Mrebo said:

Cuchulainn said:

ReallyPuggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Cuchulainn said:

I'm not sure that it's such a big deal as the prequels are intended to be watched after the OT. Either that or Lucas is an even shittier writer than I thought.

I believe that Lucas has indicated that his intent is for PT movies to be viewed before the OT. So as to your second sentence, QED.

Really? Jesus, he hasn't a clue, has he?

Good read on that here.

That link pretty much sums up what I was going to say.

he will always insist that its meant to be viewed in numerical order. Just as he will always insist that this was meant to be one big saga. Of course it doesn't work because of how the movies are written and filmed.

Even before TPM came out, I would have thought of the PT as a companion piece to the OT. And its kinda cool to go back in time, especially for the most storied movie series ever. A lot of us felt that way. And if you watch these movies, it doesn't take much to realize lucas was mindful of the fact everyone already saw the OT. Besides the ESB reveal, thereare scores of other examples - just look at how the force is not really explained in detail until the OT. And why? because there wouldn't be a need to. Apologists say "well, thats because yoda and obi-wan lost their ways and it took them 20 years to rediscover the force".

I heard one interesting point that Lucas was able to get away with this 'expanded-saga' idea because alec guiness gave the impression he was not being entirely truthful when telling Luke about anakin's death. Maybe so, but the way he handled Padme's death in ROTS given what was said in ROTJ just shows me he flat out does not give a shit about storytelling, period.

If 456123 does not work, I guess frink and 005 has the next best idea. but instead of 451236, i would take it a step further and say 45 6(up to luke meeting vader on endor) 123 (minus padme's death) and then back to 6 ;P