‘Revenge of the Sith’ Beat ‘Endgame’ in a Popularity Contest
By George Robbins
We live in a world right now where we have to try and figure out what to do to keep ourselves busy. This includes us trying to come up with ways to entertain ourselves involving stuff that already exists. For instance we take movies that were released awhile ago and create new content for them, because we have nothing else to occupy our time. We aren’t going to be getting any new films for awhile with the exception of films being released straight to VOD. So what better way to get content out of older films than a poll comparing two films liked by two entirely different groups.
Someone from RottenTomatoes decided to make a poll comparing the box office juggernaught ‘Avengers: Endgame’ which became the top box office film of all time, and ‘Revenge of the Sith.’ The latter is a film that did fantastic, in its own right, at the box office but made almost $2 billion less than ‘Endgame.’ It didn’t receive very high ratings from critics, while ‘Endgame’ did very well critically. This didn’t stop ‘Revenge of the Sith’ from winning the popularity poll however because the internet does not function the way people expect it to.
The prequel trilogy has had a massive increase in its fan base since its initial inception and has become a huge presence on the internet. Especially on social site Reddit, the fan base is very vocal, and for the most part they believe it is the best trilogy in the Star Wars franchise. This has made that fan base very vocal, to the point they will do whatever it takes to make those movies stand out. This makes the movies gain even more attention and will attract more people to the movies as a whole.
To be honest, it really isn’t all that much of a surprise that this movie managed to win the popularity poll. That trilogy’s fan base is one that will stop at nothing to spread their influence across the internet. They want that trilogy to be recognized as the best trilogy in the Star Wars franchise for some reason. This means that the moment the poll was announce, ‘Endgame’ didn’t have a chance at winning and it lost by a landslide. That just goes to show the power the internet has and what kind of presence some fan bases have online.