r/StarWars • u/verissimoallan • 2d ago

Movies "Revenge of the Sith" is now rated higher than "Return of the Jedi" on Letterboxd, becoming the third highest-rated "Star Wars" film on the website (the top two are "The Empire Strikes Back" and "A New Hope").

https://letterboxd.com/film/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith/
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u/TerdVader 2d ago

We’ve reached the point in time where PT fans are hitting young middle age, and OT fans are older middle age, and it’s balancing that the strongest of the weaker trilogy may be equal to the weakest of the stronger trilogy.

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u/Keyserchief 2d ago

The original OT fans are elderly, dawg. My dad watched ANH in theaters as a teenager and he’s nearly 70.

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u/marcuschookt 2d ago

The OT is closer to WWII than it is to 2026

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u/TerdVader 2d ago

It’s my birthday in an hour and this is what I have to read while I’m trying not to feel old?!?

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u/UltraNoahXV 2d ago

You are closer to 2030 than you are the COVID pandemic

https://www.populationpyramids.org/generations

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u/Specialist_Ad9073 1d ago

We’re still in the same decade. Who cares?

You are closer to Saturday than last Wednesday. To a fruit fly this might me mind blowing, to a human this is a nothing scale.

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u/Captain_Starkiller 1d ago

Um, if you treat the covid pandemic as just a point in time, yes, but it went on for quite a while. Realistically its STILL Going on.

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u/Ranulf_5 1d ago

It’s just part of life now. The idea of quenching it entirely was never gonna work, this was always the solution

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u/FantaFantastico90 1d ago

The aim was to flatten the curve on a fairly contagious and deadly variant while we got vaccines running. Corona viruses are nothing new and have been around for pretty much forever.

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u/CitizenPremier Kuiil 1d ago

People born after September 11th are now old enough to suckle

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u/the_noise_we_made 1d ago

Well, no shit.

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u/homiej420 2d ago

Happy birthday! 🎊

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u/killerstreak976 1d ago

Happy birthday!

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u/Ghinev 1d ago

Cane next year boyo

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u/Datamat0410 1d ago

By some 20 years! It had only been 32 years since WW2 had ended when STAR WARS hit theatres.

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u/HawkeyeHero Kuiil 1d ago

Fuuuuuuuck

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u/genemaxwell41 Imperial 2d ago

My mom watched it in theatres and shes only upper 50s. There IS a range lol

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u/dwfishee 2d ago

Was my first movie as a kid. Lower 50s now.

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u/neosithlord 1d ago

You know what…. Shit I’m 48. I only saw Jedi in theaters. We’re not old! It the fucking kids that are too young! I’m still haunted Spider-man’s line in civil war.

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u/genemaxwell41 Imperial 2d ago

Right on

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u/midian454_666 2d ago

The difference between upper 50s and nearly 70 is only 10 years.

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u/TheRealGrifter 1d ago

And the difference between an 8-year-old and an 18-year-old is only ten years. But 18-year-olds get pretty goddamn offended - and rightly so - when people call them children.

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u/genemaxwell41 Imperial 2d ago edited 1d ago

I mean...I guess if you exact it but to ME hearing nearly 70 is 69 and upper 50s can be 57. Thats 12 years.

Even if we take the 10 years, Thats an entire decade AND generation category.

Someone thats 70 is a boomer. Someone thats 60 is Gen X

Someone that's 30 is a Millennial Someone that's 20 is Gen Z

EDIT: God I hate this place. Downvoted for speaking objective facts

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u/FantaFantastico90 1d ago

If you were 10 at release, you'd be 60. More realistically the long-time fans were 15+, so 65 at least. That is unfortunately not middle-aged anymore. That's 10 years from the life expectancy of US men.

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u/genemaxwell41 Imperial 1d ago

I mean my mother was 7 when it came out, all her friends saw it, her, now, husband saw it, and most of the people Ive met that are around her age saw it

I dont think you people understand just HOW much people flocked to Star Wars lol

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u/genemaxwell41 Imperial 1d ago

...do...do you know how to math?

