What Imgflip_Presidents favourite films?

Not a big movie watcher myself.

But I'd probably be the Lord of the Rings

W movie choice

Yours?

First one that comes to mind is Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. From start to finish it is a masterfully crafted adventure that no matter how many times I watch it I enjoy every viewing as if it were my first. The plot, character development, set pieces, cinematography, soundtrack and sound design, iconic locations and costumes and the best twist inc cinema history. It has the perfect 3 act setup and builds upon an already fantastic cinematic universe.

It's way up there w/ LOTR for perfect films.

I watched Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. It was a legitimately good movie but I mainly watched it for the memes, lol

Agreed. ROTS is an underappreciated masterpiece that in a few hundred years time will have the same impact as Hamlet does now.

The Prequels were criminally underrated. Unfortunately most things made since the Disney acquisition have been bad. I don't care how the new "Canon" system works, but to me the Disney sequels are non-canon.

Every *actual* Star Wars fan views the Disney fanfic as non canon. With the exception of some parts of films like Rogue one being my head canon, most of Disney fanfic is nonexistent as lore to me. I'd stick for the most part with Legends even though there's a LOT of nonsensical stuff in there too.

I'm on the same boat as StarWarsTheory when it comes to my love of the series honestly.

I'm can't say I'm familiar with what StarWarsTheory says about the lore. But basically my view is the more involved George Lucas was in the production of content, or the more in-line that content is with Lucas' canon and his plans for the series, then the more "canon" that content is.

I agree that good things have been made since the Disney acquisition like Rogue One, Andor, Tales of the Jedi, the Order 66 arc of The Clone Wars Season 7, and the first two seasons of The Mandalorian. Not only are they well-made, but they fit in well with the canon. Whereas stuff like the Sequel trilogy, Rebels, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ahsoka are not only poorly made but also don't fit as well with Lucas' vision for the series. And the content made by Lucas' apparent successor Dave Filoni has had mixed success overall.

As for Legends, I agree it can get pretty nonsensical. There is an insane amount of content out there, but a lot of it is more "canon" than the recent stuff in my view. Things like the Thrawn books, the Force Unleashed video games, and Gennady Tartakovsky's Clone Wars series. Heck, I consider Robot Chicken skits like The Emperor's phone call to be more "canon" than the entire sequel trilogy.

If only Lucas never sold the franchise. We could have seen his sequel trilogy, not to mention those unfinished Clone Wars episodes instead of it being cancelled for Rebels. But maybe we didn't deserve it after all the hate his prequel trilogy got. The world just wasn't ready for it.

My biggest problem with Kenobi is how it completely negates Vader's reunification and final fight With Obi-Wan in A New Hope. It has it's moments that I feel are defiantly worthy of official canon but would ultimately sacrifice lore consistency for fan service.

StarWarsTheory does lore videos and the guy is based af and truly (and I mean truly) understands George's vision of Star Wars and understands that Anakin is the series best character.

>If only Lucas never sold the franchise. We could have seen his sequel trilogy, not to mention those unfinished Clone Wars episodes instead of it being cancelled for Rebels

That hurts right in my childhood to never get a proper resolution to the Clone Wars series. Rebels wasn't bad but it wasn't great either with Darth Vader being a highlight as always.

>But maybe we didn't deserve it after all the hate his prequel trilogy got.

We as fans in general really didn't, I was a child when the prequels were made and I watched them as the released. I have some cherished memories of going to the cinema with family to see ROTS that is nostalgia from a long gone era now. I loved them then and I love them now and because I was so young and had no access to the internet I was oblivious to the hate the series was receiving. Hate I feel was completely unjustified. Jake Loyd for example, what they did to that poor kid was uncalled for.

>The world just wasn't ready for it.

The world still isn't. But I and many others will cherish these films no matter what the npc masses say about them. The prequels especially are more profound than most people dare to consider.

Here's a video by SWT I think you'll enjoy that takes on one of the prequels biggest complaints and explains why it's nonsense:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL_PDgczHJc

Yeah, the new sequels simply aren't on the same level of quality as the previous films.

They could make a whole franchise about JarJar Binks and it would sell better and be more enjoyed by audiences than whatever the heck the JarJar Abrahams/ Ruin Johnson films were supposed to be.

I'm genuinely interested in The Acolyte and Tales of the Jedi season 2. Apart from that, the Filoniverse has grown stale and everything else is just the usual cringe and fake and gay Disney crap.

Aye, I totally agree with you there mate. Rogue One was a fairly decent SW film and Darth Vader was just chefs kiss as always.