CO said:
I was thinking about this thread when the ST is finished. I actually think 4,5,6,1,2,3,7,8,9.
Now many would argue if you are going to start with 4,5,6 then you should go right into 7,8,9 then 1,2,3. But my reasoning for this is after watching 4,5,6, episode 7 takes place 30 years after. So by going back and watching 1,2,3, and then when you watch Episode 7, it will feel like a much longer time gap since you have seen Episode 6, which will jive better with seeing the characters much older now.
I hope that makes sense?
Using the logic that the last movie in a trilogy is a letdown, and considering that 8 will probably be better than JJ's 7, my recommendation for the 9 part saga would be episodes 2,3,1,9,6,7,8,5,4. I'm taking a wild guess that at least some of the ST will be better than ROTJ, but this ordering should guarantee that each movie will be better than the last.