My Definitive Ranking of All 8 Star Wars Films

It’s one of the most controversial questions of our time: How do you rank the Star Wars movies? And now that we’ve been gifted with the official return of Luke Skywalker and the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, I figured it was about time to revisit my ranking of the series since 2015’s The Force Awakens. So without further ado, here’s my absolutely definitive, 100% subjective, probably controversial ranking of all eight Star Wars films, from worst to best.

8. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Let’s start with the (few) good parts of this one: Obi-Wan Kenobi (who, like his co-star Natalie Portman, and very unlike his other co-star Hayden Christensen, can actually act and is charming and entertaining to watch) donning his Sherlock hat, wandering around the universe trying to figure out what the deal is with the clone army; the production of the clone army, which will ultimately become the stormtroopers; Anakin Skywalker’s wrathful slaughter of the Tusken Raiders—the perfect lead-in to his fall in the subsequent film; an army of jedi, including Samuel Jackson’s Mace Windu, kicking ass; and Yoda finally showing off his moves against Christopher Lee’s top-shelf baddie Count Dooku. Honestly, this movie isn’t that bad. It’s just that the bad parts feel so unforgivable that it’s tough to see beyond them. Points deducted for: The complicated trade happenings; CGI plants, CGI beasts, CGI landscapes, CGI Yoda—hey, I wonder what else we can make CGI; romantic dialogue so f…