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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (spoilers)

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Agree with everything you've said here. RO had perhaps the most adult tone of the entire series, save perhaps ESB.

I'm old enough that I still think of/refer to the first movie as "Star Wars" - never "A New Hope". And for all its flaws in retrospect, i still rank it highly simply because of the new ground it broke. The impact for its time was simply stunning, and difficult to overstate.

The other point is that I judge the original trilogy as they actually appeared, first run, in the theater. So Han not only shot first, but ROTJ includes the unbearable full-blown Ewok party at the end. Saw it with some classmates while at the Academy, and by the end, we were embarassed to be in the audience. But obviously, the reaction to the Ewoks may be very dependent upon where you were in life the first time you saw the movie. That's probably true for the entire series, at least to some extent, so that's a pretty subjective element added to the ranking of the movies.
Yeah, this is all on-point. I think I rank the prequel trilogy higher because of my experience seeing them. I'm obviously younger, so I didn't experience any of the original trilogy in theatres. With that said, I think you make an excellent argument regarding A New Hope as a groundbreaking film. Frankly, they all are great to me. I just haven't seen a SW movie in theatres I loved as much as this. I'm going to go see it again with my stepdad who hasn't had the chance to view it. I still can't get over how much I enjoyed RO.
 
Star Wars MoviesRevenue
Star Wars : Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace$924,317,558
Star Wars : Episode 2 – Attack of the Clones$649,398,328
Star Wars : Episode 3 – Revenge of the Sith$848,754,768
Star Wars : Episode 4 – A New Hope$775,398,007
Star Wars : Episode 5 – Empire Strikes Back$538,375,067
Star Wars : Episode 6 – Return of the Jedi$475,106,177
Star Wars : Episode 7 – The Force Awakens$2,068,223,624
Star Wars : Rogue One$30,000,000 (Opening Night)
Star Wars : The Clone Wars$68,282,844
Total Box Office Revenue$6,342,000,000

Rank by Revenue.
Star Wars : Episode 7 – The Force Awakens $2,068,223,624
Star Wars : Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace $924,317,558
Star Wars : Episode 3 – Revenge of the Sith $848,754,768
Star Wars : Episode 4 – A New Hope $775,398,007
Star Wars : Episode 2 – Attack of the Clones $649,398,328
Star Wars : Episode 5 – Empire Strikes Back $538,375,067
Star Wars : Episode 6 – Return of the Jedi$475,106,177
Star Wars : The Clone Wars$68,282,844
Star Wars : Rogue One$30,000,000 (Opening Night)

But the people have spoken. while Rogue one is toward the bottom of the list its still in theatres and A New Hope is still the King. Episode 8 with the last appearance by Carrie Fisher has a good shot to knock it out the park. Phantom menace even though it brought in the dollars didnt draw in the numbers of the sappy Return of the Jedi.

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<tr><td>2</td><td>Star Wars</td><td>Fox</td><td>$1,515,797,800.00</td><td>1977^</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</td><td>BV</td><td>$920,059,500.00</td><td>2015</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>The Empire Strikes Back</td><td>Fox</td><td>$835,517,200.00</td><td>1980^</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>Return of the Jedi</td><td>Fox</td><td>$800,445,600.00</td><td>1983^</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace</td><td>Fox</td><td>$768,555,700.00</td><td>1999^</td></tr>
<tr><td>63</td><td>Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith</td><td>Fox</td><td>$504,852,200.00</td><td>2005^</td></tr>
<tr><td>92</td><td>Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones</td><td>Fox</td><td>$455,016,700.00</td><td>2002^</td></tr>
<tr><td>96</td><td>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</td><td>BV</td><td>$439,714,700.00</td><td>2016</td></tr>
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Right franchise, but the characters are all wrong....

Wasn't the problem that the Empire stored secret data on a private server, and that it was then stolen by rebels because it was not secured? It was then leaked to the rebel alliance, the result of which was the destruction of the Death Star/Hillary's campaign? So viewed that way....

This is Hillary:

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This is Putin:

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And this is Assange:

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Right franchise, but the characters are all wrong....

Wasn't the problem that the Empire stored secret data on a private server, and that it was then stolen by rebels because it was not secured? It was then leaked to the rebel alliance, the result of which was the destruction of the Death Star/Hillary's campaign? So viewed that way....

This is Hillary:

Star-Wars-7-Rumor-Emperor-Returning.jpg


This is Putin:

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And this is Assange:

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Nah bro...but I feel it.. Nice try.. :chuckle:

We could always ask this guy:
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But I'm pretty sure we know what he thinks..
 
Nah bro...but I feel it.. Nice try.. :chuckle:

We could always ask this guy:
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But I'm pretty sure we know what he thinks..

Yeah -- Ewoks are a better idea than Wookies....
 
Fellas.. is it too early/late to post Carrie Fisher pics.. I've found some doozies..

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I can't help but feel like she needed some of my dick in her life, but that's just my medical opinion...
 
Fellas.. is it too early/late to post Carrie Fisher pics.. I've found some doozies..

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I can't help but feel like she needed some of my dick in her life, but that's just my medical opinion...
She looks like Roz from Fraiser here
 
Can't really argue with Trump as Jabba. And I suppose if we're really going to go with the server meme, Hillary was definitely this guy:

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"Hey, buddy, you might not want to keep the top secret plans for your Death Star on your home server!"
 
Fellas.. is it too early/late to post Carrie Fisher pics.. I've found some doozies..

Zeman-Carrie-Fisher-00001.jpg


I can't help but feel like she needed some of my dick in her life, but that's just my medical opinion...

Can't really blame Harrison Ford, can you?
 

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