...I am almost positive this discussion occurred here long ago, but maybe that was on the old Town Hall... either way, it was long enough ago that I DEMAND IT OCCUR AGAIN!
Lets say you're a parent, and decide your child is old and wise enough to watch the Star Wars films for the first time... what order do you go in? Original release order (4,5,6,1,2,3)? Chronological order (1,2,3,4,5,6)? Something more unique (4,5,1,2,3,6)? Or you if you are against parenthood, you can just say you are showing them to a friend who hasn't seen any of them for the first time.
Back in MY DAY we didn't have a fancy-schmancy prequel trilogy, so we only had 4, 5, and 6 to worry about... but alas things are harder for today's youth.
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As a matter of fact, when I was a kid, A New Hope was just called "Star Wars" pretty much universially. That's all it said on VHS boxes and everything.
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My personal inclination would be release order... however I have heard the last option I mentioned a few times... 4 and 5 to get the feel of the original series, but then sort of flash back to 1, 2, and 3 to get the whole backstory before the finale in 6. I don't know, that's interesting, but I'd rather not break up the trilogies like that.
SO DISCUSS AND VOTE AND STUFF!