Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25131077-20161209183314/@comment-25012056-20161210165847

I'm going to use this as a place to write out and defend my favorite to least favorite Star Wars movies. My list:


 * 1) The Revenge of the Sith (III)
 * 2) The Empire Strikes Back (V)
 * 3) A New Hope (IV)
 * 4) The Force Awakens (VII)
 * 5) The Return of the Jedi (VI)
 * 6) The Attack of the Clones (II)
 * 7) The Phantom Menace (I)

I'm going to start with the disclaimer that I dislike none of these movies. The first two prequels may not have been the best Star Wars movies, but they aren't bad movies by a long, long shot. If you cut out the entire love plotline in Attack of the Clones it's actually pretty awesome, and while Phantom Menace has plentiful flaws, you aren't human if you didn't enjoy the duel with Darth Maul or the podrace (or AotC's Battle of Geonosis, on that note. The Battle of Geonosis was an amazing sequence.)

What I know a bunch of people are going to be surprised about is that Revenge of the Sith gets the top spot - and in my opinion, it does deserve it. Sure, the dialogue isn't the best written and there are some scenes that could use a rewrite. But if you look at the story of the movie, the most important part, Revenge of the Sith blows the others clean out of the water. The story is so complex and well-done. It not only completely flips the other prequel stories on their heads, but it also brings them to a conclusion and truly does justice to the originals. The thing many people don't realize about RotS's story is how complicatedly brilliant it is. If you are introduced to Star Wars in chronological order - as I was, long ago - the plot twists are unexpected yet mind-blowing. If you haven't seen the originals first, the twist that Palpatine and Sidious are the same, the twist that the clone army was designed to destroy the Jedi Order, and the twist that a massive galaxy-engulfing war was engineered to turn one Jedi to the Dark Side is unforgettable. In additon, the visuals are also amazing: The battles, Order 66, and the duels are all spectacular.

However, it's better if you look at the prequel trilogy as one story, especially with Anakin's fall and the destruction of the Jedi.

Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 16:58, December 10, 2016 (UTC)