Top 10 Worst CGI in Star Wars Movies
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- These CGI "Star Wars" moments wouldn't even impress a scruffy looking nerf herder. For this list, we’ll be ranking the most egregious examples of dated, wonky, or just flat-out BAD-looking effects from “Star Wars” media that were computer-generated. Our countdown includes “Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi”, “Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones”, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”, and more! Which Star Wars effect do you think is the most cringe-worthy? Let us know in the comments!
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*I think the worst CGI is the Padme/Anakin dinner scene, when Anakin is floating a fruit to Padme and she takes a "bite" of it. That one has always bugged me.*
The fact that independent editors can do better CGI than multimillion/multibillion blockbuster companies
Somehow I doubt that there would be a strong difference in quality if the independent editors and artists had the same tech to work with back in the day as Lucas used. Now it's a no brainer it's a lot easier and accessible but that wasn't the case back then.
Not really no
They can't tho, the only reason the edits on tik tok seem unbelievable is because they are on tik tok and our expectations are low
I'm so happy that my introduction to Star Wars was through my grandparent's original VHS tapes, not the special edition versions like most people my age.
I don't think you should be messing around with CGI that is over 20 years old
Agreed!
I agree
Even for 1999 these effects are awful!
Movies should remain products of their time. Rendering with modern effects only make them worse.
I disagree, the era of which the prequels and the special edition came out was after Jurassic Park and Terminator 2, two movies with CGI that still holds up…
Oh, also, The Matrix came out the same year and it’s CGI is fantastic
The main problem with all the added CGI to the original trilogy is that the additions stand out a mile away. The original effects blended in well as they were made with the technology of the time, film grain and all. The new CGI is too clean to be able to fit in with the rest of the original footage.
I'm so glad I found the 4K77 project which is a scan of original film reels which have been cleaned up and restored.
I do hope Disney releases those. They could win a lot more subscribers on Disney+ if they put the original theatrical trilogy there
@@tonythehappynerd7241 I'd much prefer a physical release. That way if they got taken down again in future I'd still have them.
@@Adam_Boots yeah hopefully we can actually get it in an official release preferably steelbooks with original poster artwork.
I personally think the CGI used in the battle of Naboo is OK. Love the sequence; like a CG animated short film in a bigger film. May not look mindblowing like "Avatar", but it's OK by 1999 standards.
Yeah exactly! Someone who finally admits that some of the prequel CGI is GOOD! And also these things are over 15 years ago.
@@jkplays7485 “over 15 years ago” cannot justify all of these bad CGI moments in Star Wars because they looked bad for their time(s). While Episode 3 looked nice, episodes 1 and 2 had very mixed CGI; some look decent, some look awful (especially in Episode 1). Prior to 1999 (when Episode 1 came out), movies like Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, The Crow, and Titanic already came out, all of which still look fantastic. Also, The Matrix had a 1999 release and it looks way better than Episodes 1 and 2. Two years later, Fellowship of the Ring came out.
I actually think the battle looks great, she canon shots to the defense bubble shields looks awesome to me, and the droids are very realistic in my opinion
The FX in Star Wars is subjective, I prefer the Henson "puppets" to any CGI, I feel it's more realistic but, I'm 40yrs old. Nostalgia plays a big role in these debates so, again, it's subjective. I don't like most, if any, of the CGI "touch-ups" or "additions" to any of the movies.
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You’re absolutely right. Movies should remain products of their time. They were great with the puppets and practical effects before Lucas was corrupted by Hollywood’s obsession with cheaper effects. Rending old movies with CGI is like sacrilege.
Regardless of the CGI age, I’ll still watch my favorite franchise time and time again, period point blank!
Not every franchise is perfect by any means, but the rewatch value is endless.
“Amazing, every word of what you just said is wrong”
- Luke Skywalker
-From the worst star wars movie ever made
@@motor4X4kombat Yep.
@@motor4X4kombat Attack Of The Clones is the worst.
I enjoyed the last Jedi. The prequel’s were horrendous though.
@@stacyclark1322 well they are a mixed bag I guess.
*Gotta admit.....Tarkin in "Rogue One" looks a helluva lot better than Tarkin in RoTS.*
I for one love the way they brought Jar Jar to life. I really appreciate the mix between practical and motion capture.
