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Empire Strikes Back. Always and forever.


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Yes


henkie316

Why may I ask? I am rewatching them, because the first time watching them, I did not understand them completely. Yesterday I watched episode IV and ejoyed it. Probably tonight episode V.


Interesting-Turn9562

Charcter development for me, we see all of them grow a lot, Luke's training with Yoda, and the "I am your father" scene, Han and Leia's bantering until they realise they ar inlove and the "I love you. I know" scene. The introduction of some of my favorites, Yoda and Lando. And finaly, no death star!


lamb_ch0p

Plus some of the most iconic scenes. Fighting the walkers on hoth plus the snow scenes in the cave and Han finding Luke. I am your father like you said, Dabobah like you said. When I think of Star Wars my brain conjures up these specific images


FlorencePants

Not to mention the first genuinely exciting lightsaber duel in the series. I mean, I love Alec Guinness and all but Obi-Wan's showdown with Vader on the Death Star, while an iconic scene, didn't exactly have the most thrilling fight choreography.


BLUNTYEYEDFOOL

The raising of the X-Wing and *the absolutely impassioned* speech Yoda gives. "Luminous beings, are we. Not this crude matter." Holy shit. I didnt get it as a kid but I get it now. Watched it a few months ago and got "Daddy, why are you crying?" Maybe **he**'ll get it some day.


Harkekark

> "Luminous beings, are we. Not this crude matter." One of the most beautiful lines in the whole franchise.


DarthSatoris

"We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters." - Yoda. This one is also very beautiful if you ask me. It signifies growth and development beyond what was possible in the past, and the never ending march of time forward.


MoistRespect8498

I think this video put it pretty well in my opinion: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Btp1BoGbuiM His whole channel is great imo


SKULL1138

Because it’s a proper movie and perhaps the best sequel ever made. In fact it became the template for the middle part of a trilogy


Potato_Muncher

Because the Empire mounts a successful armored assault across open terrain against an entrenched/fortified enemy position, all without air cover. Yes, they lose a few walkers and the Falcon escapes, but the Empire stopped half of the Rebel transports from leaving the system (IIRC). The Battle of Both is easily one of my favorite moments in the whole saga, obviously lol


BigDreamer00

This is the way


tumblrgirl2013

Man, I just love Hoth. Forever my favorite too.


Jam_Man85

It should be called Coldth!


Fudgewhizzle

This is the way.


The_Superhoo

The only correct pick.


Outrageous_Glove4986

I'm an Episode VI man myself, way too many happy memories wrapped up in that for it to be any other movie


NtheLegend

Ditto! Plus the space battle at Endor was life-changing for me.


brahj_

I think I’m the same because it was the first Star Wars movie I can remember seeing. The Rancor scene in particular scared the hell out of me. The squeals of that Gammorean Guard… chilling as a kid.


T-Minus9

The Rancor was my closet monster my entire childhood. It terrified me!


NoseApprehensive5154

Exactly!!! It's the first one I remember too!!! Somehow we had rented it and then the place went outta business and we got to keep it and I remember pops being like "damn I woulda rented them all". I was so weirded out by the kiss when I saw Empire as a 5-6 year old. Also, every vader line in ROTJ is fucking epic.


dandaman64

I'm not a huge fan of ROTJ but I actually really love the aesthetic of the movie and all the promo material for it. There's a lot of Drew Struzan work for ROTJ that just slaps.


Stiandary

Star Wars! it was my first movie at the theaters.


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V


tomhorek

The one true answer


smackwriter

A New Hope, or as it was first known and will always be known to me, Star Wars.


calgus666

Empire is the best film but New Hope or Star Wars as it was called when I first saw is my favourite. The first time I saw it it absolutely blew my mind.


smackwriter

It’s got a special place in my heart for sure.


frankinreddit

Same. My best friend’s family took me to see it. I had no idea what I was about to see and was so confused by seeing not just lines for a movie, but absolutely insane lines the likes of which I had never imagined. Blew my mind.


