(12-27-2019 07:55 AM)gdunn Wrote:  

(12-25-2019 03:30 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  Interesting take... I'll take a crack at ranking the movies.

I consider the first 4 the real Star Wars films

1. IV- Set up the entire series, and changed cinema and marketing.
2. V- Dark and underappreciated when it was made.
3. VI- Nowhere near as good as IV or V. Vader should looked better when they took his helmet off, not like Elmer Fudd.
4. Rouge One- Great set up to the originals. Gareth Edwards and that writing team should have made all of the Disney Star Wars films. My one complaint is that Forest Whitaker was bad as Saw Gerrera. In general, I think that character could have been much cooler.

I can agree with the above. I loved RoTJ. I watched it alot as a kid growing up, so it holds a special place with me.

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5. Solo- Not a bad story, but the droid/Lando love storyline was creepy. The droid rights agenda was stupid. Disney should leave their social agendas out of the films, and let the audience enjoy being in a galaxy far far away. I think this is a running issue within almost all of the Disney Star Wars films.
6. III- All of the prequels are bad, but at least we learn about Darth Plagueis and how Sidious learned to create Anakin/Darth Vader from the midichlorians.

Eh.. I disagree about Revenge of the Sith.. I'm not sure it shows that Sidious created Vader. I'll have to go back and watch.

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It doesn't give a flashback or anything, but remember Anakin's father is never discussed in any of the films. In RoSith, Palpatine tells Anakin about the legend of Darth Plagueis the Wise, in response to Anakin's concern for the impending death of his wife. It is widely believed Darth Sidious manipulated the midichlorians and had Anakin's slave mother birth the child. It explains why Vader was the most powerful force user ever... or at least until Disney mucked everything up. But, go back and watch it and decide for yourself if that scenario works for you.