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In what order should my child watch the Star Wars movies?
I caught the end of Star Wars: Episode III on HBO the other day and I started thinking...
I have a three month old daughter (see the baby thread). When she is old enough to appreciate Star Wars, should I have her watch the series the way I experienced it (4-6, 1-3), or straight through in order? The obvious advantage to watching 1 through 6 is that it is chronological, so she can watch the story develop. But, there is something to be said for the way we all saw it. The original is classic and can stand on its own. Some of the most legendary characters of the last thirty years are developed in 4 through 6. To me, the fun of watching the new Star Wars movies is seeing how everything I already knew about came to be. I am leaning towards having her watch them the way I experienced them. What say you, Lounge? |
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Re: In what order should my child watch the Star Wars movies?
hahaha....this is a good question...
I think people who haven't seen Star Wars yet should watch it in the original order they came out, not in chronological order. |
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Re: In what order should my child watch the Star Wars movies?
The answer is release date, obviously. Watching them chronologically has few benefits.
Benefits for release date: New Hope was easily the "essence" of Star Wars for me. The "shock" (while she may not get it) is ruined chronologically. The story develops better Old School then Chronologically I think. This might just be opinion though. Anyhow, I don't think there is any benefit for chronological that isn't very very small. |
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Re: In what order should my child watch the Star Wars movies?
such a hard choice really, i have yet to vote. both have their merits. an experiment is truly in order.
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Re: In what order should my child watch the Star Wars movies?
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I caught the end of Star Wars: Episode III on HBO the other day and I started thinking... I have a three month old daughter (see the baby thread). When she is old enough to appreciate Star Wars, should I have her watch the series the way I experienced it (4-6, 1-3), or straight through in order? The obvious advantage to watching 1 through 6 is that it is chronological, so she can watch the story develop. But, there is something to be said for the way we all saw it. The original is classic and can stand on its own. Some of the most legendary characters of the last thirty years are developed in 4 through 6. To me, the fun of watching the new Star Wars movies is seeing how everything I already knew about came to be. I am leaning towards having her watch them the way I experienced them. What say you, Lounge? [/ QUOTE ] Watching them chronologically puts the worst movie up front - she may never watch the others. Whether that outcome is considered positive or negative I leave to you. |
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Watching them chronologically puts the worst movie up front - she may never watch the others. [/ QUOTE ] Actually, if she's really young she might think #1 is the best. I definitely remember leaving that movie thinking a toddler would love it. I voted 'old school'. I've actually spent some time thinking about this myself. The Darth Vader revelation in Empire is what seals it for me. Plus, there's some jokes/lines they put into Eps 1-3 that become better after you've seen 4-6 ("Have the protocol droid's memory wiped", "So uncivilized", etc) |
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Plus, there's some jokes/lines they put into Eps 1-3 that become better after you've seen 4-6 ("Have the protocol droid's memory wiped", "So uncivilized", etc) [/ QUOTE ] In addition to 4-6 just being much better movies, this is the clincher. There are a number of references and in-jokes in 1-3 that refer to 4-6... clearly Lucas et al expected everyone who saw 1-3 would have already seen 4-6. |
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Re: In what order should my child watch the Star Wars movies?
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[ QUOTE ] I caught the end of Star Wars: Episode III on HBO the other day and I started thinking... I have a three month old daughter (see the baby thread). When she is old enough to appreciate Star Wars, should I have her watch the series the way I experienced it (4-6, 1-3), or straight through in order? The obvious advantage to watching 1 through 6 is that it is chronological, so she can watch the story develop. But, there is something to be said for the way we all saw it. The original is classic and can stand on its own. Some of the most legendary characters of the last thirty years are developed in 4 through 6. To me, the fun of watching the new Star Wars movies is seeing how everything I already knew about came to be. I am leaning towards having her watch them the way I experienced them. What say you, Lounge? [/ QUOTE ] Watching them chronologically puts the worst movie up front - she may never watch the others. Whether that outcome is considered positive or negative I leave to you. [/ QUOTE ] This was my first thought. Even if she decides to keep watching, she may be so biased against them at that point that the movies become unenjoyable. Jar-jar could ruin everything for you if you go in 1-6 order. |
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Re: In what order should my child watch the Star Wars movies?
Good points by all so far. I think the best two in favor of "Old School" order are a) the "I am your father" revelation is greatly diminished going chronologically, and b) the worst movie is first if you go chronologically (although I don't HATE it).
My baby does love colorful, flashy lights, so I have no doubt she'd like saber duels if I had her watch the movies right now. I think it will be quite a while until I sit her down to watch Star Wars. In the meantime, her first TV fascination has been football...daddy's little girl all the way. |
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a) the "I am your father" revelation is greatly diminished going chronologically [/ QUOTE ] You also lose out on the subtle references and ironies in 1-3 by not knowing this. Lori |
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