I'm not on board with the "let's hate the prequels for no reason" bandwagon. I actually think they're very good, and never understood why people hated them so much.
I'd rank them like this:
- Revenge of the Sith
- Return of the Jedi
- The Phantom Menace
- Attack of the Clones
- A New Hope
- Empire Strikes Back
That's right, I rank the beloved
Empire dead last. I don't see what makes it such a masterpeice. Don't get me wrong, it's still a great movie. It's just not the best in the series like it's made out to be. It's full of glaring plot holes and bad pacing. The Falcon manages to travel to another star system, without hyperdrive, in a few days, which should have taken at least a few decades. Luke learns how to be a Jedi, in a few days, which should take several years. It doesn't make any sense. The jedi training one is so important I just can't forgive that one.