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While I recognize that Empire is the best overall movie, I'll always prefer the original Star Wars (A New Hope, whatever - I'm old, to me it will always just be Star Wars). I remember how the movies made me feel the first time I saw them. Star Wars blew me away - I saw it more times in the theater than I can remember. I left the theater thrilled. With Empire, I left the theater thinking how the **** can Darth Vader be Luke's father? Is he lying? That sucks.
So the original Star Wars was my favorite of the originals, and Return had the best parts - the interaction between Luke, Vader and the Emperor. It also featured the best moment in all the movies - when Vader saved Luke and chucked the Emperor down the shaft. The cheer from the audience of the packed Kennedy Theater during that scene is still the loudest I've ever heard for any scene in any movie. That being said, the movie as a whole was dragged down by the whole killer teddy bear bit, but still, the other stuff pulled it over the top.
As far as Rogue One goes, it's the only movie since the originals that managed to captured the feel of the original. Watching it brought back the 11-year-old kid who sat in wonder watching the original back in 1977.
So in order, here are my favorites:
Star Wars
Rogue One
Return of the Jedi
Empire Strikes Back
The Force Awakens
and **** the other three.
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