People shit on the sequels but no one can question the filmmakers dedication to the craft of special effects that easily outclasses every major Hollywood blockbuster
Yep, but the absolutely beautiful special effects of the sequels doesn’t shadow the MANY flaws the trilogy has
I thought the Rogue One cgi was pretty amazing tbh
tarkin and leia aside, it definitely is
I still love watching Star Wars. To me, they have done quite a mediocre job on the newer movies.
But the series I find insanely good! So less movies, more series :D
This is the way
Practical effects all the way. CGI Jabba should only exist until the Clone Wars series…
The jar jar cgi and the battle of naboobare decent enough for the time and looks good enough to still be enjoyable. It's the ot cgi that's pretty bad and out of place
Movies should remain products of their time. Rendering them with modern effects just adds insult to injury.
Now do with the MCU
It’s take too long 😂
Deadass…
10-Young tony stark- Captain america civil war
9-Khonshu- Moon knight
8-Black widow in the opening- Avengers age of ultron
7-Sky diving- Black widow
6- The Deviants- Eternals
5- Giant-man- Ant-man and the wasp
4-She-hulk
3- The lizard- Spiderman no way home
2-Bruce banner head- avengers infinity war
1-Black panther vs Killmonger - Black panther
@@motor4X4kombat Your Top 5 are spot on
@@yoelmprieto7817 i tried my best to find the trully awfull ones that everybody agress they are shit, plus one per movie (i could have say more from no way home but the lizar is the most offender).
Sorry no, I had my parents asking if Peter Cushing was still alive after Rogue One came out. The nitpicking discourse on that one has gone way too far.
I dont understand this list. Everyone of these CGI scenes look just fine to me.
Right especially for the time they came out
Movies should remain products of their times. Rendering the classics with modern effects make them less appealing than thy were in their hey day.
Then you have very VERY poor standards for CGI lmao
@@jetman80pops no, all of these were bad for their time as well. By 1999, movies like Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, Titanic, and The Crow already came out. Also, in 1999 The Matrix was released. Two years later, Fellowship of the Ring came out.
The older Star Wars movies have aged better than the first two prequels (a healthy mix of practicals and special effects is how it should be done) lol
@@Howlingburd19 Not as Poor as yours
Most of changes made to the original trilogy were awful. However, excluding the CGI Sy Snootles, I did enjoy them adding a few new scenes for Oola in Jabba’s Palace.
I hated when Lucas changed the band and music at Jaba’s palace in Return of the Jedi! It was a beautiful scene before Lucas changed his taste in music and practical effects and choreography and fucked the scene up with video game designing.
Yeah I personally didn't even think to look at that specifically Jar Jar's tongue. I will say he generally did really look not the best for CGI back then. And people will use the argument but it was like 20 or so years ago. There have been good movies 20 or so years ago who's CGI still holds up. It was that bad
And yet all of these look better than The Lawnmower Man, The Langoliers, and Son Of The Mask.
I actually think the Battle of Naboo holds up okay. Visually, anyway. It doesn't look that terrible in most shots, not like everything in AOTC or even ROTS.
THANK YOU! I grew up with the wolfmen from the cantina, I still have my old VHS copy somewhere, I hate that they replaced them. Not just Lak Sivrak, don't forget Arleil Schous! Who can ever forget those glowing red eyes?
look into Harmy's Despecialized editions to watch the theatrical release in HD
“Bad bad bad and we don’t wanna hear it again”
Then why are you bringing it up again?
The CGI rendering in the original trilogy alone made me RAGE QUIT. It was perfect without the CGI rendering. Mr. Lucas should have just left it as it was and move on to other projects.
Yes exactly, you don’t see Steven Spielberg messing around The Indian Jones films
@@stacyclark1322 You’re right!
Could we still get some of the good changes like the reinserted deleted scene of Bigg’s reunion with Luke before the Battle of Yavin IV, the fixing of some mistakes like coloring in Obi Wan and Darth Vader’s lightsabers and fixing the disappearing Y wings and X wings and adding a shadow underneath Luke’s sandspeeder and replacing the blatantly obvious matte paintings of the rebel soldiers during the award ceremony, the addition of windows in Cloud City and the new ending trilogy song instead of that awful and cringey Ewok song?
@@stacyclark1322 Actually, he did alter Raiders of the Lost Ark, but more in a more subtle manner than George Lucas like getting rid of the glass reflection of the wall separating Harrison Ford from the cobras in the Well of Souls sequence and the track the boulder rolls down in the opening. Simple corrections but fortunately not to distracting or blatantly obvious to take away from the experience of the film.
