# Reexamining Star Wars 50 years later

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reexamining-star-wars-50-years-later/1026810>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [January 19, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reexamining-star-wars-50-years-later/1026810 "2026-01-19T00:48:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reexamining-star-wars-50-years-later/1026810/421 "2026-07-17T15:36:01Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> Moved to the balcony for the next showing so we could figure out what we’d just seen.

We were lucky, We got all of the front row center seats in the balcony for both showings! 🥰

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reexamining-star-wars-50-years-later/1026810/422 "2026-07-17T16:18:07Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> I’m debating if I want to watch the Star Wars sequels again.

Why would you want to do that to yourself?

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reexamining-star-wars-50-years-later/1026810/423 "2026-07-17T16:29:18Z")

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> [@Frodo](#):
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> Why would you want to do that to yourself?

FWIW, I think that he’s talking about _The Empire Strikes Back_ and _Return of the Jedi_, not the newer “Sequel Trilogy.”

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reexamining-star-wars-50-years-later/1026810/424 "2026-07-17T16:30:35Z")

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Nostalgia?

I liked the original three movies. I think they are best viewed on a large theater screen with dolby sound.

My 42" Vizo is not exactly a home theater. 😀

But it will have to do. My living room is way to small for a home theater. My wallet can’t afford one either.

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reexamining-star-wars-50-years-later/1026810/425 "2026-07-18T05:41:20Z")

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Oh sorry dumb mistake on my part, yeah the first 2 sequels are great, even ROTJ which IMHO has been unfairly maligned.

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