to celebrate the anniversary of the firing of three very mean former teachers of mine every may 17th, here's how I do it:

5 days before: The Phantom Menace
4 days before: Attack of the Clones
3 days before: Revenge of the SITH (one of the ONLY times the prequels are watched streight through)
2 days before: A New Hope (OCP's Classic edition)
1 day before: The Empire strikes back (2004 official version)
the day itself: Return of the Jedi (OCP's classic edition), followed immediately by the "Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria" segment of Walt Disney's "Fantasia"