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You know what? I agree with this. This is possibly the most logical way to introduce the series to someone. It allows one to begin the movie where Lucas "intended" it, and end it where Lucas "intended" it. Plus, you don't lose any information between films.

 

I honestly like this. It -works-.

Wow, That is a really good point. Because either way, If you watch one trilogy, the other is revealed. This way, It's like in lord of the rings, when "half" of the 2nd or third book is for legolas, gimli, etc. and the other half is of frodo and sam (in the books) which keeps you on hte edge of your seat, wondering how things work out for your otehr set of main characters in the middle of their quest. and Then, after watching revenge of the sith, you realize how it play out when you watch return of the jedi, because if ou waztched it with the original trilogy first, the when you watch the prequels, you would realize "oh, so thats how it goes" but if you keep the endings of each trilogy to watch basically side by side, you wouldn't know the ending of it yet, and hten hte final conclusion would be even better, because you already know how darth vader came to be and what happened to him in his early years.

 

I can't wait to try this out and see how it flows (even though I already watched the movies) in a week or two when I get the complete saga on blu ray.

 

This is really getting me excited about star wars now.

This just might work. Visual effect whiplash might drive people away, though. =P

That's the most genius thing I've ever read.

I was introduced in the: I, II, III, IV, V, VI order, and have regreted it ever sense.

xD I think that could work.

I still prefer having them watch the OT, then the new ones.

 

Or be like me, and see, I, IV, V, VI, II, then III. =P

(But that was partly because II hadn't come out when I got the OT)

I still support watching the films in their chronological orders -- I, II, III, IV, V, VI -- but your idea sounds good, too.

I personally am a staunch supporter of IV, V, VI, and nothing else. Hey, someone had to say it eventually.

 

In all honestly, If I ever have kids of my own, I have no intention of showing them the disasters that are the prequels unless they personally beg me to. And if that happens, I'll have to rent them, because my personal Star Wars movie collection will be limited to the earliest VHS versions of the original trilogy I can find. I'll still probably never be able to avoid the horrors of Greedo shooting first, but at least I won't have to put up with most of the other needless changes.

I personally am a staunch supporter of IV, V, VI, and nothing else. Hey, someone had to say it eventually.

 

In all honestly, If I ever have kids of my own, I have no intention of showing them the disasters that are the prequels unless they personally beg me to. And if that happens, I'll have to rent them, because my personal Star Wars movie collection will be limited to the earliest VHS versions of the original trilogy I can find. I'll still probably never be able to avoid the horrors of Greedo shooting first, but at least I won't have to put up with most of the other needless changes.

I know what you mean, and to a degree, I concur. It's hard to avoid the fact that the prequels exist though.

 

You should have picked up the DVDs they had a couple years ago - they each came with a second disc that included the original theatrical cut of the original. Those are the ones I watch when I want to see Star Wars.

I was a IV-V-VI-I-II-IIIer. Phantom Menace came out when I was three, and I saw II and III in theaters.

 

Of the two main orders, I prefer the way I was introduced to the films, but really, I don't think Star Wars can be "ruined" either way.

Seriously, what is it that you guys hate from the prequel trilogy? Granted, Binks was a bit silly but the Ewoks were much sillier. Like, seriously. You´ve said it yourself. Tiny teddy bears defeating trained military forces which were literally created for the sole reason of being soldiers is much more ridiculous than some weird clumsy guy. Personally, I enjoyed the entire saga very much and episode 3 is in fact one of the best movies I have watched.

 

~Gata.

I watched them in the rather bizarre II-V-I-IV-III-VI order. Given that I already knew the basic plot of each film by then, there wasn't much left to be spoiled by the format.

I'm undecided, I've tried both ways, 123456 and 456123. I've enjoyed both ways. But the way you propose sounds intriguing, might try that.

 

I honestly don't mind the prequels that much. But then again I'm not the SW fan I used to be either, don't enjoy it as much as before.

 

I was actually talking about this very subject with a friend last week (when we have kids, in what order do we suggest watching these movies?). He had an interesting idea, watch them IV V I II II VI. His reasoning is that this way you watch the good movies, then you get a flashback to all the backstory, then the grand finale.

 

It actually makes a lot of sense and I'm heavily tempted to test it out on a friend of mine who hasn't seen Star Wars (rather than watching the Holy Trilogy first and then the new ones).

