The greatest film ever made ? Depends what you are looking for in a film but for sheer entertainment value there are few films that can match it. This is the film that turns Star Wars into a saga. Not content with simply rehashing the original, here we get a greater scope as new worlds and characters are introduced, but more importantly the returning characters are all developed logically. Crucially, the chief villain becomes something much more significant and the final confrontation has lost none of its power regardless of the prequels. It is a rare sequel that can take practically everything introduced in the original and improve on it in every way, especially when the original is already so highly regarded.

love every single one of them!

Original trilogy, episodes IV–VI

A New Hope (1977) https://trakt.tv/movies/star-wars-1977
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-empire-strikes-back-1980
Return of the Jedi (1983) https://trakt.tv/movies/return-of-the-jedi-1983

Prequel trilogy, episodes I–III

The Phantom Menace (1999) https://trakt.tv/movies/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-1999
Attack of the Clones (2002) https://trakt.tv/movies/star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones-2002
Revenge of the Sith (2005) https://trakt.tv/movies/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith-2005

Sequel trilogy, episodes VII–IX

The Force Awakens (2015) https://trakt.tv/movies/star-wars-the-force-awakens-2015
The Last Jedi (2017) https://trakt.tv/movies/star-wars-the-last-jedi-2017
The Rise of Skywalker (2019) https://trakt.tv/movies/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-2019

Anthology films

Rogue One (2016) https://trakt.tv/movies/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-2016
Solo (2018) https://trakt.tv/movies/solo-a-star-wars-story-2018
Rogue Squadron (2023) https://trakt.tv/movies/rogue-squadron-2023

Better than it’s predecessor and promising for its continuation.

I wasn't the biggest fan of A New Hope and wasn't super excited for this, but boy oh boy this film is incredible and literally had my adrenaline pumping the entire way through with every actor now feeling more natural and comfortable in their roles and this goes especially for Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) who made me feel so emotional for his character as I felt his struggle the entire way through the film. Also, the visuals are miles better in this film with the lightsaber battle near the end being one of the best in the entire franchise.

What can I say but The Force is truly with this film and I understand why it is many peoples favourites as it is by far my favourite in the entire franchise and I can't see that changing any time soon.

Still my favorite Star Wars movie, not gonna lie. It has its flaws of course, but who cares. It's 40 years old. That's almost Casablanca's age when I was born ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hard to say but I think this one is my favorite of them all

3 Thoughts After Watching ‘The Empire Strikes Back’:

1. Films don’t get much more :asterisk_symbol:epic:asterisk_symbol: than this. After this rewatch, I completely understand how this is hailed one of the best films of all time.
2. Somebody told me recently that the original films don’t hold up anymore, especially for a new generation. I highly disagree.
3. Seeing this in a theater - in 1980 - must’ve been magnificent.

Without a Doubt The Best Star Wars Movie of all the films.. Force Awakens was great as well

The greatest film sequel ever made, yes I am considering the godfather also. This is the greatest Star Wars film ever made at that.

The greatest film sequel ever made, yes I am considering the godfather also. This is the greatest Star Wars film ever made at that.

The greatest film sequel ever made, yes I am considering the godfather also. This is the greatest Star Wars film ever made at that.

Solid **7.5/10** for the [spoiler] plot twist [/spoiler]! Otherwise decent like the first movie of the original trilogy..