Saga Rank the Star Wars Films, TPM to SOLO

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

 

I just saw Solo and I've only seen it once. But here's where I am:

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

 

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

7. The Force Awakens
8. Rogue One
9. The Last Jedi

* I haven't seen Solo.

 

1. Return of the Jedi
2. The Last Jedi
3. Star Wars
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. The Force Awakens
6. Solo
7. The Phantom Menace
8. Rogue One
9. Attack of the Clones
10. Revenge of the Sith

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So after rewatching a few of the films, I’ve come to another ranking, because I’m indecisive and flighty. While I think The Empire Strikes Back is the best film in the series, A New Hope is the greatest, and I’ve come to realize that no film means more to me on a deep, personal level than the original 1977 classic.

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

 

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

 

I've rewatched some of the movies over the last few weeks and have revised my ranking. It'll probably change again tomorrow because I'm indecisive

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

 

Tell me about the indecisive part. I can have my Star Wars rankings set in stone and memorized, but I can also waffle back and forth for over a month about what subject I should teach

 

My signature shows my ranking so lemme put it a different way:

Tier 1: Frickin' Amazeballs
TESB, ANH, TFA

Tier 2: Really Great
ROTJ, TLJ

Tier 3: Solid
R1, SOLO, ROTS

Tier 4: meh.
AOTC, TPM

 

This month:

ROTS
Solo
TESB
TLJ
R1
TFA
AOTC
ANH
TPM
ROTJ

Could be the other way round next month....

 

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

 

I'm an old school guy, but I actually enjoy all of the movies.
There are things in some of them that I wish had been done differently, but it won't keep me from enjoying the story.

A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Rogue One
Solo
The Force Awakens
Attack of the Clones
Revenge of the Sith
The Phantom Menace
The Last Jedi

 

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

Top 2 consistently stay the same, bottom 2 consistently stay the same. Ironic that my absolute favourite movie of the saga dovetails with (what I consider to be) the most boring slow paced and skippable movie of the saga.

 

Always changing, but for now...

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

 

Haven't posted since Solo

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

 

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

 

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

Attack of the Clones and Solo have swapped places with each other. I do like Solo (and TPM), but it also instils in me the same feeling that TPM does, and that is complete apathy ("I can't really be bothered to watch it"). It just feels so "small” and unimportant. I've only watched it once since I bought the Blu Ray. Considering I've had it for two months, for me, that's unprecedented for a SW film.

 

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. The Last Jedi
3. The Return of the Jedi
4. Rogue One
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. The Force Awakens
7. A new Hope
8. The Phantom Menace
9. Solo
10. Attack of the Clones

 

Rogue One 10/10
Revenge of the Sith 10/10
Return of the Jedi 8/10
Attack of the Clones 8/10
Empire Strikes Back 7/10
The Phantom Menace 6/10
A New Hope 6/10
Solo 5/10
The Force Awakens 4/10
The Last Jedi 1/10

Just saw Solo and I think it is the only film that doesn't make me feel anything, i.e. it doesn't make me happy or angry, it just seems mildly interesting.

 

1. Revenge of the Sith
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. A New Hope
4. Attack of the Clones
5. The Phantom Menace
6. Return of the Jedi
7. Rogue One
8. The Ewok Adventure
9. Battle for Endor
10. Force Awakens
11. Solo
12. The Star Wars Holiday Special
13. Hardware Wars
14. Spaceballs
15. The Last Jedi

 

1) Empire Strikes Back
2) A New Hope
3) Return of the Jedi
4) Revenge of the SIth
5) Attack of the Clones
6) Solo
7) The Phantom Menace
8) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
9) Rogue One
10) The Force Awakens
11)The Clone Wars (2008)
12) The Ewok Adventure
13)The Last Jedi
14)The Star Wars Holiday Special

 

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

 

So I watched Solo last night for only the third time, the last time being in September. I actually liked it a lot more than I remember. It’s definitely grown on me. So it and AOTC have swapped places (again). I still love TPM and AOTC, BTW:

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

 

Posted this previously over in the Anthology Films section, but it probably fits better here:

I rank them like this, I guess. The more in the middle a movie the more likely its place is to change at any given moment. The extremes are pretty locked in, though. Also, I enjoy every single one of these movies. There's only one movie I think is A Bad Movie, but I enjoy it regardless.

