George Lucas believes the first 6 episodes are about Darth Vader – Anakin Skywalker. A character who doesn't appear in half the series can't be the hero of a story. As a consequence, the movies should not be split.Īnd Hilton's suggestion that the saga "is really about Luke's journey" is flawed.
That's fine for those who've seen Star Wars before, but such a long 'flashback' (4-6 hours!) interrupts the flow of narrative and introduces a host of new characters, which some first-time viewers would find confusing. Both orders treat the prequel films as an extended flashback within the original trilogy. Hilton proposed a variant of the Ernest Rister sequence (4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6) that excludes episode 1, known as Machete order (4, 5, 2, 3, 6). The idea that viewing order should protect this reveal has been championed by software engineer Rod Hilton, who argues that "The problem with Episode Order is that it ruins the surprise that Vader is Luke's father." If scenes from one movie spoil a big reveal in another episode, the whole series becomes less fun to watch.Īrguably the biggest twist in Star Wars is that Darth Vader is Luke's Skywalker's father. My rationale is that twists play an important role in creating an enjoyable story. The approach I describe aims to minimize spoilers and thereby maximize the impact of plot twists. Is there a scientific way to determine the correct viewing order? I wanted an approach that's as objective as possible. Every recommendation for a particular order (as far as I'm aware) relies on personal opinion and subjective arguments.
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