Saga What level do you put Revenge Of The Sith on?

I didn't select an answer from the poll, since none of them reflected my opinion. I tend to rank ROTS below ESB and AOTC. And I tend to rank the 1980 and 2002 movies at the same level.

 

Apart from Tarsem Singh's The Fall, ROTS is the most undervalued fantasy film of the past decade.

In my neck of the nerd woods, once you start eviscerating this one, Star Wars and Empire are open season.

 

What level do I put ROTS on? Hmm, let's think about this.

I put ROTS on the level of a good film.

Easyz.

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You know what I like about it?

The opening shot. And a million other things.

Simplez.

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But you know why I really like the opening shot?

Beyond looking -- and sounding -- spectacular in a way that redefines the word, the opening shot, saying a thousand things at once, also says, "Hi. My name is George Lucas. I'll be your pilot for the duration. Our flight-time is two-hours-and-twenty minutes. Please remain in your seats and leave everything to me. No spitting in the aisles."

Awesomez.

 

My second favorite SW film.

 

Tenth level.

It's got thousands of battle droids, dontchaknow.

 

IMO, it is the best Star Wars movie ever made, with ESB coming in second

 

ROTS is my favorite Star Wars film.

 

It's as good as ESB.

 

It's one of my overall favorites.

 

The Fall is an AMAZING movie. You, sir, get an Internet cookie for that one.

And I have to agree with you that ROTS is pretty under appreciated. First of all, it's probably the only cinematic Greek tragedy in the past 15 years. And more importantly, I think ROTS retroactively makes some of the "lame" plotting in episodes 1 and 2 better, because seeing all the pieces go into place makes you realize the brilliance of George's ideas.

 

The ground floor.

 

Probably my third favorite film.

 

Revenge of the Sith would have to be my favorite film of the entire saga.

 

I'm afraid I have to rate ROTS as my least favorite SW film. The lightsaber fights were awesome and so was the opening space battle, but...

- I felt Anakin's turn to the dark side was too unconvincing.
- Order 66, where most of the Jedi Order is wiped out in one stroke, felt contrived. And for the clones to unquestioningly turn their guns against the Jedi commanders whom they respected was just too unbelievable.
- Obi-Wan doesn't try to redeem Anakin on Mustafar, he just goes straight to lightsaber mode
- All those little bits trying to link to the OT (Death Star, Force ghost "immortality", Tatooine sunset) just annoyed me. I think this movie should have spent much more time showing how close the Jedi came to exposing and thwarting Darth Sidious, and how the OT might have never happened. Instead the last half hour or so of ROTS was just some pointless "linking" scenes that are rather devoid of any plot value.

 

My favorite will always be Empire. But ROTS is still good despite its flaws.

 

I agree with a lot of these, but they just don't really bother me that much (except for the first point, his turn was jarringly weak).

 

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I definitely agree with that last point.

 

ROTS is my favorite of the prequels, and tied with ROTJ to be third place overall. My general order is TESB, ANH, ROTS/ROTJ, AOTC, TPM.

 

Off-topic, but I'm surprised at how "even" the split on whether people preferred AOTC or TPM is. I think the latter is unquestionably the better film.

 

I'm watching the opening scene of ROTS now and there is a huge lens flare shot as the camera "descends" to the battle. No joke.

 

You'll find they are totally obedient, taking any
order without question. We modified their genetic structure
to make them less independent than the original host.
You'll find they are totally obedient, taking any
order without question.
You'll find they are totally obedient, taking any
order without question.

 

For me, ESB is my favorite, RotS is a VERY close second.

 

ROTS - best of the Prequels.
It was a big step up from AOTC - the pacing alone spelled out "THIS is Star Wars" to me.
Brilliant turns from Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid and Frank Oz! General Grievous was surprisingly fun - just commanding, menacing, deadly and a cowardly weasel all in one. The kind of villain that would tie a girl to train tracks. End of the Clone Wars, the fall of Anakin Skywalker and the rise of Darth Vader, Palpatine's ultimate reveal and the fall of the Jedi (that montage!), Obi-Wan and Yoda's desperate attack against the Sith and finally a war-scale space battle in a PT film!

Even though there were some awkward choices - dialogue, line deliveries - you have to give props to actors who can disappear into these kind of over-the-top roles. Hayden was pretty solid and McDiarmid was just mad on power.

Yoda's warnings to Obi-Wan from TPM about taking Anakin on as a Padawan come full circle, here. There's that kind of notion of "you created this monster, now you have to deal with him" as Yoda leaves Obi-Wan behind to go face Sidious. And the Yoda/Sidious scene. For me this was just the biggest pleasant surprise at the time. I knew Obi-Wan was gonna go beat up Anakin but I had no idea we'd even get a scene between Yoda and The Emperor. That was just so cool. And when you think they can't top Yoda VS Dooku, look at the way Yoda just strolls into the Emperor's office and starts mouthing off LOL

In terms of all 6, I have more fun watching this one than most of the others, but I can't say this is a in my top 3 favourites.
Definitely the best of the PT though.

 

Empire is my favorite of the OT, Sith is my favorite of the PT. I think ROTS did a far better job acting as an epic finale to a trilogy than ROTJ did. There was far less filler for starters. Sure I love me my Jabba, but ROTS was far more focused on the overarching saga and prequel trilogy. Some equate Palpatine's rescue with Han's rescue, but the entire Palpatine rescue featured far more important moments than the Jabba sequence ever did. We got to see Obi-Wan and Anakin working together, strengthening the "old friend" we hear about in ANH, Anakin killing Dooku, Anakin beginning his turn towards being Palpatine's apprentice, Palpatine testing Anakin's friendship with Obi-Wan. Jabba's Palace, meanwhile, reintroduced us to the main characters, brought back Han, showed a bit of Luke's growth as a Jedi, and introduced a number of villians who were quickly killed off. Again, I love Jabba's Palace but it just didn't contribute to the overall plot as much as ROTS did.

I do think that the SE of ROTJ is a stronger conclusion, almost on par with ROTS, but at least with ROTS Lucas nailed it on the first try and didn't have to come in years later to re-edit and re-compose his idea for a finale.

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I do, however, place ANH above ROTJ and all the prequels. It's pure Star Wars, defining just about everything that followed and really is a classic film. Only movie that outdid ANH was ESB.