Ranking the George Lucas Star Wars Era - A Tier List

[@BenM.Davies]

Mason's "Oh Anakin, Oh Anakin!" bit is a new classic to add to the list of Mason ripping into Star Wars beautifully.

[@StudioInkblot]

It's so good

[@Calhasnopals]

My favourite thing in this video is Maso saying he didn’t like anything Clone Wars, despite saying in the Clone Wars finale video he liked it. I genuinely love that, I think it’s terrific for a man to not remember a thing and just assumed he hates it. Very Harrison Ford of him, I’m a big fan

[@KristovMars]

Well I genuinely love that you've given me a very hearty chuckle AFTER the brothers had finished their deeply flawed tier list. If I'd followed my mum's advice I never would've even READ this comment. Here's to ignoring your parents' attempts to make your life safe but boring.

[@mhyzon1]

Well, he is the man who doesn’t know anything about Star Wars.

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

@@mhyzon1 and everything about animes.

[@groovymovies390]

I love that Mason nearly repeats word for word the same rant about Dooku's line in Attack of the Clones here that he already used in the actual Attack of the Clones Caravan of Garbage episode. Really solidifies how much he hates that line.

[@Arcin00]

I believe he's talked about it on the podcast a couple of times too, his fury will not go without wrath

[@FairFuse]

14:32 Damn that Obi-Wan yell was pretty spot on

[@ironbob7346]

James: "Also, it brought technology forward so far in film making and..." Mason: "Oh yeah, WELL SO DOES WAR" Thanks for brightening up my day guys, y'all are hilarious

[@ljholmes2177]

Schrodingers Star Wars seems like the title of a film students thesis on duality of perception and nostalgia of Star Wars.

[@emmiannon1266]

Them jokingly saying that the potential lucas sequel movies are perfect reminds me of when SW1313 was canceled. the nerds were up in arms at why a game which in their minds was going to be the best thing ever was canceled when in reality, we had seen next to nothing of that game and nobody knew whether it would be good or not. (In an era when SW games were kinda mediocure too)

[@nagger8216]

@@emmiannon1266 I dipped out of that shit the moment I heard the main character got completely swapped with Boba Fett and that they were going to add Darth Maul into it. All part of George's vision, guys.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

I love how Mason created the name Caravan of Garbage and forgot that he did that

[@zachryder3150]

*Suffering from success*

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

@@zachryder3150 Once again his mind works in such strange ways. I'll never forget the comment pointing out how he noticed the subtle pinstriping of Daniel Craig's suit changing between Bond films but not the entirely new Spider-Man suit in Amazing Spider-Man 2.

[@sabrina63]

​@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Dude knows his suits, less so his supersuits

[@emperorbailey]

@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep @sabrina63 I can't even find my own supersuit! I keep asking Honey if she's seen it, and she just asks me why I want to know.

[@doublezeta2025]

The editing here is amazing as always. I hope they're paying you your worth. You've definitely earned it.

[@BaronVonHardcharger]

Hearing the "chimes ring to turn the page" was an entire moment from my childhood revisited. THANKS EDITORS!!!

[@KristovMars]

Records?! What developing nation did you grow up in? Here in the land down under we had the latest in 8-track technology for our brutally expurgated story-books.

[@Yugeky20]

I feel like if everything isn't just in S-tier you'll get some form of H8 Mail

[@ColinGrealy]

Even though I’m fully aware it was a bit, I was genuinely upset when they put Empire as C tier. 😂

[@democracycoma]

but theyll get that if they do put some things in s tier too. its a catch 22

[@jamesday1295]

The Christmas special?

[@Yan-tz9pn]

@@ColinGrealyhonestly, empire is not that great.. it’s entirely nostalgia based. Its fine. Bonus points for the era it came out in, but still. Adults without childhood connection to it don’t rate it very highly

[@QuixoteX]

There are people who will hate you for liking things.

