Introducing Star Wars.

[Levo-Lon]

Star wars Was the first 3...ive watched them many many times..
the new stuff ....i may have watched twice...but i cant say i have any memorable moments...

 

[TVC]

You have to start with ep4 it's the only way. Why risk putting him off by snowing him 1-3.

 

[Markymark]

Show him the original 3 and let him dream.

 

[topcat1]

May the 4th be with you

 

[phil_hg_uk]

May the 4th be with you

nanoo nanoo

 

[Berk on a Bike]

I would resist thinking in trilogies. Forget episodes 1 and 2. Episode 3 is isn't bad and lays the groundwork for the next three episodes.

I prefer tomorrow's date - Revenge of the Fifth.

 

[wonderloaf]

nanoo nanoo

Shazbot

 

[benb]

Episode IV, and V first, so he can get the shock of Vader revealing himself as Luke's father.
Then episodes I-III as a kind of extended flashback exploring Vader's origin.
Then VI, VII to finish on a high.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Shazbot

Live long & prosper

 

[Crackle]

Doesn't matter. At that age they'll watch them all multiple times and know more about them than you in short order. it's us older folk who seem to obsess about the order, it's not how kids of today see and watch things.

 

[MontyVeda]

Followed by Serenity

one of the few films that is worse than the phantom menace


But can i just say... only the young and ignorant says 'Episode IV' or 'A New Hope'... it's fecking Star Wars!

 

[phil_hg_uk]

one of the few films that is worse than the phantom menace

Fair enough, I liked it.

 

[winjim]

Just don't overthink it. They're children's films. I love the first ones but it's just nostalgia 'cos they were dead exciting when I was a kid. They're actually pretty rubbish films; if you start thinking about them too closely all the plotlines completely unravel.

 

[Smithbat]

I am sorry, I just don't get it. I watched the original when I was a teenager and thought - Meh! I never bothered with any others, it is not a girl thing though Daughter (17) loves them.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Start at A New Hope and let him in with a bang

TBH, If I'd started with the Ep 1 I'd very likely not have been bothered to watch the 2nd or 3rd let alone A New Hope or Empire Strikes back. I reserve judgement of Return of the Jedi good and tied up the strings, but didn't quite live up to the previous two for me.

Episode 1 is one of those films you idly watch on a Sunday afternoon to avoid the chores.