Star Wars!

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

I have never seen any of them!! what order should they be watched in?

Bob in Belfast

Start with the most recent one and go backwards.

:rolleyes:

johnny_ultimate

Chronologically: Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi.

However, probably better to watch in order of release: A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith.

Just be prepared for a jarring drop in quality if you go for the latter option when you get to Phantom Menace Although I still somewhat enjoy Revenge of the Sith, but still nothing on the originals.

mike65

They should not be watched unless you really feel that, culturally, you'll be missing out on something important. Don't watch Episodes 1,2,3. Start with Episode 4 (Star Wars 1977) and onwards.

/Retires to a safe distance

Mike.

ps is it possible to reach enough height to type at a PC and not have seen a Star Wars film?

humanji

To be honest, if you haven't seen them, you're quite likely to hate them. The original trilogy is the best way to start (Episodes 4-6) but bare in mind most things about it are terrible and most people (myself included) love it because they were brought up watching it. Maybe get drunk first and you'll enjoy them more.

Oh, and there's a special level in hell reserved for child molesters and people who haven't seen star wars!

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

thanks, i was wondering should i look at them in order of release or from episode 1 onwards

monkeyfudge

Episode 1 - 3 are some of the worst films ever made. Best to avoid them altogether and forget they ever happened.

BlitzKrieg

Episode 4: (A new Hope) Will feel very corny and probably a bit predictable, but if you like a good old adventure film then you have a good chance of enjoying it.

Episode 5: (empire Strikes back Most likely will have its Big Twist already ruined on you without you knowing, but aside from that its the best of the lot.

Episode 6 (Return of the Jedi) Carries on nicely enough from 5, wraps things up, but a very childish element gets added which you might hate or you could bare it.


Episode 1 (the Phantom Menace) Is very very childish in its script...horrendously bad. But it does have the best choreographed fight scene (not the best overall) in all the films. Its even more childish then Jedi and its much slower moving plotwise then any of the other films. Also the worse character in the series is introduced

Episode 2 (Attack of the Clones) Is a complete mess storyline wise, the script is still a childish mess (but the dialogue is nowhere near as horrible as Phantom) and the fight scenes though bigger and shinier then any of the rest feel really boring because its just alot of cgi moving really really fast. Be warned the image looks really really weird when compared to the rest in this one because they start using digital cameras at this film and the technology really wasnt ready so everything looks like a cartoon or airbrushed (or both)

Episode 3 (Revenge of the Sith) Looks alot better, but the dialogue goes back to being a horrible mess, its shockingly even more childish then the prior two films, characters which have up to this point been fantastic are destroyed and made into a mess and everything the series has been building upto is so badly handled that it falls flat on its face.

To make matters worse, there are a series of absolutly fantastic animated shorts called the clone wars that lead into episode 3 which are amazing. From the maker of Samurai Jack (Gendy Tarkosky sp?)


So yeah watch the original 3 (4,5,6) Dont risk the others unless you really liked the originals, cause the prequels are really bad and it takes a really big star wars fan to swollow them.

robby^5

I think people are fairly harsh on the first 3 star wars films tbh. As space opera they're pretty decent films, of course very much kid-orientated, and when compared to the original trilogy...well they cant compare really.

Ok-ish films, bad star wars films.

monkeyfudge

I think it's the other way around. They're only looked on somewhat favourably because they are Star Wars films and have light sabers and the force in them.

If they'd been released as anything else other than Star Wars films they would have flopped tremendously.

Full_Circle

Itzayana Straight Tiling wrote: »

I have never seen any of them!! what order should they be watched in?

I'm always surprised when people admit to never having seem them before, considering how the original trilogy used to be on the telly SO much :eek: But do yourself a favour and avoid the prequel trilogy completely (Episodes I - III). The acting and dialogue in them is just so painfully bad that watching them may actually cause you some kind of physical or mental illness......

The original trilogy is lots of fun and can be enjoyed on its own without any prior knowledge or viewing of the prequels. The only thing that you'd be forced to sacrifice is the brilliant Clone Wars animated series, which bridges Episodes II & III. As excellent as it is, its not worth sitting through those disgraceful prequels for!!

My name is Todd

My advice would be to watch them from episode I onwards. This way you get the worst one out of the way first and eventually build up to the best one (Empire Strikes Back), which is the second last film.
It's an absolute necessity that you watch the whole six episodes, just to get a good understanding of the whole saga (although I think Lucas may have been making it up as he went on long around episode I and II).
Episode III is a good film by any standards. You will cringe quite a lot during each film but it's worth it.

There are plenty of cringe elements in the LOTR trilogy, for example, which I'm only beginning to really notice now, so if liked LOTR (?) I'm sure you'll like Star Wars.

L31mr0d

Personally, i've never seen the original 3 in entirety. I've seen bits and pieces of each when they where on around xmas but if you showed me a scene from one of them I couldn't tell you which movie it belonged to.

In saying that i've seen all of the new 3, watched the Clone wars series and played nearly every computer game with "Star Wars" in the title.

I guess i've never really gotten around to watching them, as the ending was ruined for me long before I ever had a chance of watching them.

Pigman II

Contraversely I think all six of them are some of the greatest movies ever made. Technically magnificent, exciting stories filled with great action set-pieces, worthwhile lessons in morality and some the most colourful and imaginative characters and settings you will ever see outside of an animated setting.

Like 99% of people I used to be a great believer that the OT (original trilogy) were far superior to the PT (prequel trilogy) but with time I came to see how they are not so far apart in quality. Maybe that means the OT isn't as good as I once believed or the PT is better than the public give it credit for but I feel all six hold together as a steady whole. A great achievement considering the amount time passed between the two halves.

However, ironically despite all this praise I'm lauding on the movies I have to say OP that I wouldn't recommend them to you to watch! You have to understand that basically have to watch these films as a child in order to get the most out them. They were specifically designed for 10 year olds and that is why so many of todays adult population love the OT and dislike the prequels. They're not a kid anymore and instead of acknowledging this fact they instead subconciously decide it is not them who has change but instead the movies! Interestingly they react exactly the same way to the PT as adults I know who have only watched the OT for the first time as adults.

Anyway, this is why I wouldn't recommend you to start with any episode. Anyone I've recommended these movies to (OT only) in the past always came away disappointed because in reality were no longer at the point in their lives when they were meant to watch these movies. They had missed the boat.

But OP if you are determined to watch them then you should definetly watch them in the order they were released theatrically ie 4,5,6,1,2,3.

Danger_Dave

Personally id watch Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith first.After seeing all the new ones, I watched the new hope onwards, and although the "New" ones were not great at all, the one thing they do is, add to the story of the originals.

The Fight in a New Hope is great when you think about all the back story in the new movies.


P.S The New ones are shiny , so if your new to the franchise and not a fanboy like me and other people, you'll enjoy them for being action movies.

Tusky

Although the originally trilogy are much much better in my opinion I would watch them chronologically. You are probably one of the very few people in the world to get a chance to do that, so take it! Only problem is the lightsaber battles in the older ones (4,5,6) will look quite tame compared to the prequels.

faceman

Start with the original start wars (or episode 4 as its now known as)

Dont bother with the 3 prequels as they only appeal to those of us who have the childhood fondness of the series.

After watching the flicks, then watch Family guy: Blue harvest. Great homage/spoof of episode 4.

Galvasean

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Episode 1 - 3 are some of the worst films ever made. Best to avoid them altogether and forget they ever happened.

Quoted for great truth.