[@AcceptTheNull]

I wish a minor mention had gone directly to the OG Battlefronts. Nothing carried the prequels and kept the OG in mind more. Seriously, the prequels I think would be one quarter portion the nostalgia trip for people with out getting to run around as the jedi from the prequels and fighting againts and as the droids. "WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS," still carries to this day!

[@matthewcronin2325]

Mason forgot he loved the clone wars somehow

[@itsmorbintimeorits420]

“Somehow Mason forgot about liking The Clone Wars” is almost as frusturating as “Somehow Palpatine returned” 😅

[@DarkachuWasTaken]

Love that I'm listening to this in the background and I hear James barely clingling to life after skulling the soft drink equivalent of that mummy juice from a few years back and somehow that second of sound is so vivid that I am able to immediately place it. Really stellar work from the team here. The particular conflux of content and editing there is really something

[@osullivanja]

This video is fine! I don't have any strong feeling about Star Wars at all! You two did an acceptable job on this one!

[@KristovMars]

Yep, solid C effort fellas. Right where the "better" prequels sit. Clone Wars is E at best.

[@jamesramplin8124]

I love how James mentions that Caravan of Garbage was named after Caravan of Courage by Mason and Mason is like "is it?" and James is like "You named it!"

[@skimbo120]

“Our series is named after Caravan of Courage.” “Is it?” “Yeah…” “Huh.” “YOU named it!”

[@Jllyrol311]

I was going to complain about Star Wars/Empire being ranked too high at C, but the ‘Turn The Page’ chime has pacified me. Carry on.

[@KristovMars]

You'll know it is time to turn the page when you hear R2_D2 beep, like this: Beep.

[@chrisrj9871]

"Too HIGH at C"?? What are you people on?! It's the best movie of the entire franchise!

[@dreadpiraterobin8379]

How's your comment 11 days old on a 6 day old vid? Is that a KZbin error?

[@HamuraiJack]

A lot of people don't realize the Nazi's main platform was actually for Super Smooches.

[@VinVonVoom]

11:21 No joke the reason it looks like that is because of the blu ray release, they decided that all the colours should instead be green when in the original version it was incredibly vibrant. If you have a DVD copy compare the two and you'll see just how much better looking it is despite being in half the resolution.

[@jordanhall267]

I KNEW IT FOR YEARS! Caravan of Garbage is named after Caravan of Courage!

[@Yan-tz9pn]

They’ve said it for years too..

[@christopherlee8989]

Any body who goes through the catalog of videos can see that. The very first one was on Caravan of Courage the TV special

[@MrBobthened]

It was originally called “never go back”.

[@caoimhinmccann4449]

Actually the working title for COG was Blue Harvest.

[@Arcin00]

@@christopherlee8989 A lovely confident wrong fact

[@D10medes]

The whole team on this channel is amazing. Yes, Mason and James are of course charming and fun, but the editing is hilarious, deft, and really its own character.

[@Adua2000]

Did you know Sam Witwer, (voice and model of Starkiller), has done a livestream series of The Force Unleased with a long time friend and director of sound design on the game? I think it's 4 parts and they play through the game and talk a lot about how it came to be, why some decisions were made, what it was like working on it, and some other really interesting behind the scenes stuff. They also had some guests on, who worked on the game and all in all it's just a pretty fun & interesting watch, so I highly recommend it to anyone who's interested that kind of stuff or really wants to watch 2 grown men geek out about a game they made. It's on his KZbin channel "Sam Witwer"

[@Dorian_sapiens]

Thanks for the tip, I might have to check that out. I absolutely love TFU. Even though it was struck from the official canon, it remains in my head canon.

[@solvseus]

i thought your comment was going to be a Blue Harvest joke... i was wrong.

[@nickeggen11]

the yell at 14:31 was perfect

[@obnoxiouspriest]

I don't know what you decided to make George Lucas sexy as fuck in the thumbnail. But it's a great move.

