Favorite Star Wars Movie

Mr. B · Post by **Mr. B** » 2002-07-16 01:02am

Personally I loved Empire Strikes Back, it had everything, ground combat, lightsabers, super star destroyers, and of course the best surprise ending for any movie past, present, and future.

TheDarkling · Post by **TheDarkling** » 2002-07-16 01:09am

Empire - Crazy Yoda was the best.

Also first Vader-rific episode.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2002-07-16 01:30am

Personally for me it was Return of the Jedi. If AotC had shown a massive space battle then it would have been close.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2002-07-16 01:31am

TESB, but I wish it had a space battle. I think it would have been cool if you saw the Rebel fleet all taking off together to engage those two Star Destroyers that were disabled by the Hoth ion cannon battery. So let's say instead of one transport and two X-Wings, there was the entire Rebel fleet and then the Hoth ion cannon battery fired at them and disabled them both. So then the entire Rebel fleet starts pounding on the two ISDs without their shields, they penetrate their hulls, and they both go kablooey as the Rebels hyperspace the hell out, but only JUST after the Executor and the rest of the ISDs catch up with them and start launching TIEs to try to chase them. That would have been a cool new scene in the SE. I wish Lucas made more action scenes like that in the SE instead of just improving the special effects. Maybe that's what he's going to do with the SE DVDs and maybe that is why he's waiting......? Just a thought.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2002-07-16 03:00am

I liked ROtJ the best for the huge space battle scene, and just about everything else about it except those damn Ewoks.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2002-07-16 03:54am

Its obvious the answer is TESB, not only is it by far superior to ANH because after that GL had enough money to play around wiht to get what he wanted done, than ROTJ because it was all show and no magic, plus ewoks. TPM was pretty boring political crap, plus gungans-and jar jar. AOTC was pretty good but it suffered from bad acting and poorly written lines.

TESB suffers from none of these problems. GL had the money, the feel and magic of star wars (cloud city HAD to get ya with that SW feel the first time you saw it), no politics, no dumb aliens (wampa+space slug=cool),ground battle, asteroids, and the best sci-fi love duo ever, leia and han gotta love em.Plus we got a few bonuses, lots of darth vader, lightsaber battles, the introduction of ion cannons and planetary shields, mike wong andf others ateroid calcs, by goodness TESB was a miracle sent by the cinema gods to grace our movie theatres everywhere.

Truly a work of art, ya knwo what im saying

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2002-07-16 04:00am

No doubt ESB.
Btw, it was the least successful SW movie.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2002-07-16 04:05am

I vote for AotC. It's better than ANH and TPM, and I haven't seen ESB or ROTJ in a long time.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2002-07-16 09:20am

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2002-07-16 11:01am

Empire.

Can anyone even THINK of a plot twist along the lines of "I am your father." I remember the enitre theater just gasped and someone in the back yelled "No way!" I haven't seen a reaction like that in the movies since.

Needa · Post by **Needa** » 2002-07-16 04:51pm

TESB

Because...
1- Imperial marsh (sp?) I never grow tired of listening it.
2- Luke/Vader confrontation is excellent.
3- Needa is there!

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2002-07-16 04:59pm

TESB because it shows that the Rebels can't win them all. Plus, AT-ATs! If I had one of them things, I'll never be late for work!

CorSec · Post by **CorSec** » 2002-07-16 06:39pm

Needa wrote:1- Imperial marsh (sp?) I never grow tired of listening it.

It's the Imperial March. The Imperial Marsh is where they send white collar criminals instead of sending them to the blue collar prisons of Kessel. Or something.

Sam Or I · Post by **Sam Or I** » 2002-07-16 06:48pm

Empire Strikes Back, is what star wars should be, by far the best of the 5 movies out.

Ironically my two favorite charactors come out of the worst movie. I think Qui-Gon is the man, and Darth Maul is just awsome. They should have explored both these charactors, more (more maul). The laghtsaber battle IMHO was easily the best in the trilogy thus far. (Ray Park is awsome). Yoda was cool fighting and all, but Christopher Lee just did not have the skill.

