# Star Wars Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790 "2005-05-20T20:05:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![neisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4bbf92/32.png) [@neisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neisha)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/1 "2005-05-20T20:05:58Z")
I’ve never seen any of the Star Wars movies, and thought I should see them all in their correct order before seeing the lastest release. Can you tell me from start to finish the order the movies go in? Gracias. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/2 "2005-05-20T20:07:49Z")
See the original trilogy first. Try to find the original unmolested versions if possible. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/3 "2005-05-20T20:08:51Z")
Release Order: _Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith_ Chronological Order: _The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars (A New Hope), The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi_ See them in release order. ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/4 "2005-05-20T20:10:24Z")
It might be cool to see them in an order most of us have not seen them in (episode 1-6) for the first time, but yeah, I’d say do “4-6” first. And yah, try to find copies that aren’t cluttered with today’s things. Hmm, maybe VHS… 😉 /Shadez ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/5 "2005-05-20T20:29:26Z")
> [@Shadez](#): > > It might be cool to see them in an order most of us have not seen them in (episode 1-6) for the first time, but yeah, I’d say do “4-6” first. And yah, try to find copies that aren’t cluttered with today’s things. > > Hmm, maybe VHS… 😉 > > /Shadez I’m thinking about using my little sister (who hasn’t seen any of them) as a guinea pig to see what happens when someone sees them in numerical order. We’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/6 "2005-05-20T20:29:37Z")
Ditto **Orual**. Except I recommend watching _Menace_ and _Clones_ in fast-forward mode. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/7 "2005-05-20T20:31:21Z")
> [@Bytegeist](#): > > Ditto **Orual**. > > Except I recommend watching _Menace_ and _Clones_ in fast-forward mode. When watching Clones: whenever Anakin and Padme are talking, fast forward. In fact, whenver Anakin is any non-action scene, fast forward. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/8 "2005-05-20T20:31:28Z")
Oh, and don’t worry about these people saying ‘try to watch the unmolested version’. The Special Editions only changed minimal things and things which weren’t too important anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/9 "2005-05-20T20:40:08Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Oh, and don’t worry about these people saying ‘try to watch the unmolested version’. The Special Editions only changed minimal things and things which weren’t too important anyway. Word. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/10 "2005-05-20T20:45:38Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Oh, and don’t worry about these people saying ‘try to watch the unmolested version’. The Special Editions only changed minimal things and things which weren’t too important anyway. Like that whole Greedo thing. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/11 "2005-05-20T20:54:24Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Oh, and don’t worry about these people saying ‘try to watch the unmolested version’. The Special Editions only changed minimal things and things which weren’t too important anyway. Lies! Heretic! Seriously though, two things just don’t make any damn sense: [spoiler]Greedo didn’t shoot first. Han, being a sneaky bastard, got the jump on him. The new version has Greedo shooting first and missing, even though he already has his blaster pointed at Han’s face from the vast distance of the other side of a restaurant table. Han is supposed to have a bounty on his head from Jabba the Hutt. So why, in the new version, does Jabba show up later for a friendly chat, then let Han go? Also, the CG Jabba looks like crap.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/12 "2005-05-20T21:01:55Z")
You have to watch them in the order of release. If you start with _The Phantom Menace_ you will be unable to watch the other five due to gouging your eyes and ears out from your first exposure to Jar-Jar Binks. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/13 "2005-05-20T21:04:46Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > Lies! Heretic! > > Seriously though, two things just don’t make any damn sense: > > [spoiler]Greedo didn’t shoot first. Han, being a sneaky bastard, got the jump on him. The new version has Greedo shooting first and missing, even though he already has his blaster pointed at Han’s face from the vast distance of the other side of a restaurant table. > > Han is supposed to have a bounty on his head from Jabba the Hutt. So why, in the new version, does Jabba show up later for a friendly chat, then let Han go? Also, the CG Jabba looks like crap.[/spoiler] No, actually Lucas fixed that for the DVD release. Greedo and Han shoot at the exact same time, and Han’s just a wee bit quicker on the draw. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/14 "2005-05-20T23:36:35Z")
Sorry, gotta vote for the unmolested originals, if only because most of the new special effects were craptacular. Okay, the expanded Mos Eisley was cool, but the rest of it bites, especially the “kewl” Death Star explosions. And the Greedo change looked like a homework assignment from Final Cut 101. ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/15 "2005-05-21T06:10:18Z")
Yeah, stick with the originals. If you’re gonna go die-hard, you can get them on DVDs at comic/sci-fi cons, or else just go to a really behind-the-times video store. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/16 "2005-05-23T02:39:19Z")
_Episode I: The Phantom Menace_ _Episode II: Attack of the Clones_ _Episode II 1/2: Meesa Gonna Die, Annykin!_ _Episode III: Revenge of the Sith_ _Darth Vader’s European Vacation_ _Episode III II: Electric Boogaloo_ _Episode IV: A New Hope_ _Episode IV II: Solo v. Greedo- Who Shot First?_ _Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back_ _Episode VI: Return of the Jedi_ _Un Ewok Andelieu_ _Episode VII: Jar Jar’s Revenge_ (I apologize for this stupid joke. I had nothing to add to this thread.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/17 "2005-05-23T02:42:29Z")
> [@Kaspar Hauser](#): > > Yeah, stick with the originals. If you’re gonna go die-hard, you can get them on DVDs at comic/sci-fi cons, or else just go to a really behind-the-times video store. Or get a hold of the laserdiscs. I’m in the process of re-ripping my copies. I even found some DVD case covers that match the current style. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/18 "2005-05-23T02:45:51Z")
_Episode IX: The Star Wars Christmas Special_ ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/19 "2005-05-23T11:18:35Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Sorry, gotta vote for the unmolested originals, if only because most of the new special effects were craptacular. Okay, the expanded Mos Eisley was cool, but the rest of it bites, especially the “kewl” Death Star explosions. If by “kewl” you mean “better looking”. ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790/20 "2005-05-23T12:28:18Z")
Don’t get too hung-up on seeing the “original” versions. The only bad things about the remastered versions is the Han/Greedo “who shot first?” thing and the infamous Jabba scene. It’s not that big a deal (for non-fanboys). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-question/304790.md?page=2)