What order to watch Star Wars?

The original trilogy and forget the prequels exist.

I obviously watched 456, 123.

Burin am curious of a 4,5,1.2,3,6 viewing.

The reason I dislike the prequels is I feel they do injustice to the characters. But since the prequels have come out, many worse movies have come out that have been popular so I wonder how much of that is due tithe changing of the times and how movies are made. I think on their own, 1,2,3 are not awful. It's when put in context that they suck.

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4,5,1.2,3,6

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It works. And they are going to watch the prequels anyway. There's no "forgetting" them now.

Machete Order: 4,5,2,3,6. No reason to watch 1 as it really adds nothing. Important thing is that it keeps the big surprise about Vader being Luke's father.

IV
V
VI
VII

Repeat.

Nothing else. Ever. And seldom 6.

Watch 4, 5 and 6

Then read the Thrawn trilogy

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.

4,5,2,3,6,7. Skip 1 unless you just want to watch Duel of the Fates.

1 2 3 4 5 6 and that's it. 7 made no sense.

These threads always end up with everybody shitting on Ep 1. It's worth watching alone for the podrace scene and the final battle, both of which are awesome, and the final battle also includes the best piece of music John Williams has ever made. The movie is not very good overall but is still enjoyable, and honestly probably has the most cohesive constructed narrative of the 3 prequels. Much Moreso than Ep 2. That thing is a shitshow. And Ep 3 drags for the first half but the 2nd half is great.


Anyway, I'd say 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7