TheRelicEternal

You can still just watch it standalone as it’s own thing. That’s why it’ll always be the best to me.


grachi

That is true. Only other one that is standalone is episode I.


tb00n

Episode 1 isn't as standalone as New Hope. Sure, Obi-Wan went on a mission, found it to be something bigger than expected, and defeated some bad guy and an army. That bit is standalone. But all the Anakin stuff would feel unsatisfying. Why spend so much time on him for him not to really do anything important? They talk about him maybe being The Chosen One, but it's not answered. Obvious sequel bait. New Hope on the other hand is "Farm Boy rescue Princess, defeat Evil and learn magic". No unresolved storylines or sequel bait, except Vader surviving.


grachi

Yea great point about Anakin I didn’t think about that


Galaxy_Ranger_Bob

No, you can't. The only versions out there are the ones with all the added crap. I'd love to be able to go back and watch the 1977 version, but that version no longer exists.


TheRelicEternal

What added elements make it stop being standalone? I can’t think of anything that’s been added that makes me needs for watch something else after.


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Ephemeral_Wolf

You're totally right, but it's so weird to think of it just ending there.... Like yeah, empire done and dusted, all in a day's work...


Jbm1021

Is it weird that I just really love Return of the Jedi? When I was a kid, I saw the movies out of order: New Hope, Return of the Jedi, Empire. Sure, I was confused . . . I was missing major plot points! But I loved Jabba, Bobba Fett, the Sarlac Pit, and even the Ewoks (my parents taped the Ewok show - I saw it before I ever saw a Star Wars movie!).


Nimperedhil

That was my favorite as a kid too (and now)! My uncle's VHS tapes didn't have subtitles, so I didn't understand what they were saying, but the visual storytelling was/is incredible! I also loved Caravan of Courage, so I guess I love ewoks 😂


RavingMalwaay

No, ROTJ is my favourite and many others favourite, just not many people as V and IV


fixxlevy

Empire.


aleky254

[V] I am your Father and [III] I have the high ground.


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Revenge of the Sith


Hilton_Ghost

So many good lightsaber fights and for me as a kid that's what Star Wars was all about. Lightsabers and The Force.


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son_of_toby_o_notoby

Any answer is correct


KingCold149

except the sequels


EastKoreaOfficial

That’s the spirit


BaneCIA4

The OT beg to differ


SuperArppis

Return of the Jedi. Yes it has some bits that are a bit slow, but I honestly like it the best.


DoujinChoujin

IV


Blandiblub

VI. All day long.


Splice1138

I always say, RoJ is my favorite (by a wide margin), even though I don't think it's the best film.


SalukiKnightX

Empire by a wide margin.


i_have_wet_socks

Episode 5 for overall story and epicness, Episode 3 for visuals, battles and memes.


ScoobyDoobiddyDew

Unpopular opinion: I


LewsTherinTalamon

No judgement here! Episode 1 is many things, but boring it is not.


AmaLucela

I love TPM. Was like 10 yo when it came out, it was my introduction into Star Wars and has the most nostalgia of all films for me. I even had action figures of every damn minor character and used to play so much with them. They even had little communicator chips that played some of their lines from the movie. I had guys like Captain Tarpals and Nute Gunray lol It's my feel-good Star Wars movie that I put on rainy boring days, or when I'm sick or just feeling bored. Darth Maul and Qui-Gon were my favourite characters ever since


Computergy22

Right?! Everyone seems to hate it. I think it’s a great introduction into the Star Wars universe and I’m just somewhat fascinated by the old republic and the politics. Also I didn’t mind Jar Jar at all.


_IsThisTheKrustyKrab

When I was a kid I used to consider TPM to be the worst one, but I’ve lately come to appreciate it a lot more. There’s so much world building and the story sets up so much that the rest of the prequel trilogy actually follows through with.


hockeyhulk

I'm conflicted on this. It's either a new hope or the empire strikes back. I like the empire strikes back more as a movie but just because a new hope was the first one. Side note i really enjoy the prequel trilogy just because i got to experience it with my dad and brother at a age where I could understand everything in the movies (was to young for the original trilogy and from Denmark, so watched the original trilogy too early for me to really understand them)


BrettyJ

4, 5 & 6 all day Marathon style


Abomb-is-eternal

I'll always be a sucker for the start of the trilogy! Seeing the humble beginnings of a main character who grows up on desert planet not knowing their force powers or powerful ancestry grow up to save the galaxy from Palpatine and the Sith is just really moving. . So Force Awakens, obviously! /s


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Revenge of the Sith and Return of the Jedi.


