Poll: First Time Star Wars watcher

[Vault101]

Go with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 all on bluray. For a first time watcher, this is the best way to go about watching them in my opinion. I just think it is nostalgia telling us who watched it in the order of 4, 5, 6 that it is the proper way.

disagree..they are bad films. and Im not even a starwars fan

 

[Furioso]

Obviously 456, then 123, otherwise she will want to stop after one, or die of boredom during 2

 

[CODE-D]

Watch 1, 4, 3, 5.
Its awesome and the only ones that matter anyway.
6 is the worst....ugh.

 

[artanis_neravar]

I read an article somewhere where a guy showed the movies to his kids who had never seen any of them. The order he did it in was interesting, namely he started with 4 & 5, then went back and watched 1, 2 & 3, before finishing off with 6. I think the idea was that by intercutting 5 & 6 to show the prequels helped give an understanding of the scale and scope of the story, and made the Reveal at the end of 5 and Vader's redemption at the end of 6 all the more powerful. Granted, that idea probably works better for kids who know literally nothing about Star Wars, but I'm just saying it might be an idea.

Also, if you're a Star Wars fan showing the movies to a newcomer, a little advice; don't use it as an oppurtunity to spew the innevitable "OMG Lucas raped mah chidhood" rethoric that you guys are so used to wallowing in when discussing the prequels/special editions/whatever the latest travesty du jour is. I can guarantee that your friend/s won't appreciate it.

You sir(madam?) have now supplied the only way I am going to show people the Star Wars movies from now, and also the order in which all of my marathons shall take place.

456 123, easily.

There's just so much disjointed character development between 123 and 456 that she'd honestly be asking why Vader seems more awesome than he did when he was in 123 and why Obi-Wan is more wise and respectable than in 123.

Or, you could, you know, tell her the prequels aren't worth watching.

Maybe they grew in the twenty years between the trilogies?

4, 5, 6... and preferrably old, original cuts with as little as possible Lucass-hattery as possible. If you own the splendid Bluray, overdub the NOOOOOO with silence and claim technical issues to be the cause of it.

If she likes the franchise up to that point, it's up to you to decide if you want to support the revisionist golden cashcow stance and risk ruining everything and shattering a dream or two in the process. I personally have issues with calling 4, 5, 6 anything but 1, 2, 3 and the only reason I'd buy any more copies of the new crap are to destroy them. I kept that multi-channel laserdisc for a little while, because it made me buy more speakers and another amp and more cables and I enjoyed that for a little while. In the end, I think that even if someone doesn't outright despise and hate on the prequels, having a brilliant trilogy end after six feature-film length episodes with a somewhat handsome guy getting thrown into the fiery pits of what could very well be hell doesn't usually leave me in a happy mood.

I prefer to have a big party, without any revisionist additions fumbled into it some twenty years after.

So you are saying 1,2,3,4,5,6?

 

[artanis_neravar]

Seriously you can NOT start with the new episodes (1,2,3) or else you will be spoiling the fuck out of the originals (4,5,6). Why would you do that? Who even voted for it to be that way?

4,5,6,1,2,3 just as GOD INTENDED.

Yes because the whole world doesn't know and horribly misquote the plot twist of Empire. (Seriously people, it's "No, I am your father." not Luke, I am your father.")

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

So you are saying 1,2,3,4,5,6?

No, I think that would be (very) wrong.

4, 5, 6 as a younger, less spaced out George Lucas intended or at least managed to deliver - back when he was not yet talking to the mushroom people living in his belly button.

Then, and only if you think it makes sense, get some prequel backstory goodness that still feels like fan-fiction to me from 1, 2, 3. SEE! Anakin Skywalker race the creatures from P. T. Barnum's amazing freakshow! SEE! the kid who will be Darth Vader! SEE! assorted other Darths, now with horns and stuff! If 4, 5, 6 are old ladies magically staying beautiful and forever young even though George Herbert West Lucas keeps giving them unwarranted facelifts and silicone injections, 1, 2, 3 are the slutty underage whores caked in make-up and dunked in a bathtub of Clive Christian Imperial Majesty Perfume for Women every morning because George really loves pimping it out.

Even though the Mad Monk Lucas who even managed to ruin Indiana Jones repeatedly stated that the original Star Wars films didn't turn out the way he wanted because of fincancial/technical/mental restraints, they are what they are. Imagine a world where everyone would go back and fumble around with their iconic work. To me, that's like painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa or peeing in your glass of excellent posh champagne. It's childish and immature and I just won't have any of it.

 

[artanis_neravar]

So you are saying 1,2,3,4,5,6?

No, I think that would be (very) wrong.

4, 5, 6 as a younger, less spaced out George Lucas intended or at least managed to deliver - back when he was not yet talking to the mushroom people living in his belly button.

