Poll: First Time Star Wars watcher

[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!