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[Ian]

Funny what a strange thing opinions are ... I thought Empire was by far the weakest of the original trilogy ...

[magicofdisney]

Funny what a strange thing opinions are ... I thought Empire was by far the weakest of the original trilogy ...

I agree with this, to an extent. I saw A New Hope years after it came out. Maybe because I was so young and my parents didn't go to the movies much to see scifi. Anyway, I never saw Empire Strikes back originally. One day my cousin asked me to go with her to see Return of the Jedi. It had long been out at that point. I complained about never seeing Empire and she said it didn't matter. Turns out she was correct. I fell in love with Jedi and then eventually saw Empire.

[The Hitchhiking Ghost]

I agree with this, to an extent. I saw A New Hope years after it came out. Maybe because I was so young and my parents didn't go to the movies much to see scifi. Anyway, I never saw Empire Strikes back originally. One day my cousin asked me to go with her to see Return of the Jedi. It had long been out at that point. I complained about never seeing Empire and she said it didn't matter. Turns out she was correct. I fell in love with Jedi and then eventually saw Empire.

One word "EWOKS"

[The Hitchhiking Ghost]

Funny what a strange thing opinions are ... I thought Empire was by far the weakest of the original trilogy ...

I think if you were to compile the millions of "list your favorite Star Wars films" the compiled consensus would be:

1: Empire Strikes Back
2: A New Hope (still hate typing that title- it wasn't called that when I saw it)
3: Force Awakens
4: Revenge of the Sith
5: Return of the Jedi
6: Attack of the Clones
7: Phantom Menace

I could see 3 and 4 being interchangeable and 4 and 5 being interchangeable.

As for Empire, it did something that few #2 movies do in a trilogy, it not only stood on its own merit and improved on the original, but it also bridged the first and third movies. Unlike say Back to the Future II that just felt like a quick money grab and filler between 1 & 3.

Probably the single biggest moment in the Star Wars universe comes from Empire with the famous "Luke...I am your father"

Other than the Emperor, Jedi just seemed like fluff with the Ewoks and the redundancy of a 2nd Death Star and the predictable crashing of the Super Star Destroyer into it.

[magicofdisney]

One word "EWOKS"

As a young girl seeing this movie, I never thought of the Ewoks this way. Jar jar? Absolutely! That's just the subjective nature of movies.

[DizneyFreak2002]

I just watched the prequels... Felt like I was watching an animated movie, not a Star Wars flick... too much CGI ruins them for me...

[The Hitchhiking Ghost]

I just watched the prequels... Felt like I was watching an animated movie, not a Star Wars flick... too much CGI ruins them for me...

I always felt that if George Lucas could have gotten away with it, he would have done the entire PT without human actors. Considering some of the terrible dialogue that he wrote, maytbe that would have been a good thing.

[DizneyFreak2002]

I always felt that if George Lucas could have gotten away with it, he would have done the entire PT without human actors. Considering some of the terrible dialogue that he wrote, maytbe that would have been a good thing.

I think that is all of Hollywood though... Much like the rest of corporate America, if they can do it with computers and machines instead of real life people, they would...