Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[MrJoeKalel]

Originally Posted by PrestigeWorldwide

For a SW marathon, I'd rather just do IV, V, III, & VI. Keep the cream of the crop and only see what you really need to see for the backstory. Plus, I don't think I can stomach watching the "romance" scenes in Ep II again.

I enjoy Obi-Wan being a 'detective' (showing another side of Jedis), as well as Kamino and the final battle. Yes, I can do without the bland 'romance scenes'. Otherwise, this is very entertaining.

Now, the only difficult thing is picking a few Clone Wars episodes to watch between II and III.

[JJ]

Originally Posted by MrJoeKalel

I enjoy Obi-Wan being a 'detective' (showing another side of Jedis), as well as Kamino and the final battle. Yes, I can do without the bland 'romance scenes'. Otherwise, this is very entertaining.

Now, the only difficult thing is picking a few Clone Wars episodes to watch between II and III.

Someone please do research into this!

Mr Joe has a point, and Im now debating it on Twitter. lol.

[Monkey_Boy]

Originally Posted by PrestigeWorldwide

For a SW marathon, I'd rather just do IV, V, III, & VI. Keep the cream of the crop and only see what you really need to see for the backstory. Plus, I don't think I can stomach watching the "romance" scenes in Ep II again.

I suggest getting some friends together who love the Hell outta some "Star Wars", and watch the Saga with them! Every year, since "Revenge of the Sith" was released to DVD, a few friends and I get together and watch 'em I-VI. All in one sitting. From 8-9am to around 1 or 2am (depending on the lengths of the breaks in between episodes) it is "Star Wars Day"!

I have to say that it's my favorite day of the year. We have discussions about our favorite characters and plot points. At the same time, we also make fun of and laugh at the ridiculous parts. Not one second am I bored during that day. I like following Palpy's rise to power, which begins in "The Phantom Menace". This actually makes every PT episode important! That's the way I watch "Star Wars" anyway.

[PrestigeWorldwide]

Originally Posted by MrJoeKalel

I enjoy Obi-Wan being a 'detective' (showing another side of Jedis), as well as Kamino and the final battle. Yes, I can do without the bland 'romance scenes'. Otherwise, this is very entertaining.

Now, the only difficult thing is picking a few Clone Wars episodes to watch between II and III.

True, and it would be a shame to skip Yoda's fight at the end of II considering we rarely get to see him in action.

[PrestigeWorldwide]

Originally Posted by Monkey_Boy

I suggest getting some friends together who love the Hell outta some "Star Wars", and watch the Saga with them! Every year, since "Revenge of the Sith" was released to DVD, a few friends and I get together and watch 'em I-VI. All in one sitting. From 8-9am to around 1 or 2am (depending on the lengths of the breaks in between episodes) it is "Star Wars Day"!

I have to say that it's my favorite day of the year. We have discussions about our favorite characters and plot points. At the same time, we also make fun of and laugh at the ridiculous parts. Not one second am I bored during that day. I like following Palpy's rise to power, which begins in "The Phantom Menace". This actually makes every PT episode important! That's the way I watch "Star Wars" anyway.

I would love to do something like that when my son gets older. He's 3 so it'll be a couple more years at least and I'm sure he'll appreciate the PT more than I do.

[saprano]

Originally Posted by MrJoeKalel

Look at my signature...I'd do IV-V-II-III-VI, seriously, there is no reason why spend another two hours with TPM, it has no relevance in the story.

I watched them in order. The audio from the prequels alone is worth it. I don't watch them back to back though. Right now i'm up to E5. Yes, i bought the set long ago and still haven't finished it.

[Monkey_Boy]

Originally Posted by PrestigeWorldwide

I would love to do something like that when my son gets older. He's 3 so it'll be a couple more years at least and I'm sure he'll appreciate the PT more than I do.

When my son was 9, I watched the saga with him (I-VI), and the look on his face when Palpatine turned to Anakin to reveal that he was indeed the Sith Lord they were looking for, oh! His little jaw dropped to the floor! His exact words: "Yoda is gonna be maaaaad!" When we got to V, he still felt Luke's pain, and the scene did still have an effect on him. Just in a different way. That's why I don't think episode order is a bad thing for first timers. Mark sells that scene so well, that you'd have to be a robot NOT to feel what he is going through even if you already knew Vader was his father. Also, he was completely shocked at Anakin's turn in III. I think release order ruins that, and actually makes the prequels more of a "When is he going to turn into Vader?" trilogy. Episode order, you just go with the flow.

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I saw Phantom Menace 3D at the BFI IMAX. The image was cropped and the 3D was pretty poor, but I'd love to see it again on Blu-ray on a decent 3D screen, i.e. my own.

If the conversions for the other two prequels have indeed been completed, they might as well skip the theatrical release and release them all as a BD boxset with movie cash in time for Ep VII.

What got me was the number of times I could lift my glasses and the picture looked perfectly fine on the screen - and not just on the shots of space
I would prefer them released in IMAX instead but if 1-3 are all done in 3D already, it's going to happen eventually even if it is just for a weekend before they are released in bluray. I get the feeling they didn't anticipate the lack of response to it. I mean, it is even out on bluray yet?

Episode I has relevance to the story but you could take it and Episode II, smash them together and have a really good movie. With a decent edit, you could make it look like Padme's ship was attacked for some reason, they were forced to land and found Anakin but Maul was there to kill him, they got away, the fight on Naboo happens and they decide to train Anakin. No podrace, no senate bs. Short, have relevance to the story and gets rid of a lot of things that really don't matter and then on to Episode II.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by blonde_devil

But that's the point - you are writing it off because one is some unknown fan and JJ is known. What if "IH8INTODARKNESS69" was a novelist?

