No prob. It certainly is an interesting way to view the saga. It got me real excited to see it again too, but I didn't feel like watching all of them again, so I just did 3 then 6.durdencommatyler wrote:That's a great, great article. Thanks for posting that. Honestly, that's the first thing I've read or seen or heard in probably a good 10 years that's made me excited about Star Wars again.darth_vedder wrote:Has anyone watched the saga in Machete order?
http://static.nomachetejuggling.com/machete_order.html
The order to watch it: 4, 5, 2, 3, 6.
Leave out 1 all together.
I haven't done this, but I did try 3 to 6, and it works really well. Lots of parallels in the two movies, and like they say, watching that way actually makes 6 a better film.
They leave out 1 b/c nothing of real importance happens. It's essentially a waste of a flick, which I agree with. The only think you need to know is that Obi-Wan takes in Anakin, and Palpatine rises to Supreme Chancellor. Still though, you can gather that from the first 5 minutes of episode 2.
I have to try that.
3 was a bit better than I remember. I still have plenty of problems with it, but it's the strongest of the prequels (which isn't saying a lot). In some ways, I actually think I like 3 more than 6.
6 was kind of a waste too. The only things I really cared about was the Luke / Vader scenes, and the Luke / Vader / Emperor scenes. The rest of it was pretty lame. Those Luke / Vader / Emperor scenes though really tie in with episode 3 nicely. Luke essentially had the same choices (save his friends or let them die) as Anakin (save Padme).
One day, maybe around next Christmas or something, I'll watch the Machete order. I really do not care if I ever watch Episode 1 again.
Oh, one possible foreshadow for the new trilogy...in 6, Han tells Luke he's gonna die on Tatooine. It would be cool to see Luke either die of old age or get killed on Tatooine. It would make that line in episode 6 all the more important.
