Star Wars (1977 - present)

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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    42 years ago today, STAR WARS premiered. (Here in Norway, we didn t get it until Christmas.)
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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Updated Ranking:

    Favorite to Least

    THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK/STAR WARS
    RETURN OF THE JEDI/THE FORCE AWAKENS
    REVENGE OF THE SITH
    ATTACK OF THE CLONES (/SOLO)
    (ROGUE ONE)
    THE PHANTOM MENACE/THE LAST JEDI

    Interesting, @Birdleson

    My ranking would currently go a little like this:
    1. SW/ESB
    2. RO/ROTJ
    3. TFA/ROTS
    4. SOLO/TLJ
    5. TPM/AOTC

    RO remains a contested choice, I know. I think the world (or rather, the galaxy) of it. Went to see it several times in the theatre; I thought it that good. Couldn't bring myself to a blasphemous move such as putting RO in the same spot as SW and ESB, but certain parts of the film would almost warrant such a bold choice in my opinion.
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    My ranking

    A New Hope
    Empire Strikes Back
    The Last Jedi
    Force Awakens
    Rogue One
    Solo
    Return of the Jedi
    Revenge of the Sith
    Attack of the Clones
    Phantom Menace
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    What is of great interest to me is TLJ's position in people's lists. Some absolutely adore the film, others rank it at the bottom almost. An exceptionally polarizing film to be fair. Can't say I dislike it. Can't say I entirely "get" it yet either. Will need more time with the movie. :)
  • edited June 2019 Posts: 1,397
    I've probably been a Star Wars geek just as long as a Bond fan, here's mine:

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

    ps: I'm hoping to place Rise of Skywalker at least #5.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Empire Strikes Back
    A New Hope
    Return of the Jedi
    Revenge of the Sith
    Rogue One
    Attack of the Clones
    The Phantom Menace
    Force Awakens
    The Last Jedi
    Solo
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
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    We're not a million miles from each other, @ShakenNotStirred

    Star Wars
    The Empire Strikes Back
    Rogue One
    Return Of The Jedi
    The Force Awakens
    Revenge Of The Sith
    The Last Jedi
    Solo
    The Phantom Menace
    Attack Of The Clones
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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    1. Empire Strikes Back
    2. Star Wars
    3. Rogue One
    4. Return of the Jedi
    5. The Last Jedi
    6. The Force Awakens
    7. Solo
    8. The Revenge of the Sith
    9. Attack of the Clones
    10. The Phantom Menace
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,134
    Ranking the SW films is almost as hard as ranking the Bond films.
    Though SW has more highs and lows for a much smaller series of movies.

    1. TESB
    2. ANH
    3. ROTJ
    4. TFA
    5. RO
    6. ROTS
    7. SOLO
    8. AOTC
    9. TPM
    10. TLJ

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    I've probably been a Star Wars geek just as long as a Bond fan, here's mine:

    1) Empire
    2) A New Hope
    3) Return
    4) Rogue One
    5) The Force Awakens
    6) Revenge
    7) The Last Jedi
    8) Solo
    9) Attack of the Clones
    10) Phantom Menace
    Not a SW Geek myself, but I could Pretty much identify myself with this ranking.
    I would put AotC a bit higher if it wasn´t for adolescent Annakin´s Antics.

  • Cheers @CraigMooreOHMSS & @boldfinger. It was a recent rewatch of TPM that solidified its bottom ranking for me. Just a dull Star Wars film.
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    @ShakenNotStirred, every now and then there might come up a Moment where I try to give TPM another Chance. But it too much mixes adult and adolescent themes and in the middle of that puts a little child. The last few times that threw me off somewhere down the line.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    edited June 2019 Posts: 4,629
    I just finished The Making of Star Wars books by JW Rinzler. It's interesting how much George Lucas more or less did the directing and editing on ROTJ. The making of the trilogy is just as interesting as the films themselves. It's a shame his Force Awakens was cancelled, I would liked to know what happened to the original screenwriter, Michael Arndt.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Mark Hamill confirms he’ll be playing a Force Ghost in Star Wars Episode 9 – but wants it to be his last appearance
    https://www.gamesradar.com/star-wars-episode-9-mark-hamill-luke-skywalker-force-ghost/
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    MaxCasino wrote: »
    I just finished The Making of Star Wars books by JW Rinzler. It's interesting how much George Lucas more or less did the directing and editing on ROTJ. The making of the trilogy is just as interesting as the films themselves. It's a shame his Force Awakens was cancelled, I would liked to know what happened to the original screenwriter, Michael Arndt.
    Mark Hamill confirms he’ll be playing a Force Ghost in Star Wars Episode 9 – but wants it to be his last appearance
    https://www.gamesradar.com/star-wars-episode-9-mark-hamill-luke-skywalker-force-ghost/