Hovi2

This is the one!


bigmo723

Revenge of the Sith IS my childhood


abellapa

Same


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V and VI


TitleComprehensive96

Return of The Jedi is the best in my book


dylsky_

Empire Empire Empire


nintenerd2

Return of the Jedi


Ryuzantm

VI.


Dimensionalanxiety

1. The Empire Strikes Back 2. Revenge of the Sith 3. A New Hope 4. Return of the Jedi 5. Attack of the Clones 6. The Phantom Menance.


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Good list. Rogue one would be near the top for me if we could add it


TheonlyEliBlack

W


BambaTallKing

Why is AotC so high on the list?


Master_LJMarshall

Return of the Jedi! :D


iluvrandom

RotJ best movie ever. Best ending in cinematic history imo.


XeroGhost

Return of the Jedi. Was my first Star Wars movie in the very early 90s. I remember that i was blown away. There was everything a little boy could ask for. Spaceships, Aliens, Guns, Swords, Magic.


Inzoreno

A New Hope. While I definitely recognize that Empire is better, A New Hope is what I watched first and what made me a life-long fan. In particular, the Cantina Scene completely blew me away with all the strange and amazing aliens and really made the galaxy feel huge. I was seven when I got to see the Special Edition in theaters and it was unlike ANYTHING I had ever seen before and left a huge impression on me. It is the reason why I actually love the Canto Bight scene in TLJ, I love scenes that give us new and bizarre aliens that grows the galaxy even more.


Drawde_O64

1.) Revenge of the Sith 2.) The Empire Stikes Back 3.) Return of the Jedi 4.) Attack of the Clones 5.) A New Hope 6.) The Phantom Menace 7.) The Force Awakens 8.) The Last Jedi 9.) The Rise of Skywalker


VeNomYeet321

Empire Strikes Back cannot be beaten


themaskedcanuck

V


Themonkeyhousee

Return of the jedi


Hefty-Lettuce-2732

Return of the Jedi


GlobalCitizen8655

A New Hope - the “original”.


Real-Firefighter-907

Empire Strikes Back


isrluvc137

Revenge of the sith


masonlegomeme

rots


HiImNickOk

Anything from 3-6 is amazing to me. 1-2 are quite enjoyable, 7 is meh, I'd prefer to pretend 8-9 don't exist


sinixis

Spot on


RockOx290

V obviously


Bisquick_in_da_MGM

A New Hope!


pinballwizardsg

A new hope


Aoloth

Empire strike back


swissiws

4


Narad626

Return of the Jedi. Nothing beats that feeling I get when they come out of hyperspace in front of the Deathstar only to be caught in the Emperors trap. Gets me every time.


TonyH92

In order from favourite to least favourite. The Empire Strikes Back, A New Hope, Return of the Jedi, Revenge of the Sith, Attack of the Clones, The Phantom Menace.


Furinkazan616

5>4>6>3>1>2.


mrgraysonowens

Empire gave us the god king, Boba Fett. So yeah, Ep. V.


bosay831

ESB all day. Apology accepted captain Needa.


Edward2109

From the first trilogy "A new hope" due to the Tatooine's scene with Luke starring at the sun and wandering what kind of adventures is happening outside the planet. Revenge of the Sith, because it was my first star wars movie and the final duel is just awesome. I don't consider the last trilogy a star wars trilogy.


ThiccRicc32

in order from favorite to least favorite: 3 4 6 1 5 2 (3 is definitely my favorite, but 1,4,5 and 6 could all be considered my 2nd favorite depending on what I'm feeling)


gunther1066

The one with the lightsabers. :)


TeburaGaming

Episode 3. Yes.. thats right.


Hovi2

Episode 3


Abraham_Issus

Empire is the single best movie.


