Should you watch the Star Wars movies in numerical order, or released order? Neither – Use machete order: IV, V, II, III, VI
http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2011/11/11/the-star-wars-saga-suggested-viewing-order/
There are two obvious options for watching the Star Wars saga.
- Release Order – Watch the films in the order they came out, recreating your experience with the films for someone new to them.
- Episode Order – Watch the films in the order George Lucas intends, starting with Episode I and going straight through to Episode VI
There are two critical flaws with both of these orders, unfortunately, that prevent either from being appropriate.
~ Rod Hilton from, The Star Wars Saga: Introducing Machete Order
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Turns out both of those options suck.
Numerical order, (as Lucas’ suggests,) wrecks the greatest movie reveal in history by spending 3 movies explaining it. And release order is also no good because… well… go. read. machete. order.
Seriously. I can’t do Rod’s article justice without quoting the whole thing.
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