Poll of the Day > Which was your favorite of the "newer" star wars movies?

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tupic

Solo, but since It's not up there, the one I haven't seen (the last one).

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The Force Awakens because it's the only palatable one. Even if it is little more than a nostalgia drug disguised as a new film.

I'd easily take Rogue One over any of the new main series films, though.
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IX > VIII > Rogue One > VII

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Last Jedi felt the most like it was trying to do its own thing and not just adapt Legends.

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Rogue one, even though it was stupid how they have Vader kicking ass and taking names days before he is acting all oldmanly

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Rise of Skywalker

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hypnox posted...

Rogue one, even though it was stupid how they have Vader kicking ass and taking names days before he is acting all oldmanly

This was my complaint as well. Everyone else is like "Oh, it's so cool!" But I was mostly like "Yes, but it's so out of character. And it's kind of lame that the movie segues directly into New Hope."

I kind of would have liked it more if they just alluded to New Hope. Like have someone transmit the plans to Leia's ship and then just have one of the Imperials be like "Lord Vader, we traced a transmission", and he's like "Well then, let's go get them." So everyone understands that they're going to chase down the ship and segue into New Hope without having to have it explained in a way that babies can understand.

But I don't expect Rogue One to be flawless (especially not after the prequels, and compared to the sequels), so I'm willing to forgive it for a few things. Like this, or like how all the characters are more like mythic archetypes than actual people, or that it feels like they crammed what could have been 2-3 movies worth of plot into one movie.
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Imagine voting for disliked all

the butthurt is so real in Star Wars fans, its ridiculous

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wolfy42 posted...

Solo, but since It's not up there, the one I haven't seen (the last one).

Dude Solo might be in my top 3 SW movies it's so good.

I'd say top 5 has original trilogy for sure, rounded out by Solo and Rogue One. I'd have to think about it more for actual placement. Fuck it I'll do it now:

Empire
Solo
Rogue One
Return
New Hope

Bam.

Of the new movies, I only really liked Force Awakens. They showed some promise with that movie even though it was derivative but the sequels didn't do much for me.

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Rogue one is by far the best. Solo was surprisingly decent although I felt like it was Pirates of the Caribbean in Space.

I didn't hate any of the sequels; they're all enjoyable but flawed. But none of them are as good as the originals, and it's debatable if they are as good as the prequels. The dialogue was less hokey but the overall plot was far more disjointed

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Far-Queue posted...

Dude Solo might be in my top 3 SW movies it's so good.

I'd say top 5 has original trilogy for sure, rounded out by Solo and Rogue One. I'd have to think about it more for actual placement. Fuck it I'll do it now:

Empire
Solo
Rogue One
Return
New Hope

Bam.

Of the new movies, I only really liked Force Awakens. They showed some promise with that movie even though it was derivative but the sequels didn't do much for me.

As much as I disagree with your list, I'm so happy we now live in a world where every Star Wars list is no longer

ESB
ANH
ROTJ
ROTS
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hypnox posted...

Rogue one, even though it was stupid how they have Vader kicking ass and taking names days before he is acting all oldmanly

I think it's dumber that Vader has a one-liner.
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FrozenBananas posted...

Imagine voting for disliked all

the butthurt is so real in Star Wars fans, its ridiculous

imagine having different opinions

get over yourself

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the force awakens I guess but all of the Disney movies have been really bad, including RO

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New movies? You mean Return of the Jedi?

kukukupo posted...

New movies? You mean Return of the Jedi?

he means episode I II and III

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The Last Jedi was probably the best when viewed on it's own. The moment you try and look at it as a cohesive trilogy the whole thing falls apart and none of the films hold up too well. The Force Awakens was also good (again as a single movie and not a part of the series).

Rise of Skywalker was a giant fucking mess even independent of the trilogy.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

This was my complaint as well. Everyone else is like "Oh, it's so cool!" But I was mostly like "Yes, but it's so out of character. And it's kind of lame that the movie segues directly into New Hope."

I kind of would have liked it more if they just alluded to New Hope. Like have someone transmit the plans to Leia's ship and then just have one of the Imperials be like "Lord Vader, we traced a transmission", and he's like "Well then, let's go get them." So everyone understands that they're going to chase down the ship and segue into New Hope without having to have it explained in a way that babies can understand.

But I don't expect Rogue One to be flawless (especially not after the prequels, and compared to the sequels), so I'm willing to forgive it for a few things. Like this, or like how all the characters are more like mythic archetypes than actual people, or that it feels like they crammed what could have been 2-3 movies worth of plot into one movie.

This so much. I was very disappointed at how... off key, the ending of Rogue One was. It just didn't fit with the tone of the movie, or the tone of Episode IV. They were like "let's just do stuff that looks cool and goes directly into the beginning of Episode IV in an unbelievably convenient, yet laughably preposterous manner."

