Best Original Hero Ship Design: U-Wing.
Best Original Villain Ship Design: Upsilon-class Shuttle.
Best Original Hero Character: Cassian Andor.
Best Original Villain Character: Director Krennic.
Best Returning Hero: Luke Skywalker, The Last Jedi.
Best Returning Villain: Darth Vader, Rogue One.
Best Cameo: Squadron Leader archive footage, Rogue One.
Best Re-cast Character: Lando Calrissian, Solo.
Best Original Droid Character: K-2SO.
Best Original Location: Jeddha.
Best Original Alien Design: Tognath.
Best Original Creature Design: Bor Gulet.
Best Space Battle: Battle of Scarif.
Best Ground Battle: Battle of Takodana.
Best Fight Scene: Finn/Rey/Kylo, The Force Awakens.
Best Musical Score: The Last Jedi.
Best Trailer: The Force Awakens.
Best Director: Gareth Edwards.
Best Overall Film: Rogue One.

Overall Rankings:

1: Rogue One.
2: The Force Awakens.
3: Solo.
4: The Last Jedi.
5: The Rise of Skywalker.

Only really struggled with deciding on a couple of these. Let me know your high points since the Disney takeover and best of lists here!

Best Fight Scene: Rey and Kylo vs Snoke's Praetorian Guard, The Last Jedi.

That is hands down my favorite fight scene in the entire Star Wars franchise.

And an additional category:

Best Last Stand: Darth Vader vs Rebel Troopers, Rogue One

That scene gives me chills. Vader comes off as the true terror that he should be and the Rebel Troopers know that they are doomed, but stand their ground anyway just to buy time to get the plans away. It might be my favorite scene in all of Rogue One.

2 minutes ago, Nspace said:

Best Fight Scene: Rey and Kylo vs Snoke's Praetorian Guard, The Last Jedi.

That is hands down my favorite fight scene in the entire Star Wars franchise.

Agreed on both counts: best in the Disney movies AND the saga.

1 hour ago, FTS Gecko said:

Best Original Villain Character: Director Krennic.

Great list! Lots to reflect on with the new surge of Star Wars movies. There is definitely a lot to love about them.

This one in particular was thought provoking. My immediate answer is "Kylo Ren best bad guy ever!" Really liked his story. But Director Krennic had some really great moments and was a deep and interesting character. He was passionate about his project, and was dedicated to seeing it through. His line, "Oh, it's beautiful!" really highlights how detached the Imperial officers had become about death and destruction, especially on outer rim worlds. And of course, his direct interactions with Grand Moff Tarkin are imo timeless.

I still think I liked Kylo Ren more as a villain tempted by the light. Maybe that's just because of the whole "will he? won't he?" question so common in serial dramas. I may change my mind after some more time passes, but I loved how bad he was just to try to convince himself (and his master) that he was bad.

But I can totally see why Krennic made top spot in your opinion.

Best one-liner:

Finn (full of optimism) : “We’ll just use the force!”

Solo (exasperated veteran): “That’s not how it works!”

-Force Awakens

38 minutes ago, JBFancourt said:

Best one-liner:

Finn (full of optimism) : “We’ll just use the force!”

Solo (exasperated veteran): “That’s not how it works!”

-Force Awakens

My personal fave line still has to be: “Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to.”

First of, thanks for creating this thread that focus on the positive. I like it!

And here's my take!

