So it used to be often felt that the best way to binge watch Star Wars, (or introduce it to someone new) was in this order:
Ep 4,5,2,3,6
How do we fit R1 into this? (And yes I know 1 is missing.)
So it used to be often felt that the best way to binge watch Star Wars, (or introduce it to someone new) was in this order:
Ep 4,5,2,3,6
How do we fit R1 into this? (And yes I know 1 is missing.)
3 = 4 > 5 > 2 > 1 > 6 > Reddit Awakens > SJW One
7 is also missing
if they already know the ESB twist, then chronological order is fine, Ep 1 to 7. If they do not know the ESB twist, I'd say R1-7 then 1-3 if they want more
>3 = 4 > 5 > 2 > 1 > 6 > Reddit Awakens > SJW One
So you are saying we should start a new viewer by showing them RotS and New Hope simultaneously? How does this work exactly? Two TVs?
4
Fuck the rest.
5 > 4 > 3 > 6 > 2 > 1 >>> 7
Doesn't 1-3 spoil the 'I'm your father' twist?
Rogue One > A New Hope > The Empire Strikes Back
Only way to watch them.
yes, re-read my post, I pointed that out
Release order is the only way to watch them. There is no reason to watch them chronologically and machete order is a fucking meme
It's strange to think that in the coming years some kids will actually watch them in this order.
Personally I would watch them the order they were made. Although once they finish the current trilogy I would maybe go: OT, ST, spin-offs and then the PT last.
>Doesn't 1-3 spoil the 'I'm your father' twist?
Yes, that is the reasoning behind 4,5,2,3,6. If you haven't seen them before, the Two prequels are like a flashback to explain how Vader can possibly be Luke's father. (Plus a bonus extra surprise in 3) and then in 6, since you saw Anakin fall to the dark side, it suggests that Luke, now in black, might too.
if you're watching it for the first time you have to watch it in order of release because Lucas being a dumbass actively spoils the OT in the prequels and removes any gravity it holds.
The movies were shot as if you'd watched them in the order they were released so you're kind of robbed of the choice.
>if they already know the ESB twist, then chronological order is fine, Ep 1 to 7.
Actually, this order is no good, because the Force is introduced by having it fail on Watto. You need to already understand the force in order for this scene to make sense.
True.
But... I'm not a swfan, just curious: how did they planned this? They wanted intentionally to fuck up the original series by spoiling its twist?
2>3
OT and TPM didn't age too well tbqh. Disney flicks are fanfiction
So... dare i say... Star Wars is the most fucked up franchise ever?
I believe Lucas has said he believes the films should be watched chronologically now. So essentially yes.
Lucas literally is a fucking idiot who got lucky surrounded by a great team who edited his ideas into a coherent movie w/ the original
left to his own devices he shat all over his creation
>If they do not know the ESB twist, I'd say R1-7 then 1-3 if they want to spend 8 hours watching shit movies with bad plot, bad acting, bad CGI, and butchered lore
that's a good point
honestly, my usual advice to anyone who's never seen them is just watch the OT then decide from there
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I usually don't suggest the PT at all but I wouldn't stop someone from watching it if they wanted, just warn them
id say R1,4,5,6,1,2,3,7
4->5->6->1->2->3->R1->4->5->6->7
is the ultimate viewing experience so they experience the original saga the way it should be experience but then immediately experienced again after all the added wealth of world building from 1,2,3,R1 and then straight through to 7.
kek
4, 5, 6, 1, 2, clone wars, 3, rebels, R1, the hobbit 1,2,3, lord of the rings 1, 2 3, back to original trilogy 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
no. THIS is the ultimate viewing experience.
Disney is canon, cry more.
>Release order is the only way to watch them.
Yeah, for your first watch maybe. Once you've seen them why not watch them in different orders?
I'm sorry to say this but R1 has made it so that you have to watch the films in numerical order
1-2 - Clone Wars Animated -3 - R1 - 4 - Holiday Special 5-6 - Ewok Films - 7
kek user must have thought it was a ranking thread
Not really. Just that you have to watch Rogue One before A New Hope. It doesn't effect when you watch the prequels. Personally I always save the Holiday Special for last.
Nope. You have to watch them in order. Attack of the Clones and Sith must come before R1 because of the presence of Bail Organa.
He must not have seen Rogue One either since he still thinks it has an SJW agenda.
I'd watch them in order of their release, then probably just stop after RotJ
What person who speaks English fluently enough to watch Star Wars doesn't know that twist from general population culture?
R1 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
American children learn that Vader is Luke's father before they learn to walk.
Release order.
