10 Worst Times Star Wars Appeared In Other Movies

While it's blatant that the primary purpose of crapping on Return of the Jedi during the events of 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse was to take aim at the fact threequels in general are often the weakest of the bunch - looking at you, X-Men: The Last Stand - the gag is still somewhat bittersweet in hindsight.

Hot on the heels of the young mutants taking in Episode VI for the first time, the gang of Jean Grey and co. discuss which of the Original Trilogy sits as the best in the series. And while some would agree that Return of the Jedi isn't quite as strong as A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, Sophie Turner's eventual Dark Phoenix's comment of "at least we can all agree the third one is always the worst" still feels like a bit of a pointed dig at the flick once helped into existence by 20th Century Fox.

Again, it's evident the main point of this piece of Episode VI shade was to poke fun at the original X-Men trilogy's lacklustre conclusion. But Jean's loaded comment didn't exactly age all that well in the aftermath of Apocalypse's poor reception, too.

All in all, keeping this one on the cutting room floor may not have been the worst idea for all involved.