Best Original Hero Ship Design: MC-75 cruiser, Profundity (I just love those Mon Calamari cruisers)
Best Original Villain Ship Design: Upsilon-class Shuttle (so majestic and threatening)
Best Original Hero Character: Poe Dameron (and to think he was supposed to die in Episode 7...)
Best Original Villain Character: Kylo Ren (Adam Driver is such a great actor, I can really feel how he is thorn apart)
Best Returning Hero: Luke Skywalker (always been more of a Han fan, but man does Mark Hamil performance in Last Jedi was great!)
Best Returning Villain: Tarkin (I was not expecting it and it was so great to see the rivalry between him and Krennic, it served the story really well and Rogue One would not be the same without him)
Best Cameo: Wedge (though call... there is just so many... if actors count I would go with Justin Theroux though!)
Best Re-cast Character: Alden Ehrenreich (as a Han fan, I was really wary on this one at first, but he sold it to me and now I'm really hoping we get a sequel as a movie or series for Solo)
Best Original Droid Character: K-2S0 (the only character of Rogue One I was really sad to see get destroyed/die on my first viewing)
Best Original Location: Canto Bight (it might not be the best sequence of the movie, but boy do I love how the place contrast with everything else and will definetly bring my players there in my Edge of the Empire game for all it's potencial!)
Best Original Alien Design: Dowutin (very though call and not sure on this one because there is sooo many, but I really like this design... might have to do with the Ninth Sister)
Best Original Creature Design: Rathtar (love the sound they make)
Best Space Battle: Battle of Scarrif (as much as I think it was not really necessary in the movie, it was a great space battle to watch)
Best Ground Battle: Battle of Crait (visually stunning with the red explosions, as if the planet was bleeding)
Best Fight Scene: Luke Vs Kylo (best lightsaber duel in the entire saga! So much emotion! Luke being a real jedi by fighting without actually fighting and Kylo is just brutal with his double slash!)
Best Musical Score: The Last Jedi (would have gone with Force Awaken for Rey and Kylo theme plus Maz Castle music, but the song 'The Spark' is just perfect and resonate too much with me)
Best Trailer: Force Awaken (probably has to do that it was also annoucing the return of Star Wars to the big screen after 10 years)
Best Director: Rian Johnson (seeing episode 9 made me miss him and his style even more, I really hope that we get to see another movie from him, not tied to the saga this time)
Best Overall Film: The Last Jedi

Overall Rankings:

1: The Last Jedi
2: The Force Awakens
3: Rogue One
4: Solo
5: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Original Hero Ship Design: The Ghost, Rebels
Best Original Villain Ship Design: Tie Silencer, The Last Jedi
Best Original Hero Character: Ezra Bridger, Rebels
Best Original Villain Character: Iden Versio, Battlefront 2 (Before she became a traitor)
Best Returning Hero: Han Solo, The Force Awakens
Best Returning Villain: Darth Vader, Rogue One , or Grand Admiral Thrawn, Rebels
Best Cameo: Now Captain Rex retconned in Return of the Jedi
Best Re-cast Character: Tarkin, Rogue One
Best Original Droid Character: K-2SO, Rogue One
Best Original Location: Jeddha, Rogue One
Best Original Alien Design: Lasat, Rebels and Jedi: Fallen Order (Is that really original though? )
Best Original Creature Design: Porgs (I guess) The Last Jedi
Best Space Battle: Battle of Scariff, Rogue One
Best Ground Battle: Battle of Jakku, Battlefront 2015
Best Fight Scene: Finn/Rey/Kylo, The Force Awakens
Best Musical Score: Mandalorian theme, The Mandalorian
Best Trailer: The Mandalorian trailers
Best Director: Dave Filoni, The Mandalorian, Rebels
Best Overall Film: Rogue One

Overall Rankings:

1: Rogue One.
2: The Force Awakens.
3: The Last Jedi
4: The Rise of Skywalker

I did not like Solo at all really.

I also just realized that you said films, and not other media. My bad. Still keeping everything.

Best Original Hero Ship Design: U-Wing. (More because the Disney films have so few original designs)
Best Original Villain Ship Design: Upsilon-class Shuttle. (As above)
Best Original Hero Character: K2SO
Best Original Villain Character: Kylo Ren (while all the sequels have lots of problems, I did really like the characters in them)
Best Returning Hero: None of them. They were all butchered.
Best Returning Villain: Darth Vader, Rogue One.
Best Cameo: Dr. Evezan and Pondo Baba, Rogue One
Best Re-cast Character: Lando Calrissian, Solo. (Not a whole lot of options here)
Best Original Droid Character: K-2SO.
Best Original Location: Scarif
Best Original Alien Design: Nothing, all the original aliens have been spectacularly uninteresting
Best Original Creature Design: As above
Best Space Battle: Battle of Scarif.
Best Ground Battle: Don’t recall the planet, but robbing the mining colony in Solo
Best Fight Scene: Probably Rey and Kylo in Rise of Skywalker

Overall Rankings:

1: Solo
2: The Rise of Skywalker.
3: Rogue One.
4: The Last Jedi.
5: The Force Awakens.

Great thread.

