ScreenRant Ranks Every Kathleen Kennedy Live-Action Star Wars Project (Worst to Best)

Now that Kathleen Kennedy’s time leading Lucasfilm is coming to a close, we’re officially entering the “let’s look back at the entire era” phase of Star Wars discourse.

And like clockwork, rankings are starting to drop.

This one comes from ScreenRant, which published a full list ranking every live-action Star Wars movie and Disney+ show produced during the Kennedy era — from worst to best.

Not surprisingly, it’s already sparking debate… because it’s basically a summary of everything fans have argued about since 2015.

Why this matters now

Whether you loved the sequels, hated them, or just want Star Wars to stop fighting itself for five minutes — the Kennedy era is now being treated as one complete chapter.

And when an era ends, people don’t just remember moments.

They start building lists.

This ranking is interesting because it doesn’t only judge movies. It puts theatrical releases and Disney+ shows into the same pipeline — which is exactly how Lucasfilm itself has treated Star Wars for the last decade.

The ScreenRant ranking (worst to best)

Here’s the exact order ScreenRant listed:

1. The Rise of Skywalker
1. The Book of Boba Fett
1. The Acolyte
9. Obi-Wan Kenobi
8. Ahsoka
7. Solo
6. Skeleton Crew
5. The Force Awakens
4. The Mandalorian
3. Rogue One
2. The Last Jedi
1. Andor

What stands out about this list

1) Disney+ doesn’t get a free pass

A few years ago, the narrative was simple: movies messy, streaming good.

But ScreenRant’s ranking doesn’t treat Disney+ like an automatic win.

Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Acolyte, and Book of Boba Fett all land in the bottom half — which reflects a broader shift in fandom: people now judge Disney+ projects just as harshly as films.

And honestly? That’s fair. Streaming is Star Wars now, not a bonus feature.

2) The sequels remain the “split the room” era

This list places:

The Rise of Skywalker dead last
The Force Awakens at #5
The Last Jedi at #2

Which is basically the sequel trilogy experience in one screenshot.

Even when critics defend parts of it, the trilogy still feels like it never fully became one unified story — and no ranking can dodge that reality.

3) The “street-level Star Wars” projects rank high

Without making this about one specific show, it’s still noticeable that the higher-ranked projects are generally the ones that feel more grounded and character-driven.

Projects like Rogue One and The Mandalorian score high here because they deliver Star Wars without needing to constantly explain themselves.

They just… work.

4) The wild card: Skeleton Crew at #6

This one’s interesting.

Skeleton Crew landing above multiple legacy-character shows suggests ScreenRant is rewarding something Star Wars sometimes forgets to do:

Tell a story that isn’t crushed under the weight of existing canon expectations.

It’s also a reminder that Star Wars can still surprise people when it stops trying to “answer the internet” and just builds a fun corner of the galaxy.

Why this matters to Star Wars fans

Rankings like this aren’t about “truth.”

They’re about what the franchise feels like in hindsight.

And the Kennedy era — more than any other Star Wars era — has been defined by constant experimentation:

new heroes
new formats
new tones
new storytelling rules

Some of it landed perfectly.
Some of it didn’t.
And some of it will probably age better than fans expect.

But the fact that we can even make a list like this — mixing billion-dollar movies with streaming series and ranking them together — shows how much Star Wars has changed under Kennedy’s leadership.

What Comes Next

The Kennedy era ends with a catalogue that’s messy, ambitious, inconsistent, occasionally brilliant — and undeniably huge.

And now, as Lucasfilm moves into its next leadership structure, this kind of ranking is going to become more common — because fans aren’t just reacting to the next trailer anymore.

They’re evaluating a whole decade.

Not just project by project.

But as one era of Star Wars history.

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