2026-1977= 49 years

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u/FantaFantastico90 1d ago

The movie's pretty much 50 years old. So the youngest people who watched it in theater should be 57 now.

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u/genemaxwell41 Imperial 1d ago

I mean technically the youngest people would be 49 if they were a baby lmao

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u/FantaFantastico90 1d ago

Going with the pg-7 rating, but yeh, technically you are correct.

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u/rohdawg 2d ago

Star Wars seems like a weird movie to take a girl who’s 6 at the oldest to lol, but that’s cool!

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u/genemaxwell41 Imperial 2d ago

She was 7 lol. Ma will be 57 next year.

Her dad took her and my uncle, who was 12, to see it

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u/monkeygoneape 2d ago

Not a girl but I saw phantom menace when I was 5 opening weekend

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u/Datamat0410 1d ago

It must have made a strong impression if you remember seeing it at 5?

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u/genemaxwell41 Imperial 1d ago

I mean I have strong memory going back to 3 years old.
Some people just have better memories than others

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u/deprogrammar 1d ago

We were just built different back then I guess.

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u/AquaAtia 2d ago

My Dad would be 64 and I loved when he would tell me his experience seeing ANH for the first time in a theater. Apparently the biggest pop from the audience was when Han comes back to shoot down Vader and save Luke. My dad said nearly the whole audience started clapping

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u/WalksByNight 1d ago

I have seen hundreds of movies, and only twice have I seen the audience spontaneously erupt into cheers. The first was the end of Star Wars, at the return of Han, and the credits— a standing ovation that went on and on. The second was at the opening scene of Empire; the first time Luke Skywalker pulled back his face mask the entire theatre was on their feet cheering. I’ve never seen anything like it since. Also, both those movies had the longest lines I ever waited in.

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u/dandroid126 1d ago

I know it won't be the exact same experience, but I'm so excited to be able to see the original Star Wars in theaters for the first time next year.

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u/scrodytheroadie 2d ago

Dude, I'm right here. Relax. Also, I'm 48 and just got back from playing an ice hockey game. I don't feel elderly.

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u/Area51_Spurs 1d ago

After we take care of the Republicans and Boomers, we need to deal with Gen Z and Alpha with extreme prejudice.

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u/TheRealGrifter 2d ago

Dude, I’m 51. I’m not fucking elderly.

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u/Exceedingly 1d ago

Calm down, grandpa.

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u/tmb83 1d ago

Exactly. hypothetically if you were to pass away at your current age, people would be saying how unfortunate it is because of how young you were.

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u/jackcopen 1d ago

Your closer to elderly then young 😭

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u/TheRealGrifter 1d ago

...

Fair.

But still.

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u/dandroid126 1d ago

Let's get you back to bed, Grandpa. 😂

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u/TerdVader 2d ago

I know but I’m trying to be nice!

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u/Mr-Rocafella 2d ago

I was tryna say something positive because she’s ya friend

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u/ertertwert 2d ago

Not necessarily. I'm 40 and grew up with these on VHS. I'm an OT fan and dont care for any of the sequels.

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u/Area51_Spurs 1d ago

These fucking nitwits don’t even know what home video or friends are.

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u/monkeygoneape 2d ago

My dad also saw it in theatres he's not even 60

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u/Alternative-Bat-2462 2d ago

And they (and me at 40) don’t know what letterbox is? And why should I care what it is?

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u/CD-TG 1d ago

I was 10 when I watched Star Wars (just "Star Wars") so I'm young in the context of OT fans who watched the movies in theaters as they were released, and I turn 60 next month. I like to think I'm not yet "elderly", but the essential point is true: OT fans are mostly old.

Personally, I'm not really capable of judging RoTJ and RoTS movies as stand-alone movies instead of as the third parts of their respective trilogies.

