Star Wars

I admit… I’m watching Star Wars for the 18,074 time on Spike TV right now.  If I had to rank them in order of preference, I would rank them from best to worst:

Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Episode IV: A New Hope
Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Episode II: Attack of the Clones

So what’s your favorite?

1. How about adding a vote for people who never saw a Star Wars movie?

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 09, 2009 at 2324 hrs




2. That’s pretty much how I would rank them, except I would rank Episode III before Episode I.

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 09, 2009 at 2337 hrs




3. Episode V was such a change from anything we’d ever seen in terms of special effects that it has to be number 1.  I remember sitting in the theater in 1977 and seeing the opening scene with the Star Destroyer filling the screen and going “Whoa!”  It was unbelievable.  A quantum leap at the time.

   Posted by Steve on January 10, 2009 at 0755 hrs




4. I voted for Episode VI, but the six-year-old son likes Episode I the most. I wonder if it’s a generational preference that most of your readers’ favorites would be among Episodes IV through VI.

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 10, 2009 at 1023 hrs




5. I’d switch III with I, and II with VI.  But I agree with your top two.

   Posted by Lance on January 10, 2009 at 1143 hrs




6. Empire was by far, IMO, the best because it had a decent script. That is Lucas’ failing. Epi’s 1,2 &3;could have been great if he’d have used a decent screen writer. The dialogue was bush league at best. It was more like a campy 60’s beach movie. I did, however, like the lightsabre duels much better. Spec fx have really come far.

   Posted by Billiam on January 10, 2009 at 1435 hrs




7. Episode one never existed in my Star Wars cannon, mainly because of Jar Jar, and young Anikin’s overdue bitchslap. New Hope was clearly the best, thought I was a fan of the Empire so V is pretty badass

   Posted by Justin on January 10, 2009 at 1759 hrs




8. I rank them IV, V, VI, III, VII, VIII, IX, The Clone Wars, II, The Star Wars Christmas Special, I.

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 10, 2009 at 1812 hrs




9. I still consider IV and V to be the best. The only purpose I,II and III serve are to fill in the “hows” of what we know happens:

   •  Palpatine becomes the Emperor
   •  Anakin becomes Darth Vader
   •  Luke and Leia are born, their mother dies
   •  Obi-Wan watches over Luke
   •  Leia becomes a Princess of Alderan (sic)
   •  The Jedi are wiped out, except apparently for Obi-Wan and Yoda
   •  How Obi-Wan ended up with the lightsaber of Luke’s father

   In other words, the first three episodes added little to the story itself except some really cool f/x. On the other hand, the lightsaber duel at the end of III had me looking at my watch.

   I just realized that I spent 15 minutes composing this post. How do I get that time back?

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 11, 2009 at 1127 hrs