Im a huge fan of this franchise
I personally reckon The Phantom Menace was great!
In my preference of favourite, I would say episodes:
6: Return of the Jedi
1: The Phantom Menace
4: A New Hope
3: Revenge of the Sith
2: Attack of the Clones
5: The Empire Strikes Back
Most of you are thinking, "WHOAA? Is this guy crazy? The Empire Strikes Back last on his list? And Return of the Jedi at first?"
Well no, I mean it.
Before I continue though, I love each one equally, its just how important I see one more than the other.
My justifications?
Well Return of the Jedi was number one because that's exactly what it is, Return of the Jedi. a lot of people by this point forget what Star Wars is about. It's about Anakin Skywalker's struggle between the light side and dark side of the Force. Contrary to popular belief, Return of the Jedi is literally, return of the Jedi knight, Anakin Skywalker. And not return of the Jedi as a whole. And if you realise by the end of this chapter the kind of crap Anakin went through, it means so much.
The Phantom Menace was number two because it means soo much. Just a little boy with dreams and aspirations, inoccent and yet, we all know his fate. He leaves his mum, he has his mentor killed. So much happens to him, he is a slave to begin with. Yet he is still a nice little boy, no evil in sight. To me, it shows destiny.
A New Hope is number three because it ties everything together in one movie, before everyone goes thier seperate ways. Think about it, it introduces Luke Skywalker, Anakin's son as a niave young boy who don't know what faces ahead. Then you see his freind and mentor die by the clutches of Darth Vader. That means something to Luke, he wants revenge. He's angry. Only, Vader
is[/I} his father! Only he don't know it!
Revenge of the Sith is just class, and is number four on my list. After many many years of master planning, training and waiting Darth Sidious finally executes his master plan. To rid of the Jedi once and for all. And he does with class. With such aspects as Order 66, and the turn of Anakin, in this Episode you really do see distincively who's who and what's what. It links everything together.
And off course, number 5 on my list, Attack of the Clones. I really did enjoy this film a lot. To me its a movie which shows Anakin's innocence in the whole plot of Star Wars. He falls in love, serves in the Clone Wars and watches his mother die in his own arms. Back to the Clone Wars, it portrays Sidious's master plan once again, and just shows how his powers of persuasion is, by seducing Darth Tyranus, otherwise known as Count Dooku to the Dark Side of the Force.
And finally, the last on my list, The Empire Strikes Back. Firstly, i'd like to say I love this film to bits. I really enjoy watching that pivotal Vader and Luke moment time and time again, and the rest of the movie. a lot of you are probably looking for answers. And i'll give them to you. The Empire Strikes Back just tells me that, they strike back. But so what? At the start of the film, the Rebels are in a bad position. In the end of the film, they're in a bad position. It's a funny film, because it doesn't actually solve anything. It's just a dark movie that runs, which in my eyes, ranks as last.
HOWEVER, before I get flamed, each movie is ahead of the other my a VERY VERY VERY low margin. They all get 9's out of 10. Infact, Empire get's 10/10. But still ranks last in my list because Star Wars is about Anakin, nothing else.
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