Worst Star Wars Movie

What was the Worst Star Wars Movie?

  • The Phantom Menace

    Votes: 24 50.0%

  • Attack of the Clones

    Votes: 19 39.6%

  • Revenge of the Sith

    Votes: 3 6.3%

  • A New Hope

    Votes: 2 4.2%

  • The Empire Strikes Back

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Return of the Jedi

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    48
Lava said:
As for Revenge, I am not fond of movies where one of the main, previously good characters becomes a dark, depressing, genocidal lunatic who would willingly kill women and children. I also cannot for the life of me understand, with the years of experience that Yoda, et al. had they could not sense the turmoil that was going on in Anakin soon enough to protect the younglings from him and protect themselves as well. The plot makes no sense to me ...
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I agree completely. That's why Revenge is my least favorite, it was as if they rushed to condense all this into the plot without giving us an explanation of why Anakin turned bad and why no one noticed he was on the brink of turning bad. The script and plot just seemed thrown together.
 
It's hard for me to consider the prequel even really star wars movies.. they all three are equally horrid.

Without those, I think the worst is Empire Strikes Back. Such a gut wrenching movie and no real good conclusion.

WITH those three travesties of humanity, I'd have to say the Phantom Menace. Complete rubbish.
 
onlymystory said:
But if anyone calls one of the original three a bad movie I will hunt you down and blast you faster than Han Solo can send the Millenium Falcon into hyperspace on a good day. Especially Empire Strikes Back. that movie is a classic and should be memorized and its lines used in everyday conversation.
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ROFL, excellent oms, excellent. I don't believe it. THAT... is why you fail.

Soundtrack as well, best of all 6. I have the whole thing on my iPod, Yoda's Theme especially is powerful for me.
 
inkspot said:
I agree completely. That's why Revenge is my least favorite, it was as if they rushed to condense all this into the plot without giving us an explanation of why Anakin turned bad and why no one noticed he was on the brink of turning bad. The script and plot just seemed thrown together.
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They explained it in Episode II, their vision was clouded, in the words of Yoda "difficult to see, the future is."
 
I don't really dislike the prequels, but maybe that's because when we watch them we tend to skip the "boring Anakin and Padme love stuff" (in the words of a younger sibling:D) and watch the Obi-Wan scenes.

Episode I was mostly boring, but then again, it had Darth Maul. (Why did they have to kill him? They could've saved him for Anakin to kill and replace in Episode III. There wouldn't be a Count Dooku then, but still...Darth Maul gets what, 10 minutes of screen time?) Basically the only good thing about Episode I is the lightsaber duel at the end. The rest is just political blah. And Jar Jar hopping around acting embarrassing.

(Also, I hate that dumb "only a Sith believes in absolutes" line. I mean, Jedi philosophy/religion in general is rather goofy, but that was just plain ridiculous.)
 
Episode I was mostly boring, but then again, it had Darth Maul. (Why did they have to kill him? They could've saved him for Anakin to kill and replace in Episode III. There wouldn't be a Count Dooku then, but still...Darth Maul gets what, 10 minutes of screen time?) Basically the only good thing about Episode I is the lightsaber duel at the end. The rest is just political blah. And Jar Jar hopping around acting embarrassing.
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I agree about Darth Maul and Jar Jar. I really loved Maul and really dislike Jar Jar.
 
Episode I was mostly boring, but then again, it had Darth Maul. (Why did they have to kill him? They could've saved him for Anakin to kill and replace in Episode III. There wouldn't be a Count Dooku then, but still...Darth Maul gets what, 10 minutes of screen time?) Basically the only good thing about Episode I is the lightsaber duel at the end. The rest is just political blah. And Jar Jar hopping around acting embarrassing.
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I agree about Darth Maul and Jar Jar. I really loved Maul and really dislike Jar Jar.
 
SeaStar said:
I don't really dislike the prequels, but maybe that's because when we watch them we tend to skip the "boring Anakin and Padme love stuff" (in the words of a younger sibling:D) and watch the Obi-Wan scenes.

Episode I was mostly boring, but then again, it had Darth Maul. (Why did they have to kill him? They could've saved him for Anakin to kill and replace in Episode III. There wouldn't be a Count Dooku then, but still...Darth Maul gets what, 10 minutes of screen time?) Basically the only good thing about Episode I is the lightsaber duel at the end. The rest is just political blah. And Jar Jar hopping around acting embarrassing.

(Also, I hate that dumb "only a Sith believes in absolutes" line. I mean, Jedi philosophy/religion in general is rather goofy, but that was just plain ridiculous.)
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That line was one of the stupidest lines I've ever heard.

"Only a Sith believes in absolutes"

Like the line.. "Only a Sith believes in absolutes?"

ARGH. Just horrible writing. Makes me so angry, because they could have taken Timothy Zahn's "Hand of Thrawn" series and done amazing sequels to the first three, and they decided they wanted to go make a YOUNG kids movie.
 
Did anyone here see the two made-for-television "Ewok Adventure" movies?
They were intended to fit within canonical Star Wars continuity. Therefore, I can and do bestow the dignity of THE VERY WORST Star Wars movie upon the second "Ewok Adventure" film.

As for "believing in absolutes," that line being crammed into Obi-Wan's mouth is made even stupider by Palpatine having made a similar accusation against the Jedi! Which turns the conflict into a hissy-fit quarrel: "You're the rigid, narrow-minded one!" "No, you're the rigid, narrow-minded one!" "No, you're the rigid, narrow-minded one!" "No, you're the rigid, narrow-minded one!" "No, you're the rigid, narrow-minded one...."
 