[@mathiaswalker350]

Mason doing some Revisionist History himself there saying that he didn't like any of the Clone Wars Arcs he has watched on the channel.

[@AverageDrafter]

Something that I feel compelled to remind people of from time to time: George Lucas' non-Star War accomplishments are pretty staggering. Pixar. Lucasarts. Skywalker Sound. Industrial Light and Fucking Magic. I'll even throw in Skywalker Ranch...

[@Milaaq302]

"Have a consensus" is a new phrase to my ears, I was expecting "make a comprimise"

[@calebmurphy9406]

I like it when people just comment random thoughts in their head

[@AnnDVine]

James saying "we looked at the comic!" moments before Mason asks "is there a comic?" was very sad. Bad mate Maso not listening to good mate James (nah they're both great mates)

[@abercrombiedrive]

”WAR!” ”Woah-woah-woah-woh” ”What is it good for?” ”Actually, developing technology! Say it again!”

[@ryklatortuga4146]

Needed the "George Lucas's Salad Unboxing Video" - Rocket Science Fiction

[@adderz8619]

I think the OG trilogy will always be the best - all three are S and if I’m totally honest, ROTJ is my favourite - the locations are just the best! Empire is also genius though.

[@Rad0905]

By barely putting any effort into the actual ranking, which is hilarious, I truly have no idea what these videos even are. It’s not informative, it’s not even really opinionated. It’s just 2 guys kinda talking about Star Wars and basically going “yeah that one exists”. Perfect video

[@beeman2075]

I've had a soft spot for both Ewok films (outside of ROTJ) since watching them as a kid. Nostalgia aside, they're not particularly good films, but they're not awful either. They build on the Ewok lore in an interesting way. The log traps the Ewoks use in ROTJ on the AT-ST walkers were reasonably already set up as traps against a marauding Gorax. And neat to see more of the Ewok engineering in the form of their gliders and villages constructed at height. I always considered the Ewok 'magic' to be expanded use of the force by a shamanistic culture.

[@Infestedzerg98]

Ah damn, I was hoping the boys would talk about Robot Chicken Star Wars! I feel like Lucas had significantly more involvement in that than Force Unleashed, for example. And the weird bts skits between him and Seth Green are always a fun watch.

[@ramontrevi10]

I still don’t know why Im so invested in these videos 😂😂 Now I don’t miss your Breaking Down Easter Eggs in Trailers videos anymore

[@MrMinewarp]

The phantom menace in D tier is criminal! Love the video

[@TimeToRemind]

It wasn't called star wars episode 4 when it came out in cinemas ya goofy, it was just called Blue Harvest

[@mayormccheese6451]

love you guys whenever i game or drive, this one was a treat

[@Glupshitto805]

The "knights of the old republic" video games are s tier lucas era content

[@NoUploadJustComment]

Correct placements of all of the Lucas era movies. Nicely done.

[@tomjones7606]

Wooooooooooo Mr Sunday movies just dropped new Star Wars video woooooooooo

[@joshlemcke8679]

“You named it” - James “Ya but I didn’t think it would take off” - Mason

[@filteredjc4653]

To be fair the same thing happened to The Beatles, who were a 60s rock and pop band

[@RoachDoggJr2112]

This might be a hot take but I think the animated segment of the holiday special is one of the best pieces of Star Wars animated media.

[@BensBrickDesigns]

I agree. It had a very Aeon Flux vibe to it.

[@sabrina63]

That's not a hot take, we literally ALL think that

[@starkishathebisha]

Nick Mason sold me fentanyl

[@Dorian_sapiens]

Did they just confirm that Caravan of Garbage is named after Caravan of Courage? Amazing. I wanted it to be true but wasn't foolish enough to hope it was.

[@Welshman336]

Damn you think you're actually early for once and then you see comments from a week ago

[@esquilax5563]

If it's any consolation, I'm also seeing your comment a week later

[@maxo.9928]

I already know I'm not ready for this lol

[@Henchman_24]

I just want to mention that Lucas' original pitch for starkiller's name was between Darth Insanius or Darth Icky.

