![]() This is the only thing we can assume the Lucasfilm executives were thinking when they came up with the idea of the Solo movie. You know that badass anti-hero that made the first Star Wars movie so good? Yeah, let’s take him and put him in a Disney-fied prequel movie where he’s still ruggedly handsome, but not actually a scoundrel. Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, and Emilia Clarke.Not much though.ĭonald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). Plus, coming in with a runtime of just 98 minutes, it’s considerably shorter than any of the prequel movies, so we can cut it some slack. The Clone Wars earns its not-totally-awful place on this ranked list because, while it might be a bit repetitive, it at least introduced one of our favourite Star Wars characters, Ahsoka Tano, and it also eventually gave birth to a pretty decent spin-off TV show of the same name. That being said, we do love a good lightsaber duel – our favorites can be found in this curated list of best lightsaber fights. Sadly, in its attempt to not focus too much on the boring talkative scenes which plagued the prequel movies, it went too far the other way and is little more than a series of pointless fight scenes. The Clone Wars picks up after the events of Attack of the Clones and tries (and fails) to make something decent out of the period after Obi-Wan discovers the clone army, but before Anakin turns to the dark side and betrays him. Cast: Matt Lanter (voice), Nika Futterman (voice), and Tom Kane (voice).So, why is it the best of the Star Wars prequels? It’s hard to say to be honest, probably because it was the last one we had to sit through. All in all, the whole arc just came off as ridiculous and unbelievable. Unfortunately, it turned out that Anakin’s journey to the dark side was just a combination of some of the worst relationship advice we’ve ever seen (you and Padmé are supposed to be a team, Anakin!) and some spectacularly poor decision-making skills (how do you suddenly become okay with killing a bunch of kids?!). Given that this was the prequel movie fans were waiting for, because it was the one which actually saw Anakin turn to the dark side and become Darth Vader, it really should have been better. One more time for those in the back… the huge amount of CGI rather than a storyline of any substance, the pantomime-like acting from the lead, and the fact that the bulk of the movie is just people talking to each other are the main reasons why Revenge of the Sith isn’t higher on our list of all the Star Wars movies ranked. Cast: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, and Ewan McGregor.Hayden Christensen in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Honestly, the only reason this movie is one step higher up the rankings than Attack of the Clones is that it at least didn’t make us sit through a bazillion senate scenes. ![]() Although most fans didn’t notice at first because they were too excited about the return of Star Wars after a long hiatus, telling the story of a 10-year-old Darth Vader before he’s turned evil (or really done anything of note) isn’t that interesting, and that’s basically what the whole film is about. However, he’s hardly the only problem with this movie. ![]() Okay, Jake Lloyd was only 10 years old when he played young Anakin in The Phantom Menace, but it’s genuinely painful watching any scene he’s in. The first prequel Star Wars movie has a lot of the same issues as Attack of the Clones, especially in the CGI department (need I mention Jar Jar Binks?) and the fact that the main actor can’t actually act. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, and Natalie Portman.Pernilla August and Jake Lloyd in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). ![]()
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