If I wanted to introduce my gf to star wars for the first time do I have her watch it 123456 or 456123

If I wanted to introduce my gf to star wars for the first time do I have her watch it 123456 or 456123

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Just show her TFA

456123, but personally if I was going to introduce someone to Star Wars, especially going Into the new canon films, I would skip 123 entirely

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) (treat as flashback)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) (flashback continued)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (end of flashback)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)


frankly a lot of people say you can skip 1 entirely even.

Not watching tfa. I want to introduce her to star wars not give her cancer.

This is also true. Unless she'll watch lawrence of arabia, I wouldn't show her the old movies second, she won't care to watch them.

IV, V, II, III, VI. You'll notice that Episode I is left out of the series here - it's because the film isn't as relevant to the overall story. You can watch Episode I separately and still appreciate it for what it is, but it's not as essential to the larger story. The biggest advantage to the machete order is that it presents the saga in the most narratively engaging way possible while still maintaining the integrity of all of the most important plot points.

she can't get anything worst than you just show her tfa

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Release order is ALWAYS the answer

In addition to this is another twist ending at the end of Episode 3. Padme says that she is pregnant but doesn't mention she's carrying twins. Only at the end does a droid mention that she's carrying twins. So the first baby is born and named Luke, but then a second baby comes and is called Leia.

'Omg! OMG! Dad! DAD! Are Luke and Leia brother and sister?

I guarantee that would be the type of reaction from any kid watching it in the above mentioned order. It would be as shocking to them as the Vader reveal was to us.

Machete Order until the new trilogy is finished.

It keeps the suspense of all the reveals...without it, you lose some of the tension.

>doesn't know about 4 - 5 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 6

Watch the original trilogy despecialized. Skip the prequels. Watch TFA.

While also getting plebs to stomach the terrible look and feel of "old boring movies" that don't have tonnes of PEW PEW PEW

Forget episode 1
Maybe she'd like episode 2 because of all the romance, idk

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But why?
The prequels do multiple callbacks to the original trilogy, which are completely lost - making them even more pointless - if you don't watch the OT first.

>Skip the prequels. Watch TFA.

The problem with Episode Order is that it ruins the surprise that Vader is Luke's father.

Release Order is also an instant failure, and the reason is a single shot. If you're watching the official releases and you view the original trilogy first, then after the Empire is destroyed and everyone is celebrating, Luke looks over at his mentors, Ben Kenobi and Yoda, and suddenly they are joined by... some random creepy looking teenager who needs a haircut.

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Introducing: Machete Order

How can you ensure that a viewing keeps the Vader reveal a surprise, while introducing young Anakin before the end of Return of the Jedi?

Simple, watch them in this order: IV, V, II, III, VI. You may notice Episode I is gone. I'll get to that in a second.

Effectively, this order keeps the story Luke's tale. Just when our main man Luke is left with the burning question "did my father really become Darth Vader?" we take an extended flashback to explain that it's true. Once we understand how his father turned to the dark side, we go back to the main storyline and see how Luke is able to rescue him from it and salvage the good in him, which is the only way to destroy the Empire.

Putting the prequels in the middle in general (which a commenter has pointed out is called Ernst Rister order) allows the series to end on the sensible ending point (the destruction of the Empire) while still beginning with Luke's journey. The prequel backstory comes at the perfect time, because The Empire Strikes Back ends on a huge cliffhanger. Han is in carbonite, Vader is Luke's father, and the Empire has hit the rebellion hard. Delaying the resolution of this cliffhanger makes it all the more satisfying when Return of the Jedi is watched.

Narratively, it's just like a movie that starts with a big opening, then fades to "2 years earlier" for most of the movie, until it catches up with the present time and concludes.

>terrible look and feel

Do faggots actually believe for example, that Empire looks terrible?

Jesus fucking Christ

>not watching the unedited versions
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It's just more of a cultural thing, it would be like if you were to watch a hit movie from Japan or Russia, it's probably not what you're use to watching...

It's more about the pacing and the "beats" being a lot longer.

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Nothing about trade disputes. The "problem" as of Episode II is that a group of systems want to leave the Republic. This is much easier to understand for a kid than trade disputes.
No pod racing. Seriously, who gives a shit? An action sequence for the sake of an action sequence and it goes on forever. A huge number of plot holes surrounding gambling and the subsequent freeing of Anakin are removed as well.
No virgin birth. We simply don't know or care who Anakin's father is, and the botched implication that Palpatine knows is gone.

>its contrarian to hate the remastered editions
THE EARTH IS SQUARE, THE SKY IS RED, OPPOSITE DAY

I don't see the point of watching the prequels unless you're planning to have sex.

Its a shame

4567 and only the combined supercut version of 123 if she's really bored.

There's even less of interest or value in II and III.

The prequels have sweet delicious memes and laughs though.

>"I want to introduce her to star wars not give her cancer"
>"not give her cancer"

Then why did you include the Episodes 1 through 3 in your list? You just gave me cancer.

Looking up the machete order now, and the biggest argument that you should watch prequels 2 and 3 before 6 is the Hayden Christensen at the end of 6 in the newer versions. That can just be solved by watching a copy of an older version. Also, they say skip 1 because of irrelevance, but it contains some of the most momentous events: Palpatine becoming Chancellor, and Anakin leaving his mother in slavery, which if you skip right to 2, has less impact as she's only talked about before her death scene.

Seems to me that there are two orders that really make sense

Initial order: Original (or despecialized) IV, Original V, Original VI, I, II, III
This is the order they were released in, and thus you get all the surprises as they were intended. For your first viewing, by all means do this.

Saga order: I, II, III, Newest IV, Newest V, Newest VI
This is the order for nostalgia, for viewing the entire series from beginning to end.

TFA really isnt even close to "cancer", its not honestly that terrible. 10 plus years of absolute dogshit and we get something competent, and for some reason this is cancer

Jar Jar doesnt step in da poopie in TFA

4-5-6-7

1-2-3 add nothing so just skip them.

>not 5 4 7 6 3 1 2
Watch in order of quality you heathen

The True Patrician Order:

4 - 5 - 2 - 3 - 6

The prequels neither add anything to the others, story-wise, in fact arguably detract from them. Neither are they good movies on their own merits.

There is no compelling reason to watch them, especially someone new to the series. If you absolutely must, watch them after the other four, in any order as it doesn't matter since they're shit.

This may actually be the most autistic thing I've ever read in my entire life.

Not that user, but what? Do you not know what the Machete Order is?

this is also known as the machete order isn't it? I think it sounds like it makes sense but I'll never be able to experience it.

Yep. The only problem is that The Phantom Menace doesn't fit well anywhere so it's left out.