Should the sequel trilogy spoil the OT?

This is a strange question, but it’s been nagging at me for a couple of days. I know, since TFA, episode VIII, and episode IX are AFTER the OT, they would give reveal some info (e.g. Vader revealing himself as Luke’s dad, and Leia being Luke’s sister), but I’m questioning if they should be in there at all.

I’m asking this because of this question: “In what order do you watch the SW films?” Everyone’s got their own way, but if you watch the movies from TPM to ROTJ for the first time, you wouldn’t be shocked by the reveals in the OT, since you’ve already seen their origins happen in the prequels. If future SW fans watch the movies, they would more than likely watched the sequels first, and if the future sequels reveal as much as in TFA, the reaction would be the same as if you watched the prequels before the OT.

Again, this is strange question, maybe downright silly. The sequels do need content from the OT to make sense of their own story, and it can require a lot of it, but can it be done while keeping the mystery of the OT? Or am I just rambling nonsense?

P.S. Please don’t spoil Rogue One for me. I haven’t seen it yet.

Handman said:

The OT relies on itself to build its story, so it should be seen first at all costs. The sequels, and even Rogue One, rely on the OT to continue that story and work as well as they do. For that reason, I don’t think it’s important for the sequel trilogy not to spoil any OT twists, it’s a continuation of that story, the revelations have already been made. I want to know how these characters deal with those revelations, heck they can even be made new again to the new characters. I don’t think it’s important to maintain any mystery revealed in the OT. The prequels, on the other hand, are another story.

I agree more or less. It’d be hard to continue the Skywalker storyline in the ST without talking about the reveals made in the OT.

Wannabe Scholar said:

If future SW fans watch the movies, they would more than likely watched the sequels first.

Why?

DominicCobb said:

This is too much. Just watch in release order. Simple as that.

This is also my thought on the whole thing.

DominicCobb said:

This is too much. Just watch in release order. Simple as that.

Minus the prequels…

Will anyone give a rat’s ass about the PT ten years from now if the ST concludes successfully?

Handman said:

DominicCobb said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

DominicCobb said:

This is too much. Just watch in release order. Simple as that.

Minus the prequels…

Will anyone give a rat’s ass about the PT ten years from now if the ST concludes successfully?

Does anyone give a rat’s ass about the PT now?

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Sequels are supposed to spoil their predecessors. Sequels are created to build upon prior material.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Wannabe Scholar said:

If future SW fans watch the movies, they would more than likely watched the sequels first.

Why?

Okay, not more than likely. I only thought that because there are SW fans (ones who grew up with the PT) who would suggest to watch the PT before the OT, and I thought SW fans who grew up with the ST would suggest people to watch the ST before either PT or OT.

Like I said, this subject is downright silly, but it was bothering me for a bit. Guess I wanted to bounce this off someone else to see what they think. Now, I know I was rambling nonsense.

TV’s Frink said:

Anchorhead said:

Movies should be watched in the order in which they were made.

Kind of a blanket statement there, one I disagree with. If I ever get a new life and have time to watch a ton of movies in a row, I’m going RO > ANH > ESB > ROTJ > TFA. I’m also going to watch the Hobbit trilogy first and the LOTR trilogy second.

Someone seeing something for the first time is a different situation, I’ll grant that.

Right. While I agree at this point, watching SW after RO works really well, I’m not sure I’d have gotten everything out of it had I not already been really familiar with SW. I would have enjoyed it, no doubt. But certain things, like fully appreciating the cameos of Vader, Tarkin, etc., I think require having seen at least SW if not the OT.