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Originally Posted by Itse
The first Star Wars movie is a true cinematic masterpiece in many ways, one of the very few films I would call essentially flawless. I feel people have lost sight of just how good the movie actually is just on it's own, as it's become impossible to see the movie with fresh eyes. Even if you're seeing it for the first time, you already inevitably know pretty much everything about it.
There's a reason it was such a massive hit among such a wide audience in it's day, before Star Wars was popular just because it was Star Wars.
(And no, ESB is not even a serious contender for being better. It's frankly a pretty mediocre film until about the last 30 minutes or so, which admittedly rock.)
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I don't want to get this too off topic but can't ignore you saying one of my favourite movies ever is mediocre.
They are both great movies and it is hard to compare the first film, which introduces the characters and universe, with the second film, which puts those characters into difficult situations, however I have always given ANH a 9 and ESB a 10.
AHN is essentially a western in space with a young hero assembling a posse to rescue a woman from a fortress. The story is very well told however it is a simple plot we have seen before. ESB on the other hand has an original plot filled with great twists and turns. Also, the entire film is great not just the last 30 minutes. You have the battle of Hoth, meeting Yoda, and the Falcon in the asteroid belt. It is also brilliant at developing the Han and Leia relationship with some great dialog between them.
If I had to rank all the Star Wars films:
1. ESB
2. ANH
3. TFA
4. RotJ
5. TLJ
6. R1
7. RotS
8. TPM
9. AotC