Ash 1138 (Ash1138)

While it may not be the masterpiece in filmmaking that the Empire Strikes Back was, I prefer this film because of it's ending. Empire was really nothing more than an interlude in the sage, while Jedi remains the culmination of one of the greatest fantasy sagas of all time.

This highly underrated film from George Lucas mirrors Star Wars in so many ways it's hard to understand why it so underacheived. Ron Howard was at the top of his game when he directed this amazing film, and Val Kilmer's performance as the scoundrel Madmartigan outshines even Harrison Ford's Han Solo.