Then, and only if you think it makes sense, get some prequel backstory goodness that still feels like fan-fiction to me from 1, 2, 3. SEE! Anakin Skywalker race the creatures from P. T. Barnum's amazing freakshow! SEE! the kid who will be Darth Vader! SEE! assorted other Darths, now with horns and stuff! If 4, 5, 6 are old ladies magically staying beautiful and forever young even though George Herbert West Lucas keeps giving them unwarranted facelifts and silicone injections, 1, 2, 3 are the slutty underage whores caked in make-up and dunked in a bathtub of Clive Christian Imperial Majesty Perfume for Women every morning because George really loves pimping it out.

Even though the Mad Monk Lucas who even managed to ruin Indiana Jones repeatedly stated that the original Star Wars films didn't turn out the way he wanted because of fincancial/technical/mental restraints, they are what they are. Imagine a world where everyone would go back and fumble around with their iconic work. To me, that's like painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa or peeing in your glass of excellent posh champagne. It's childish and immature and I just won't have any of it.

And insulting George Lucas and his work is adult and mature? Mark Hamil did a rather bad job of acting in the original trilogy, C3PO was just as annoying as Jar Jar, there was that awkwardly done subplot of Leia being Luke's sister, the terrible light saber battles, and a series of terrible plot twists.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

And insulting George Lucas and his work is adult and mature? Mark Hamil did a rather bad job of acting in the original trilogy, C3PO was just as annoying as Jar Jar, there was that awkwardly done subplot of Leia being Luke's sister, the terrible light saber battles, and a series of terrible plot twists.

Aye, but despite all those (forgettable) flaws, we still all love the original three movies for their entertainment and inspirational value of goodness, don't we?

Yeah, I might have gotten a bit carried away there. Still, I stick to my view as changing it would mean to be dishonest. I still love the first three movies, and own them on virtually every format from VHS to Laserdisc. I was looking forward to Bluray, but since I am soup nazi when it comes to revisionist moviemakers, it is off limits to me.

The new ones, to me, are on the same level as the TV Series. made-up backstory, more entertainment from the amazing Star Wars universe, but delivered in a minty pickle surprise prequel, which still means but dessert served as entrée.

Aren't we all but Justin Biebers in the face of Yoda?

 

[OneCatch]

4,5,6,1,2,3

I recently introduced my girlfriend to Star Wars in that order, and after the prequel trilogy she said that if we'd watched phantom menace and AOTC first, she'd have refused to watch any of the others lol.
Downside is that after Empire, you have to say "It all goes downhill from here; who's up for another 7 hours?"

EDIT: Just consulted my girlfriend. She reckons you should watch 3,4,5,6 and pretend the first two don't exist.

 

[Raddra]

4, 5, 6. Tell her there aren't any others, it's better that way.

This.

Original trilogy only.

 

[Ragnarok185]

1,2,3,4,5,6.

It's better that way because then she won't so harsh and blinded by fangirlism to hate prequels. episode 1 was my first time watching star wars and I loved it.

 

[artanis_neravar]

And insulting George Lucas and his work is adult and mature? Mark Hamil did a rather bad job of acting in the original trilogy, C3PO was just as annoying as Jar Jar, there was that awkwardly done subplot of Leia being Luke's sister, the terrible light saber battles, and a series of terrible plot twists.

Aye, but despite all those (forgettable) flaws, we still all love the original three movies for their entertainment and inspirational value of goodness, don't we?

Yeah, I might have gotten a bit carried away there. Still, I stick to my view as changing it would mean to be dishonest. I still love the first three movies, and own them on virtually every format from VHS to Laserdisc. I was looking forward to Bluray, but since I am soup nazi when it comes to revisionist moviemakers, it is off limits to me.

The new ones, to me, are on the same level as the TV Series. made-up backstory, more entertainment from the amazing Star Wars universe, but delivered in a minty pickle surprise prequel, which still means but dessert served as entrée.

Aren't we all but Justin Biebers in the face of Yoda?

The thing is, it's nostalgia. Everyone is so up tight about things changing from what they loved as a kid that they immediately hate the new ones. Now don't get me wrong I hated 1, but only because that kid was an even worse actor than the kid who played Eragon, 2 was good, not great but good. 3 was amazing, 4 was pretty good, better than 2, not as good as 3, 5 was worse than 4, with the single exception of of the luke vader fight, and 6 was the best of them all. (so basically in increasing awesome - 1,2,4,5,3,6)

 

[Nalbis]

Because of my age, 4,5,6,1,2,3. But I answered the poll specifically for you so 1,2,3,4,5,6 especially if you've got them all on Bluray. I hope you enjoy them all as much as I did!