    There's also some interesting approaches about bringing both Yoda and Obi-Wan back from the dead that would have been interesting. I wish that they would have brought that back for Luke. It seems to me that the more that George Lucas did the writing of ROTJ that he made more safe, instead of taking risks. This became more evident in the drafts after Raiders of the Lost Ark came out. Gary Kurtz has publicly noticed this as well.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,092
    MaxCasino wrote: »
    MaxCasino wrote: »
    I just finished The Making of Star Wars books by JW Rinzler. It's interesting how much George Lucas more or less did the directing and editing on ROTJ. The making of the trilogy is just as interesting as the films themselves. It's a shame his Force Awakens was cancelled, I would liked to know what happened to the original screenwriter, Michael Arndt.
    Mark Hamill confirms he’ll be playing a Force Ghost in Star Wars Episode 9 – but wants it to be his last appearance
    https://www.gamesradar.com/star-wars-episode-9-mark-hamill-luke-skywalker-force-ghost/

    There's also some interesting approaches about bringing both Yoda and Obi-Wan back from the dead that would have been interesting. I wish that they would have brought that back for Luke. It seems to me that the more that George Lucas did the writing of ROTJ that he made more safe, instead of taking risks. This became more evident in the drafts after Raiders of the Lost Ark came out. Gary Kurtz has publicly noticed this as well.

    I suspect many familiar faces will return in TRoS, I have become quite dismissive of the Disney Star Wars films, it's a shame Lucas was so disheartened by the critism of the prequels and never made his sequels.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/star-wars-episodes-land-4k-bluray-box-set-2020/

    A likely rumor for now. We're wishing for the same thing for the original 6 movies.
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    Of course it's only a matter of time before the SW films find their way to 4K. It would be awesome to finally get the original, theatrical cuts of the originals released on Blu-Ray and 4K. However, I'm not going to get my hopes up on that. I may just get the theatrical DVDs someday. For now I'm stuck with the altered versions.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    I really want a nice Blu Ray or 4K release of the original three films in the original theatrical cuts.


    That was what I was referring to. It's time!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    I really want a nice Blu Ray or 4K release of the original three films in the original theatrical cuts.


    Amazing experience back in 1977. I remember my best friend at school rooted for the villains. He is a lawyer now.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    Mark Hamill confirms he’ll be playing a Force Ghost in Star Wars Episode 9 – but wants it to be his last appearance
    https://www.gamesradar.com/star-wars-episode-9-mark-hamill-luke-skywalker-force-ghost/

    Let's hope he's not lying. It'd be very stupid to bring him back to life.
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    Walecs wrote: »
    Mark Hamill confirms he’ll be playing a Force Ghost in Star Wars Episode 9 – but wants it to be his last appearance
    https://www.gamesradar.com/star-wars-episode-9-mark-hamill-luke-skywalker-force-ghost/

    Let's hope he's not lying. It'd be very stupid to bring him back to life.

    As I understand it? The next trilogy of movies is a complete new set of characters so his wish should come true!
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Walecs wrote: »
    Mark Hamill confirms he’ll be playing a Force Ghost in Star Wars Episode 9 – but wants it to be his last appearance
    https://www.gamesradar.com/star-wars-episode-9-mark-hamill-luke-skywalker-force-ghost/

    Let's hope he's not lying. It'd be very stupid to bring him back to life.

    Agreed it would be very difficult to retcon Luke's death
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,178
    Is it wrong of me to think that "THE LOST JEDI" would have been a more appropriate title for Ep. VIII?
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Is it wrong of me to think that "THE LOST JEDI" would have been a more appropriate title for Ep. VIII?

    Yes. Because as I see it, the title symbolizes that the Jedi Order as we know it from Episodes I-VI is gone, paving the way for a new one that, hopefully, won't fall prey to the same mistakes for a third time in a row.
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Is it wrong of me to think that "THE LOST JEDI" would have been a more appropriate title for Ep. VIII?
    I understand what you're saying, but I think the Last Jedi is a title that gets people speculating over who the Last Jedi is, rather than no speculation because everyone knows who the Lost Jedi is referring to.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    edited July 2019 Posts: 4,629
    Birdleson wrote: »
    I really want a nice Blu Ray or 4K release of the original three films in the original theatrical cuts.


    Amazing experience back in 1977. I remember my best friend at school rooted for the villains. He is a lawyer now.

    https://comicbook.com/starwars/2019/07/01/star-wars-special-edition-original-screening-70mm-rare-lucasfilm/?fbclid=IwAR0LG3oQ2M_e5oXCA4peRZ-3xdHBL9S5Hpp0Qx_J4bXc3CteCif2wEcfjIY

    Our wishes may be coming true, soon!
    MaxCasino wrote: »
    https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/star-wars-episodes-land-4k-bluray-box-set-2020/

    A likely rumor for now. We're wishing for the same thing for the original 6 movies.

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