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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 8075546" data-attributes="member: 6803643">I've been debating about this a lot recently. On the one hand, Rogue One and A New Hope make for a fascinating double feature that puts a LOT more tension into Luke's story as everyone had to die just to get to the point where Artoo is alone in the desert with the plans…On the other hand, there's a LOT of infodumping and a lot of information that doesn't mean much to the average viewer in Rogue One unless you've already seen other Star Wars films. A lot of people felt nothing with Saw's Death because they didn't know him from The Clone Wars or Rebels, and I fear if someone's never even seen Star Wars before, they might not make the sinister parallel with Vader that his breathing apparatus implies.The first 30 minutes of the original Star Wars cut out Luke's original introduction at Anchorhead with Biggs because it plays as a mystery feature. We're following those two peasants from the Seven Samurai, as they explore a world that might not even have humans in it, or at least we don't know. It's a weird and alien world filled with sand, more sand, robots, aliens, dinosaurs… and then we get "Luuke! Luuke! Tell Uncle…"It's a slow but very purposeful opening. Each shot carries us to the next one. In Rogue One, the opening has us bouncing around the galaxy and through time and space to introduce each member of our A-Team before slowly assembling the team and then getting to the big heist and doomed battle. It's a serious question… and I don't have a good answer. Rogue One > A New Hope is just a really great mega-feature film, and it transforms the entire pacing of the the film and makes me doubt whether Luke will even survive, while in the original it felt like a foregone conclusion because these were the heroes and you don't kill the heroes off!I know I wouldn't want to start someone on Solo (though I love that film, too) - as Darth Maul would be a confusing moment that doesn't pay off unless you've watched Episode I, The Clone Wars, and then go on to watch Rebels (and even then, there's a missing chapter of Maul's life involving Qira that happens between 10 BBY and 3 BBY…). At a certain point of adding midquels before IV, it makes more sense to just go chronologically from the beginning. After all, Episode I is incredibly important to the entire saga - the Duel of Fates is quite literally a duel for the fate of Anakin Skywalker, whether he'll be raised as a surrogate son of Qui-Gon Jinn or of Sheev Palpatine. And the celebration at the end, as if everything is hunky dory, hides a sinister meaning: it's the Emperor's Theme in major, sped up. I still think there's something to be said for starting someone entirely fresh, with no preconcieved notions of the franchise (no knowledge of Vader's iconic line from V) with either Harmy's Despecialized Editions or Project 4K77. Then you can go back and watch the entire saga in order with the Special edition changes included when you get to IV-V-VI (also including the 7 seasons of TCW, the 4 seasons of Rebels, and the soon-to-be 2 seasons of The Mandalorian, though the 2 seasons Resistance is optional).</blockquote>

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