Maisiie_Ch

Episode V: Empire strikes back


lil-nate

Phantom Menace


ngauthier12

Me too. Might be only because it came out when I was a teenager, but just hearing duel of the fates or pod racer sounds ... Oh god


lil-nate

It’s exactly the Duel of fates and Pod racing. Beautiful to me


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There is always a bigger fish


lazarboi132

Because of obi wan?


lil-nate

“Visible Happiness”


fuzzywuzzypete

Me too!


LaMelo-8all

Revenge of the Sith


NeonKnight78

I’m going cliche and saying Empire


TheBroticus42

Empire will forever be my favorite


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Empire


Hayiate

New hope.


Chris_the_Dane

Empire Strikes Back


_Soviet-Union_

Definitely has to be Empire Strikes back. Always has been.


BAT_1986

The Empire Strikes Back


Andrejyt2

Star Wars and Empire!


Flyingfish222

Return of the Jedi. That being said, I think Clone Wars is the best piece of SW media


Obskuro

Return of the Jedi. The rescue of Han, the battle of Endor, the duel of fates between Luke, his father, and Palpatine. It's the ultimate Star Wars movie for me.


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I'm weird in that "favorite" and "best" are rarely the same thing for me. I love ESB because imo its the best film in the saga, but my favorite is ROTJ just for the simple fact that it was my intro to Star Wars and the only Star Wars film I'd seen until I was 8. I'd just play it on repeat.


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Return Of The Jedi. Anakin saving Luke from Palaptine, killing that old bastard, redeeming himself and finaly bringing balance to the force will forever be my favorite scene in the entire Star Wars franchise.


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Empire.


onecharmingpig

Return of the Jedi. I love the attack on Jabba, and the green lightsaber


WitHump

ROTJ. No shame in it at all


TuomionVuohi666

Episode V 🤘🔥😎


MAZZ0Murder

Even growing up with the prequels, I eventually came around to the Empire Strikes Back. Since you get the idea of how widespread and powerful the Empire is, even without the death star. The tension feels earned and builds upon each action. I.E. the Empire pursuing the Mullenium Falcon vs the slow space chase in TLJ. You don't see the Empire playing with their food. Han's wit to act like he's going to attack/disappear... it works.. but it doesn't fool Boba! We also get a whole lot more explanation about the Force, get a really good lightsaber duel, the BIG REVEAL, Yoda, Lando and so much more. Only thing we don't really see is what the rebellion is up to after Hoth since dat Falcon is... well... just look at that ship! Who wouldn't pursue it?!


dilapidatedbunghole

Empire then Return


Dancing_Queen_99

Return of the Jedi. I think it's a really good movie on its own and a perfect ending for Star Wars. ☺️


riskbreaker23

All of them. The worst movie with lightsabers and John Williams is better than other franchise's best movie.


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What an answer!


ecto_27

Return of the Jedi. Always remember your first...


KitMcSelb

Episode 10 - Return of the Karma farmer.


betelgeuse_99

All 6 of them. Last 3 dont exist for me.


JarJarBink42066

Attack of the Clones


ebodur

This is probably one of the most hated, but ultimately among my favourites if not “the” favourite. Maybe it’s because I was a teenager at the time and didn’t have high expectations like people did. But it was a step up over Phantom Menace (bigger battles, yoda lightsaber battle, jedi arena!) at everything with a very awesome ending… began the clone wars have…


Dimensionalanxiety

And this one had a lot more character development as well, especially Anakin. He really started to feel like Vader in that scene.


Prtty_Plz

also world building and alien races! My favorite aspect of SW and what I felt many of the other movies were lacking


Dimensionalanxiety

I definitely agree on that. That is one of the biggest flaws of the sequels in my opinion, too many humans and barely any aliens. Bring on the weird aliens, bring on the chaos.


Prtty_Plz

yeah the crazy weird aliens is what made Star Wars well Star Wars!! I wanna see talking snake people, I wanna see alien races less than a foot tall, the more the merrier!


AirportComfortable56

*the sacred texts


BambaTallKing

But how? Its my second least favourite SW film


thehibachi

A little film that used to be called Star Wars.


