Rank Madness

[Falconer]

My rankings of all my favorite SW stories. I figured pictorial was more fun. I’ll try to hyperlink them later. Since there is so much out there if you don’t restrict yourself to movies, I had to come up with logical groupings and rank the entire grouping rather than individual works.

1. Star Wars




2. Thrawn Trilogy




3. Empire + Jedi




4. Hand of Thrawn




5. Han Solo Adventures




6. Force Awakens




7. Wraith Squadron




8. Rogue Squadron




9. Ewoks

[finarvyn]

Very nice! I think my top choices are pretty close to yours for #1 through #6 but I never read the X-Wing series (some friends said they were great, but I never got around to them) and I don't remember the Ewok adventures very well. I like the fact that you put the movies and Zahn stuff at the top.

[Zenopus]

Nice list! I also never read either X-wing series --- excepting I, Jedi.

I watched the Ewok Adventures when they were originally broadcast and enjoyed them, but was irked that the second one starts off by negating the entire purpose of the first film.

As another favorite SW "story" I would add all of the adventures I created at home with these Kenner figures and the playsets ---

[Falconer]

The Ewoks movies aren’t “good” per se (unlike the rest of my list, I’d like to think); they’re just part of my childhood and therefore give me a bit of the same warm fuzzies as real SW. It’s a logical spinoff from RotJ for kids.

[finarvyn]

Okay, Falconer -- so "Star Wars" is #1 on your list, and by this I assume you mean the original movie in its original form (not "A New Hope" and not the enhanced version). Does Rogue One fit into this or is it excluded?

(1) If you are looking at the original only, clearly it doesn't fit. It's a later add-on and wasn't around before 1999, etc.

(2) On the other hand, it does fit in well with the original. Especially since its ending seamlessly moves onto the beginning of Star Wars. But it does bring in a whole host of new characters and such which aren't really a part of the original.

Not sure what my answer is to this question, by the way. I'm torn...

[Falconer]

I’m not a huge fan of Rogue One (let’s just say the Rebels are too scruffy and violent and pessimistic for my taste). But if I were, I would probably lump it in there, yeah. The first few episodes of the Radio Drama do a great job of leading up to SW77’s opening scene from Leia’s point of view, but if you like Rogue One, they are easily harmonized.