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Haven't seen 'em.

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The last jedi I guess. It wasn't very good, but at least it was interesting. I haven't seen rogue one or solo though, those might be closer to what I'm looking for.

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Wheres Rogue One?

TFA was probably the best out of the 3.. even thou it was a reboot.. a safe safe reboot

Then they ventured into mostly unique stories and we got TLJ.. the worst movie I've ever seen

RoS is on Disney+, I'll watch it, but not optimistic

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Of the ones listed, TLJ. It had problems, but it wasn't a retread of previous material (TFA) or a nonsensical story that completely abandons any pretense of logic (TRoS) and it was a decent movie in its own right.

Rogue One is by far the best of the Disney era, though.

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FrozenBananas posted...

Imagine voting for disliked all

the butthurt is so real in Star Wars fans, its ridiculous

Maybe all three were actually bad? And Im saying that as a cinema fan not a star wars fan. I know when I like a movie for just being a good movie, and these werent that.

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Force Awakens is the only one I've seen.
Judging by what I've heard the other two are both shit shows.

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I alternate between "Force Awakens" and none of the sequel trilogy. Had FA led into better films, I would have liked and appreciated it more for using a safe and familiar approach to things. However, Episode VIII had glaring flaws with the worst being the whole casino planet, and Episode IX spent way too long apologizing for the previous film that it felt weak on its own. They had no singular direction going into the trilogy, and the movies all suffered for it. For that reason, if I wanted to enjoy anything akin to "Force Awakens," I'd just rewatch Episode IV again, or play the LEGO version . . . again.

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hypnox posted...

Rogue one, even though it was stupid how they have Vader kicking ass and taking names days before he is acting all oldmanly

Eh, his moves weren't exactly acrobatic. Just kind of brute forced through at a slow pace. Wouldn't have been out of place in ROTJ.

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Rogue One > TFA > ... Starwars Christmas Special > Solo > 8 > 9

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I voted "dislike all", since meh/indifferent wasn't an option. I do really like the Last Jedi since it's the best example of ignoring establish lore and storytelling in modern movies. I guess the Last Jedi's director was a Bethesda fan.

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Every time I see people hating on the sequels (especially The Force Awakens) I wonder if Ive even seen the same movies.

The Force Awakens, especially, is just such a good movie. The iTs A rEmAkE argument against it is just so... lazy and not really accurate. Sure, if you look at it at the absolute most basic level, I could see that. But, then, the same could apply to Return of the Jedi too.

The Last Jedi isnt even THAT bad either. Time has certainly softened my opinion of it. Yes, theres some iffy parts to it. Yes, they probably should have reigned in Rian Johnson a little bit more. But theres still some good and even great parts to it.

And The Rise of Skywalker, I thought, was a fun movie. It was great seeing Rey, Poe, and Finn interacting with each, Threepio had a big role, Ian McDiarmid was fantastic as always. Nothing in it really struck me as completely nonsensical (within the Star Wars universe, of course ) so I really think that a lot of the whining is just bandwagon-hate.

I really dont see what the problem with these movies are to warrant such strong hatred. Is it because the old books (which were never canon ) were wiped away? Is it because the Rey character is a female? (Because if it was a guy, I could see a lot of people thinking that things she did in the movies was awesome...).

Ten years from now, though, people will look back at these more fondly. Im sure of it. Star Wars fans are incredibly fickle lol.

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Overall, The Force Awakens. I went into it not knowing what to expect but left satisfied with the direction the story was going at the time. Death Star 3.0 really did not bother me simply because of all the super-weapons that came up after Death Star 2.0 in the Legends books.

rexcrk posted...

Star Wars fans are incredibly fickle lol.

I don't think the fans are necessarily fickle but with the fan-base being so large that we are bound to have a wide range of fans liking/disliking the different aspects of the series. As a whole it might seem the fan-base is constantly shifting opinions but I can imagine some sticking to their guns and opinions years from now. Heck, I would not be surprised if some fans of ol only accept the original trilogy as the only Star Wars films.

rexcrk posted...

Is it because the old books (which were never canon ) were wiped away?

Having read over a hundred of the EU/Legends books, I was not bothered when they were brush under the rug as if they never happened. I do not need that sense of official acknowledgment to enjoy them but I can see how some fans needs that sense of it being "real" to enjoy them. Maybe I am simply not as emotionally attached to the series compared to my younger self from 20 years ago. I have grown tired of the books revolving around the main characters and after the last series I read, Legacy of the Force, my only real interest anymore is of the "little guys".

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Sequels > Prequels any day

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Force Awakens was "okay" solely on the basis that it was basically A New Hope again.