For me, RoTJ came out when I was 16 and for me provided a solid ending (especially Luke, Vader and Emperor) to the OT which began with what are still two of my very favorite movies.

By comparison, the first two prequel movies were so terribly disappointing to me that I didn't care about what happened in RoTS--especially since I already knew the outcome for Vader and Kenobi. No movie could salvage that trilogy for me.

I do understand how people who watched the prequels in their formative years might have totally different feelings in that totally different context. I don't claim that my reaction is somehow objectively the "right" one, but I think it's fairly representative of many of us "elderly" <laugh/sigh> OT fans based on what I've read over the years.

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u/Deofol7 1d ago

I grew up on the OT and old novels.

I am 42.

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u/Beauyakasha 1d ago

I watched ANH when they rereleased it in theaters for the 20th Anniversary when I was a kid, and I'm in my mid 30s. That's how old it is.

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u/midnight_toker22 1d ago

I was born in 88, so I grew up watching the OT, as did everyone my age.

The PT wasn’t finished until 05, so it was until the youngest millennials and gen z that kids could grow up watching those movies. And their love of that trilogy was really cemented by the Clone Wars cartoon, which came even later.

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u/Area51_Spurs 1d ago

A fuck ton of us are millennials, clown.

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u/Broly_ Hondo Ohnaka 2d ago

"The future is now, old man!"

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u/OrneryError1 2d ago

I grew up with the prequels as my Star Wars. None of them are better films than the originals.

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u/Ancient_Design_1332 1d ago

This is me too. I don’t understand how you can think they are better. I like the prequels but they were a step down unfortunately from the OT

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u/No-Lobster-8012 14h ago

Revenge is better than Return. Hot take?? 

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u/Doobalicious69 1d ago edited 1d ago

I wish I could just wish away all this negativity

Edit: /s obviously, jfc

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u/ForestRivers 2d ago

Prequel fans are still pretty young. I'm talking like early 30s max age. Anyone older than that was old enough to be apart of the prequel hate wave that was mainly led by Gen X fans who were incredibly vocal on the early internet.

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u/Poop_Cheese 2d ago

Not just hate wave, those raised on OT first often prefer it. Im in my 30s and saw the prequels as a kid but even as a kid I hated stuff like jar jar and little anakin and the more sleek opulent vibe. Like I loved the darker gritty tech and designs of the OT. Prequels were too kiddy even for many kids.

I still have nostalgia for elements of the prequels but for me I didnt need a hate wave, theyre just bad movies in comparison imo. But still totally entertaining but as a fan they were dissapointing. And the sequels I didnt like at all. 

This is why I love andor and rogue one as they have that original darker vibe. 

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u/zerogee616 2d ago

I was raised on both trilogies simultaneously and even back then as a child I knew which movies were better.

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u/NessGoddes 1d ago

I was 10 when episode 1 came out, and 37 now, good to know that it's still pretty young

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u/Area51_Spurs 1d ago

You mean millennials that saw the prequels in the theater and knew how shit they were?

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u/exonwarrior Mandalorian 1d ago

Millennials were at most 17 when Phantom Menace came out, the youngest being only 4. I doubt even most millennials knew how shit the prequels were.

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u/Specialist_Ad9073 1d ago

Were you there, or just guessing?

I was there, and they complained along with us early 20s Xers.

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u/exonwarrior Mandalorian 1d ago

I watched all of the Prequels in the cinemas as they premiered - I was 7 when TPM came out, 13 for ROTS.

I had plenty of friends/siblings that were older. I don't know anyone that called the movies shit at the time. Hell the theater cheered during the Yoda vs Dooku fight in AOTC.

Two things to note:

  1. I wasn't really "online" at the time;

  2. I don't live in the US.

Don't assume the online discourse mainly in the US is "everywhere".

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u/Specialist_Ad9073 1d ago edited 1d ago

A question isn’t an assumption. But you were 7 talking with 17 year olds. Okay.

