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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Feeling the way you feel, would we have all been better off if the first Star Wars movie was The Phantom Menace?
If you knew someone who had never seen any of the movies, would you honestly recommend they start there?
Do they now have to watch the prequel trilogy and Rogue One prior to watching the good one? Indeed, should they hold off on episodes 4-onward until we see the Han Solo and Boba Fett movies that are in the works?
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Well, I wouldn't recommend starting with Return of the Jedi.....but to your point I wouldn't advise starting with Episode I. I think you'd miss some of the mystery and wonder of Luke's experience.
I always recommend reading (or viewing) a series in publication order. For example, Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series jumps back and forth over a 200+ year time period. The second trilogy takes place 200 years before the first one, and she more or less alternates time periods with each trilogy. To anyone reading them for the first time, I recommend the publication order....but now that I know the story I tend to reread them in chronological order.