It has the problem of the protagonist being crazy OP from the start rather than slowly growing into an OP character in the movies which is just uninteresting writing though. Yes, the story "justifies" it, but that doesn't make such a character any more interesting.

After that it became a complete writing disaster.
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In retrospect, it'd be Force Awakens but honestly knowing what we know now and the direction the new trilogy has taken it's just all shit. I can't believe Disney didn't plan the whole thing out a bit more (or at all).

At the end of Force Awakens we were so excited for the next movie- Luke was going to come back and start kicking major ass. And well you all know what happened. Then the "Rise of Backpedaling".. bah.

Rogue One had a lot of promise (Vader ending- need I say more?) but honestly I didn't care about the characters. That's what a Star Wars movie really needs. Without any sort of emotional investment in the characters anything they are put through doesn't mean much in the end. I can still watch a classic Star Trek episode from 1966 through cheesy effects and all because the chemistry of Kirk / Spock / Bones is so great even today. The only main character I ever remember from Rogue One was the droid. Well, him and the blind guy I suppose.

It's always going to be Empire / Return of the Jedi / New Hope for me. Those are the ones I saw as a kid in the theater, the ones I watched a billion times over the years. Really the only ones that never let me down. Maybe in 50 years somebody can do something again to make this franchise great again, movie-wise.

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hypnox posted...

Rogue one, even though it was stupid how they have Vader kicking ass and taking names days before he is acting all oldmanly

Well see he got a tired and stuff from doing that haha.

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Considering the last Star Wars movie was Revenge of the Sith, my favourite would have to be that one. Cool fight scenes, cool characters (mostly), everything looks great too. There wasn't any disrespect shown, or shit thrown, to the cast of the original trilogy, nor were there any major changes to how the Force worked. The guy this trilogy was about was shown losing quite a few times, so despite being "the Chosen One" and "the strongest Jedi ever" he wasn't ridiculously overpowered, and he was easily manipulated too - which does harm his character arc, actually.

This trilogy also brought some welcome changes to the original trilogy, such as Revenge of the Sith Anakin showing up as a ghost in Return of the Jedi, Palpatine showing up in Empire Strikes Back, and various planets from this trilogy being shown celebrating at the end of Return of the Jedi.

So overall, my favourite most-recent Star Wars movie would undoubtedly be Revenge of the Sith.

...Wait, you're telling me there were several new Star Wars movies released in the last decade? Naw, that's not true; don't delude yourself. Those "films" are pure feminist fanfiction that shit on everything that made the original trilogy, and the prequel trilogy, so amazing. They don't count in any way, shape or form, aside from "Biggest Wastes of Money and Expectations" lists.

Akira_Kurusu22 posted...

There wasn't any disrespect shown

Not even NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!?

Lucas liked it so much he went back and had him say it again in RofJ, which totally ruins that great scene.

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Akira_Kurusu22 posted...

...Wait, you're telling me there were several new Star Wars movies released in the last decade? Naw, that's not true; don't delude yourself. Those "films" are pure feminist fanfiction that shit on everything that made the original trilogy, and the prequel trilogy, so amazing. They don't count in any way, shape or form, aside from "Biggest Wastes of Money and Expectations" lists.

See like I cant tell if posts like these are serious or just shitposts.

I mean, I hope its a joke. Because its hard to image that people actually have their heads so far up their asses and are so insecure that they would look at the newer ones and see feminist fanfiction.

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quigonzel posted...

Now that Rise is out, every time I rewatch The Last Jedi I'm disappointed that Abrams decided to just disregard it. There's a lot in TLJ that was meant to be a springboard for the films past episode IX.

You could make that same argument for Force Awakens.
The main thing is that this new trilogy should've been planned out well in advance and it wasn't.


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The Force Awakens for sure. Then The Last Jedi, and lastly Rise of Skywalker. I enjoyed the Force Awakens, I can't remember how I felt about The Last Jedi other than I somewhat enjoyed, and while there were some parts of Rise of Skywalker that I enjoyed and some parts that I was very disappointed in and left me with a lot more questions.

As for the side story movies, they were alright. The best part of this generation of Star Wars (I haven't seen the cartoons so I'll omit those) is The Mandalorian Season 1.

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7 like moms spaghetti
8- let's go out for chicken nuggies.
9- shit this spaghettis left out and cold let's just throw it up in the fan and see what we get.

Rogue One and Solo by far. Between 7, 8 and 9 it's definitely TFA.

Rogue One was fantastic, Solo was great also. The other three were complete shit that shouldn't have happened or happened later once they found better actors/storytellers/directors.

Last Jedi and last 20 minutes of Rogue One >>>>>>>>>> Force Awakens, Rise of Skywalker, the rest of Rogue One and Solo.

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