[@astroturd]

Please make a tier list of franchises with significant fandoms. Also a tier list of movies that did terribly at the box office but are considered classics now. Also a tier list of "cinephile" movies such as train arriving at the station, Citizen Kane, every Stanley Kubrick movie, and uhmmm... the movie Dodgeball, I reckon. I will personally guarantee that no viewer will become upset watching any of those tier list videos.

[@dextro808]

Five stars for using IPA to show the pronunciation, but I have to deduct a point, because James said in episode 525 of The Weekly Planet that he likes war, and here he says he doesn't. WHICH IS IT, JAMES?

[@Divide-Films]

Video idea: Guess the Mr Sunday Movies video from the negative comment

[@mikeheil713]

You guys don't read comments, but I still love ya. Algorithm

[@KIKE.KAWASAKI]

I understand that the prequels have some problems, but at the same time they have interesting moments. The soundtrack, the lightsaber fights, the creativity regarding planets, cities and aliens are things that make it possible to continue enjoying these films. In my tier list I would put it no less than B. I think they were too low, they should put it at least C.

[@jpnw3272]

I wish you discussed this. Episode 3: “There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.” So Sith are heroes??? Can they be???? Aren’t they villains???? And if there are heroes on both sides, how is evil everywhere??? I never understood these sentences on Revenge of the Sith’s opening crawl!

[@stonekidman2306]

I love you guys, hope we get some H8 mail comments. How would we rank the weekly planet crew? Especially on KZbin, Ben is S tier, Go Ben!

[@michaelmiller44820]

9:27 "Shadows of the Empire" is my favorite "Star Wars" story. Ever.

[@joer7240]

14:03 James… you haven’t sounded like your heart’s been in it for years 🤣

[@Jamookems]

I love the original trilogy, but for me Heir to the Empire is the best piece of Star Wars media. It’s incredible, and I wish to never see an adaptation of it to avoid it being soiled

[@maxatrillionfatstacks]

The clip of him drinking the 20 year old pepsi made me burt out laughing

[@bgs7529]

Me: What a nice, cozy fandom. There are never any horrific discussions ever. What a non-controversial video. Also me: I might send you d*ath treats for what you said about Clone Wars, MASO

[@johnfahey5357]

Good ranking overall - I particularly agree with the Thrawn trilogy being S-tier. It's my favorite Star Wars product bar none. The Holiday Special in F tier. The ten solid minutes of untranslated Wookies yelling at each other at the start may be the most painful thing I have ever seen.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

0:48 nice Ashens clip

[@Infisly]

"How can you have a Star Wars video and not have a Blue Harvest reference" Anakin Skystroller - Star Trek Chapter 3: Vengeance of the Shit

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

A tierl list of movies by SNL alumni would be cool. Everybody from Bill Murray to Chris Kattan.

[@joeyteter9383]

Well, for me, the prequels are my favorite and I genuinely love all three (except for the Anakin/Padme bits). I love them so much. Also, I can’t believe the guys don’t like/havent watched the Clone Wars show. It is slow to start and it’s not for everyone but I absolutely love it. That show made me fall in love with and genuinely care for the clones and everything they go through all the way through the Bad Batch. Which is another great show. Eh, to each their own, but I adore them

[@kingfield99]

The @ashens crossover is the random youtube team up I never knew I needed until now.

[@lordofthereels6790]

Xizor That is my favorite late 90's romcom Xizor just needed to see their true beauty all along.

[@weavehole]

I'm going to make my new head canon whatever they decide is S. That's a good trick.

[@peanutbutter7721]

Maso saying he hates all of TCW appears to contradict the caravan of garbage canon in which he gave numerous compliments regarding the quality of those arcs

[@RoboPrimeGames]

The "nooooOOOO" of vader falling down the pit took me by surprise and gave me a coughing fit

[@SirAsdf]

Looking back on it, Splinter of the Mind's Eye feels like a really early version of what Andor would do masterfully, in that it's much more about espionage than big budget battles.

