My Star Wars feature film rankings

Empire Strikes Back
A New Hope
Rogue One

Revenge of the Sith
Return of the Jedi

The Force Awakens
A Phantom Menace
The Rise of Skywalker
Attack of the Clones
Solo



The Last Jedi

I give TROS a mini-pass since J.J. Abrams had to salvage what Rian Johnson did in TLJ. It's actually sort of shocking watching Knives Out, which is one of the best films in the last decade, after watching Johnson basically dismantle a franchise with one movie.

The prequels have, somehow, become underrated. Attack of the Clones is the worst bc Hayden Christiensen is at his greenest, so what comes out is the worst of him and his character. Also, he and Natalie Portman have very little chemistry which is the majority of his arc in the movie. Do I need to mention his cringe-worthy take on sand?

With that being said, as the poster above alluded to, Lucas does a tremendous job of building and developing the universe he created in the '80s. You could argue Anakin's complete arc in the prequels is more engaging and interesting than Luke's arc in the OT. They do a great job with the effects without going overboard. There are multiple incredibly awesome and memorable lightsaber scenes. Lastly, and this is very intangible and completely subjective, but, despite their weaknesses, the prequels feel much more like Star Wars movies than 7-9 do, especially TLJ/TROS.

Rogue One is fantastic. It has an argument for the best Star Wars film from start to finish ever made. Unfortunately, ESB & ANH are close enough that I give them the bump due to their superior importance to the overarching story.

Solo is largely forgettable.

/derail

I’m going to watch Phantom Menace again soon. It’s been over 20 years, and I figure I may like it better when I’m actually fresh on the original trilogy and can better connect it up. I’ll post about it in LC when I watch. Sorry to derail in here.

So, they referenced the SuperKliq last night (and a couple times previous) and apparently it's not just a reference to Nash and the boys. While in NJPW, the SuperKliq was a sub-faction of The Bullet Club consisting of The Bucks and Cole. I knew that "The Elite" was a sub-faction of The Bullet Club, but I didn't realize that SuperKliq was a sub-sub-faction.







This makes me think it's even more likely that Cole and The Bucks will oust Omega from The Elite once he finally drops the belt (and unravels completely). Hopefully Ibushi will then make his way through the forbidden door for Kenny's eventual redemptive face run.

Unless I'm missing something, seems like an Omega face turn would demand some other heel turns somewhere in the company. Feels like heels are already outnumbered badly enough at the top of the card.

(That's even allowing for the fact that the company is likely willing to push Cole as a top heel without even having the courtesy to seek me out to personally apologize to me.)

This is way long-term thinking. It will still be quite awhile before we get Hangman/Omega (definitely not happening by Full Gear, maybe not Revolution either). Then, I'm sure Kenny will spiral and stew for a bit, possibly taking an extended absence as well. Gotta hit rock bottom and all that jazz.

I do think we'll see some key heel turns during that time.

lol

please no face turn for omega, but im 100% behind the bucks ousting him; i would love that drama.

I'm digging Punk in the booth.

"Adam Cole looks like a guy who listens to his own intro music in the gym."

Adam Cole/Jungle Boy was ****ing great.

In. Just in time for the last 30 seconds of Cole/Jungle

This promo is horrible and the crowd seems bored.

Looking forward to a lot of wordplay involving "balls" in the future

Crowd has no idea whether to cheer or boo Cody.


Edit: Is Malakai's mist starting to corrupt him?

This isn't helped by Brandi coming out of the heel tunnel and Arn and Lee coming out of the face tunnel. This happened last week as well.

The dismantling begins! We finally get real heel Cody.

Yeah, I noticed the tunnels too and you know that ****'s always intentional.

Darby not even doing the coffin drop for the fans? Seems like poor booking to have your most over guy standing on the apron when the finish happens.

edit: maybe most over next to Bryan now

Who is overlooking Scorpio?

Yes, we need Shida back. She’s in the intro for Rampage and has never even been on the show.

“School shooter mime on a skateboarder routine”

Lolllllllllllll

This was good.

Looking forward to this Sammy/Miro match

Punk and JR have great rat-tat-tat

Incredible

No way

Good ****. Actually got goosebumps when he got Miro up for the GTH.