Star Wars Poll #2 - What is your favorite SW LIVE project

[Pepperbone]

Trying another one - again for fun.

Pick your single favorite SW live action project.

 

[Eruonen]

 

[JediMichael]

Return of the Jedi is my favorite for several reasons.
But Empire is definitely the best acted and well put together movie.
...and that pod race sure has some really great sound design in it.....

 

[Eruonen]

I think that’s part of the fun of this though. Most of us would probably agree on an objective best film, but often our favorites are not the ‘best’ they are the ones we truly love in spite of the things that are wrong.

 

[FastballSpecial]

Return of the Jedi is my favorite for several reasons.
But Empire is definitely the best acted and well put together movie.
...and that pod race sure has some really great sound design in it.....

I think that’s part of the fun of this though. Most of us would probably agree on an objective best film, but often our favorites are not the ‘best’ they are the ones we truly love in spite of the things that are wrong.

My favorite Star Wars film is ROTJ. Even though ESB is vastly superior, there's just something I liked about it the most ever since I was a kid.

 

[Eruonen]

My favorite Star Wars film is ROTJ. Even though ESB is vastly superior, there's just something I liked about it the most ever since I was a kid.

ROTJ was always my favorite of the OT when I was a kid

 

[Halliwax]

Empire was my favorite because of yoda and the duel with Luke and vader at the end

 

[Wolfsburg]

As far as the OT goes, as a kid in the 90s, I seem to recall RoTJ tended to be the favorite, with TESB being “too boring” by comparison. I never really felt that way but it is an opinion I’ve seen before.

 

[cboath]

I remember seeing ESB at the theater in 1980 and being all excited. They had the theatre decked out with SW stuff - was awesome. I think proceeded to watch my heroe's get their asses kicked for 2hrs and 20 minutes or so Made Jedi come off that much better with them getting to do the butt kicking this time I always rated the 1, 3, 2 as a result

 

[Pepperbone]

I think age at the time of the release plays a role in how much influence those (OT) movies had. At least I feel it did for me.

I was 7 when SW came out, spent a few years playing with the toys, admiring the trading cards, going to bed looking at the wallpaper, dreaming about it regularly. Keep in mind there wasn't much else going on in in the late 70s. Like I've said in the past; there's a period before SW, and a very different one after. So at 10, when ESB came out, my child's mind was ready for some serious hardcoding. ESB (and its open-ending) took care of that. That's why for me, ESB is up there.

ROTJ had too much closure. Jabba dies, BF "dies", Yoda dies, the Emperor "dies", Vader dies, the Empire is "defeated".

Nearly 40 years later I'm still watching ROTJ a few times a year. Crazy.

 

[Laspector]

First one for me. Hands down. It literally changed my life.

 

[Halliwax]

I think age at the time of the release plays a role in how much influence those (OT) movies had. At least I feel it did for me.

I was 7 when SW came out, spent a few years playing with the toys, admiring the trading cards, going to bed looking at the wallpaper, dreaming about it regularly. Keep in mind there wasn't much else going on in in the late 70s. Like I've said in the past; there's a period before SW, and a very different one after. So at 10, when ESB came out, my child's mind was ready for some serious hardcoding. ESB (and its open-ending) took care of that. That's why for me, ESB is up there.

ROTJ had too much closure. Jabba dies, BF "dies", Yoda dies, the Emperor "dies", Vader dies, the Empire is "defeated".

Nearly 40 years later I'm still watching ROTJ a few times a year. Crazy.

Extremely well written post

 

[The Terminator]

I think age at the time of the release plays a role in how much influence those (OT) movies had. At least I feel it did for me.

Well I wasn't even born for either of them.
Phantom Menace was the first one I saw on the big screen.

I will hopefully get to see Star Wars(ANH) for the first time on the big screen in April.

 

[Pepperbone]

I will hopefully get to see Star Wars(ANH) for the first time on the big screen in April.

Oh wow! What's the occasion? Is it being re-released in your area?

 

[The Terminator]

Oh wow! What's the occasion? Is it being re-released in your area?

It's being screened with live orchestra.
First time hearing, well ANY film score performed live.

I had booked tickets to a similar event except for "THE TERMINATOR" in August of 2019, in France. It was supposed to happen in May 2020. However some big virus event happened instead. Hmmm.