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Red5LSU 
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| Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 9:08 am)
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Mind blown. What do yall think?
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CaptainsWafer
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| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 9:10 am to Red5LSU)
My mind is blown that you think I'm going to read all of that.
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Red5LSU
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| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 9:55 am to CaptainsWafer)
Sorry, I forgot that most of the people on this board have the attention span of a goldfish.
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H-Town Tiger 
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| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 10:28 am to Red5LSU)
Interesting. I recommend the H-Town Tiger Order : Watch Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, read the Timothy Zahn books pretend the prequels never happened.
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Matisyeezy 
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| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 10:38 am to H-Town Tiger)
I skimmed it and found the decision to leave out Episode 1 pretty dumb. As the writer mentioned, 2 & 3 are grossly inferior to the original trilogy (meaning 4-6). To just leave off episode 1 because it's not a good movie pretty much means you have to ask why you don't just omit the entire prequel trilogy. It's an arbitrary decision. I haven't watched any Star Wars film in probably 5+ years, but when they gross my mind I pretty much pretend the prequel trilogy never happened.
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TigerinOkieHell
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| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 10:51 am to H-Town Tiger)
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Interesting. I recommend the H-Town Tiger Order : Watch Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, read the Timothy Zahn books pretend the prequels never happened.
I agree with this. Would have loved to have seen Thrawn in a trilogy...
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Froman
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| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 10:52 am to Red5LSU)
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Sorry, I forgot that most of the people on this board have the attention span of a goldfish.
You mustn't visit this board very much, and I think he chose not to read something that would be a complete waste of his time and is completely retarded.
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Waffle House 
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NYC
Member since Aug 2008
1763 posts
| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 10:54 am to Matisyeezy)
He made the argument that omitting Episode 1 didn't impact the understanding of the story arc. He said he thought it was actually somewhat superior to Episode 2. He discusses how the overall story arc ties better introducing the universe and showing Luke's training and following that up with Anikan's (sp?) training and turn to the dark side.
He makes some interesting points, specifically around continuity of how the characters looked and how Luke acted at the beginning of Jedi. It is hard to know how effective it would be to watch the series in that order since I have already seen all of them.
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alajones
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| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 11:00 am to Red5LSU)
I can't read th elink at work. Is this the setup where you watch 4,5 then 2 and 3, then 6?
If so, this has been around for a while. It seems logical, as looking back, episode 1 does seem very unimportant.
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Tiger1242
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| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 11:06 am to Red5LSU)
Can you just tell us the order it says to watch them?
This post was edited on 10/10 at 11:07 am
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H-Town Tiger
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| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 11:18 am to Waffle House)
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He made the argument that omitting Episode 1 didn't impact the understanding of the story arc
I agree, nothing that happens in I is meaningful to the next 2.
For those asking the Machete Order is : IV, V, II, III, VI. skip !.
Another has IV, V, I, II, III, VI.
I'll add to my order, watch the Red Letter Media deconstruction of Episode I, its hilarious and one of the best pieces of film criticism you will ever see. The Sp II and III break downs are also funny but not quite as good.
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Froman
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| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 11:32 am to H-Town Tiger)
I think everyone on this site has seen those. I remember it being posted on here a lot.
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RollTide1987 
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Senoia, Georgia
Member since Nov 2009
17691 posts
| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 11:35 am to Froman)
I tried the Machete Order on someone who hadn't seen Star Wars before in their life and it was a huge success. Episode I really doesn't add anything to the overall story arc of the saga.
This post was edited on 10/10 at 11:37 am
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LSUBoo 
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| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 12:15 pm to RollTide1987)
I like this a lot... if I can ever convince the gf to watch Star Wars I'll have to try it this way.
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Tactical1 
New Orleans Saints Fan
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
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| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 12:50 pm to LSUBoo)
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Another has IV, V, I, II, III, VI.
This one is not bad.
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Gnarls Broccoli
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1675 posts
| re: Watching Star Wars using the Machete Order (Posted on 10/10/12 at 1:03 pm to Red5LSU)
I think his first alternate order is best. I loved Episode I.
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