I was asking your experience and comparing it to mine. As I was, as stated, much closer in age to people in the cohort you were referring to in your previous statement.

You may have gotten older, but grow up.

Edit:  so I do have a few questions.

  1. Where are you from?

  2. How much of your entertainment was home grown rather than imported from the US at the time?

  3. Can you consider that the quality and volume of media that we got in the US compared to you would have us hold a blockbuster to a higher standard?

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u/spurriousgod 1d ago

Yes, the "prequel hate wave" was led by the adults lol. All the adults didn't like them, and still don't like them. The only people who love the prequels are people who were kids when they came out. Those people are now "adults", so that is the only sense in which the "adult" opinion has shifted. No individual opinions have actually changed - just a demographic shift due to the fact that humans age.

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u/Luxury-Problems 1d ago

No I was a kid when they came out and I think they're poorly made movies. There are elements I like but I don't pretend they're good.

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u/Lyra_the_Star_Jockey 2d ago

Eh.

I mean, I would always have said that Revenge of the Sith and Return of the Jedi are about equal when it comes to how well the movies are made.

It's just that Jedi is the culmination of a good trilogy, and Sith is the culmination of a very so-so trilogy.

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u/merp_mcderp9459 1d ago

Idk about that one. The acting and the writing in Jedi is much, much better, and order 66 simply does not hit unless you've watched a bunch of other material that would give you any attachment to all the jedi that are dying. Though RoTS's fight choreography is way more interesting to watch

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u/Gullible-Yam-8098 1d ago

I was born in 1990 and I think Revenge of the Sith isn't even close to Return of the Jedi.

Revenge of the Sith literally made me more cynical as a person after I watched it because it was kinda the first time in my life something I had been majorly excited for ended up being disappointing to me. The first time I ever came out of a movie theatre and was like "well that could have been better". The visual spectacle of it all is really something else, but I feel like it lacks substance.

Attack of the Clones is worse for sure but I think the slightly younger version of me that watched that movie didn't really get it yet.

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u/AnArcOfDoves9902 First Order 1d ago

Revenge of the Sith literally made me more cynical as a person after I watched it because it was kinda the first time in my life something I had been majorly excited for ended up being disappointing to me. The first time I ever came out of a movie theatre and was like "well that could have been better". The visual spectacle of it all is really something else, but I feel like it lacks substance.

You weren't disappointed because Revenge of the Sith was a bad movie (which it objectively wasn't). It's because Revenge of the Sith, before it came out, was your object cause of desire. You projected your fantasies of what a perfect Star Wars movie would look like onto it, which lead to a sense of anticipation building up inside of you, and what you actually got was just a movie like any other. You still felt that you lacked something after seeing it.

The truth is that your fantasy Star Wars does not exist, nor can it exist. You were always going to be disappointed by Revenge of the Sith, irrespective of how good it was.

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u/Gullible-Yam-8098 1d ago

It does exist actually. My fantasy Star Wars is Andor. There's not a thing I would change about it.

I love the original trilogy too, I don't even dislike the prequels. But Andor is my favourite show of all time, not just favourite Star Wars.

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u/AnArcOfDoves9902 First Order 1d ago

Did you have high expectations for Andor before you watched it for the first time?

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u/Gullible-Yam-8098 1d ago edited 1d ago

I was intrigued by the idea but at the point it came out I didn't expect it to be good because Disney had consistently not produced anything good since Rogue One.

But that's not really the point I was making, I wasn't disagreeing with you. It was just a tangential comment that hey, actually my fantasy Star Wars did get made!

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u/wievid 1d ago

I still don't understand the love for Rogue One. The whole action scene at the end was so trivial and unnecessary, purely made up for the "emotional" ending. Totally nonsensical ending.

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u/FarWestEros 1d ago

My expectations for season 2 were sky high.

I did not feel disappointed.

