Star Wars: Every Movie & TV Show Ranked Worst To Best

8. Revenge Of The Sith

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Revenge of the Sith suffers from many of the same flaws as the rest of the prequels, most notably a melodramatic script emphasised by atrocious acting and rushed pay-offs.

But aside from its detours into ridiculousness and meme-ability, it's actually... pretty good? Between the performances of Ewan McGregor and Ian McDiarmid, the haunting execution of Order 66 sequence, and the way it leans into the key good versus evil theme of the saga, there's a lot to love.

It's not perfect - few movies are - but Revenge of the Sith captures the magic and darkness of the Star Wars saga almost as well as the originals, only with more CGI Yoda and coughing cyborgs who never live up to their potential.

Also, who could possibly hate the final duel between Obi-Wan and Anakin? It makes the movie better whether you initially liked it or not.

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