[@solvseus]

I went to Star Wars After Dark at Disneyland. It was OK! Fun fact though, the original name for Star Wars was "Blue Harvest"... which was the original name for Star Wars.

[@davidisho13]

This video had a satisfying emotional arc

[@_Brohan]

awaiting patiently your fallout series review!

[@chand911]

The disturbance in the Force from fans being told hermit-Luke was GL's idea was far greater than the destruction of Alderaan or Order 66.

[@MurphaLurph13]

Next tier list they're ranking all the wars!

[@OmiWatanube]

Can't believe they forgot that Leia kisses Luke when they swing across the Death Star shaft

[@angbald]

That was for luck. In empire it was for fuck.

[@roadtoau]

@@angbald I hate you for this. Have a like!

[@lukedebruijn1002]

Bold of you to give this list A-tier, personally think thats a bit high

[@drewmagnet]

My favorite Star Wars content is the Japanese Google Translate of Anakin getting burnt to a crisp, James and Mason need to do a live reaction video to it. 😂

[@AndrewBehm]

Episodes 4 and 5 in C tier? How dare you! (I haven’t finished the video and shall not!)

[@GeeVanderplas]

When it comes to lightsaber combat, Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy were definitely the top games to play! And I love the story of Jedi Knight Dark Forces II, the seven dark Jedi, the Valley of the Jedi. Great stuff.

[@millerbai]

1:04 Since when has James a haircut like some hotshot architect who's low-key passing off his employees work as his own genius?! 😉

[@alfje5492]

Did not expect a cameo by Ashens' hands in this video!

[@ooobang9121]

Man I need to sign up for big sandwich to get this video early and it’s only a cheap price of 9 usd a month! Incredible.

[@brendenbianchini5868]

I definitely want more George Lucas impersonations!

[@tokujoe5763]

I give this video an S for Star Wars related content

[@seanmackey643]

Would be super curious to hear you rank the sequel trilogy and Disney plus shows. Perhaps when Acolyte comes out?

[@Tilted_Krow]

The making of the phantom menace is one of the most interesting BTS documentaries ever and the fact it's not on this tier list is astounding

[@jaker259]

Can we get a force unleashed reboot with Sam Witwer IN the Fallen Order Style, those two character would mesh/clash so well

[@MrOtistetrax]

I love telling everyone younger than me that I don’t consider anything made after RotJ to be canon.

[@Renoistic]

My favorite of the prequel movies is the first one, just because of the pod race (one big Ben-Hur reference) and the final battle. I do enjoy the last third of the last movie though. The emperor gets to ham it up, and we get the whole killing Younglings scene which always cracks me up. EDIT: No, I don't actually remember the names of the movies.

[@latchmakesmovies]

You guys are the only ones who make tier lists that give me a brain aneurysm lmao

[@Ovetupp]

James is just fishing for the h8mail at this point

[@Azure_Fire]

Putting Dark Empire in A tier is the most based ranking ever. You have shown courage not to bow to fan opinion on that story and you have my respect.

[@jonbaxter2254]

I like how there was no arguing about ESB. Straight to S tier without even a discussion.

[@ThreadBomb]

Empire is overrated. All the Dagobah stuff is so _boring._

[@solvseus]

@@ThreadBomb hot take brah

[@brynly1339]

The Clone Wars TV show should always be an S tier. It has everything Star Wars should've been.

[@silentrob668]

AOTC makes baby Jesus cry.

[@MotivationalMineshaft]

After years of Star Wars media ive come to the conclusion that I have never been a Star Wars fan rather I just like space fights and laser swords

[@irman925]

I feel like we’re getting a “Hate mail but the h8 has and 8” coming next week

[@Football__Junkie]

S-tier stuff is when GL is sitting around screening Ep. I and saying “I think we made a mistake” 😂