@@hunterolaughlin What I hated about the ending was we saw young Anakin instead of old Anakin. Sebastian Shaw’s performance was superior to Hayden Christianson’s. Lucas was messing with time. Hayden was just a kid when Return of the Jedi came out. It confused a lot people that that was how the movie was made in the 80s, but it wasn’t.
PRACTICAL EFFECTS BEFORE CGI
That's my motto
I wish Hollywood had the same motto
Same here.
I’ve never heard a complaint about the fathier chase until now.
Jar Jar Binks. Not the CGI but the character in general was pretty cringe-worthy....😬😬😬😬
Not as cringey as Rose Tico!
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@@skullninja3439Virgin
I thought the Casino chase was a fun scene
The thing is, is that when the Star Wars movies used the puppets, that was when everything was very realistic, I mean every time I ask myself why did they even mess with “New Hope” and the others they should’ve just kept the puppets
I agree. Apparently Mr. Lucas thought he could use CGI to add characters and scenes he wanted in his original movies, but couldn’t for practical reasons. He just didn’t realize at the time that he was doing more harm than good.
@@michaelmonthey5974 Ironic.
As if A New Hope was a good movie🙄
@@villainousappetite8841 most think it is.
@@josh72456 Only Star Wars fans think that.
Ah yes, Luke’s “Force Kick”. lol.
The original trilogy was perfect the way it was , shouldn't have messed with them .I especially miss Lapti Nek by the Max Rebo band ,one of my favorite scenes in ROTJ,really catchy funky little number,what it was replaced with was just atrocious.
Yeah and the original Ewok 'yub nub' song at the end was better too
@@WindyMcshovel I think there's charm to Yub Nub but I didn't like it as a kid like with Lapti Nek.
@Tim Lach the original trilogy I disagree that it was perfect.
@@WindyMcshovel Bad news: Nub Yub is getting erased through time travel in the future and, if we know the rules of time travel, you’re unfortunately going to forget about it.
None of these look bad this feels like grasping at straws
Number 10 looks more polished compared to all the other entries
And more forgivable
Yeah the sequels had the best visual effects of the three trilogies
I never realised Tarkin was CGI although I was surprised to see him I didn't dwell on the how of it and I stayed immersed in the film. The Leia CGI was jarring though.
How would you have done the CGI on Leia differently if you were the visual effects artist?
The main problem with Leia was the upper lip movement. It doesn't seem natural so is jarring when you see it. It's called the uncanny valley. Something looks very realistic but there is something very slightly off that your attention gets pulled to which detracts from the whole thing.
@@hunterolaughlin The way she stares into the distance and says "Hope" instead of speaking to the guy directly was unnatural and melodramatic which exaggerated the fakeness.
The special editions just butchered the original trilogy. Should’ve just left them as they were.
That's not true, the Special Edition helped Lucas expand the Star Wars universe.
@@mankindeiku how?
I doubt you ever watch the originals….wax on cameras, strings controlling monsters, storm troopers hitting their heads. A lot of improvements were needed to carry the legacy of those movies into the next century.
@@usuckthereturn but still. If there ever is someone who does actually like them they way they were, why couldn’t Lucas at least have the original unaltered versions still available to watch on all future releases
@@jackrodakthemovieguy1726 Find the original VHS tapes from the 1980’s and watch them. At the same time visualize yourself as a director who owns the best special effects company that has progressed long after these movies were made knowing that the technology can make these films closer to the vision Ralph McQuarrie had visualized to sell the movie in 1970’s.
Oh and use that imagination to visualize a life when you never watched these movies. I think you would be a better person for it.
People 20 years ago: wow, this cgi looks phenomenal
The CGI
Nobody thought that in 97 when they did the special editions. It was cool to see them in theaters again though.
Them's some serious disturbances in the Force.
The CGI rendering definitely disturbed the Force.
How much do these look like video games? Mario: We need to rescue the Princess. Luigi: And YOU got to help us!
Thank Harmy for the Despecialized Editions! 🙏🏻
The Jaba and Han scene should have been left out because the same lines are used again later in the movie. It was pointless to put it in
It’s a good thing George Lucas did manage to bring in Lawrence Kasdan to write the dialogue in the original sequels and Raiders of the Lost Ark. I can agree the Jabba and Han scene really shows he’s not really great with dialogue writing.
