Bosk1's officially unofficial coolness SW film ranking:
1. Rogue One: This film was FANTASTIC. If I were king of Star Wars, the only things I would change would be to remove any reference whatsoever to Bor Gullet (that was stupid AND it creeped me out), make Krennic kill Galen (which makes Jyn's turn toward stopping the Empire more believable and has stakes), don't have Leia at Scarif. Otherwise, this movie was almost perfect.
2. The Force Awakens: I should probably have Empire at #2, but TFA was so good. The visual of Rey against giant, wrecked star destroyers alone made everyone in the audience forget the prequels and feel like everything Star Wars was gonna be great.
3. Empire: Yeah. "I am your father." Legendary. My only quibble is, if Lucas was going to go back and CGI-retcon all the OT to death once the technology allowed, I am completely onboard with him barely touching this one, but he could have at least made the giant worm look less like a penis.
4. The Rise of Skywalker: See my review. Flaws aside, I loved it.
5. A New Hope: I give this one a slight nod over ROTJ. It has pacing problems and feels VERY slow at times. And it is harder to watch. But it does SO much right.
6. Return of the Jedi: Luke's plan was stupid. And parts of the battle of Endor... (Ewoks, I'm looking at you) But still. This was great.
7. Solo: I like this movie. A lot. I'm kind of surprised it is #7. But that is more a reflection on the strength of 1-6 than this film. Yeah, it has its issues. But it is fun. And it feels more Star Warsy than some of the films.
8. The Last Jedi: My review highlights the problems I had. I like this movie. But it had issues that bothered me.
9. Revenge of the Sith: I kinda felt guilty having all the prequels in the bottom 3 as I was doing this, and almost felt obligated to have this one higher just because. But I just can't. It is a lot better than the prior two. But it has some glaring issues, namely that Anakin's turn, which is supposed to be the setpiece and premise of the entire PT somehow feels completely unearned.
10. The Phantom Menace: Lucas made some very strange decisions in writing, directing, etc. But Darth Maul. And there is some other good stuff.
11. Attack of the Clones: Like TPM, it has some cool moments and cool ideas. But it just doesn't work. And although it tries to plant the seeds of Anakin's turn, it just meanders too much and doesn't go anywhere. And it doesn't have Darth Maul to make you go, "Well, at least that final lightsaber fight was epic." Why exactly did he have to die in ep. I and leave us without a compelling B villain to pair with Palpatine?