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IIRC, the set I had as a kid presented the books in this order and didn't even include the Magician's Nephew (EDIT: it was the 1970 Collier-Macmillan set, which

IIRC, the set I had as a kid presented the books in this order and didn't even include the Magician's Nephew (EDIT: it was the 1970 Collier-Macmillan set, which did include it, so either I'm mistaken or we lost it - both equally likely). Star Wars is better in production order too, though I seem to recall fans coming up with alternative orderings that were neither production nor chronological.

andrewflnr 3y ago
"Machete Order": https://www.rodhilton.com/2011/11/11/the-star-wars-saga-suggested-viewing-order/ https://www.rodhilton.com/2011/11/11/the-star-wars-saga-sugg... The idea is to watch New Hope and Empire to get up to the big twist, watch the prequels to get the background, then finish on Return. I do want to try it sometime.
lliamander 3y ago
Machete Order: https://www.slashfilm.com/1264147/what-is-star-wars-machete-viewing-order/ https://www.slashfilm.com/1264147/what-is-star-wars-machete-...
shagie 3y ago
Try the debates over the order for The Prisoner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Prisoner_episodes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Prisoner_episodes I watched it in KTEH order on Saturday (or Sunday?) Science Fiction night.
kelnos 3y ago
> Star Wars is better in production order too, though I seem to recall fans coming up with alternative orderings that were neither production nor chronological. Machete order, as a sibling notes. If you watch all six in chronological order, then the big reveals around Luke & Leia's parentage -- not to mention even the fact that they are siblings -- are ruined. (And you also get some super icky feelings in IV and V when Luke pines after Leia before knowing she's his sister.) If you watch them in production order, it ends up unsatisfying because it's not a well-structured story from IV->V->VI->I->II->III. VI gives you the big payoff of resolving all the conflict, but then you go back to flashbacks: first you have Anakin's childhood in I, which doesn't really teach us anything all that interesting, and then you see II and III which do tell us how Anakin/Vader became the way he was. But then III ends on a big downer and you feel like you want to watch the original trilogy (or at least parts of it) again. And frankly I just don't care about the final sequel trilogy. I grew up reading all the Star Wars expanded universe novels, and wiping away all that continuity for three so-so movies that feel so small story-wise is the most unsatisfying thing of all to me. Not to mention that trilogy is just super bleak: all the work of the original trilogy is undone, and the Skywalker family essentially ends, with its members more or less sad, broken, and unfulfilled.

andrewflnr 3y ago

"Machete Order": https://www.rodhilton.com/2011/11/11/the-star-wars-saga-suggested-viewing-order/ https://www.rodhilton.com/2011/11/11/the-star-wars-saga-sugg... The idea is to watch New Hope and Empire to get up to the big twist, watch the prequels to get the background, then finish on Return. I do want to try it sometime.

lliamander 3y ago

Machete Order: https://www.slashfilm.com/1264147/what-is-star-wars-machete-viewing-order/ https://www.slashfilm.com/1264147/what-is-star-wars-machete-...

shagie 3y ago

Try the debates over the order for The Prisoner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Prisoner_episodes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Prisoner_episodes I watched it in KTEH order on Saturday (or Sunday?) Science Fiction night.

kelnos 3y ago

> Star Wars is better in production order too, though I seem to recall fans coming up with alternative orderings that were neither production nor chronological. Machete order, as a sibling notes. If you watch all six in chronological order, then the big reveals around Luke & Leia's parentage -- not to mention even the fact that they are siblings -- are ruined. (And you also get some super icky feelings in IV and V when Luke pines after Leia before knowing she's his sister.) If you watch them in production order, it ends up unsatisfying because it's not a well-structured story from IV->V->VI->I->II->III. VI gives you the big payoff of resolving all the conflict, but then you go back to flashbacks: first you have Anakin's childhood in I, which doesn't really teach us anything all that interesting, and then you see II and III which do tell us how Anakin/Vader became the way he was. But then III ends on a big downer and you feel like you want to watch the original trilogy (or at least parts of it) again. And frankly I just don't care about the final sequel trilogy. I grew up reading all the Star Wars expanded universe novels, and wiping away all that continuity for three so-so movies that feel so small story-wise is the most unsatisfying thing of all to me. Not to mention that trilogy is just super bleak: all the work of the original trilogy is undone, and the Skywalker family essentially ends, with its members more or less sad, broken, and unfulfilled.