Saga Which of the trilogies is your favorite?

I love the entire saga, but the sequel trilogy is my favourite. Three 10/10 films. Just absolute perfection.

 

The OT is my religion. I also the PT and ST.

 

OT and ST. OT by a slight neck

 

I love them all, even now including the ST. But I think still, the PT is going to keep having that special place in my heart. It was the trilogy that helped me become the hardcore fan that I am, it happened right when I was in college and during a memorable time in my life, and some of my most memorable movie theatre experiences to this day were experiencing those films in the theater for the first time.

 

I'm gonna go with GL's six. Up until very recently I would have stuck to the OT on its own, but I'm really starting to appreciate the giant, epic universe the PT brought to SW. Now I can't imagine SW without it.

 

The OT is my religion. I also love the PT and ST.

 

OT. I think in simply in terms of film quality(and importance the medium) it is the best. I do respect the PT for having a more complex story but it just doesn't hit the marks the OT does. The ST is weakest by far.

 

Prequels hands down.

Love the OT too though!

 

Definitely the Lucas six saga for me, but choosing between them... The OT is classic, has my most favorite characters, and just seems more well-done and hits the right tones, so I have to go with the OT.

The PT era and story is arguably more compelling though.

 

It has to be the original trilogy. I still think the 1st 2 films of that trilogy remain unsurpassed. It’s the classic. Star Wars would not exist without it. I actually think it stands pretty well on its own as a coming of age story for Luke Skywalker. The overwhelming majority of the most memorable characters, moments, lines, etc. come from that trilogy. Everyone knows lines such as “May the Force be with you” and “I am your father.” Everyone knows who Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Yoda and Jabba the Hutt are. Everyone knows these designs. I have a hard time naming a more iconic film, aside from maybe The Wizard of Oz.

I just don’t see how you could argue for anything else being better.

 

I picked the prequels for the world building, and for the overarching storyline, along with the memorable characters. Not saying you're wrong, just explaining where someone else might be coming from

 

I appreciate the PT for the context and world building it added through the epic, operatic scope of its story, and really enjoy the ST as a fun and satisfying, if sometimes uneven, continuation/conclusion to the Saga, but it's going to have to be the OT for me and it's not even close.

It helps that A New Hope is my favorite film, ever, but even beyond that, everything about it resonates with me more strongly than the other two trilogies. The characters, the story, the designs, the action sequences, the emotional moments, the delicate tonal balance. The OT is Star Wars, and everything else is just playing in its sandbox.

 

It is the ST for me that is my favorite of the Saga. But I aslo ,oove them all and they all aprt of my watchtrough marathon. PT has thhe best era, OT the best story, the ST has the best acting. But i love them all.

 

I can grant the worldbuilding and overarching storyline, but I strongly disagree about the memorable characters. Are any of the prequel characters really as iconic as the original trilogy characters I named above (and I’m not counting characters like Yoda and R2-D2 who were already iconic from appearing in the original trilogy). I’d actually argue that the two most iconic characters from the prequels are probably Darth Maul and Jar Jar Binks (albeit the latter only became iconic because he became a lightning rod for criticism).

Seriously, once this quarantine is over, go into a bar and ask people if they really remember Qui-Gon Jinn, Padmé Amidala, Count Dooku or Mace Windu? I guarantee you they won’t remember them as well as Luke, Han, Leia, Vader, Chewie, the droids, etc.

 

Will the same be true in 20 years when more prequel fans frequent bars?

Just asking in good faith. I'm not disagreeing about the OT's status, but I feel like the PT has a acquired its own fanbase, although generally younger.

 

Someone who was 8 years old in 1999 is certainly old enough to go to a bar now, though.

In fact, about 2 years ago, I actually went on a Tinder date with a young college student (she was 19). I remember her saying, “Oh, God, you don’t like those prequels, do you?” They’re also not very popular at most of the cons I’ve been to. And I say this as someone who generally doesn’t hate the prequel trilogy.

I think the sequel trilogy has improved its reputation somewhat. Now, I typically that the prequels really weren’t good but that they were at least ambitious and had a real story to tell.

 

My brother was born two months prior to TPM being released, and he's old enough to go to a bar now

It's easy to forget, but TPM is only a year younger now than ANH was when TPM was released. It's an "old" movie by young people standards.

 

Well...When your right your right....Or at the very least the OT has one thing that no other Star Wars film will ever have ever again..."Lack of Self Awareness"

I feel like every trilogy PT, ST....Sequel Sequel Trilogy (It's gonna happen) are all gonna have some sort of self awareness to them that the OT will never have. Granted sometimes they lean to hard into the "THIS IS STAR WARS" but I do get the sense watching the PT and ST that they have the idea in mind that you either know about or have at least seen the OT in some form.

When a lightsaber shows up, it's gonna be played as a big deal.

When we go into hyperspace for the first time, it's gonna be played up for Hype (Granted ANH did that too a little bit but you know Hyperspace is cool looking but not like it is now)

The films know that you have seen the OT...Granted I think the PT may have played it a bit more subtler in it's self awareness it was still there.

I'm not even a OT purist but if one looks at the OT as sorta the epicenter of it all then, yeah this is a actually interesting way to look at it.

 

If I had to choose just one it's the Original Trilogy, but the prequels would be next.

 

The Original Trilogy, forever and always.

I greatly enjoy the PT and the ST I'm mostly indifferent to, even though I appreciate aspects of the trilogy.

 

The 6 Lucas films. I love the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy.
I do not care for the Disney sequels.

 

I'll have to go with the PT as my favorite, though I love the OT as a very close second. Both trilogies weave together to form one story. I guess I'm more of a fan of all the original six films...but I still favor the PT overall a bit more.

As for the ST...I don't acknowledge that as part of Skywalker Saga, and I strongly dislike Disney's Star Wars movies.