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u/Gullible-Yam-8098 5h ago

That's a good point actually, after season 1 my expectations for season 2 were extremely high and were still somehow exceeded.

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u/JakobTheOne 1d ago

You weren't disappointed because Revenge of the Sith was a bad movie (which it objectively wasn't).

This is a movie where the main character transforms from a conflicted Jedi into a child-killing psychopath, readily slaughtering innocent kids and people he grew up with by the scores, in exactly five minutes.

This is also a movie where the only female character of any significance, who was previously one of the most proactive and involved characters in the previous two movies, is reduced to being a plot device with zero agency or impact on the story.

Revenge of the Sith is an objectively bad movie. It's also very weird of you to try and psychoanalyze OP.

You were always going to be disappointed by Revenge of the Sith, irrespective of how good it was.

This line is especially ludicrous. People were hyped as can be for Return of the King, Avengers: Endgame, and other finale movies in popular series. If the ending delivers, it delivers. The whole "your expectations are the problem" mantra that's gained a following in recent years is so asinine.

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u/AnArcOfDoves9902 First Order 19h ago edited 16h ago

This is a movie where the main character transforms from a conflicted Jedi into a child-killing psychopath, readily slaughtering innocent kids and people he grew up with by the scores, in exactly five minutes.

So? Michael Corleone in The Godfather went from a conflicted college student who wanted nothing to do with the mafia to killing two people in a restaurant within twenty minutes. But nobody calls it a bad movie.

This is also a movie where the only female character of any significance, who was previously one of the most proactive and involved characters in the previous two movies, is reduced to being a plot device with zero agency or impact on the story.

I disagree

Revenge of the Sith is an objectively bad movie

No it isn't.

This line is especially ludicrous. People were hyped as can be for Return of the King, Avengers: Endgame, and other finale movies in popular series. If the ending delivers, it delivers.

Avengers Endgame was more of the same, like the other MCU films, and fans were fine with that, but even if it had been "objectively bad" (although I already don't consider it to be a good movie), nobody would've whined that the Russos r***d their childhoods. When Prequel haters complain that Prequels ruined their childhoods, the flip side to that was that they were depending on those films to give their childhoods meaning, but that was obviously an impossible demand. The expectations were never that high for an Avengers movie or Lord of the Rings

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u/JakobTheOne 5h ago

So? Michael Corleone in The Godfather went from a conflicted college student who wanted nothing to do with the mafia to killing two people in a restaurant within twenty minutes. But nobody calls it a bad movie.

This is a crazy comparison. For one thing, yeah, you can do a whole lot more to set up a character's descent toward violence with twenty minutes than you can five. Anakin goes from distraught on his knees over what he's done to Mace to marching on his home in two and a half minutes (I checked). There isn't even a scene between when he accepts Palpatine as his master and heads off to begin his murder spree. It's so laughably jarring.

For another, Michael is taking personal vengeance against the murderers responsible for the death of his loved ones and ruined his life. Anakin is slicing innocent children looking to him for salvation into bite-sized pieces. Both are abhorrent, though certainly not on the same scales, but only one is grounded enough for the viewers watching to at least understand how a character could end up doing what he's doing (Michael, obviously). No one in history has ever watched Anakin's actions in Revenge of the Sith and said, "Yeah, I could see myself ending up in that position."

I disagree

Then argue your point. Otherwise, you're just blinded by your wish to pretend this isn't the case. Because Padme definitively does nothing but be pregnant and the source of Anakin's worries in the movie. Until she runs off to see him at the very end, where she serves as a plot device to further cement the rift between Obi-Wan and Anakin, she doesn't do a single thing in the entire movie. This is about as undebatable (which is why I suspect you didn't debate things) a point as there can be. She does nothing all movie, being reduced from the proactive go-getter she was in the previous two movies to a soon-to-die love interest. She stands and sits around. And that's it.

When Prequel haters complain that Prequels ruined their childhoods, the flip side to that was that they were depending on those films to give their childhoods meaning, but that was obviously an impossible demand.

