Ranking All 10 Star Wars Movies Worst to Best

YouTube ^ | May 30, 2018 | Durbania

[EveningStar]

Now that I've had time to think about Solo: A Star Wars Story, it's time to rank all 10 live action Star Wars movies worst to best. How would you rank the Star Wars movies?

[Vermont Lt]

It’s Disney. The script is run through about sixty PC producers. It’s a movie-by committee. That just produces “average” at best.

[kelly4c]

Ah the days of yesteryear. The other 10 year old girls gushing over Luke or Han Solo (sp)and here I am secretly thinking Darth Vader was the most appealing for some reason haha.

[Jewbacca]

Tend to agree. Empire is clearly the best.

I’d put R1 as number 2, however. It was a great movie.

[Bender2]

Star Wars premiered on a Wednesday, May 25, 1977, and I was living in Houston at the time, 30-years old and single after a 6-year marriage ended. My girlfriend at the time, Cindy, and I went to see the late afternoon first day's performance, 5:15 IIRC, at the cinema in The Galleria in Houston.

There was line, a long, long, long line.

As we stood there contemplating whether or not to wait, a friend of Cindy's and her date walked up. Her name, again IIRC, was Debbie and she looked into her huge purse and pulled out a deck of cards, saying laughingly, "We do have a foursome for Bridge!"

So, we stayed, sitting on the floor (I was much younger and way more limber in those bygone days--) playing many games of Bridge. Also, while Cindy, Debbie and her date kept our place in line, I went and got us some drinks.

My apartment was near the Galleria so it was no chore to whip up and disguise some adult beverages to keep us hydrated and lubricated for the more than 4-hour wait in line.

Once inside the theater, when the opening scene had Leia's ship fleeing followed by that huge, huge Star Destroyer slowly blasting its way onto the screen, the audience broke into applause. It was exciting as hell as I had never seen such special effects before and I'd been back and forth to La La Land numerous times.

Needless to say, the film, as the well worn phrase says, blew my mind!

So, for the sake of argument, Star Wars, not "New Hope" nor "#4," but Star Wars is my one and only favorite, period.

The rest all pale in comparison to that fantastic enjoyment I experienced in the initial Star Wars film. And to rank them I guess it would be Empire Strikes Back as #2, Return of the Jedi #3. Rogue One I would rank #4 with both the The Force Awakens and Last Jedi in a non-numbered jumble with the 'sequel trilogy' (nowhere as good as the first three) way down the line in a messy bunch.

Have not seen Solo but am intrigued enough by the trailer to suspect that I might like it, especially with Alden Ehrenreich looking to my mind a viable young Han.

However, when I saw Last Jedi on DVD, I was temped to fast forward through what I considered way too long, boring passages. Thinking at the end, is it my age of 70 or just bad filmmaking that has me finding Star Wars not enjoyable as it once was?

Praying, that is, I live long enough to find out if the next 5 or 10 coming Disney Star Wars flicks pan out--

[Sirius Lee]

I guess it would be Empire Strikes Back as #2, Return of the Jedi #3. Rogue One I would rank #4

For me, the Ewoks ruined the third of the originals, so I would put it as:

1) The Empire Strikes Back.

2) Star Wars

3) Rogue One

4) Chipmunks with Spears vs The Empire

I think that Rogue, Star Wars, Empire make for a better trio of movies. Alas, you'd have to somehow edit out the Chimpunks in Space parts of ROTJ and graft it on to the end of Empire to make it a cohesive trilogy.

[Vaquero]

5,4,6. In that order

The 3 Lucas made prequels were awful. 7,8 were not as awful as Lucas’s 1,2,3.…but kill off Solo? WTF were they thinking? Kill off Luke or Leia…not Solo.

Rogue one was the BEST of any of the Disney Star Wars…but I haven’t seen Solo. My son says it’s the best since 4,5,6. I will have to watch it soon.

[Howie66]

I got off that “Star Wars” bus after #3. I thought that was boring as hell.

[T-Bone Texan]

“Don’t Touch Me There” is a great song!

[Hardastarboard]

I had to look him up, but I have to agree. He was chosen because he’s a pretty boy, not because of acting talent.

[bmwcyle]

BINGO

[null and void]

I saw it at the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. the Friday after it opened. There was a guy in line behind it who had already seen it 3 (or was it 4?) times since it opened Thursday.

