Honestly respectable take. They made some choices I wasn’t necessarily a fan of but ultimately it was a great Star Wars movie and a set up for a good trilogy. It was more 8 and 9 that dragged the sequels down

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My biggest issue is Maz having Luke’s Lightsaber, and Mara Jade not being a character

15

It’s a shot for shot remake of a new hope, the OT protagonists never appeared in a scene together, the scene construction where it isn’t a shot for shot remake is really poor, and the dialogue is threadbare at best

12

Better than attack of the clones???? No way. It was a good movie, but not better than *the* attack of the clones

9

As an avid sequel hater force awakens was never the problem just the next two movies

9

Loved force awakens and I’ll forever be disappointed that the rest of the sequel trilogy let down everything that it set up

8

Force Awakens is so baller and such a good set up. I honestly love it and reminisce on what could’ve been.

7

TFA was widely considered the best since the OT at release. Anyone who thinks AOTC is better really just thinks hating on the sequels is cool.

6

The force awakens in itself is great and set up a very good base for a story….. it’s what they did after that ruins it. But the force awakens is a good watch for sure, argument valid for top 5, but it’s close

6

I actually enjoyed the force awakens as an individual movie, but I hate where it took the franchise. Lucas’s original idea for the sequels was so much better. The force awakens feels more or less like a repeat of a new hope.

5

I enjoy the entire Skywalker Saga (so even the sequels), and I love The Force Awakens. It’s probably #3 for me in terms of my 9 film ranking

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