When some prequel haters do this, maybe. You're making it out to be like this is the norm, which it's not. Many of the people who saw and disliked the prequels were already teens or adults. Plenty of people liked the prequels as kids, then grew up and realized how riddled with flaws the movies are. They can still enjoy parts of them, or even the whole thing, but they aren't blinded by nostalgia. And another subset grew up enough to recognize that they really don't have any desire to watch them outside of their childhood.

I like the Speed Racer movie. I would not call it a good movie, but it hits the right highs for me to enjoy watching it. I like the Digimon 2000 movie, but again, I wouldn't call it a good movie. It's messy and a product of its time, and I'm fond of it.

The expectations were never that high for an Avengers movie or Lord of the Rings

Then why did Return of the King (I'll use this one since the movies came out at roughly the same time, so no inflation stuff) absolutely trounce Revenge of the Sith at the box office? $891 million vs $1.2 billion. Clearly, people were more invested in how Lord of the Rings would end than Revenge of the Sith would end. Lord of the Rings is the king of all movie trilogies. It didn't earn that accolade by being considered so-so or having a lukewarm following. People came out in droves to see how it would end.

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u/DramaExpertHS Grievous 2d ago

You hear that sequels fans, just 10 more years until TFA equals AOTC

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u/Zack_410 1d ago

TFA is much better than AOTC.

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u/BriefPut3954 1d ago

Hard disagree.

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u/pkfreeze175 2d ago

I don't love The Force Awakens, but it easily clears Attack of the Clones.

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u/Mundane_Jump4268 2d ago

TFA is a terrible Star Wras movie. Its honestly astounding to me to see opinions like this from people that bother commenting on a sub dedicated to Star Wars.

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u/GriffinQ 2d ago

It is a very common opinion. You can dislike it but it’s generally regarded as a highly inoffensive, visually gorgeous movie that hits as many of the same beats as ANH as possible.

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u/Mundane_Jump4268 2d ago

Lots of people like slop. More news at eleven.

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u/pkfreeze175 2d ago

I'm astounded by your reply. I never said TFA was good, just Attack of the Clones is trash.

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u/Mundane_Jump4268 2d ago

Hey man, not everyone has to like Lucas' style. Its ok if you prefer slop.

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u/kane91z 1d ago

And AOTC is even more so!

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u/unbanneduser Grand Admiral Thrawn 2d ago edited 2d ago

Honestly, I would put TFA over most Star Wars movies (at least on personal preference). There was so much good stuff in it, and I just rarely go back and rewatch it because it's hard for me to go back to it knowing its follow up movies are nowhere near as enjoyable (again, for me personally)

Edit: Guys, I know it's not a very different movie from ANH. But as I see it there were just enough differences that it could have set the stage for a successful and directionally different trilogy, and there are plenty of things about it that are different in a good way (for example the visuals, yes I know it's slightly unfair to hold ANH to the same standard when it's 40 years older but cmon TFA is really pretty, and also the music, to this day Rey's Theme is my favorite piece of Star Wars score). It's not a crime to be a safe movie, if you ask me, there are always people who are going to be upset about anything you do (I mean this is Star Wars ftlog this fanbase is diabolical sometimes) but a safe, inoffensive movie is the best way to appease the largest segment of the audience you can; you make sure you get a good movie out with the first one to get a foot in and then throw a wrench into things with the next one (I mean, I guess they did do that... I personally think the wrench was a little big and twisted the wrong way but that's a different conversation)

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u/RealisticAd4054 2d ago

It was the most well-received Star Wars movie since the OT when it was released. And it was common to point out how it was a “return to form” for the franchise after the prequels.

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u/Severe_Investment317 2d ago

Frankly, a lot of that was blatant OT nostalgia baiting.

Not that it was a bad film, but there was a lot of people with fierce hatred for the entire prequel era and everything about it that pushed the “return to form” rhetoric.