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2002-07-16 07:24pm

"Ironically my two favorite charactors come out of the worst movie. I think Qui-Gon is the man, and Darth Maul is just awsome. They should have explored both these charactors, more (more maul). The laghtsaber battle IMHO was easily the best in the trilogy thus far. (Ray Park is awsome). Yoda was cool fighting and all, but Christopher Lee just did not have the skill."

You are aware that it was a stunt double?

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2002-07-16 07:24pm

TESB, by the way. Dark, gritty, good.

Graeme Dice · Post by **Graeme Dice** » 2002-07-16 09:08pm

Christopher Lee did much of his own sword fighting work in AoTC simply because he's been in more sword fighting scenes in various movies than any other living actor. You can see that he has been replaced with a younger person in some of the acrobatic scenes, but there are several where he does his own work.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-07-16 11:42pm

My favorite is ROTJ, with ESB in a close second. ROTJ wins out because of the ending:

1. Luke is captured.
2. The bunker team gets delayed.
3. The whole Endor battle turns out to be a trap.
4. The Emperor drops one of the biggest bombs in the series: "Now, witness the firepower of this FULLY ARMED AND OPERATIONAL battle station!"

That line still gives me the shivers when I hear it! True, "I am your father" is a pretty damn big bombshell, but in ROTJ, you're thinking: "This is bad, but I'm sure the Rebs can pull it together." Then the Emperor has his say and all thoughts turn to: "Holy shit, there's just no way!"

Following that, you have one of the most explosive movie endings ever! I just have to love it!

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-16 11:52pm

Like we didn't see this poll comming. TESB all the way.

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2002-07-17 07:13pm

Its all so very close. ANH just has magic in it, you watch and listen enraptured by the story and the battle sequence is LONG, which is always a good thing. I mean how many movies can sustain something like 12 minutes-15 minutes of continuous action. TESB is what I voted for simply because it had everything ANH had and a litle bit more. Now admittedly I sometimes get bogged down by the whole trapped in the asteroid field bit but that's about all otherwise an excellent movie I just wish there was more of. RotJ was awesome in that it was a story packed in between two awesome action sequences (I consider Tatooine and the entire Endor 3 part battle sequences). TPM I think is better when you watch it without those nagging little thoughts in the back of your head. I mean if you can actually just sit down and pretend you've never heard of a SW critic before the imagery and the awesome prescence of Qui-Gon and Maul just makes it a great show. AOTC is hampered only by a wooden love story which doesn't make the greatest sense ("I am genocidal maniac, hold me") but it still has the single most awesome battle of all five movies. I would honestly have voted AOTC but I get the feeling that its good leg will seem weaker when compared with Ep III.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-07-17 07:33pm

I am genocidal maniac, hold me

LOL! I'm halfway Tempted to add that to my Sig

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2002-07-17 07:37pm

Mr Bean wrote:
I am genocidal maniac, hold me
LOL! I'm halfway Tempted to add that to my Sig

Well I'd say I was gonna use it but it seems almost arrogant to use my own quote in my sig.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-07-17 10:37pm

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LOL! I'm halfway Tempted to add that to my Sig
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Well I'd say I was gonna use it but it seems almost arrogant to use my own quote in my sig.

Why? It's your quote, after all!

master_yoda · Post by **master_yoda** » 2002-07-18 02:46am

Toss up between ESP & AOTC

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2002-07-18 09:47pm

I voted for Episode II, but there should be a "It's a toss-up between Empire and Clones" choice in the poll. Clones I just thought rocked in the action sequences, and I've seen it 5 or 6 times, thoroughly enjoying it each time. It's something fresh and new, which is nice.

Empire, on the other hand, had Darth Vader, the Imperial March, the first appearance of the Executor, and a "the good guys lost" kind of ending. Also, the more I think about it, the more I just loved the interplay between Han and Leia. It provided intelligent comic relief, and let's face it, Harrison Ford is just a brilliant actor. Empire had the most memorable lines of the series.

But, still, something about Clones just makes me enjoy the Hell out of it every time I see it. Part of it is also the love theme "Across the Stars" which sits up there with the Imperial March in terms of the best Star Wars music ever. It's like I can watch the film just by listening to the soundtrack, and I'll feel everything I felt in the theatre.

Oh well. Like I said, it's a toss-up.

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