Today, it is a largely agreed upon opinion that the best Star Wars movie of the original trilogy, and possibly the best Star Wars movie to date, is The Empire Strikes Back.
At the time, The Empire Strikes Back wasn’t universally adored, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson remembers being disappointed by it when first seeing it as a child.
It seems most people feel this way, but the fact is that wasn’t always the case.