Rogue One Rank Rogue One among Star Wars films

Kathleen Kennedy has been referring to Rogue One as an experiment as of late and I think I know why.

The premise of the film is to make a 'normal' war movie set in that universe. Normal as in the characters are much closer in mindset to ours whereas the "Jedi/Skywalker" saga films have scenes where Luke goes and finds Vader on Endor and begs him to let go of his hate and anger and go away with him.

How would that have gone down had Luke been able to convince his father before they had their duel and Luke's unfortunate run in with the Emperor's lightning hands?

"Hey alliance friends, guess what? Darth Vader is good because I let him know he had a choice to be good! Oh and he's my father too. You're gonna be cool with that right...?"

There were still some of the goofier black and white thinking on the part of some of the characters. Krennic to Vader "So am I still in command??" as if that was the only thing he should be worried about.

I see Rogue One as the separation of the mythology where the saga films deal with "gods and mortals intersecting" where Rogue One is about mortals dealing with the fallout after the war between the gods. (As in the Jedi and the Sith.)

 

I'll have to see it again to really solidify my opinion on it, but for now I'd say it's about middle of the pack.

1) Empire Strikes Back
2) Star Wars / New Hope
3) Force Awakens
4) Return of the Jedi
5) Rogue One
6) Phantom Menace
7) Attack of the Clones
8) Revenge of the Sith

 

I really don't like ranking these movies. I just like to say that every movie is an extension of A New Hope, which is my favorite movie of all time.

And I'll just say this is a more than worthy addition to the saga.

 

Still have yet to see RO, but here are my tiers as of now. Based on all of the reviews and reactions I've seen I'm expecting it to fall somewhere between Tier 2 and 3

Tier 1
ESB

Tier 2
ANH, TFA

Tier 3
ROTS, ROTJ

Tier 4
TPM

Tier 5
AOTC

 

It's hard, because I've only seen it once and it's so different from all of the others. I guess if I had to rank them right now (and this could easily change upon repeat viewings), go:

1. TESB-Still the best imo. As close to a "perfect" SW as we've ever gotten.

2. ANH-Started the trend and despite some issues/wonky elements, it still holds up remarkably well overall almost 40 years later.

3/4. TFA/RO-I actually don't know which one I prefer right now. They both do some things better than the other, and some things not as well to.

5. ROTJ-The good in it is REALLY good, and it hits almost all of the emotional beats well. But the second act DRAGS badly, the Jabba stuff, while fun, feels disconnected from the rest of the film (which is an issue since it takes up most of the first act), Han and Leia are underused, the Ewoks, etc. Still the good far outweighs the bad imo.

6. ROTS-The best of the PT by far. Ewan McGregor and Ian McDiarmid do really well, the darker tone fits, and it does quite a few things well. But it's still tonally inconsistent, Anakin doesn't work as a character imo, the fall of the Jedi happens too fast, I loathe what they did to Padme's character, etc. Still it's the one PT film that I'd actually recommend to people.

7. TPM-It's not good imo, and a lot of it is boring. But it at least has some nice visuals, some good location shooting, Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor (for what little he gets to do), and Ian McDiarmid (ditto) are all good. It's the best Padme out of the three films, and the lightsaber duel is well-staged, etc.

8. AOTC-It's the only SW film that I cannot watch all the way through in one sitting. It alternates between boring and painful most of the time. Ewan, Ian, the sadly underused Sir Christopher Lee (RIP), and Jango Fett are the only saving graces for me.

 

Not sure - Maybe

ESB

Then ANH, R1 and TFA are all interchangeable depending on day.

ROTJ


Then a long way below,

ROTS (though sometimes I can place this below TPM)
TPM









AOTC

 

Hands down Rogue One is the best Star Wars film since the original Star Wars movie back in the 70's. I even rate it higher than Empire Strikes Back (and until now, THAT was the best Star Wars movie, in my opinion).

Rogue One is a Star Wars film that grown-ups can finally, REALLY enjoy. It was what "The Force Awakens" should have been. All I could think was ... it's about freaking time!

I really hope the film makes as much as TFA, and I hope Disney is paying real close attention.

