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

Agree with the viewing order you've proposed for your cousin. While the revelation in ESB would be spoiled, I doubt your cousin would mind.

 

Up to you obviously, but I don't believe release order is necessarily confusing for six-year-olds. I think that can be explained to most kids of that age or indeed younger. Any temporary confusion is not necessarily great enough to negate the advantages of release order.

Interestingly at 1:45-1:55, Gareth Edwards says that if he had kids he'd show them ANH first.

 

I think I'll stick with my usual order of TPM, AOTC, ROTS, with the OT as optional for when I'm feeling like watching the whole Saga.

Rogue One might be a nice standalone, but I don't think I'd want to watch it in sequence with the saga. I probably won't watch TFA again, but if VIII and IX are good I might add them to the OT part of my viewings.

TCW and Rebels I also only watch on their own, separate from saga viewings.

 

III, RO, IV, V, VI, VII (VIII and IX as and when they become available).

I have nothing against TPM, but watching that would necessitate watching AOTC as well, and that film makes me mentally ill with its badness. So the above is what i'd probably go for. I'll consider the Solo movie (and any others) as and when i see 'em.

 

1,2,3,rogue one,4,5,6,7

 

Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
The Force Awakens

After the the indoctrination process, watch in chronological order from Ep. I-VII, with Rogue One in-between Ep. III & IV.

 

I think the best way to watch the saga would be something like this:

ANH: The "OG". Introduction to the star wars universe all the classic characters and scenes. This movie needs to be watched first.

R01: Prequel of Episode 4 or episode 3.9. Awesome film shows more of the star wars universe, gives more mystic to the force without going into detail. Shows the Rebels are not this perfect group.

ANH again!!!!": The stories of R01 and ANH are beautiful watching together.

TESB: Best film of the saga and maybe best film of all time. See the force being used in a bigger way. Still love the revelation of Vader being Luke's father. First time we see the Emperor via hologram. And of course Yoda!!

First third of ROTJ. Cut it off at the part Luke learns about his sister. U find out what happens to Han. Jabba scenes are awesome. Then death of Yoda, last time Luke talks to Obi wan and he finds out about his sister. Also get to see more of the mysterious Emperor.

TPM: Prequels watched machete style or "Godfather II flashback" style

AOTC

ROTS

Last two acts of the ROTJ: The end of the original saga! Watching it this way gives way more meaning when Vader turns good.

TFA

Here is the order again.

ANH
R01
ANH again
TESB
First third of ROTJ. Cut it off at the part Luke learns about his sister
TPM
AOTC
ROTS
Last two acts of the ROTJ
TFA

 

ANH
TESB
ROTJ
TFA
ROTS
R1

 

I have finally decided what I consider R1 to be. It is a feature length prologue for ANH. The reason I call it a prologue instead of a prequel is because the 2nd half of the movie is completely detailed in the crawl for ANH (Star Wars uses a crawl in lieu of a prologue scene). Also by calling it a prologue it becomes part of ANH almost like what they have done with Deathly Hallows or Mockingjay. It is one story about destroying the death star divided into 2 parts.

This solidifies R1 always being watch prior to ANH for now on. The only time I would not do with is with someone who is truly new to the series and does not know any of the plot spoilers (I am your father, etc) in that case either would recomend release order or machete order w/ R1 being watched after ROTS but before you jump back to ROTJ.

 

I don't I guess just start with episode 1-3, then Rouge One, and then episodes 4-7. I know for me Episode One was my first Star Wars movie and I didn't see the original ones until after I saw Episode Three, for me seeing them in order was just fine. But I know if I'm going to watch them in order I'm putting Rogue One before A New Hope.

 

Following watching Rogue one at the Cinema I watched A New Hope followed a few days later by Empire(as a tribute)now I'm thinking I will give a variation of Machete order a go and watch the prequels follows by ROTJ over the coming months before watching TFA and VIII (whatever it's called)

 

In my opinion, you can't leave out the TV series. They have their many merits (and weaknesses), and especially if you're introducing them to newer kids, they can't be left out. However, the magic of star wars was easily the first movies that started it all. Here's how I would place them.

4
5
6
then
1
2
Clone Wars
3
Rebels (not a must, but will have numerous crossovers when it ends apparently)
R1
4
(5,6)
7,8,9

The new Han Solo movie might mess up this order again but definitely start with the first 3 then branch off.

 

I think release order is still the best way to watch the Saga films, so I'll be going with that. I don't really feel that Rogue One fits in with the Saga (which is why it's not a Saga film ). By watching in release order you don't get a jarring ageing in effects going from Ep III to SW, but most importantly the characters are best in this order, as the information about them accumulates by realise. The best twists and whatnot are also preserved in this order. Rogue One doesn't quite sit on the Saga spectrum, as none of the major characters will likely be seen again in a future film release (maybe? You never know) and so it doesn't have the same flow with the Saga films as there is no flow over in characters.

I's watch Saga films in release order then the Anthology films in release order or no particular order. 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 7 etc then Anthology. I also probably wouldn't include the TV series and TCW film and would have them separately.

 

I'm a firm believer in watching films in order of release, not the order of the timeline, whether it's Star Wars, LOTR / The Hobbit, James Bond, Batman, X-Men or the MCU. Same goes for books in a series. I like Prequels, but I think they actually work better when read later.

 

By release date. This is how I introduced my children to SW and there was never any confusion. That said, I'm intrigued with the machete order- never done that myself, but will one day. I think RO should be viewed after ANH- purely for that fact I think it gives the last 5 minutes of RO more of an impact- I cannot imagine ever tiring of those final moments....and, TBH I may not have felt the same from seeing RO before IV-VI (and to an extent the prequels, which while I'm not a huge fan of, recognise their place in the SW story).

 

The only way to watch it is the storyline chronological order:

The Phantom Menace
Attack of the Clones
The Clone Wars
Revenge of the Sith
Rebels
Rogue One
A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
The Force Awakens

 

I'm going with release order. (Although, I could easily put 7,8,9 before Rogue One).

 

The Clone Wars and Rebels not a chance.
Darth Maul died in TPM cannon be dammed.

Apart from that I agree with your list.

 

Generally I think release order is the best.

 

For someone who has not seen any of the star wars movies, i would show them 4,5,6 then go to 1,2,3,RO, and then go to 7. For myself i will just watch it chronologically.

 

i will now watch them in chronological order

 

For someone new, release order (starting with the unaltered OT) is always better and the movies are cleary designed to be watched that way. Every one has some call-back, cameo, "inside" joke and reveal that only works when watching them in release order and RO is a prime example. Chronological order ruins all of those without offering much in return. Prequels are meant/designed to be sequels that tell a backstory, otherwise they would have told the prequel story first and in a much different way.

 

This would be my suggestion to a newbie:

Firstly, watch the original trilogy IV-VI to get settled.

Then, watch I, II and III followed by Rogue One and then IV-VI again.

Lastly, watch TFA.

 

All due respect, but why would you watch IV-VI and then immediately watch them again after I, II and III? I would get tired if I watch it twice in such a short span of time.

 

Well, alternatively, you could watch the original versions of IV, V and VI during the first round and the specialized versions during the second.