Greedo's lines were originally going to be different and only became what they were when the Jabba scene was taken out.
George Lucas is not the best at… anything
should do one on best CGI star wars effectd
Amazing of the worst cgi in Star Wars franchise watch mojo, fantastic job
I want to see yall try to make special effects in that time and they have to be authentic
I was about to say what was that on the thumbnail I don't even remember what that was and I was like "that was in Star wars cuz I don't even know" so you say the snootles yes I actually do remember seeing them in that episode. Yeah that one especially with the weird lips and the eyes that looked creepy
The original Jabba’s Palace “Lapti Nek” sequence really isn’t that great either. It is pretty janky. The new “Jedi Rocks” sequence is only a slight improvement though.
Minus the CGI rendering though.
@Alexander Kennison even as a a kid wasn't a fan of Lapti Nek and Yub Nub.
Definitely not as bad as Jedi Rocks lol
Yeah I will say the CGI for jabba the Hutt was definitely weird looking. To be honest I actually prefer when he was just a puppet.
I see what you mean by it like a video game with the naboo battle. Actually you know what I was thinking the CGI kind of seems more a lot like something I would have seen out of clone wars.
Dishonorable Mention:
*Jar Jar Stinks - Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
-Jar. Jar. Stinks. Nuff said.
How has CGI only gotten worse
In the Sarlacc Pits defense, Book of Boba Fett really improved the beak and tentacles. And as far as Sly Snootles, the puppet looks more fake than the CGI.
5:02 Have you not seen The Book of Boba Fett?
You guys should've mentioned the South Park parody of how George Lucas re-edited the original Star Wars with eye-burning CGI
Terrible working conditions for the CGI makers.
Why are you talking about CGI that is over 50 years old?
CGI wasn’t used to make the original Star Wars trilogy. They were all done with practical effects. CGI didn’t gain serious ground until after the original trilogy was released. Lucas rendered them with CGI 20 years later once they were finally available.
Movies should remain products of their time. Rendering the classics with modern CGI only detract from their quality.
😬 I never realized how creepy CGI Sy Snootles looks staring at you in the thumbnail.
no shout out for Harmy's Despecialized editions???
I do like the prequel movies, but the first three movies are WAY better
@Joshua Mohlman well the thing is The Return Of The Jedi is kinda flawed I think but yes I think it's better what came after.
Frank Oz was originally supposed to voice the Sarlaac.
. 07:55
I don't know what the hell the other guy was wearing, but I can't help
wondering why Greedo is clearly standing there on the left of the shot.
I'm glad I've never seen any of the New Improved Ruined Original Trilogy versions.
Look carefully, there are two of the same species wearing very similar outfits. One on the left and one on the right.
@@Adam_Boots I believe you. I didn't think Lucas or an AD could make such a mistake. Since I didn't look REALLY closely, I just said "Hey! Zombie Greedo!" 🙂
The Special Edition changes weren't even all that bad. The only one I take issue with is the song at Jabba's palace, that whole scene was not needed
Let's be honest, Jabba and Sarlacc were ahead of their time in the 70's.
80's actually.
He's a Star Wars hater.
Han Solo did not shoot first; he was the _only_ one who fired. And he would NOT! _STEP!!_ ON JABBA!
Jim Henson could have done a better job by a long shot.
Do Top 10 Worst VFX in The Mandalorian please.
i think the CGI isn't so bad in rogue one
Who the hell hurt the person who made this list...The only one agreeable on this list is the Jaba scene in episode 4... FFS it should never came back because it is the SAME LINES between Han and Greedo.
Sometimes you got to ask yourself I wonder why they even redid it like they should have left it as it was. Also with Grand Moff Tarkin. I see they were trying to do the CGI because the actor had passed away I know about it. Honestly this was not the best idea and they could have just not had it at all.
But Tarkin is *essential* to a movie involving the creation of the Death Star. How else would they have included him?🤷♂️
i have to say the old CGI are better than now. Peoples back then so talented
Ok, to be fair, I had no idea about the CGI changes in these movies because I was only a kid from the 2000s. I didn’t know about special editions! So yeah, I’m used to the new effects. But not Jedi Rock after seeing the latest complaints and seeing clips of the original.
That’s the biggest problem with rendering classic movies. Newer generations will think that’s how they were made back in the day, but they weren’t.
