This is my first time watching any Star Wars content. From what I understand and remember I should be watching it in chronological order and I should only watch I-VI since from what I heard that those are the only ones that are actually worth a watch.

Main question

For the original trilogy I’ve decided to watch the 4K77, 4k80, and 4k83 v1.0 no DNR but I want to know what is the the definitive way to watch the prequels so I wanted to ask which Blu-ray release or fan edit or any release should I look for?

Sorry if I’m asking the wrong community, but I saw a post before in a Star Wars community and it doesn’t look like there was much discussion on it.

  • lattrommi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    First watch these:

    • Star Wars Holiday Special
    • The Ewok Adventure
    • Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

    When you have finished those, you should be filled with hate and suffering. You will welcome the dark side. Now you are ready.

    Start watching

    • The Phantom Menace.

    Stop watching before the pod race ends.

    Play the videogame

    • Star Wars: Pod Racer.

    Crash the first pod race, killing little Anakin.

    Congratulations!

    You’ve stopped the evil Sith lords from rising to power. You’ve saved the Ewoks. You’ve saved Jarjar. Balance in the universe remains balanced. You truly are one with the force. You are ready for the light side.

    Watch

    • Clone Wars

    The animated series that aired on Cartoon Network. Not “The Clone Wars”!!! That’s different. Don’t watch that one. It sucks. You want the one made by Genddy Tartakovski, known for his masterpieces, Samurai Jack and Dexter’s Laboratory and his pivotal work in the series The Powerpuff Girls.

    You wont need to watch anything else.

    You wont want to watch anything else.

    Ever.

  • cattywampas@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Watch in release order. This is the way they were written so it will make the most sense as a first time viewer.

    You will hear about the Machete order if you research Star Wars viewing orders, but this is best for subsequent watches.

    Aside from the OT and PT, the projects I recommend are the Clone Wars series (it’s a lot though), Rogue One, Andor, and the Mandalorian.

    Kenobi was meh but had some really good moments.

    Watch the sequel trilogy once if you must, but I think they’re pretty bad and forgettable.

  • klu9@lemmy.caEnglish
    0·
    2 months ago

    Ctrl+f: “holiday special” - Phrase not found.

    This thread epic fail.

      • klu9@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        It is the single best demonstration of the damage cocaine does to people. Before there was “this is your brain on drugs”, there was the Star Wars Holiday Special.

        Watch it with your children so that they think “Holy crap, if this is what people come up with on coke, I never want to even try the stuff!”

  • FaceDeer@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    I’m a fan of the Machete Order.

    There may be some spoilers in that blog post, it’s been a while since I read it, so here it is in summary:

    • A New Hope (4)
    • Empire Strikes Back (5)
    • Attack of the Clones (2)
    • Revenge of the Sith (3)
    • Return of the Jedi (5)

    Phantom Menace is omitted because it’s the weakest of the prequel trilogy and everything that happens in it is summarized at the beginning of Attack of the Clones anyway. If you want to be a completionist then watch it between Empire Strikes Back and Attack of the Clones.

    There’s good reasons for following this order, but it’s hard to describe them without spoiling anything. Basically, Lucas assumed you’d watched the original trilogy when he made the prequels, so it’s got a bunch of spoilers in it that the Machete Order preserves quite nicely.