Star Wars

As many people know, the new Star Wars movie, Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, is premiering this week. On Thursday night it will be premiering. It is the seventh entry in the film series, as a main film, with many other small spin off movies or tv shows as well. The first movies to come out were the original trilogy, which consists of the Episodes four, five and six, which were A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi, respectively. The very first movie to be made, A New Hope, was originally called Star Wars, and at first the entire sage, much less the original trilogy, was not even planned out. It depicts Luke Skywalker becoming a Jedi and destroying the Death Star, along with Han Solo, Chewbaca, C3PO, and R2-D2. The next film, The Empire Strikes Back, continues on it. Darth Vader is still alive, so Luke, Han, and the rest of them have to battle them again. In The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda is introduced, the Force is explained, Han is tortured and made into an art piece, and Darth Vader reveals that he is really Luke's father. Then, in Return of the Jedi, this original trilogy comes to an end. Luke goes in and saves Han Solo, Bobba Fett dies, Yoda dies, and the final battle comes to an end. The Death Star needs to be destroyed, and the Dark Sith needs to be taken down. Luke goes into a head on against Darth Vader and the Dark Sith, almost going to the dark side of the force, but staying back and restraining. Darth Vader kills the Dark Sith before he is able to kill Luke, Darth Vader's son, and then Darth Vader ultimately dies as well. Luke escapes from the Death Star just in time before it blows up. At the end of the movie, the Dark Side of the Force was defeated.

Then, the prequel trilogy was released. It consists of Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Episode 2: Attack of the Clones, and Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. In Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, we are introduced to Anakin Skywalker, and that he is the chosen one. He gets to be trained by Obi-Wan, who becomes a Jedi in the movie. Then, in Episode 2: Attack of the Clones, the two are Jedis together, and it depicts the lead up to the Clone Wars, a tv show and mini movie that is not part of the main franchise. In Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith, Anakin is taken to the Dark Side by Chancellor Palpatine, who is the Dark Sith. A majority of all of the Jedi are brutally murdered, and Obi Wan defeats Anakin, who then becomes Dark Vader, finally setting up the original trilogy.

All in all, the worst movie was, by far, Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, because it offered virtually nothing good to the franchise, and Jar Jar Binks was in it. Then, Episode 2: Attack of the Clones was the next worse, and then Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. The original trilogy is far better than the prequel trilogy, in almost every aspect, with possibly a few exceptions here and there. In the original trilogy, all three are better than any of the prequel movies, as previously stated. After the prequel trilogy, I think that A New Hope goes next. I think that it is a great movie, setting up everything else in the next two movies, but the other two are just a bit better I think. I think that next is the Return of the Jedi, as it wraps everything up, the final good against evil, Dark Sith is defeated, and Darth Vader is done for. The best film, in my opinion, is the Empire Strikes Back, as it introduces Yoda, it explains the force, it is the darkest film in the original trilogy, it has Han Solo become a piece of art, making you unsure if he will be back, and, above all, Darth Vader reveals that he is Luke Skywalker's father. All in all, the Star Wars franchise is an amazing franchise.
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