Star Wars is about experiencing cinema, not a comprehensive story.
How the fuck were they supposed to tell the story of Anikin becoming Vader without revealing Anikin was Vader?
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>"whow were those guys in the rebel fighter"
Seeing these glorious bastards made me feel a joy I didn't know was possible.
>cinema
>Star Wars
I know, I was taunting him for not reading the OP question.
>Holiday Special
If you even TRY to watch this you are wasting your life. Jar Jar is Samuel L. Jackson compared to anything in this.
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If you meet someone who has never seen star wars before and start them with Rogue 1, what are the problems?
1) The first hour was hard to follow, would it be intelligible for a newbee?
2) Hey, why did that robot with one line in the film get all those toys?
3) Mon Mothma is the ONLY surviving character in all of this and she sends the next batch of heroes off to their mission. Are we supposed to like this person?
R1 4 5 6 1 2 3 7
I dont wanna spoil the vader/luke being related spoiler
Yeah, autocorrect fucked my post, but that's what I meant. There was no point hiding the reveal that Anikan is Vader in the prequels because the only people who wouldn't already know that would be from third world countries and don't speak English.
Not to mention Lucas wasn't a skilled enough storyteller to pull it off. The only way they could have possibly hid Vaders origin in the prequels would be to have Obi-Wan get a second apprentice in the third movie and have him clash and rebel, with an unclear ending which implied the new guy was Vader and Anikan dead. And considering Lucas fucked the prequels anyway, he only would have fucked that up worse
>have Obi-Wan get a second apprentice in the third movie and have him clash and rebel, with an unclear ending which implied the new guy was Vader and Anikan dead
That would have been fucking awesome. Then he really would have been telling the truth from a certain point of view.
The Holiday Special Rifftrax version is surprisingly digestible.
I had it locked down to IV-V-II-III-VI-VII, but R1 went and fucked it all up. R1 isn't officially a Saga entry, but it plays like one in every way but having a Skywalker MC.
REY ISN'T A SKYWALKER RHEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Of course she is. They wouldn't make some rando the main character in a mainline numbered Star Wars movie. The Skywalkers have always been the central thread that ties everything together.
She's Vader reincarnated. This is his redemption trilogy.
5 > 4 > 6 > 3 > 7 > R1 > 2 = 1
The only real answer.
That's fucking stupid user. Don't be stupid.
>watch Ep2 and Ep1 simultaneously
might want to re-read the OP user
Should read the OP huh.
You need to re-read the OP.
My Star Wars watch order is:
1) Star Wars
2) The Empire Strikes Back
3) Return Of The Jedi
All despecialised.
But the OT was his redemption trilogy.
Release order, leaving out any spin-offs
Episode 7 (and by extension 8 and 9) works better as a call-back than a direct continuation and should be seen with the prequels as a buffer. Don't believe me? Watch 6 and 7 back to back
>Empire is defeated, oh wait they're not
>Much more dynamic camera
>CGI
>Focus is on new cast, a Skywalker appears for all of 5 seconds
>Darth Vader emphasised yet emperor never spoken of again
>LOTS of repetition from Ep4
There is no order besides order of release. You watch them according to the year they came out.
If you don't do that then you miss so much context it's insane.
He got a little spec of redemption right before he died but this is gonna be him(her) cleaning up the remnants of the mess he helped start.
No. PT=Rise OT=Fall ST=Redemption
4-5-2-3-6-7
Don't watch rogue one or episode one
>Watch Episode 7 but don't watch Rogue One.
Idk dude. Machete order sounds cool and all but there's no way my girlfriend would even remember em the names of the OT characters if she watched 2 or 3 PT films then went back to ROTJ.
I'd just maybe watch rogue one and then watch the others in release date order.
Wait except for 7. I'd watch 7 after six. Then again the 30 year gap might feel like an actual 30 years if you put the pt films in between
That's literally retarded. Pt is the fall of anakin to the dark side and ROTJ is him redeeming himself. Who the fuck knows what the sequel trilogy is since he's not in it but let's just say rise.
How come no one has called you a retard yet? Why don't people tell millennials that they're retarded enough?
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Caravan of Courage, then Battle for Endor. The rest of the star wars films are shit, including Rogue One.
Only correct order
You've got that in the correct order
Release order is fine too
1 is completely unnecessary
I've had mixed results, one gf said after all of them that she wouldn't have enjoyed the series without watching ep 1, but I think that's hot bullshit
Fit the clone wars cartoon in there between ep 2&3
Please for the love of fuck just watch them in release order, this shouldn't even be a question and it triggers me bigstyle when plotfags try to advocate internally-chronological viewing.