Rogue One After Rogue One, what's the best viewing order?

OT then ROTS then RO,

 

I'm thinking out of the box, but how about this order after Solo:

4, R1, 5, Solo, 6

You watch A New Hope and after they blow up the Death Star, then you watch the backstory on that plot point with R1. You then watch ESB and as they incase Han in Carbonite, then you watch the backstory on Solo, then you watch ROTJ to round out that OT story.

 

Maybe? I tend to prefer chronological order and find that R1 works better as a lead into ANH then a flashback.

As far as Solo goes, I'd want to see how the movie is set up. For example, if there's some kind of framing device, I might prefer seeing it in relation to that.

 

I'm doing a 1-3, R1, 4, Solo, 5/6 watch through now, and it might be my new favorite marathon style.

EDIT: I should add, Solo will be a theatrical viewing. Nothing crafty going on here.

 

1. A New Hope
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Solo
6. Rogue One
7. The Force Awakens

Don't need Eps 1, 2 and 8 LOL.

 

Any order, unless you haven't seen any of them before; then probably chronological order.

 

I’m still sticking with release order, Saga films only. The films build on each other most organically that way, since it’s the order the story was imagined and told.

Rogue One I think works best on its own, as something to be seen in the context of the OT but separately from it. And Solo will feel out of place in any marathon until the Darth Maul thread gets wrapped up.

 

Chronological.

Include the animated stuff.

 

I still prefer it all chronological, with Rogue One right before ANH. I can see your point, but if you've never watched ANH right after RO then you need to. Like, right now. Go.

I don't want to bring up box office woes in this thread, but I now have doubts about whether we'll see any more Solo movies that resolve the ending of this movie. In that regard, it's kind of too bad in retrospect that something like the Maul reveal got included, but I guess we can enjoy the what-ifs or maybe see it played out in books or something instead. So I'll go with inserting Solo into the chronological order like I do the others, even though the number of movies at this point is kind of making it a bit of a theoretical exercise.

 

I think the Boba Fett film, presuming it gets made, would be a good place for Maul to show up. Han should be kept as far away from the Force and anyone that can use it in this time period. I agree though, I wish they hadn’t included it. The film would have stood on its own a lot better without the reveal; it kind of retroactively casts the entire preceding film in a different light.

 

They can resolve it in the Obi-Wan film, where he can finally impale Maul on his lightsaber.

 

For those who seen the films: ROTS, Solo, Rogue One, ANH, TESB, ROTJ, TFA, Episode IX
For those who haven't: ANH, TESB, ROTS, Solo, Rogue One, ROTJ, TFA, Episode IX

 

Rogue One
Followed by Episode 4 give this time to sink and a few days later The Empire Strikes Back.

Wait for a weekend get a beer or two and some popcorn get the biggest screen you can and 5.1 or even 6.1 sound and enjoy the Climax to the best trilogy ever made Return of the King.

Now it is time to watch Return of the Jedi and when you get to the end.



Things can only go downhill from there you are thinking the Ewoks are the most silly ever in Star Wars by this point trust me you have no idea.

 

My recommendations for noobs is to hook them early with the easiest to watch run and then try to take some breaks in eras with phases without losing their enthusiasm.

EASY VIEWING / HOOK NOOBS

RO
ANH

ONCE HOOKED MOVE FORWARD

TESB
ROTJ

FOLLOWING HIGH OF OT CHECK OUT 3 OF THE MORE RESPECTED BACK STORY MOVIES THAT HELP YOU APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAW MORE

ROTS
KENOBI
SOLO

MOVE AHEAD NOW & WATCH RECENT FILMS

TFA
TLJ
IX

THEN MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE AND WATCH 2 EVEN EARLIER THAN ROTS BACK WHEN ANAKIN WAS ACTUALLY A KID.

TPM
AOTC

Also, sorry for all caps. Started for titles and then forgot. Too lazy to redo. That’s my recommendation to people who haven’t seen any because I want them to fall in love with it all first and get through as many as they can.

For me I would set them up in sequential order:

TPM
AOTC
ROTS
KENOBI
SOLO
RO
ANH
TESB
ROTJ
LUKE TEMPLE MOVIE
TFA
TLJ
IX

 

After seeing Solo, I still think chronological order can work well for new viewers. Counting down the days until I can show my son all the movies and shows. Probably at least 3 years yet though.

 

First-time viewer:
1. Original Trilogy
2. Prequel Trilogy
3. Solo / Rogue One


Future viewings:
1. Prequel Trilogy
2. Solo / Rogue One
3. Original Trilogy
4. The Force Awakens
...And pretend TLJ doesn't exist unless Episode 9 is good!

 

I've never just sat through all the movies and watched them in order. I should have gone and done this when they were in theater b4 episode 7. Did anyone's local theater do this before eoisode 8

 

My viewing order:

SW
TESB
ROTJ
TPM
AOTC
ROTS
TFA
R1
TLJ
S

By release date.

 

RO (stands out very well on its own and is, after all, leading into ANH directly)
ANH (start of the Star Wars saga proper)
ESB (preserve the OT "I am your father" reveal)
ROTS (let's flashback and see how things got this bad)
ROTJ (this is how the Star Wars saga ends)

Everything else that's out so far can be viewed after that in no particular order, it's the expanded universe of the Star Wars saga

 

I don't think I would try to watch them all in order now. To me they're too disparate to really work as a unified block now.

Solo, R1, the OT and TFA work as a unit.
The PT works ok as another unit.
Although I admire TLJ it's really almost the start of a totally different story.

 

I think for Episode IX I'm going to do the "Machete Order," but I'll probably end up just going chronological like I always do. Whether it's canon or not, The Star Wars Holiday Special gets a viewing no matter what. I consider it Episode 4.5, but that's me just being goofy. I do think the holiday season being sort of "Star Wars" themed these days influenced my decision.

 

RO, ANH, ESB, ROTS, ROTJ. That's the core SW story IMO. And they are all good enough to keep your attention span. Watch the rest when you are bored.

 

Saga films in order, non-saga films separate, even though R1 doesn't fully work in isolation, as it inherently exists as a direct prequel to ANH, and relies on your knowledge of that film to work.

 

RO absolutely works fine on its own, without knowledge of ANH. I know this because I know a number of people who have no knowledge of ANH who saw RO and fully understood and appreciated it as a standalone film...

As fans, it's hard for us to understand that RO can be appreciated without ANH. But it's true. The narrative is perfectly self-contained.

 

I'm not sure how well RO works as the first Star Wars movie someone would experience. It doesn't really introduce the galaxy very well. It just kind of assumes you know who Darth Vader, Mon Mothma, and Bail Organa are. Same thing with the Leia bit at the end. Obviously the plot pays off well going into ANH, but otherwise nothing actually introduced in RO pays off ever again, really. Everybody just dies. That can be disorienting when you get attached to the concept of Star Wars itself as being RO and then you immediately have to accept a whole new cast and plot focus.

For new viewers, I would generally suggest release order. Its simplest. However, I would also keep in mind that probably many of us just kind of fell into Star Wars. Maybe we saw them in their original theatrical releases, but I'm sure plenty of people were first exposed to the movies out of order or maybe they never really watched it until they caught TCW (or maybe they group up on TCW), etc.

As for people who have seen the movies before, whatever floats your boat. I'll generally stick with chronological for myself, though.