After watching this movie Rogue One is still my favorite of the Disney era Star Wars films. I don't hate TLJ but it's not good enough for me to put it in the upper echelons of Star Wars cinema. On the other hand it's nowhere NEAR bad enough to be in the lower tiers of the prequels. I'm not sure where i would put it tbh.
shareHate to say it...all the way at the bottom...
shareit was better than 7, but thats it probably. i think its a solid movie though
shareI preferred TFA over this, although this is better than Rogue One, IMHO. In my view, Abrams should have written this whole trilogy, even if others directed them. Then the plot would have been consistent right the way through.
With regard to your prequels comment, my response is: it depends on what criteria you're rating the movies. If you're talking about visual spectacle, artistry and cinematography, then you'd be hard pressed to do better than this movie. Even Lucas said it was a beautifully made film.
But, if you want to rate on the basis of plot/story, then this is one of the worst SW movies, if not the worst. Even the prequels had a good story with a consistent plot through the trilogy. The problem with the prequels was the execution (acting, dialogue, direction, etc...), not the story. The story of this one is all over the place, contains large amounts of superfluous sub-plots, largely fails to develop the characters and their back-stories, and (worst of all) pretty much ignores the plot threads set up by Abrams in TFA and goes off on it's own tangent instead.
TL;DR: This film is style over substance.
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None are better than Rogue One imo.
shareMy list:
Empire
New Hope
Return
Rogue One
Last Jedi
Revenge (yep)
Force Awakens
Attack of the Clones
Phantom Menace
Well, if we're doing lists:
A New Hope
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
The Force Awakens
Revenge of the Sith
The Last Jedi
Rogue One
The Phantom Menace
Attack of the Clones
Still haven't seen Rogue One. As for me, it would go like this for now, my favorite at the top.
Empire Strikes Back
The Force Awakens
A New Hope
Return of the Jedi
The Last Jedi (it's possible this could move above ROTJ over time)
Revenge of the Sith
The Phantom Menace
Attack of the Clones
A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Revenge of the Sith
Attack of the Clones
The Phantom Menace
Rogue One
The Force Awakens
The Last Jedi
I put it below ANH and ESB, and slightly above TFA, which is above ROTJ and the rest.
I consider R1 to be a standalone, not rank-able with the "episode" saga.