Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

ray_afraid said:
Back on topic, ruining the surprises of later episodes is like reading a book that begins by telling you how things will end and then proceeds to tell the story as if nothing was said.

In all fairness, it is possible to do this, but it requires extreme cleverness. The TV series "Columbo" worked this way... you saw the murder take place and knew who the murderer was, then you watched Columbo solve it. But there were always surprises, and there was always the mystery of how he was going to solve the case.

yeah, it's possible and not even uncommon really. That's why I said "...and then proceeds to tell the rest of the story as if nothing was said". To pull off this storytelling style, you gotta keep in mind that the audience already knows what is usually the big mystery of the story and then make the story of how it all ended up that way unexpected and thrilling. When watching Star Wars from 1-6, there are no surprises. It's obvious early on by his words and actions that Annikin will fall to the darkside, which I guess was supposed to be the big unexpected turn of events in the PT. By the time we get to the OT and meet Luke, we already know more about him than he does and all the secrets of his parentage are already gone. So the big unexpected turn in Empire isn't unexpected at all.