I actually think the battle of Naboo looks great, she canon shots to the defense bubble shields look awesome to me, and the droids are very realistic in my opinion
8:40 oh god this scene
The jabba scene is fine but sy came from the DEPTHS OF HELL
Surprised you didn't include the Emperor's death in The Rise of Skywalker. He looks so bad when he gets hit by his own lightning.
@VaderTyrannus I would say the one he uses lightning powers on the ship is the worst.
Thank God for Harmy's Despecialized Edition of the Original Trilogy!!!
4:36 Audrey II-like CGI
Get your shit together WatchMojo! If you haven't enough entries, don't do the video. The Battle of Naboo and Jar Jar's model still holds up... Not to mention those effects were revolutionary in its day.
The battle of Baboo and Jar Jar were fine. All of the others were off or worse. The worst one was Grand Moff Tarkin. He looked like a zombie. Leia was far better
Yeah I remember seeing a version of the movie before where jabba the hut was a puppet it looked waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy better. Then I started binging the Star wars movies pretty recently within the last year or so and that's when I saw Jabba's new look. Yeah words could not express how bad the CGI was then again this was in 1970 something I don't know when the CGI was added in but it most certainly wasn't that developed
They added cgi jabba to a new hope as Lucas wanted to include a deleted scene involving jabba, who was originally gonna be a overweight human, in the special edition
It didn't make any sense for them to readd the scene either. When they took out the scene they made it so that Greedo gave Solo all the information from the scene. By re-adding it he is basically getting the same information twice.
@@Adam_Boots pretty much
Yeah mos eisley was extremely an eyesore. Some things should just not have been redone
Go back and see the Star Wars Sarlacc pit special edition and if you've got it original in the original Boba Fett falls into the pit in the special edition the second he touches the beak he just Vanishes into thin air
You forgot that original trilogy was about 40 years ago
The CGI changes though are around 25 years old though.
i just get lost in the story and don't get overly critical of the effects so they rarely ever bother me. maybe i just have low standards but i go in knowing it's fake and just get lost in it and not be picky about it
I hate when they do that
Yall wack if you think Leia and Moff Tarkin look bad, its phenomenal honesty.
cgi never gets the mouths right.
I think the uncanny valley effect worked well for CGI Tarkin in Rogue One, considering you’re supposed to be disgusted by a remorseless, planet-destroying egomaniac.
Sure and the scorpion king from the mummy return was suppoust haf bad cgi to make it look like an awfull monster to look at...
Stop defending bullshit and watch real movies.
What does heath leadger joker would have beeing better if he was full cgi because "the uncanny valley" would have add to the acting? Does killmonger would have beeing a better villain if he had that awfull cgi suit from the climax in the entire movie to make him look more "monster looking"?
I loved the musical scene on Jabba the Hutt's pleasure cruiser airship from Return of the Jedi ! How dare WM ridicule it.
Movies should remain products of their time. Rendering 50 year old movies with modern effects only makes them less special than they were in their hey day.
@@michaelmonthey5974 Ok, you’ve been saying this in every other comment thread. We GET it. You don’t need to keep repeating. Two or three times is enough.
Still not as bad as that one attempt of yours where you tried to make joe mama look thin!
Am I the only one who likes jedi rock
Well the CGI in the classic trilogy and prequels don't bother me at all .Since seen worst CGI in other movies outside of Star Wars .And the sequel Star Wars movies don't have lot great effects in then ,cause looks like Star Wars was turned into a bad B movies from Disney .But seen bad CGI in action, horror movies .for a long time now ! And the two Disney movies that have good or great effects are "The Force Awakens "and "Rouge One " which are the only two good movies from Star Wars Disney .
I was hoping Disney would stay truer to practical effects, but I was wrong.
@@michaelmonthey5974 They started to with The Force Awakens but then they overused CGI in episodes 8 and 9.
Wow ! Amazing
In all honesty, I want them to make a special edition of the prequels, specifically to make the CGI less atrocious. Also, if the Sarlacc didn’t have the beak, I think less people would mind
I mean yeah the special editions were the start of all this I agree with the rest.
Is it wrong that I like all of these CGI uses?
You should feel guilty for enjoying the CGI makeover of classic movies that didn’t have CGI to begin with.
Yes
I don’t mind the original version of Jabba from 1997. I think it looks okay. I think the 2004 one looks awful.
Come on the phantom menace really good though the legendary of Jaja
Just leave the Star Wars franchise alone?!!!