Star Wars Movies, Ranked
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.
(#10, continued) The return of fan favorite Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian didn't prevent Skywalker from being a bit of a disappointment. It underperformed at the box office compared to the previous entries in the concluding trilogy, and only The Phantom Menace scored lower with critics in the entire saga.
“’s frenzied, briefly infuriating, and eventually, grudgingly, satisfying, but it’s like being force-fed fandom: Your belly is filled, but there’s no pleasure in the meal.” —Sam Adams, Slate