Star Wars Movies, Ranked

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor
and Joal Ryan, for Metacritic – December 2, 2016

Updated in 2020 to add The Rise of Skywalker.

Peerless at the box office, the Star Wars franchise has been drubbed by critics as often as its movies have been praised. Above, take a look back at how the 12 big-screen Star Wars movies to date have fared with critics.

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35 Star Wars: The Clone Wars

(#12) This 2008 animated feature, a first for the franchise, sported a modest running time of 98 minutes, but critics overwhelmingly found it tedious and boring.

“Don't expect the seventh Star Wars film here. Star Wars: The Clone Wars is more like a long Saturday morning cartoon.” —Claudia Puig, USA Today

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