What if? What if I won a billion dollar lottery and purchased the TREK franchise. Point is, they're not. They are obnoxious whiners on a message board who got a dose of reality.

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Originally Posted by MrJoeKalel

Look at my signature...I'd do IV-V-II-III-VI, seriously, there is no reason why spend another two hours with TPM, it has no relevance in the story.

Hah! I never realized that!

Phantom is to Star Wars what Indiana Jones is to Raiders!!

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by MrJoeKalel

Look at my signature...I'd do IV-V-II-III-VI, seriously, there is no reason why spend another two hours with TPM, it has no relevance in the story.

Sure it does. The main message of The Phantom Menace is not the origin of Vader (most people seem to believe this) as that's just a side note. Instead, it's how a good individual can turn to evil and what sparks those tendencies in the first place. That's why the middle part of the film spends so much time on Yoda and Windu referencing fear, anger and hate. TPM essentially shows why Anakin will rise and fall in the remaining 5 films.

[octagon]

Everything of any real relevance in Episode I could have fit into Episode II's crawl.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by octagon

Everything of any real relevance in Episode I could have fit into Episode II's crawl.

Possibly. I would have rather had Episode I and II as one single film without all the filler in each film.

[MrJoeKalel]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Sure it does. The main message of The Phantom Menace is not the origin of Vader (most people seem to believe this) as that's just a side note. Instead, it's how a good individual can turn to evil and what sparks those tendencies in the first place. That's why the middle part of the film spends so much time on Yoda and Windu referencing fear, anger and hate. TPM essentially shows why Anakin will rise and fall in the remaining 5 films.

I didn't feel anything for Anakin in I, but I did in II, that's where (IMO of course) you could see him suffering and in anger for the loss he had.

Now, let's not get started with the whole mother and slavery issue, that brings a whole other problem with the story.

No matter what, I is the weakest of them all, simple, it's the only one in which I actually fall asleep watching it. Then again, I might be in the minority...

[AmandaBanana]

I'd love to see Topher Grace's edit of the prequel trilogy someday, although it's not bound to happen anytime soon. I guess he really is Eric Foreman.

[manunited1]

Originally Posted by MrJoeKalel

I didn't feel anything for Anakin in I, but I did in II, that's where (IMO of course) you could see him suffering and in anger for the loss he had.

Now, let's not get started with the whole mother and slavery issue, that brings a whole other problem with the story.

No matter what, I is the weakest of them all, simple, it's the only one in which I actually fall asleep watching it. Then again, I might be in the minority...

Die hard Star Wars fan here... I was excited for the 3d releases and fell asleep in TPM lol. Then Disney pulled the plug before we got the good ones in.

That's said, TPM is important as it establishes more than anything the birth of the Obi - Anakin connection and allows us to further see Palpatines slide into evil. Also we get to see the Anakin - Luke childhood stomping grounds more.

[RayCRP]

We're still discussing viewing order??

I absolutely hated trying to watch the series in that flashback/detour order. Even as a flashback, the prequels are such different movies from the original trilogy that to insert them into the middle (and take a flashback longer than the combined ANH/TESB episodes that precede it) really messes with the flow and pacing of the OT and sort of removes me from that experience, which as I understand it is the opposite intention of the order (to make the OT the focus).

I think the prequels, including TPM, are decent movies in their own right. It's not that they pale in comparison to the original trilogy that makes this flashback order not work for me, it's that the two trilogies are so different thematically and visually (among other reasons) that I prefer to keep them as separate trilogies. The Star Wars Trilogy. The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy.

Since I'm familiar with the series by now, I don't mind viewing them 123456 or 456123. When I eventually have kids and introduce them to the movies, I'll do so in the order of 456123789. After that, I'll accepting viewing in either theatrical release order or chronological order, but that's it.

[mtbdudexdad]

3rd snow day in a row here in Howell Michigan, time to watch V with kids as homage to Hoth.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by mtbdudexdad

3rd snow day in a row here in Howell Michigan, time to watch V with kids as homage to Hoth.

"Ah, Lord Vader the fleet has moved out of lightspeed and we're preparing to agh..."

[MrJoeKalel]

Originally Posted by manunited1

Die hard Star Wars fan here... I was excited for the 3d releases and fell asleep in TPM lol. Then Disney pulled the plug before we got the good ones in.

That's said, TPM is important as it establishes more than anything the birth of the Obi - Anakin connection and allows us to further see Palpatines slide into evil. Also we get to see the Anakin - Luke childhood stomping grounds more.

I might have contributed to that since I had NO intention of watching I in 3D (but I did want to watch II and III on 3D).

Originally Posted by RayCRP

We're still discussing viewing order??

I absolutely hated trying to watch the series in that flashback/detour order. Even as a flashback, the prequels are such different movies from the original trilogy that to insert them into the middle (and take a flashback longer than the combined ANH/TESB episodes that precede it) really messes with the flow and pacing of the OT and sort of removes me from that experience, which as I understand it is the opposite intention of the order (to make the OT the focus).

I think the prequels, including TPM, are decent movies in their own right. It's not that they pale in comparison to the original trilogy that makes this flashback order not work for me, it's that the two trilogies are so different thematically and visually (among other reasons) that I prefer to keep them as separate trilogies. The Star Wars Trilogy. The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy.

Since I'm familiar with the series by now, I don't mind viewing them 123456 or 456123. When I eventually have kids and introduce them to the movies, I'll do so in the order of 456123789. After that, I'll accepting viewing in either theatrical release order or chronological order, but that's it.

Yes, and again, to each its own. Sometimes things work one way for ones, some for others, we're just giving our opinions as to why we choose certain things.