Copperfox said:
Did anyone here see the two made-for-television "Ewok Adventure" movies?
They were intended to fit within canonical Star Wars continuity. Therefore, I can and do bestow the dignity of THE VERY WORST Star Wars movie upon the second "Ewok Adventure" film.

As for "believing in absolutes," that line being crammed into Obi-Wan's mouth is made even stupider by Palpatine having made a similar accusation against the Jedi! Which turns the conflict into a hissy-fit quarrel: "You're the rigid, narrow-minded one!" "No, you're the rigid, narrow-minded one!" "No, you're the rigid, narrow-minded one!" "No, you're the rigid, narrow-minded one!" "No, you're the rigid, narrow-minded one...."
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That line struck me as one of Lucas' inserts. He's always the one who is responsible for the absolute stupidest things. I'm certain he thought it sounded brilliant.
 
Pardine said:
That line struck me as one of Lucas' inserts. He's always the one who is responsible for the absolute stupidest things. I'm certain he thought it sounded brilliant.
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He intended it as a slam against Christianity. Also, the scene where Padme is sitting in her senate box, and the Emperor announces that the Republic will be "re-organized into the first Galactic Empire"? Padme's line of "So this is how liberty dies: with thunderous applause" was meant as a slam against then-President Bush.

But shoot. You could use that same line as a "slam" against any president, me thinks. Especially the current one. :rolleyes:

Anyways, those lines really just make the characters look ridiculous, and make no sense whatsoever.
 
Actually, the line about how liberty dies came from so many of the early thinkers around world war II. The most popular version of it is:

"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and waving a cross"

That's attributed to Sinclair Lewis and others, but is likely based on:

"When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled ‘made in Germany’; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, ‘Americanism’” , which was written by a reporter for the new york times based on a speech given in 1938.

Lucas mentions this as the source .. and I don't think so much of it was a slam against Bush but was more the fulfillment of prophecy uttered in this country before it faced off in World War II. (And after World War I.)

It's worth noting, about that time, there was the Business Plot, which was a conspiracy to overthrow the government and instill a military coup. In fact, a large number of Americans then believed Facism to actually be a GOOD form of government.. and so you have quotes like those above.

But yeah, Much of this was Lucas trying to be pithy.
 
Copperfox said:
Did anyone here see the two made-for-television "Ewok Adventure" movies?
They were intended to fit within canonical Star Wars continuity. Therefore, I can and do bestow the dignity of THE VERY WORST Star Wars movie upon the second "Ewok Adventure" film.
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If we're counting television movies, the worst would be the Holiday Special. *shudder*
 
Worst Star Wars Films

~Lava~ said:
Actually of the Prequel Trilogy, the only one I actually really liked was the Phantom Menace. Return of the Jedi is, in my opinion, the best of the lot.
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Hey Lava,

I must disagree with you regarding your preferences of the Star War films. 'Return of the Jedi' with its corny Ewoks, ridiculous one liners, moments of terrible acting, cheesy costumes and on and on, makes it, perhaps, just as good as 'Phantom Menace', yet just barely. Of course, the silliness of Star Wars is one of its crowning characteristics, but any person of sanity (I mean no offense) must admit in all honesty that 'Return of the Jedi' goes too far. Thus it is the worst of the original trilogy. Taken together, I would say that 'A New Hope' and 'The Empire Strikes Back', in their sheer creativity and serious 'fairy-tale' mood, are the best that the Star Wars film saga has to offer.

Furthermore, of the prequel trilogy, 'Revenge of the Sith' is by far the best since its screen writing, acting (e.g., more character development from Ian MacDiarmid and Frank Oz) and cinematography are about two times better than the first two. The worst film of the prequels is Attack of Clones for reasons that seem to be universally agreed upon by most fans.
 
crjr9833 said:
Hey Lava,

I must disagree with you regarding your preferences of the Star War films. 'Return of the Jedi' with its corny Ewoks, ridiculous one liners, moments of terrible acting, cheesy costumes and on and on, makes it, perhaps, just as good as 'Phantom Menace', yet just barely. Of course, the silliness of Star Wars is one of its crowning characteristics, but any person of sanity (I mean no offense) must admit in all honesty that 'Return of the Jedi' goes too far. Thus it is the worst of the original trilogy. Taken together, I would say that 'A New Hope' and 'The Empire Strikes Back', in their sheer creativity and serious 'fairy-tale' mood, are the best that the Star Wars film saga has to offer.

Furthermore, of the prequel trilogy, 'Revenge of the Sith' is by far the best since its screen writing, acting (e.g., more character development from Ian MacDiarmid and Frank Oz) and cinematography are about two times better than the first two. The worst film of the prequels is Attack of Clones for reasons that seem to be universally agreed upon by most fans.
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Well, as I'm sure Lava will be happy to repeat, it's a matter of opinion. The general consensus in the Star Wars fandom is that of the prequels, Sith is the best, while out of the original trilogy, Empire is the best [i.e. fan favorites]. There is this sort of thing in the Star Trek universe, with 4 movies being dubbed the "fan favorites" of the franchise. however, while those two movies are the general "favorites" of the saga, there will be the few who don't consider those to be their favorite movies; and that's actually perfectly fine. Just as there are some Trekkies who absolutely love a movie like "Star Trek: Generations" (one of the worst Trek films IMHO); I disagree with that because the movie was poorly written, but that is their personal preference. I let them have it because there are worse Trek movies than Generations *cough*Insurrection*cough*.

But personally, I see why Lava loves Jedi; it's silliness, cheesy acting and dialogue, and story is much easier to swallow than the same kind of cheesiness in TPM. I think it has something to do with the fact that Jedi was filmed in the 80s, and TPM was filmed in 97.

Oh, and I find it funny that this poll doesn't include The Clone Wars (2008) on the list...
 
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