Getting my kids into Star Wars, what order?

[stinkbud]

<p>My kids are interested in the Star Wars movies now. How should I show it to them? 1-3 then 4-6 or 4-6 and then 1-3? It totally changes the way you appreciate the movies. Should Vader be the bad ass first od should he be the sympathized villain?</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Marc with a c]

teach them how to take a punch first.

[stinkbud]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><strong>Marc with a c</strong> wrote:<br />teach them how to take a punch first.<p>&nbsp;</p><blockquote /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Way ahead of ya buddy!&nbsp;</p>

[feralBoy]

Show them 4-6, and never ever tell them there was a 1-3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After watching 6,&nbsp; you should probably take the dvd and burn it right in front of them.

[reeshy]

Why are you showing them Stars Wars???&nbsp;&nbsp; What did they do wrong????<br />

[Dudeman]

<strong>feralBoy</strong> wrote:<br />Show them 4-6, and never ever tell them there was a 1-3. <br />agree 100%!!!&nbsp; <br /><p>&nbsp;</p>

[johnniewalker]

<strong>feralBoy</strong> wrote:<br />Show them 4-6, and never ever tell them there was a 1-3. After watching 6, you should probably take the dvd and burn it right in front of them.<p>&nbsp;</p>Right on, 1 should be destroyed.&nbsp; 6 might be a good start even though its the end its probably the most kid friendly and action packed.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The intricacies of carbon freezing and bounty hunting might be left to another day.&nbsp; Those ewoks are adorable, and leia in a bikini is also easy on young kid's eyes.&nbsp; Maybe then go to 1 and then 2 when they are bit older.&nbsp; <br />

[AKA]

<p>Excellent question! I know a lot of parents of young kids are having the same internal fights. </p><p>The better story is go 4-6, then 1-3. However, try and not be all <strong>old</strong> about the fact that soon they will mix them up and put them in the chronological order, and put as much weight to Jar Jar as they will Chewie. Kids who get into this series just know it as six parts and all inter-mingled - that, and they know the Legos video games. Don't feed them your hang ups until they are old enough to see that really only one of those movies was ever really good, and that two of them were all right, and the rest of the three was garbage. </p>

[SinA]

<strong>Dudeman</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>feralBoy</strong> wrote:<br />Show them 4-6, and never ever tell them there was a 1-3. <br />agree 100%!!!&nbsp; <br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>maybe let them in on it after 21 years</p>

[cougarjake13]

my vote is 4-6, then 1-3 if you have to

[foodcourtdruide]

<strong>feralBoy</strong> wrote:<br />Show them 4-6, and never ever tell them there was a 1-3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After watching 6,&nbsp; you should probably take the dvd and burn it right in front of them. <p>Completely disagree. I'd say 3 was the best Star Wars. I would suggest 4-6 then 1-3.</p>

[LongIslandRob]

If you do not show them 4-6 first then all of Empire Strikes Back is anti-climatic.&nbsp; You know who Yoda is right when you see him; You already know that Vader is Luke's father, and you don't get that suspense when he says &quot;I am your father&quot;.&nbsp;

[feralBoy]

<strong>foodcourtdruide</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>feralBoy</strong> wrote:<br />Show them 4-6, and never ever tell them there was a 1-3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After watching 6,&nbsp; you should probably take the dvd and burn it right in front of them. <p>Completely disagree. I'd say 3 was the best Star Wars. I would suggest 4-6 then 1-3.</p><p>Are you kidding?&nbsp; 3 was the best?&nbsp; It probably looked the best, i'll agree with that, but the story was horrific, and the acting was worse than horrific.&nbsp; Although obi-wan was pretty good.&nbsp; Also, there is some sort of nostalgia about 4-6.&nbsp; Were you a kid when they came out?</p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>LongIslandRob</strong> wrote:<br />If you do not show them 4-6 first then all of Empire Strikes Back is anti-climatic.&nbsp; You know who Yoda is right when you see him; You already know that Vader is Luke's father, and you don't get that suspense when he says &quot;I am your father&quot;.&nbsp; <p>excellant point sir</p><p>debate is officially over</p>

[reillyluck]

if your lil' squirts want to watch star wars, then i say let them watch them in the order they were made.&nbsp; make em suffer like we had to. <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" border="0" />

[BeerBandit]

<p>Show them 4-6 now, then wait 20 years, get their hopes up that they will finally learn the backstory from one of the greatest tales of their childhood, then show them 1-3.&nbsp; Let them experience the ultimate letdown as you did.&nbsp; As we all did.&nbsp; </p><p>Or show them 4-6, then say, &quot;Ok kids, after George Lucas made these films he made a movie called Howard the Duck.&nbsp; Show them that, then show them 1-3.&nbsp;</p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>BeerBandit</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Show them 4-6 now, then wait 20 years, get their hopes up that they will finally learn the backstory from one of the greatest tales of their childhood, then show them 1-3.&nbsp; Let them experience the ultimate letdown as you did.&nbsp; As we all did.&nbsp; </p><p>Or show them 4-6, then say, &quot;Ok kids, after George Lucas made these films he made a movie called Howard the Duck.&nbsp; Show them that, then show them 1-3.&nbsp;</p><p>hey i liked howard the duck</p>