I would rank the films like this:

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

 

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

 

ESB
SW
RO
TFA
ROTJ
TPM
ROTS
AOTC.

 

Right now it's second... could move up to 1 or down to 3. Loved every minute. Even now when I am just thinking back to what I saw last night.

ROTS
RO
ANH

Can't wait to see it again after Christmas.

 

Ive only seen ROTJ...


I'll let you all know when I watch the rest

 

^ No way...you have 357 posts on a Star Wars forum and you've only seen ROTJ? How is that even possible?

 

This movie for me ranks up there. The ending battle scenes were epic and way better than tfa. True, this is a different star wars movie than what we are use too, but, boy it was a damn good one. Very bold style of story telling. In my own book, its got to be in the top three. Empire number one, a new hope number two and at 2.5 is rogue one. Rogue one really pushed the envelope as to what is believable.

 

Early days after just one viewing, but gut reaction is...

ANH
TESB
TFA
RO
ROTJ
TPM
AOTC
ROTS

 

1. The Empire Strikes Back

Along with the first Lord of the Rings movie, the absolute pinnacle of fantasy cinema.

2. The Force Awakens

As unoriginal as it may be, it flows brilliantly, the new characters land perfectly (almost) and Kylo Ren kicks as for me. Sets the new trilogy perfectly up.

3. A New Hope

The daddy. A classic tale of good versus evil, an introduction to a whole new galaxy and a new paradigm in film history. Slow pace in first half its only flaw.

4. Rogue One

Choppy editing, weak score and surplus secondary characters prevent this film from joining the first three as nigh-perfect cinema. Beautiful imagery, creative extension of the Star Wars lore and an epic and punchy ending are awesome though.

5. Return of the Jedi

The weakest of the OT by far. BS Ewoks, Leia & Han have little to do. Saved by the Luke/Vader/Emperor face-off.

6. Revenge of the Sith

The only watchable film from the PT. Great opening space battle.

7 & 8 in no particular order go to The Phantom Menace & Attack of the Clones. Apart from some interesting visuals and cool light-saber battle here or there, truly atrocious films.

 

From best to worst:
Return of the Jedi
The Empire Strikes Back
A New Hope
Revenge of the Sith
Attack of the Clones
The Phantom Menace
The Force Awakens
Rogue One

Honestly, though, I think they're all great.

 

I'm loving the various rankings. Interesting. Judging by non-hardcore reactions, I think Rogue One is playing better with us than mainstream fans. Muted reactions honestly (boring, slow, weak character development) and this makes me said.

 

#1) ESB 10/10 #2) ANH 9/10 these two captured the magic and made Star Wars what it is today. #3) TFA 8.5/10 #4) 8/10 ROTJ #5)Rogue One 8/10 (It could become 4th but will not crack top three) #6) ROTS 8/10 #7) TPM 7.5/10 #8) AOTC 7/10. Rogue One is more enjoyable the more you know about Star Wars. It is the most EPIC of all of them so it depends on what I am in the mood to watch. ROTJ/ TFA has an adventure feel to it that feels more fun and I enjoy the characters a little bit more than Rogue One so I give those two the edge. Rogue One just hits you with so much at the end, I need to see it a couple of more times.

 

Equal First or Second place.

The editing for the final battle was masterful like in ROTJ.

....

 

It's a very nice entertaining movie like TFA. So between the two it's a pick-em as how good TFA really is depends so much on what VIII and IX will do.

So for now it's above TFA for me.

ROTS 100%
TPM 99.99%
AOTC 99.98%
ANH 99.97%
TESB 99.96%
ROTJ 99.95%
R1 76%
TFA 75%

 

Rogue One is definitely geared more to the hardcore fans, without a doubt. I thought it was good my wife was bored until it got to the end. I was not bored by the first half I got the references and enjoyed seeing these new worlds and characters. It did take some time to build up steam though. If you are new to Star Wars or don't know much about canon some of it will go over your head.

 

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



7. Rogue One










8. The Force Awakens

 

Are you taking the p**s mate? You are on this forum since 2005 and you have only seen *ONE* out of *EIGHT* Star Wars mega-blockbusters?

If true, then do some binge-watching and then come back. Hell, most people on here have seen each film at least 10 times.