
- Attack of the Clones (not in 250 — 6.8 / 10)
- The Phantom Menace (not in 250 — 6.3 / 10)
TODAY’S QUESTION: How would you rank the Star Wars films? Has your opinion changed with time? COMMENT
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1. Empire Strikes back- best scene- That is why you fail.
2. Return of the jedi- Best scene- Vader’s redemption
3. Revenge of the sith- Best scene- Anakin v.s Obi wan
4. A New Hope- best scene- Lack of faith disturbing
5. The Phantom menace- best scene- Darth Maul duel
6. Attack of the clones- best scene- yoda v.s Dooku -
Chase, are you rating them by which films have the best single scenes? Or you just adding that in?
And A New Hope fourth?! That might be the only film of the six with any sincere magic and wonder, so I have to disagree with you there.
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Chase, are you rating them by which films have the best single scenes? Or you just adding that in?
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