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nemein 11-16-09 04:23 PM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
First time through watch them in release order.

Then after a little time has passed watch them in numeric order... IMHO you get a much different vibe from it that way.

Sean O'Hara 11-16-09 04:51 PM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
The correct sequence is IV, V, VI, Highlander II, Star Trek V, Alien Resurrection, Superman IV, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Gigli, Episodes I, II, III. This is the only way you can be sure you won't be disappointed by the prequels.

Solid Snake 11-16-09 05:18 PM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
Originally Posted by Sean O'Hara (Post 9839281)
The correct sequence is IV, V, VI, Highlander II, Star Trek V, Alien Resurrection, Superman IV, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Gigli, Episodes I, II, III. This is the only way you can be sure you won't be disappointed by the prequels.
Ahhhh...ease him into suicide eh?

Nick Martin 11-16-09 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by milo bloom (Post 9839082)
If there were 16x9 copies of the OT available, I would definitely recommend this.
I converted mine.

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi 11-16-09 07:39 PM
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My wife, a jap that will one day stab me in my sleep, hadn't seen any of these since she didn't care about Star Wars.

Started with Episode one and worked through six. She didn't know that Palpatine would turn into the Emperor or that Anakin was Vader. It seemed to work for her since she was able to be surprised at who turned into what.

bsmith 11-16-09 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Mister Peepers (Post 9839564)
Started with Episode one and worked through six. She didn't know that Palpatine would turn into the Emperor or that Anakin was Vader. It seemed to work for her since she was able to be surprised at who turned into what.
That is a very interesting point. It has spoilers either way. Watching in presentation order you have the mystery of everyone's past and how they are connected, but once you know that then epsiodes 1 - 3 are just to see what you already know unfold. While watching in chronological order you have no clue the direction each character is headed, but in the later episodes you are watching to see how they figure it out.

Knowing the whole story, I prefer to rewatch in chronological order and in the past would recommend someone watch in presentation order. But now I'm not sure which order I would recommend to someone. There are merits to each.

albert_m 11-16-09 10:08 PM
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I'll be serious at first and say the best way has to be order of their release. Why spoil the fun by watching the newer films first?

Let the originals be the originals.

As for the um, other reponses, you forgot the Ewok movies...

SI78 11-16-09 10:21 PM
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I like the one with Bea Arthur.

Mountain Biker 11-16-09 10:21 PM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
Originally Posted by Maxflier (Post 9837006)
"you should watch them in this order IV, V, VI, <strike>I, II, III</strike>"
Originally Posted by Tscott (Post 9837876)
I agree with this.

Me too.

BKenn01 11-16-09 10:22 PM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
Go back in time to where you are 5 years old, watch 1 you will enjoy all the kid shit. Then speed up to age 16 so you can get a major boner over Padme watch 2 and 3. Then watch 4 5 and 6. Sorry that is the only way I can figure to enjoy 1 2 and 3.

akrate69 11-16-09 11:15 PM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
Originally Posted by mh4268 (Post 9837012)
I showed these to a girlfriend who never saw them before a couple years ago. I went 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3. I WISH I went 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6. She liked the old ones, fell asleep to 1, indifferent to 2 and was sad at 3.
This is close but I wouldn't want the person who's never seen any of them knowing what happens at the end of 5 until they've seen 1-3. So my order would be:

IV - start them off with the best, not much if anything would be spoiled/revealed
I - now they can go back and see how it started, having some knowledge of the storyline and characters.
II - no other place
III - no other place
IV - if you need/want to again (did I say "it's the best")
V - I wouldn't mind if they now knew what was said at the end
VI - no other place

milo bloom 11-17-09 10:39 AM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
Another way I've heard is to do it Godfather 2 style:

1 then 4: (both show the young hero being discovered, losing a mentor, taking part in a big battle, and taking their first step into the bigger world.

2 then 5: the stakes are raised, there's a romance, a brush with the dark side and a duel at the end where the hero loses a hand.

3 then 6: the hero's path becomes fraught with danger and he must learn to trust those around him, and he'll get to a point where he must make a decision. One hero will throw away everything for what he thinks is love, and one will throw away his weapon out of love.

milo bloom 11-17-09 10:46 AM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
Originally Posted by Nick Martin (Post 9839525)
I converted mine.
I wish I had the technical skills to do things like this...

WMAangel 11-17-09 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by akrate69 (Post 9839901)
IV - start them off with the best

IV - if you need/want to again (did I say "it's the best")
Highly debatable, good sir....many people would disagree with this assessment (including me) and consider Episode V:TESB as the best of the series....

DirkUSA 11-17-09 03:04 PM
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I don't care what order you watch them in but make sure to watch this after part 6!








:goodbye:

pinata242 11-17-09 03:08 PM
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As mentioned before: 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6 is the proper order to maintain all the "shocks"

Spoiler:
(save the brother/sister relationship, but that's heavily alluded to in ESB).