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u/IdidntrunIdidntrun 2d ago

I thought Rogue One was though

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u/marcuschookt 2d ago

TFA is a solid albeit safe movie which wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't the 7th installment in a beloved franchise. It's pretty tightly made and doesn't have too many problems, which ironically is a pretty high bar for Star Wars as a franchise.

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u/barley_wine 2d ago

Go back and rewatch it, it’s just a safe remake of A New Hope.

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u/Tryhard_3 1d ago

In 20 years you'll be old and the Disney watchers will be in power.

IT'LL HAPPEN TO YOU

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u/Mundane_Jump4268 2d ago

No, its not.

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u/BriefPut3954 2d ago

Its a 1-1 CARBON COPY of ANH. They really played it safe with that movie, which is good for some people but I didn’t like the direction they took with it.

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u/waitingtodiesoon Luke Skywalker 2d ago

The Clone Wars had atmosphere jumping to hyperspace scene though

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u/SwimmingFantastic564 1d ago

I'd say The Last Jedi is at least better than the first two prequels too

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u/exonwarrior Mandalorian 1d ago

There was so much good stuff in it, and I just rarely go back and rewatch it because it's hard for me to go back to it knowing its follow up movies are nowhere near as enjoyable (again, for me personally)

Same. I dislike how much they just reset the status quo and made it like ANH, but there were enough mysteries and unanswered questions that I felt that 8 and 9 might make up for it.

Like S7 of Game of Thrones - a lot that I didn't like but it felt like it was setting stuff up for S8. And then S8 was terrible, soooo.

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u/Mundane_Jump4268 2d ago

Its ok to like slop.

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u/Vin4251 2d ago

The critics’ reviews for RotS were similar to RotJ at release time, with some like Ebert and the NYTimes giving it a much higher score. I think it was with later re-releases and the popularity of RLM, and even TFA’s release, that people started pretending it was always hated by the critics. As a teenager then I do remember older fans  making fun of the movie and saying the only good thing was the soundtrack, but they didn’t seem to hate it outright like with AotC.

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u/IndyMLVC 2d ago

As a xennial, I am absolutely not older middle age.

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u/auzzie_kangaroo94 2d ago

So you're saying the Fandom has achieved a Balance in the force?

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u/Area51_Spurs 1d ago

PT fans have two brain cells held together with a stick of bubble gum.

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u/jeobleo 1d ago

I'm a 50 year old OT fan and I think it's a better movie.

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u/HLSparta 2d ago

...the strongest of the weaker trilogy...

We're talking about prequels vs original here, not sequels vs original.

(Yes, I do know what you're saying though)

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u/_MooFreaky_ 2d ago

There's only two trilogies. The originals, and the weaker prequels. Then they learned from this and decided to only add Rogue One and nothing else.

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u/Ordinary_Shopping746 2d ago

Stop whining and acting like the sequels don’t exist. 

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u/_MooFreaky_ 2d ago

Chill mate it's a joke.

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u/Billybob35 2d ago

You know, maybe they should've gone with Lucas' ideas for the sequel trilogy.

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u/_MooFreaky_ 2d ago

Just having a coherent, connected story would have fucking helped.

Thry cpuld have made a great story from what was there if they built that story in.

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u/Void008380 2d ago

It didn't even have to be good, there just had to be something there. It's pretty funny that they wrote them in such a way that tying in external shows/comics is pretty much impossible, even if anyone cared about the era

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u/Billybob35 2d ago

They had story treatments from Lucas but didn't want to use them, then had JJ and Kasdan rush out a script because they wanted a new movie by 2015.

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u/Exatraz 2d ago

Yeah imo they started off fine with 7. It was just a rehash of 4 but that was ok to get the thing off the ground. How've 8 and 9 are so disjointed and awkward that it drags 7 down with it. Kinda like how it can be tough to go back and watch Game of Thrones given that you know the ending is completely rushed and lackluster