8. Attack of the Clones
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There's even a film theory argument that as a film, A New Hope should be 8. It had lots of great little scenes, but there's more artistry>
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On Lucas's part in Attack of the Clones. I think ironically that he was probably more focused on and frustrated by special effects in 1977
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My rankings above were based not on pure personal enjoyment (that would put Force Awakens highest, then R1, then Empire, then Phantom,
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> then Revenge, then Return, then Clones, then Hope
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My justification for the rankings as I placed them was how much the films stuck to being the kind of movie they set out to be
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Rogue One is, "we want to show the experiences of the background characters of this universe in a 'realistic' military movie"
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And they nail it. SImilarly, Ep 7 is JJ's lifelong dream of "I want to make Episode 7" and it hits expectations for what an Episode 7 is.
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Empire is an exciting pulp movie that pushes the bounds of the special effects of its time and doesn't get bogged down, and has The Twist.
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Return of the Jedi is two movies in one, a "Shadows of the Empire" style in between story, and a final battle. It's less focused on what it
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RotJ was made after Lucas' plans for a whole sequel trilogy collapsed
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so it crams in the original Ep 6 plot (saving Han Solo) w the climax of a planned Ep 9
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That explains why the filmmakers seem to have no idea what to do with everybody who isn't Luke after Jabba's
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