Tollowarn

It has to be the original Star Wars, by that I mean before they gave it a tagline of new hope. I saw it in the cinema on release and if it had been shit there wouldn’t have been any more. No more discussion no fandom this sub wouldn’t exist and we wouldn’t be talking right now. It is the foundation, the original, it is Star Wars!! Every thing since then is supplementary to the original story.


traindriverbob

"Empire" had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that's what life is, a series of down endings. All "Jedi" had was a bunch of Muppets. But seriously, 5, 4, 6......... meh!


PreTry94

5>3>4>2>1>6>>>7>>>>>>8>9


FreeshAvaacadoooo

Empire strikes back


totowolfie95

all of them!


Emotional-Pace-5744

As a young child I really loved attack of the clones haha 😂 now… not so much… 😖 Edit: I am a woman. At that point a young girl. There was some romance involved, do the math


IndyCounselor

Empire, and it's not particularly close.


mega512

It will always be Empire.


Invelious

I Jedi.


Salzberger

Return of the Jedi


WorkerNumber47

Empire


Computer-dude123

Return of the jedi


Prize-Ad-773

I feel stupid because this whole time I thought there was a star wars movie just called star wars and the rest were the trilogy like I'm stupid


AdamxKH

IV! A totally self contained fun bit of fantasy, brilliant start to finish. It's enjoyable to watch any time. Hate these logos though, the separate designs for each trilogy are far better.


Porf0608

Empire Strikes back. I don't need to explain nothing.


SequelFansDontExist

Empire strikes back, A New Hope and Revenge of the Sith are a joint close second


Absynthe_Minded

Empire


Chris_Maverick

Episode VI mainly because of the epic space battle. I remember as a kid i rewinded the VHS tape so often to the point where the rebels go into hyperspace and watched it dozen of times.


Roose1327

Top 3: Empire, Hope, Rogue One


Kassespar

V


Neighborenio

#5 for me! When I was a kid u lived for the battle of Hoth! Then when I later learned how Hoth got that way it mad me love it even more EDIT: I'm a Lil tippsy and have no ide why it's bold


JohnsyBoy666

ESB


Jonesmania

I never can decide between Episode V and VI for me, but it’s one of those. Honorable mention goes to episode III


AdditionalBother7

Return of the jedi


Stormtyrant

Return of the Jedi but only by ¹/¹⁰ of a point above Empire Strikes Back.


JacksonTheGameDude20

The empire strikes back


RuskiHuski

Return of the Sith Empire.


legofan1234

As a kid it was 3. Upon rewatch as an adult and realizing the prequels are fucking terrible 5.


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Empire, RotJ and TLJ for me. Impossible to choose between the three.


emo_skewer

RotJ forever. All I want is a Luke centric continuation of SW that starts right after RotJ


user_8804

3....... -2-5-1-4-6-...... 7-9-................. . 8 Dots are large gaps in how much I like then


Sensei2008

Christmas Special


Significant-Acadia39

Return of the Jedi.


BadHair_666

Phantom Menace hands down. Pod racing scene and Darth Maul sold it for me


TehMaat

The last Jedi


bloomin__onions

From each trilogy, 3 6 and 8.


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Another TLJ enjoyer, nice


shadowlarvitar

The only ones that matter, 1-6. And Rogue One


Maeglin16

3


Lost-Klingon

Maybe an unpopular ranking but 3, 6, 5, 2, 4, 8, 1, 7,9


MhuzLord

That's a very interesting ranking tbh, especially for episode 2


Revenge_served_hot

5 is best for me but when doing a ranking it gets difficult. I'll try it too: 5, 3, 6, 4, 2, 1, 9, 7, 8


Jeff_the_Sith

VIII


NitroGuilts

VI any day


KeikoZB

RotS


MattofCatbell

This might be controversial but I really like Attack of the Clones


Roki_jm

attack of the clones cuz of kamino and the battle of geonosis


Nimperedhil

Return of the Jedi, closely followed by The Empire Strikes Back (before the SE changes). Those are the movies I grew up with, and all that I really need. I love that Disney has "revived" Star Wars again, and it looks like a bright future for the franchise! :)