[rockrr]

Nice memories! Thanks for sharing.

I recall missing the boat for the first showing at the Seattle Cinerama and standing in line waiting (with various degrees of patience) for the next showing. When the doors were flung open and the ebullient crowd streamed out from the theater I knew that my wait had been worth it.

I remember thinking (as I watched) “I’ve seen better” but the experience raised the bar on my viewer satisfaction. It’s like Rocky Horror - basically a stupid movie rescued and brought to life by the enthusiasm of its viewers.

The first one is still the “best”.

[Sans-Culotte]

Star Wars premiered on a Wednesday, May 25, 1977, and I was living in Houston at the time, 30-years old and single after a 6-year marriage ended. My girlfriend at the time, Cindy, and I went to see the late afternoon first day's performance, 5:15 IIRC, at the cinema in The Galleria in Houston. There was line, a long, long, long line.

---SNIP---

The rest all pale in comparison to that fantastic enjoyment I experienced in the initial Star Wars film. And to rank them I guess it would be Empire Strikes Back as #2, Return of the Jedi #3. Rogue One I would rank #4 with both the The Force Awakens and Last Jedi in a non-numbered jumble with the 'sequel trilogy' (nowhere as good as the first three) way down the line in a messy bunch.

LOL, I first saw the original Star Wars at the Galleria on a Saturday in the summer of '77 as well after my Freshman year in college. When it was first released, I dismissed it as some cheezy mindless sci-fi movie. Then accolades started rolling in, and the ad in the papers in the movie section had some critic's blurb declaring it to be "the year's best movie". I decided to check it out one weekend and was stunned to see the lines to get in at the Galleria. At least I know there was a good chance I'd enjoy the film.

What I liked about it was that it was like a lot of the old adventure movies I regularly watched on TV at the time on the Late Show. It was like Saturday matinee entertainment (as was Raiders of the Lost Ark a few years later). I liked it so much, I drove over to Roy's Memory Shop and bought the original 1-sheet poster for about $5.00 (I later foolishly gave it away to my sister).

I consider the "prequels" utterly worthless. I also don't like the Lucas re-edits of the original trilogy. When I watch the Original Trilogy, I watch Harmy's fan re-edit (The De-Specialized Version). I have yet to see The Last Jedi. Not sure I'll even bother with Solo.

[ClearBlueSky]

I consider Mark Hamill a very GOOD actor. He can say more with facial expressions than most can with dialog. And damned beautiful IMO. Christensen is simply dreadful; more wooden than a lumberyard-zero screen appeal. Of course, the atrocious screenplays and dialog didn’t help.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

WHAT! No mention of HOWARD THE DUCK?

[Bender2]

Re: LOL, I first saw the original Star Wars at the Galleria on a Saturday in the summer of '77

Gadzooks and General Jackson-- Dear old, ever lovin' Houston, or rather the area around the Galleria, in the swinging "Disco Craze" was one of my favorite times in my life!

Did you ever go to Pistachio's? Just north from the Galleria on Post Oak? It was a private club in the Élan's style of 'cool new money cash to burn' in a blaze of the latest disco music cranked real loud.

I was a member of both yet Pistachio's was my regular nightly haunt.

Oh, man, do those memories... flood back!

I owned three tuxedos back in those days (one black, one dark navy blue & one white) and wore one at least once or twice a week. All those sexy gals weren't the only ones dressed to kill--- And we did!

Anyway, glad to know I was not the only one recalling the original Star Wars when it burst onto the scene in all its true glory.

Oh well, recalling my favorite disco song when I strutted... my stuff to "He's The Greatest Dancer!"

[freepertoo]

LOL! I spent a good portion of my 30s dressed up as Luke Skywalker at Media West in Michigan every Memorial day Weekend. Made my first professional writing money as a SW writer for West End Games. Hey...SW is family! The first two, at least, the others I can do without. I DO love the new Solo movie, however.

[DiogenesLamp]

Nine worst One best

Pretty much.

[DiogenesLamp]

Sorry, but I can’t watch any Star Wars movies ever again. The Phantom Menace cured me. The Saturday morning cartoons of my youth were more believable.

Did you ever see Mr. Plinkett's review of the Phantom Menace? It was absolutely hilarious. The review was far more entertaining than the movie!

[DiogenesLamp]

Everyone criticizes Phantom Menace. My daughter was about 5 and she loved it.

That sounds reasonable to me.