re: What order to watch Star Wars?

I actually did 4, 1, 5, 2, 3, 6 to gear up for 7 and it was awesome.

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Shifting from ANH to TPM to show the parallels is a lot of fun, and getting to know Obi Wan as an apprentice is actually great.

Then going back to Empire for the big reveal leaves you primed for Clone Wars (granted, as primed as can be for that mess) to watch the progression of little Ani into Vader and then just move right into Sith to close out the prequels before going back for Jedi to see how it's all resolved with Jedi.

2 and 3 work best as a whole, and the scenes with Palpatine twisting Anakin, particularly when he tells of Darth Sidius and his pursuit of immortality, are easily the peak of the prequels.

Then you flash forward back to Jedi and see the culmination of Anakin's arc with The Emperor, and Luke's ability resistance as opposed to Anakin's seduction by the dark side in the prequels.


Kind of a different take, but I actually think it makes the prequels easier to watch, although it can also be frustrating because you see the potential that was wasted in so so many scenes.