[suggums]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>stinkbud</strong> wrote:<br /><p>My kids are interested in the Star Wars movies now. How should I show it to them? <br /></p><p> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>dont.&nbsp; throw on some star trek TNG now and save them before its too late<br /></p>

[foodcourtdruide]

<strong>feralBoy</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>foodcourtdruide</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>feralBoy</strong> wrote:<br />Show them 4-6, and never ever tell them there was a 1-3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After watching 6,&nbsp; you should probably take the dvd and burn it right in front of them. <p>Completely disagree. I'd say 3 was the best Star Wars. I would suggest 4-6 then 1-3.</p><p>Are you kidding?&nbsp; 3 was the best?&nbsp; It probably looked the best, i'll agree with that, but the story was horrific, and the acting was worse than horrific.&nbsp; Although obi-wan was pretty good.&nbsp; Also, there is some sort of nostalgia about 4-6.&nbsp; Were you a kid when they came out?</p><p>I was born in 1980. My earliest memories of Star Wars were watching all 3 in the mid-late 80's on WPIX in NY. </p><p>I think Episodes&nbsp; I and&nbsp;II were disappointing. Episode I was terrible and Episode II was average at best. I thought Episode III was fairly dark and flowed nicely. The quick cuts were good and obi-wan and the emperor were played perfectly. Hayden Christiansen was much better this go around. His transformation into Darth Vader was believable and well executed.</p>

[stinkbud]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>cougarjake13</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>LongIslandRob</strong> wrote:<br />If you do not show them 4-6 first then all of Empire Strikes Back is anti-climatic. You know who Yoda is right when you see him; You already know that Vader is Luke's father, and you don't get that suspense when he says &quot;I am your father&quot;. <p>excellant point sir</p><p>debate is officially over</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yep, no point could surpass LI Rob. I bow to you sir!&nbsp;</p>

[TheMojoPin]

<strong>suggums</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><strong>stinkbud</strong> wrote:<br /><p>My kids are interested in the Star Wars movies now. How should I show it to them? <br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>dont.&nbsp; throw on some star trek TNG now and save them before its too late<br /></p><p>Yeah, the cheesy-ass adevntures of a bunch of people in pajamas flying through space in a galactic Embassy Sweets is the way to go.</p>

[mdr55]

Start with the Star Wars Christmas special. Then go through 1-6.<br />

[mdr55]

And don't forget to go to Burger King after.<br />

[cougarjake13]

what you need to do is show them the ewoks tv specials first then 1-6

[Furtherman]

<p>Show them the way you saw it.&nbsp; 4-6.&nbsp; Let them watch 4-6 a few times over before 1-3.</p>

[Drunky McBetidont]

<p>i was 7 when episode 4 hit the screens and i saw it 6 times in its first three weeks of release.&nbsp; I agree with majority here;&nbsp;show em in the order they were released.&nbsp; my kid is eight and he loved them last year when we watched them together (on a 100 in screen home theatre&nbsp;sitting in theatre recliners, which was a nice treat)&nbsp; we watched the clone war cartoon series in between 2 and 3 to fill in the gaps too.&nbsp;&nbsp; like i said he loved it.&nbsp; have fun budday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>edit--- where is sheepy on this... no battlestar galactica plug here?</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by betidont on 11-14-06 @ 6:58 PM</span>

[SinA]

<p>so it's settled:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><font size="6">4 - 5 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6</font></strong> </p>

[Furtherman]

<p>Here's an article about a Star Wars virgin watching the Cinemax marathon.</p><p>It's also a good argument for watching the original trilogy first.</p><p><span class="content-section-caption"><a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1558880_1_0_,00.html" target="_blank">We challenged EW.com reader Michael Morrison, who'd never seen any of the ''Star Wars'' movies, to watch all 14 hours of Cinemax's recent marathon.</a> </span></p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Here's an article about a Star Wars virgin watching the Cinemax marathon.</p><p>It's also a good argument for watching the original trilogy first.</p><p><span class="content-section-caption"><a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1558880_1_0_,00.html" target="_blank">We challenged EW.com reader Michael Morrison, who'd never seen any of the ''Star Wars'' movies, to watch all 14 hours of Cinemax's recent marathon.</a> </span></p><p>just like we've been saying in this thread, he points out that all the surprises in the orig trilogy are ruined if you watch ep 1,2,3 first</p>

[MrPink]

Fuck Star Wars, make em watch Goodfellas. That way they'll learn and be entertained.

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by MrPink on 11-20-06 @ 6:00 PM</span>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>MrPink</strong> wrote:<br />Fuck Star Wars, make em watch Goodfellas. <p>with a name like mr pink you should have said resovoir dogs</p>