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Bleeding Cool Ranks All the Star Wars Movies So Far

A new Star Wars movie is out, so we decided it was time to look at all of the franchise's live-action films and how each of us would rank them. I bothered pretty much the entire staff at Bleeding Cool, minus a few that haven't seen The Last Jedi yet, and asked them to rank the movies for me. Then we fed all the lists into our replicant boss and he spit out an aggregated score. So here are each of the lists for each writer and the aggregated score at the end.

Kaitlyn Booth: head film writer.

1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
4. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
5. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
6. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
7. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
8. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
9. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Jeremy Konrad: toy and collectibles writer.

1. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
3. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
4. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
6. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
7. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
8. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
9. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Eliot Cole: comment moderator and sometime reviewer.

1. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
2. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
3. Star Wars: Episode The Empire Strikes Back
4. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
5. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
6. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
7. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
8. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
9. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Ray Flook: TV writer.

1. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
3. Star Wars: Episode The Empire Strikes Back
4. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
5. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
6. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
7. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
8. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
9. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Patrick Dane: film and games writer.

1. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
3. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
4. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
5. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
6. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
7. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
8. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
9. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Josh Davison: comic reviewer.

1. Star Wars: Episode V – Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
4. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
5. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
6. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
7. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
8. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
9. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Gavin Sheehan: games writer and reviewer.

1. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
2. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
4. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
5. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
6. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
7. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
8. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
9. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Joe Glass: comic writer and reviewer.

1. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
2. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
4. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
5. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
6. Star Wars: Episode The Empire Strikes Back
7. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
8. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
9. Star Wars: Episode Attack of the Clone

Jude Terror: film, comic, and TV troll writer.

1. Star Wars: Episode The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
3. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
4. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
5. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
6. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
7. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
8. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
9. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Bill Watters: film, TV, and special events writer.

1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2. Star Wars: Episode Episode V – Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
4. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
5. Star Wars: Episode Revenge of the Jedi
6. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
7. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
8. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
9. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Mary Anne Butler: film and TV writer.

1. Star Wars: Episode A New Hope
2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
3. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
4. Star Wars: Episode Episode V – Empire Strikes Back
5. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
6. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
7. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
8. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
9. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

Haley Rose-Lyon: assistant editor.

1. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
2. Star Wars: Episode Episode V – Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
4. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
5. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
6. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
7. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
8. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
9. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Adi Tantimedh: "Look, It Moves!" contributor.

1. Star Wars: Episode Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
4. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
5. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
6. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
7. Star Wars: Episode A Phantom Menance
8. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
9. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Lauren Sisselman: food and culture writer.

1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
3. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
4. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
5. Star Wars: Episode Episode V – Empire Strikes Back
6. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
7. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
8. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
9. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

We came up with a couple pieces of data from these lists.

The Consensus:

1. Star Wars: Episode Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars: Episode Episode IV – A New Hope
3. Star Wars: Episode The Last Jedi
4. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
5. Star Wars: Episode Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
6. Star Wars: Episode The Force Awakens
7. Star Wars: Episode Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
8. Star Wars: Episode Episode II – Attack of the Clones
9. Star Wars: Episode Episode I – The Phantom Menace

Next we have the variance of ranking. The result near the top is one we agreed on the most, and the bottom result is the one we just didn't agree on.

1. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
2. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
3. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
4. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
5. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
6. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
7. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
8. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
9. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

We largely agreed until we got to The Force Awakens and Rogue One. Finally, here the rankings by release date.

1. 1980
2. 1977
3. 2017
4. 2016
5. 1983
6. 2015
7. 2005
8. 2002
9. 1999

So, whose list do you most agree with? Is the staff of Bleeding Cool more right or more wrong? And what is your new order now that you've seen The Last Jedi? Let us know in the comments.

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