It does sound rather good, I saw them in I,II,III,IV,V,VI order, but to be honest these days I'm not sure the order matters much as far as being surprised, Star Wars is referenced so much in other things. I already new Darth Vader was Lukes father before I'd seen any of the films, simply because it came up in the Simpsons.

 

But perhaps your order would work on someone who doesn't watch a lot of TV, who hasn't been exposed to the many SW references out there...

I think watching them in the order they were released lets you appreciate them the most for their artistic merit. After all, IV, V, and VI were the inspiration for I, II, and III.

 

But your suggestion is definitely a good compromise, although it would require much more care and attention from the viewer than the typical movie-watching experience, since they have to be able to remember the events from two movies ago to fully place the one they're watching in the continuity. It would be a great experiment!

 

The only question is whether the experiment is ethical. Some people would argue that if a person doesn't watch the movies in the ideal order, Star Wars may be ruined for them forever. But I don't think that's as big a deal as some would make it out to be.

Interesting. The idea makes sense. Although I would probably promote OT first then prequels, but this is a decent compromise.

 

How did I see Star Wars? Let me think... I believe it went IV, V, I, VI, II, III. Don't ask me why.

 

But the order you're talking about sounds pretty good. I have heard of it before, and it seems to get the best of both worlds.

This is actually an interesting idea, possibly even a good one. And since I just met some people that haven't seen any of them yet (horror of horrors) I just might try it out.

Seriously, what is it that you guys hate from the prequel trilogy? Granted, Binks was a bit silly but the Ewoks were much sillier. Like, seriously. You´ve said it yourself. Tiny teddy bears defeating trained military forces which were literally created for the sole reason of being soldiers is much more ridiculous than some weird clumsy guy. Personally, I enjoyed the entire saga very much and episode 3 is in fact one of the best movies I have watched.~Gata.

What don't I like? There's a lot of things, some from a cinematic but mostly from a story perspective.

• Hayden Christiansen's acting (or lack thereof)
  
• The annoying-ness of Jar Jar (yes the Ewoks were silly and contrived, but they weren't annoying and you only had to deal with them for part of one movie instead of three).
  
• The ways they needlessly rewrote things (Boba Fett's origin, R2-D2's rockets)
  
• Anakin's twenty-second fall to the dark side
  
• Everything in Revenge of the Sith after Anakin is defeated (the whole blatant setup of everything for A New Hope)
  

I'm probably just jaded because I grew up with the Original Trilogy and the Expanded Universe, and then the Prequels just went back and changed so much of it and were internally inconsistent. And for what? I don't think adding Midichlorians made the movies any better, and probably made them a little sillier and worse.

 

Okay, I'll stop ranting now.

What on earth is wrong with Jar-Jar Binks?

Is it actually possible to be spoiled about Darth Vader being Luke's father? I still think watching then in the order they came out in is best.

What on earth is wrong with Jar-Jar Binks?

Besides being annoying as heck?

Is it actually possible to be spoiled about Darth Vader being Luke's father? I still think watching then in the order they came out in is best.

What on earth is wrong with Jar-Jar Binks?

Besides being annoying as heck?

He is there for the humor. If he was not in the movies, Episode I especially would be a very dark and scary movie. It would become a movie about a war and an attempted genocide.

I'd argue that Artoo and Threepio do a good job at relieving the tension, and that Jar Jar didn't need to be so prominent.

 

I'm also not sure where the 'attempted genocide' comes from. The Trade Federation didn't want to kill anyone during their initial invasion. They just wanted to take control of Naboo.

 

Episode I in my mind is about a trade dispute that escalates to violence and brings about political upheaval and also about a boy coming of age.

Darth Sidious: Wipe them out, all of them.

 

That is in relation to Sidious giving the order kill all of the Gungans. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon also make several points to the Gungans saying that even if they think they can hide from the invaders, they will still find them and they will wipe them out.

 

The trade dispute was an excuse to invade and take over the planet.

Who could we test it on? How about my friend's friend (who I have never met, but I've heard she hasn't seen any of the Star Wars movies).

 

I personally agree that 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3 is best (yeah, yeah, I mess up Roman Numeral 4 and 6, so I used Arabic numbers. Sue me. *hides from Kahi*).

 

It's sad to hear that my friend has only seen the thrid movie, and none of the others. How ... spoiling ...