# Can I enjoy the new Star Wars movie if I haven't seen all of the other ones?

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**Created:** [December 28, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-enjoy-the-new-star-wars-movie-if-i-havent-seen-all-of-the-other-ones/741556 "2015-12-28T12:07:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-enjoy-the-new-star-wars-movie-if-i-havent-seen-all-of-the-other-ones/741556/21 "2015-12-29T11:03:32Z")

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Thanks guys, I’ll do a little bit of reading, then I’ll go ahead and see the movie.

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**Author:** ![Chihuahua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-enjoy-the-new-star-wars-movie-if-i-havent-seen-all-of-the-other-ones/741556/22 "2015-12-29T22:21:28Z")

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You’ll be fine. It really doesn’t need much background knowledge at all.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-enjoy-the-new-star-wars-movie-if-i-havent-seen-all-of-the-other-ones/741556/23 "2015-12-29T22:46:57Z")

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You can watch it without seeing any of the others, but you will get lot more of the references\* if you watch episodes 4-6 (A new hope; Empire strikes back; Return of the Jedi.)

- e.g. Han Solo; Chewbacca; Princess Leia; Luke Skywalker; Darth Vader; Millenium Falcon; Kessel run; “These are not the Droids you are looking for”; Light Saber; R2-D2; C-3PO; Jedi; dark side of the Force

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