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In what way I should watch a Star Wars Marathon? — Page 7

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People still are looking into this thing? Jeez. We already finished it before TFA. (December 10), but feel free to tell other users the viewing order of Star Wars.

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Trooperman37 said:

I would think:
-Star Wars (original cut)
-Empire Strikes Back (original cut)
-Return of the Jedi (original cut)
-Caravan of Courage
-Battle for Endor
-The Force Awakens

If you wanted to do an alternate-quality marathon, you could try:
-The Phantom Menace
-Attack of the Clones
-Revenge of the Sith
-The Holiday Special

Each set you’ll notice has its own flavor. Namely, one set is good and another is not so good, or rather, bad.

Your first set puts the best movies first, while your second set puts the best movie last. While I can appreciate the concept of a “worst of the worst” Star Wars marathon, you’ve got to put that sort of marathon in order of quality so that you can bail out at any point, knowing it would have only gotten worse if you’d kept watching.

So I’d recommend going straight chronological on that one too, so that you have the chance to hear Leia sing, but have the option to quit before the marathon hits rock bottom with ROTS.

Project Threepio (Star Wars OOT subtitles)

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My new viewing order:

  • Star Wars
  • The Star Wars Holiday Special (optional)
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Return of the Jedi (optional)
  • Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (optional)
  • Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (optional)
  • The Force Awakens (optional)
  • The Phantom Menace (Heineken?)
  • Attack of the Clones (Fuck that shit!)
  • Revenge of the Sith (Pabst Blue Ribbon!)
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So did he ever watch that marathon?

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CatBus said:

Trooperman37 said:

I would think:
-Star Wars (original cut)
-Empire Strikes Back (original cut)
-Return of the Jedi (original cut)
-Caravan of Courage
-Battle for Endor
-The Force Awakens

If you wanted to do an alternate-quality marathon, you could try:
-The Phantom Menace
-Attack of the Clones
-Revenge of the Sith
-The Holiday Special

Each set you’ll notice has its own flavor. Namely, one set is good and another is not so good, or rather, bad.

Your first set puts the best movies first, while your second set puts the best movie last. While I can appreciate the concept of a “worst of the worst” Star Wars marathon, you’ve got to put that sort of marathon in order of quality so that you can bail out at any point, knowing it would have only gotten worse if you’d kept watching.

So I’d recommend going straight chronological on that one too, so that you have the chance to hear Leia sing, but have the option to quit before the marathon hits rock bottom with ROTS.

That the Star Wars prequels are all worse than the Holiday Special is a position I’m not willing to take yet.

Jar-Jar is the Emperor in the extra special edition of ROTJ (scenes 1, 3, and then 6 to the end).

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Trooperman37 said:

That the Star Wars prequels are all worse than the Holiday Special is a position I’m not willing to take yet.

Then you’re not willing to take the truth.

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The Prequels are more “offensive” than the Holiday Special but at least they’re somewhat watchable.

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Lord Haseo said:

The Prequels are more “offensive” than the Holiday Special but at least they’re somewhat watchable.

Ditto. I mean, look at this:

Also, some of the ads aired were surprisingly risqué:

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Lord Haseo said:

The Prequels are more “offensive” than the Holiday Special but at least they’re somewhat watchable.

The Holiday Special improves with moderate drinking, which is a significant point in its favor. I don’t think anyone has yet been able to determine a suitable amount of alcohol required to watch a prequel, but it’s possible you’d need to jump straight to heroin. Or arsenic.

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Episode 1 is boring, 2 is not that great, but I really like 3. In fact, I probably watched it too much. Holiday Special is just hard to take tho. I don’t really drink so I have to take it straight. You kinda watch it for the cameos of the old characters. Kinda like TFA except TFA has alot more to offer besides the old character cameos.

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MathUser said:

I really like 3. In fact, I probably watched it too much.

If you watched it twice, you watched it too much.

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Even the backstroke of the west dub?