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Old 09-17-04, 04:53 PM
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Lucas: "Watch Star Wars in this order: I, II, III, IV, V, VI."

In the new EW:

[P.S. THIS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS REGARDING EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH AND ITS CONTINUITY WITH EPISODES IV-VI.]

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"[the order you should watch the movies in 2010 as a newcomer] is I, II, III, IV, V, VI. Part of the fun for me is that one generation will have seen it backwards. For the next generation that sees it from I to VI, there are a lot of things IV that were just fantastic in 1977 - you know, the cantina- which aren't going to work. IN those days, you didn't put monsters in a bar. A monster was a thing that came from a spaceship and act everybody. Now every sci-fi bar you walk into has got aliens.

"But what's really important is the story, and the development of the characters. Now, once you get to IV, you know Darth Vader's the main character because you saw him in the previous movies. So when Darth Vader walks in, you say, oh, my God. Now, when you come across Princess Leia, you know that's his daughter right away, and you think, does he know? No, he doesn't know. Or does he know? And when you cut down to the planet and see Luke, you go, oh, my God, that's Darth Vader's son, and Ben Kenobi has been waiting all this time to send him on his adventure. You're waiting for them to realize who everybody is. So it is a completely different movie."


I must say I thought it would work out better if we didn't know who Vader was at the end of III; clearly Lucas is going the other way, and it sounds like he's got the right idea after all!!

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Re: Lucas: "Watch Star Wars in this order: I, II, III, IV, V, VI."

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I must say I thought it would work out better if we didn't know who Vader was at the end of III; clearly Lucas is going the other way, and it sounds like he's got the right idea after all!!
Are you high? Watching it Lucas' way, you spend most of Star Wars and Empire waiting for the characters to catch up to what you already know. It also guts the emotional climax of Empire.

Lucas has lost his mind.
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Lucas: "Watch Star Wars in this order: I, II, III, IV, V, VI."
Me: Suck my balls, George.
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So you would have preferred that Vader isn't revealed to the audience until IV?
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P.S. Later in the article, he says
Spoiler:
Vader is in ROTS for 2 minutes.
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That seems to be exactly what I want!
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Thanks for the suggestion George but I'll watch it in the same screwed up sequence you showed it in theaters.
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The reason Vader was Mr. Badass is because we didn't know who he was. To watch him start off a whiny p***y really fucks up IV, V, VI and gives him no credibility.
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By the way, for those of you getting violent, this entire post was an answer to this question posed by the EW writer:

"Say that it's 2010, and I'm a 10-year old coming to Star Wars movies for the first time. Should I start with A New Hope or The Phantom Menace?"

Clearly he's not mandating this; it's just a suggestion. Settle down young padawans.
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He characterizes the entire saga as being about Anakin losing his humanity and being resurrected by his children, saying "we all have to make up for our fathers, you know. Believe me, our kids are really going to have a job making up for the sins that are going on right now. That's a classic theme - if one generation succombs, it's up to the next generation to redeem that generation."

I like that way of looking at it, and it makes watching Vader as a whiny kid more bearable. We see how this little brat gets tricked into turning on all his friends, his wife, etc.; he goes from greatness to badness, totally fucking up the universe. Ultimately the only thing that can save him is his son that he didn't even know he had. What drives his son to face him so violently? Dad starts taunting him about his twin sister. I like the whole redemption thing.
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WOW! He also says, regarding Anakin's turn to the Dark Side:
Spoiler:
The contraversy is going to be that people expect some horrible, horrific thing to happen to Anakin that caused him to become Darth Vader. It's much subtler. It's something everybody faces -- when you're looking at yourself, you can see your good and your bad, and say "Is this a selfish choice or is this a compassionate choice? And once I get something, what would I do to keep from losing it? Would I make a pact with the devil to keep it?


Man ROTS is going to be awesome!
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Fucl kucas!!!
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Originally posted by Jackskeleton
Fucl kucas!!!
I think you mean 'Fuck Lucas'
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jesus christ, this guy gets more delusional by the minute..

would someone shave his head and slap an 1138 on it already...
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He's always in a lose-lose situation. I respect him for doing it his way.

Anyone that thinks you should watch it IV, V, VI, I, II, III has no appreciation for continuity and time.
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Right.
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Of course, not wanting to know specifics about ROtS, I chose not to read any
Spoiler:
spoiled
text, so it could contain some earthshattering information that could have his reasoning make sense...
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Originally posted by Toad
Anyone that thinks you should watch it IV, V, VI, I, II, III has no appreciation for continuity and time.
Then maybe he should have SHOT it that way.
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no he has a point. from now on I need to watch Momento in the order of chronological time.
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Originally posted by Toad
Anyone that thinks you should watch it IV, V, VI, I, II, III has no appreciation for continuity and time.
Yep, just like anyone who watches Pulp Fiction has no appreciation for continuity and time.
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Reading these threads, I would be extremely leery about drinking any Kool-Aid at the Ranch.

I get this mental image of Lucas on the roof, slurring through a loudspeaker about how Greedo shooting first was always his original vision, while an army of midgets gun down anyone who won't take the Jedi Juice.
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Awful examples. Those movies were shot stylistically for effect. These movies were not.


Again, all of you people getting so upset don't have to do this. It's not a rule, it's not a law; in fact it's not even aimed at you. It's merely a suggestion for a future audience who hasn't seen the movies before.
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Originally posted by Josh-da-man
Reading these threads, I would be extremely leery about drinking any Kool-Aid at the Ranch.

I get this mental image of Lucas on the roof, slurring through a loudspeaker about how Greedo shooting first was always his original vision, while an army of midgets gun down anyone who won't take the Jedi Juice.
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Originally posted by Josh-da-man

I get this mental image of Lucas on the roof, slurring through a loudspeaker about how Greedo shooting first was always his original vision, while an army of midgets gun down anyone who won't take the Jedi Juice.
Good to know the actors who played the Ewoks still have jobs!
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Originally posted by Toad
By the way, for those of you getting violent
Just because someone disagrees with you or your god does not mean they are getting violent.

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