Best Original Hero Ship Design: U-Wing
Best Original Villain Ship Design: TIE Silencer
Best Original Hero Character: Rey
Best Original Villain Character: Kylo Ren (Krennic in close second, but Adam Driver's performance nailed it)
Best Returning Hero: Luke Skywalker, The Last Jedi
Best Returning Villain: Darth Vader, Rogue One
Best Cameo: The Ghost
Best Re-cast Character: Han Solo, Solo.
Best Original Droid Character: K-2SO
Best Original Location: Exegol (even if I don't particularly care for the story arc)
Best Original Alien Design: Tognath
Best Original Creature Design: Vupltex
Best Space Battle: Battle of Scarif (and its not even close)
Best Ground Battle: Battle of Scarif
Best Fight Scene: Rey/Kylo/Praetorian Guards, Throne Room, The Last Jedi.
Best Musical Score: The Last Jedi
Best Trailer: The Force Awakens
Best Director: Rian Johnson
Best Overall Film: Last Jedi

Overall Rankings:

1: Last Jedi (and this is really close to #2)
2: Rogue One
3: Force Awakens
4: Solo
5: The Rise of Skywalker

On 12/26/2019 at 10:51 PM, Forgottenlore said:

You have a lot of Rogue One in your 'Best' list to have it ranked 3rd....

Mine -

Best Original Hero Ship Design: U-Wing
Best Original Villain Ship Design: Tie Reaper
Best Original Hero Character: Cassian Andor (while admittedly the character wasn't given a lot of back story or development, you do get the sense from the actors portrayal that he has been in the **** a long time)
Best Original Villain Character: Kylo Ren
Best Returning Hero: Chewbacca, TFA
Best Returning Villain: Darth Vader, Rogue One
Best Cameo: Gold Squadron Leader, R1
Best Re-cast Character: Lando, Solo
Best Original Droid Character: K-2SO (and its not even close)
Best Original Location: Scariff
Best Original Alien Design: Borr Gullet? (really lacking here)
Best Original Creature Design: Porgs
Best Space Battle: Battle of Scarif (and its not even close)
Best Ground Battle: Battle of Scarif
Best Fight Scene: Rey/Kylo/Praetorian Guards
Best Musical Score: The Force Awakens
Best Trailer: The Last Jedi
Best Director: Gareth Edwards
Best Overall Film: Rogue One

Overall Rankings:

1: Rogue One
2: Solo
3: The Last Jedi

4: Rise of Skywalker
5: The Force Awakens

Any other categories people can think of?

Best Supporting Character? (For me, K-2SO)

Best One-Liner? (Probably Han's "That's not how the Force works!")

Best Rivalry? (Krennic/Tarkin, just perfect seeing two senior Imperial officers trying to usurp each other)

For me, most of the choices were easy apart from the Best Hero/Best Villain. I so wanted to say Finn and/or Rey, and if I was basing it purely on their represntation in The Force Awakens, I might have gone with Finn. Same with Kylo; it was very difficult to choose between him and Krennic, but Krennic had the less convoluted story. Sometimes less is more.

Benthic and Edrio remain to me the best new alien designs since the OT.

Best Stormtrooper/uniform design? There are so many across these movies. I have to say the hovertank driver. It’s such a cool look. That or Sith Trooper.

Agreed on the Tognaths. They’ve shown up in other media too and they’re just really **** cool.

30 minutes ago, dsul413 said:

Best Stormtrooper/uniform design? There are so many across these movies. I have to say the hovertank driver. It’s such a cool look. That or Sith Trooper.

Back to Rogue One again for me on that one - Krennic's Deathtroopers look the absolute business!

42 minutes ago, FTS Gecko said:

Back to Rogue One again for me on that one - Krennic's Deathtroopers look the absolute business!

This is why I shouldn’t write before coffee.

You’re 100% right. Deathtrooper may be the best design of a trooper in any Star Wars canon. Some of the new purge troopers could make a run at it maybe.

If there is one thing Disney-era has absolutely crushed, in my opinion, it’s the work of the design team across aliens/troopers/ships. Even when the story calls for derivative models/looks.

33 minutes ago, dsul413 said:

If there is one thing Disney-era has absolutely crushed, in my opinion, it’s the work of the design team across aliens/troopers/ships. Even when the story calls for derivative models/looks.

Can't argue with any of that. The effects work - practical and CGI - have been incredible.

5 hours ago, Jo Jo said:

You have a lot of Rogue One in your 'Best' list to have it ranked 3rd....

That’s because there are a lot of really good individual elements in R1, but also a bunch of stuff I really didn’t like, and I just don’t think the whole hangs together very well.

Best comic relief character: The weird hairdrier on a wheel droid from RoS. Just the right look to fit into the universe while being cute, funny but not so overused that it becomes obnoxius, I actually love this little guy!