Does anyone feel this is the best Star Wars film by far?

Me too!!!

There are so many things of course to love about this movie, having seen it at the theatre aged 5, but looking back, perhaps what I loved about it most, is that it was a story of it’s own, there were no sequels or spin-offs at this point, but merely a story that Lucas wanted to tell.

You could have easily ‘closed the book’ there and then at the medal ceremony, go home and never see another Star Wars anything!

Sure there were some unanswered questions, and the wonder of what would happen to a scorned Vader, but did we need to see it?

I love both ‘TESB’ & ‘ROTJ’ so I’m kinda’ torn in two, but for a moment dare to dream of a one film Star Wars world, and leaving the rest to a child’s imagination.*

I love the original trilogy and yes, A New Hope is my favorite.

The sequels, prequels and spin-offs were good too but I prefer the original trilogy.

Long rant coming, but it changed for me over the years. The first actual Star Wars film I remember seeing was Phantom Menace when it came out (yes I’m comparatively young), although I knew all about Darth Vader and the Force and whatnot beforehand due to the series being part of the cultural milieu; you don’t have to see a S-W movie to know what it’s about. I then saw Attack of the Clones in theaters, and somewhere that same year I saw the original 1977 Star Wars on television and was confused. It looked more dated and low budget compared to what I was used to seeing Star Wars as. For some reason I thought it was some spinoff from the main saga that they were showing reruns of. It wasn’t until I bought the special editions in 2004 that I really understood what the original trilogy was all about. My favourite then was Return of the Jedi because it had the most action and drama, and the best space battle. Me and my friends agreed that Empire was the slowest and most boring. A few years later Empire grew on me and I began to see it as the most thematic and darkest of the series. However, as I grew older I began to prefer the original Star Wars out of all of them, especially the despecialized theatrical version. It truly is a combination of all things that made S-W great: cutting edge sci-fi, mysticism, swashbucklers, fairytales, western/samurai, hard boiled fiction, Flash Gordon/buck Rodgers, Greek myth, Legend of King Arthur, war films, David Lean epics, Lord of the Rings, Dune, and Star Trek merged into one cohesive whole with revolutionary special effects. It condensed all our pop cultural heritage into one perfect fantasy universe and was the first real effects-laden blockbuster. Everything about it is perfect to me now and it’s my favourite out of all of them. One of the greatest films of all time for me.

I was always told The Empire Strikes Back is the best in the series, but my favorite remains the first Star Wars film. Followed by Empire and Revenge of the Sith.

I got called an “obvious troll” on another website for suggesting ANH was better than TESB. Yes, to me this one easily the best of the entire franchise due to its story, actions scenes, pacing, and influence to an entire genre of film.