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Franchise report · 9 films · 1977–2019

Are the Star Wars Movies Woke?

Every scored film in TMDB's Star Wars collection, assessed by the Consciousness Algorithm.

9
Films scored
25
Series average
4–74
Score range
+44
First film → latest

Every Star Wars film

Shown in release order. Sort by score to rank them.

Did the Star Wars movies get woker?

Yes: up 44 points from Star Wars (4) to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (48), with a peak of 74 at Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The three most recent films average 58 (Woke-Adjacent).

02040608010019802000Star Wars (1977): 44The Empire Strikes Back (1980): 44Return of the Jedi (1983): 44Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999): 1818Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002): 15Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005): 44Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015): 5252Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017): 7474Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019): 4848
Ultra Based <20Based 20–39Woke-Adjacent 40–59Woke 60–79Peak Woke 80+Series average (25)

Highs and lows

Wokest installment

2017 · Woke

74

Least woke installment

1983 · Ultra Based

4

Biggest jump

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

52 after Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (4)

+48

Biggest drop

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

48 after Star Wars: The Last Jedi (74)

−26

Original vs Prequel vs Sequel trilogy

The saga’s nine films, three trilogies at a time. The standalone films sit outside TMDB’s saga collection and the series average: Rogue One (38) and Solo (18).

Markers that moved most

Star Wars (1977) against Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). The grey bar is the first film, the red bar the latest.

The verdict

No. The average Star Wars film scores 25 (Based). Wokest: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (74); least woke: Return of the Jedi (4). Representation Casting is the most common active marker (4 of 9 films).

Scores follow the site methodology. Read the methodology.