Disney Plus is the home of Star Wars - Here are our picks for the best movies - Android
Disney Plus is now live in the US, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, and Puerto Rico. If you are a Star Wars fan, there’s good news: You can stream nearly every feature film in the space fantasy series with a Disney Plus subscription. Soon, all of the Star Wars movies will be on the service. But which Disney Plus Star Wars movies are the best?
We will admit to being massive Star Wars fans. We will also admit that the quality of the theatrically released Star Wars films varies quite widely. In addition, many films in this franchise have proved divisive among fans. For our part, we are just going to examine the movies as, well, just movies. Your opinions on our picks may be different, but that’s OK!
With that in mind, here are our picks for the best Disney Plus Star Wars movies.
Editor’s Note: We will be updating this list as more Disney Plus Star Wars movies are added to the service.
George Lucas might have thought he was making a kids movie when he thought up Star Wars. In the end, the release of this film in 1977 transcended all genres and ages. At its core, this is a space fantasy tale of a farm boy, Luke Skywalker, who dreamed of leaving his home for adventure.
Lucas’ original film has humor, action, and suspense. It also had visual effects that were years ahead of every other sci-fi movie, which made this tale of galactic conflict even more real to an audience.
This version of A New Hope is the 1997 “Special Edition” version with unwanted and distracting new effects and sequences. Despite this, and also the new “Macklunkey” edit of the Han Solo-Greedo shootout, it’s still an all-time classic.
The Empire Strikes Back was the most highly anticipated movie sequel ever released at the time. The 1980 film, directed by Irvin Kershner, still has some memorable sequences. These include the battle on the ice world Hoth, and Luke’s first direct battle with Darth Vader, which concludes with maybe one of the biggest plot twists in movie history. It’s also the first time audiences were introduced to Lando Calrissian and Yoda.
It’s also got a pretty bleak ending for a space fantasy movie. All of these features and more made The Empire Strikes Back stand out from the crowd, and it’s easily one of the best Star Wars movies on Disney Plus.
Again, this is the “Special Edition” version of the movie, although this time the new visual effects are not quite as annoying.
The third and final movie in the original Star Wars trilogy didn’t have quite the impact that the first two films did. However, the 1983 release, directed by Richard Marquand, still wrapped up the storyline very successfully. It also introduced us to Jabba the Hutt and the first full appearance of the Emperor, the true bad guy of the trilogy. We also got an epic lightsaber duel between Luke and Vader, a massive space battle, and a swashbuckling fight on a sail barge. There’s also the battle on the Endor moon that involves the small and furry Ewoks, which we still have mixed feelings about.
We will point out once again this is the “Special Edition” version of Return of the Jedi. There’s some new visuals in Jabba’s palace, and most importantly some added scenes in the finale.
With this 2016 release, we finally get to see some of the untold backstory behind the Star Wars universe in a live-action film. This is a grittier version of the space opera franchise, featuring a cast of characters that come together to secure the plans of the Empire’s first Death Star. That includes Jyn Erso, the daughter of the man who designed the spherical space station. We also get to see Darth Vader as we have never seen him before as a truly powerful agent of the Emperor. It all concludes in a huge battle in space and on the planet Scarif. Rogue One is the kind of Star Wars movie we want to see more of after The Skywalker Saga is complete.
Disney bought LucasFilm in 2012. Three years later, fans finally got what they wanted for so long: an official continuation of the saga that showed the events following the end of Return of the Jedi. Co-writer and director J.J. Abrams created a movie that added new characters to the mix, including the mysterious Rey, and a cute new droid named BB-8. We also got some returning favorites, including an aged but still quick-witted Han Solo. Many critics have since felt that this film was basically a remake of A New Hope. For our money, there were just enough new plot twists and character development to make this film stand out. That includes the death of a beloved character, so bring your tissues.
We are going ahead and putting this up on our list now, as The Last Jedi drops on Disney Plus in about a month. The second part of the new trilogy has definitely generated some debate among Star Wars fans. Writer-director Rian Johnson definitely took the film in directions most fans didn’t see coming. For our part, The Last Jedi is uneven, but still has some of the best scenes in the sequel trilogy. Oh, and the tissues will need to come back again.
This is easily the best film in the prequel Star Wars trilogy. The 2005 film was the first Star Wars movie to be rated PG-13, and it shows. It gets into more mature subject matter, as the final plans of the Sith manifest themselves. We also get perhaps the best lightsaber battle of all time between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. The movie still suffers from too many digital effects for some people’s taste, but it’s an overall good movie nonetheless.
Attack of the Clones introduces us to Hayden Christensen as the older Anakin Skywalker. His performance may be extremely stilted, but it fits the overall style of the movie. It’s a bit hard to u
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