Star Wars Movies, Ranked
by
Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor
and Joal Ryan, for Metacritic – December 2, 2016
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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photo by Walt Disney Pictures
(#2) In the second entry in the newest Star Wars trilogy, Rey continues to develop her Force-sensitive powers through the help of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker while the First Order and the Resistance continue their epic battle. The Last Jedi is "an excellent middle chapter bursting with wit, wisdom, emotion, shocks, old-fashioned derring-do, state-of-the-art tech, and stonking set-pieces," according to Totalfilm.
Episode IX is scheduled to be released on Dec. 20, 2019.
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