You get the awe and wonder of ANH.
You get the shock of the father reveal in ESB.
You get the back-story and fall of Anakin in the prequels.
You get the redemption and fulfillment of the prophecy/Chosen One in RotJ.

DirkUSA 11-17-09 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9841196)
As mentioned before: 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6 is the proper order to maintain all the "shocks"

You get the awe and wonder of ANH.
You get the shock of the reveal in ESB.
You get the back-story and fall of XXXXX in the prequels.
You get the redemption and fulfillment of the XXXXX in RotJ.
Well, not anymore after reading this thread! :banana:

pinata242 11-17-09 03:18 PM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
Oops. Fixed, you should fix your quote too.

DirkUSA 11-17-09 03:25 PM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9841212)
oops. Fixed, you should fix your quote too.
fixed!

smashthesymbols 11-17-09 06:03 PM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3.

I recently rewatched them in numerical order, 1-6. I know everything so it worked out alright, but I'd never start a new person with 1. They'd probably refuse to watch anymore, plus they'd lose so much of the OT by watching the PT first.

Just for the record, if we're going to rank them, 5, 4, 6, 3, 2, 1.

DeanoBKN 11-17-09 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Anubis2005X (Post 9838996)
For first time viewers...

IV, V, VI, then...I, II, III, IV, V, VI.
Always this answer.

nodeerforamonth 11-17-09 07:08 PM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
Shouldn't this be in Movie Talk?

akrate69 11-17-09 08:28 PM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
Originally Posted by WMAangel (Post 9840639)
Highly debatable, good sir....many people would disagree with this assessment (including me) and consider Episode V:TESB as the best of the series....
I agree. I know more people who like 5 over 4 than the other way around. Just throwing in a plug for the one I like :)
Actually you wouldn't need to watch 4 again. It would be easy to go from 3 to 5 if 4 had already been watched.

Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9841196)
As mentioned before: 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6 is the proper order to maintain all the "shocks"

Spoiler:
(save the brother/sister relationship, but that's heavily alluded to in ESB).

You get the awe and wonder of ANH.
You get the shock of the father reveal in ESB.
You get the back-story and fall of Anakin in the prequels.
You get the redemption and fulfillment of the prophecy/Chosen One in RotJ.
I would want the person watching for the first time to have to wait as long as possible to find things out. That's the reason I said 4, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6.
If you watch 4 then 5 you'll already know what the whole point of 1, 2 and 3 are leading up to. No surprise at the end of 3 as for 2 1/2+ movies you were just waiting for it to happen.

Spoiler:
The only shock you would miss would be the father reveal. The person watching knows (thinks they know) from #4 that Lukes father was betrayed and murdered by Darth Vader. He/she would be waiting for Darth to appear and for that to happen sometime in 1-3. The whole time thinking Anakin will always be a good guy. Both are big reveals/surprises. I wouldn't mind them then watching #5 and waiting to see how Luke finds out.

After Lucas' antics you can tell that the Emperor is the Chancellor from the prequel which could give that away if you watch 5 first.
The Emperor flows better as I don't think he was in 4 (memory's going).
They wouldn't have to wonder why Vader was kind of sympathetic concerning Luke when he first talks to the emperor in 5 (if they catch it at all).
Yoda would flow better, going in to seclusion at the end of 3 and found in seclusion in 5.
This would also make the Boba Fett character flow a little better, no adult to kid back to adult.

pinata242 11-17-09 08:40 PM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
Spoiler:
The prequel trilogy isn't about the birth of the twins. It's about the fall of Anakin, the Jedi, and the republic as well as the rise of the Empire. The courtship of Padme and Anakin and the birth/loss of the "child" serves the fall of Anakin. Therefore his story only makes sense when you know he is at the core of Vader.

akrate69 11-17-09 10:20 PM
Re: Star Wars "Correct" Watching Sequence
 
Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9841778)
Spoiler:
The prequel trilogy isn't about the birth of the twins. It's about the fall of Anakin, the Jedi, and the republic as well as the rise of the Empire. The courtship of Padme and Anakin and the birth/loss of the "child" serves the fall of Anakin. Therefore his story only makes sense when you know he is at the core of Vader.
Spoiler:
Yes, the prequels are about everything you said. After watching number 4 you already know the Jedi and the republic fall, and the Empire rises. I don't think I'd also want to know that Anakin's responsible before seeing 1-3? Let a first time watcher only know that Darth Vader is the one responsible. I wouldn't want to know too much about a movie(s) before I watch it. What fun is that? If I was watching for the first time, I'd think, here is a guy who's going to give his life while fighting on the side of good. Then I'd be surprised when he turns out to be the one who's responsible for its demise. I think Anakins story still makes sense. Now I can watch 5, where he learns he has a son and watch how he deals with it.


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