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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
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Originally posted by: bad_karma24
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Well, that's the point. No matter what Lucas claims, the films aren't meant to be watched in numerical order. It totally ruins it. I've said it many times, but the prequels exist solely to fill out the originals. Technically, they're part of the expanded universe, because they expand on the real story.

What may I ask is the "real" story? Not to be rude... but Star Wars never actually happened. As far as I'm concerned, if Lucas wrote it, it "happened" as far as the movies go.

I'm not trying to say that Star Wars is real, or that the prequels didn't exist. I'm just saying that the real or main story is what happens in the original trilogy. The prequels are simply a backstory, exposition that exists simply because all stories have to have it. But in order for a story to exist, you don't necessarily have to know all the backstory. In fact, it sometimes hurts the story if you know everything right off the bat. And that's why the prequels should not be watched first. And my comment about it being expanded universe also does not imply that it should not be considered canon (I personally think a lot of it shouldn't be considered canon, but I'm not stating it as fact) because it does what expanded universe types of stories do: it takes the real or main story and... expands on it!