I think the best Star Wars was the first 4th episode in 1977. The rest were just movie people showing off their special effects technology.

Saw "The Last Jedi" yesterday. It has some spectacular SPFX and good plot twists, but other parts were frankly boring and predictable. Luke's part is a bummer. It all comes down to Episode IX now... but I read that Eps X-XII are planned as individual movies akin to the Rogue Adventures! Star Wars has become just a huge franchise and merchandising monster. I remember Episode 4 in 1977 and " The Empire Strikes Back" as faves. Everything after those has been a let down showcasing seamless effects/CGI. With Carrie Fisher's death the real surprise is how they did Episode VIII with her character. Lucas originally was going to tell the SW saga in 12 installments under the title "Journal of the Whills." It seems that 12 movies may be made, but all the original core characters will be dead before the last trilogy. Sad.

The 1977 movie was a remake of "The Wizard of Oz", which is not a bad film to copy. The attack scenes on the Death Star were lifted from "633 Squadron". Without all the CGI, the makers had to focus on character and story. Now they have so many characters only a nerd could keep track.

The new animals were a hit. Can't wait to buy my daughter a Fathier space horse or maybe a Porg! The Vulptex crystalline fox is cute too! Toys R Us here I come!