1. The Empire Strikes Back.
Not a controversial pic for first, for sure. Funnily enough, ESB used to be my least favorite Star Wars movie back when there were only three of them. I just kind of thought it was boring for a large chunk of it. Hoth was okay, but I really preferred space battles so the walkers and everything didn't really do it for me. Yoda was cool himself, but the training itself was too philosophical for my tastes. Of course, as I've grown older I've grown to appreciate some of these things more and see ESB for pretty much the perfect movie it is.

2. A New Hope
There's not much to say about this one. I think its held under ESB a smidge due to not quite embracing some of the deeper aspects of the lore as much as ESB does and thus comes across as a little bit more of a straight adventure piece than anything particularly thought provoking. Really, though, they sit side by side.

3. The Last Jedi
Obviously a lot of people disagree on this one. I really, really enjoyed TLJ. Luke's self doubt and self-imposed exile make complete sense to me. Pretty much everything with Rey, Luke, and Kylo Ren really appeal to me and if the movie were just that I might say its equal to ESB and ANH. I think Poe's storyline is the weakest aspect of the movie and holds it back from being pretty much perfect as the above two are, but otherwise I think TLJ is a fantastic movie. My only regret about it is how much it has torn the fandom in two. I had hoped that the sequels wouldn't do like the prequels did, but I also knew they inevitably would.

4. Rogue One
I think I might have ranked this lower previously, but after a couple more viewings and thinking on it I think I want to place it here. I think this is a really solid side story to the main saga. I like all of the characters even if they aren't explored as much as if this were not a standalone movie or if the crew were a little smaller. It does a really great job at providing some excellent Star Wars action while also putting some real emotional weight into the search for the Death Star plans. I rolled my eyes when the concept was first announced because I felt this story had been done enough times already, but I really think RO earns its place as the canonical take on it. I rank below the other three becaause while I do enjoy the movie a lot, its also just straight fun and I don't think it really elevates itself to great movie status like the others up above.

5. Return of the Jedi
This was my favorite as a kid when ESB was my least favorite. Like I said, I like space battles and RotJ had the best one up until RO. Unlike ESB and even ANH, I felt like this one always had something interesting and exciting going on to my kid mind. Unfortunately, as I've grown older I've come to realize that a lot of the excitement is fairly shallow. Luke with the Emperor and Vader in the Death Star is probably peak Star Wars and of course I love the space battle still, but everything else feels a little shallow.

6. The Force Awakens
This and RotJ probably really are tied. They both have aspects that I really really enjoy, but they also have a couple of aspects that are a little disappointing. I like the new characters introduced for the ST. Rey discovering her powers, especially that lightsaber pull in the end, gives me chills. Although I was disappointed Luke really only makes a cameo, I like the legendary status he holds and the way Han and Leia are placed into the story. The things that hold it back for me are Maz feeling like a character from another draft they forgot to erase and, most importantly, Starkiller Base.

7. Revenge of the Sith
RotS is hard. I think it has some of the best scenes in Star Wars. I think it very well could have been as great as any of the movies higher in the list if it didn't also suffer the same problems as the other prequels - particularly AotC. You can full see George's ideas on the display here, and they're great, but the execution just isn't there consistently.

8. Solo
Solo is, I think, a lot more consistent the RotS. Solo's best scenes don't come close to RotS's best scenes, but it also doesn't have anything near as bad as RotS's worst scenes. Solo really might be the better movie overall, but, personally, Han's backstory wasn't something I was particularly interested in. I like it a lot despite that and obviously enjoy it more than the next couple of movies. However, if I was forced to choose one movie to erase from existence it would probably be Solo just because it feels so unnecessary.

9. The Phantom Menace
I think TPM gets a bad rap. Its not a great movie and there are a few decisions made regarding the story in TPM that damage the prequels overall. I definitely understand why people reacted the way they did (when my dad asked me what I thought after we left the theatre the first time, I said I liked it but it didn't feel like Star Wars). However, I think it holds up better when divorced from Star Wars. I think it would have been received better (but grossed much much less) if it had been just a standalone sci-fi fantasy adventure movie for kids rather than the highly anticipated prequel to the Star Wars saga. In some ways, I think it might be a better movie than RotS, but it just doesn't resonate with me as a Star Wars fan as much so here it sits.

10. Attack of the Clones
I'm going to say it. AotC is hot garbage. This dumpster fire is probably the only Star Wars movie that I would say is unequivocally bad. The writings is embarrassing, the acting even more so. The plot is half baked. About the only section I enjoy for the sake of itself is Padmé and Anakin on Tatooine. I think Lucas and Christensen did a great here. The rest of it not so much. With that said, I still love this guy for what it is (a movie only a Star Wars fan can love) and always watch it with the rest.