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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 8080890" data-attributes="member: 6803643">I still believe that the correct order, at least for me is:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Star Wars (4K77 or Harmy's DSE), The Empire Strikes Back (HDSE), Return of the Jedi (HDSE)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Episode I, Episode II, The Clone Wars 216, TCW 116, The Clone Wars (feature film)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">TCW 301, TCW 303, TCW 101-115, TCW 117-121, TCW 201-203, TCW 217-219, TCW 204-214, TCW 220-222</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">TCW 305-307, TCW 302, TCW 304, TCW 308, TCW 122, TCW 309-311, TCW 215, TCW 312-322</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">TCW 401-422, TCW 502-513, TCW 501, TCW 514-520, TCW 601-613, TCW Unfinished Episodes 614-617</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">TCW 705-708, TCW 701-704, TCW 709, Episode III, The Clone Wars 710-712</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Solo, Rebels S1-4, Rogue One-Episode IV (SE D+ cut) Double Feature</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Episode V (SE D+ cut), Episode VI (SE D+ cut)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Mandalorian S1 (and S2 in just 2 months! wha!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Resistance 101-119, Episode VII, Resistance 120-121, Episode VIII, Resistance 201-219, Episode IX</li> </ul>This allows for the original movie experience with all its flaws and special reveals and seeing the films as close to how they were when they launched on screen, and then follows as close to canonical timeline order as possible. This seems to be the implied intended story-form of the television shows even - Rebels 413 has a time skip to post-Battle of Endor in its epilogue, so you either have to pause the show at a very unsatisfying time or get spoiled on Episode VI's ending - unless you've watched the original trilogy first. Technically you could intercut TCW 710-712 and Episode III, but it's too many pauses for my taste. Seeing Ahsoka and Rex and Maul interweve with the events of Episode III is better off as a dessert course after the meal that was Episode III.This also starts the saga with the original mystery and natural narrative arc of R2-D2 and C-3PO dropped from space into a desert, where we don't even know if it's inhabited by humans or other friendly lifeforms until Luke and family appear on screen. This section is suspenseful if you don't have any Star Wars knowledge; it's a bit slow if you do.Finally, the other important thing above is that Rogue One and Episode IV Special Edition cut are watched as a double feature. While I initially thought it would be high stakes to start the series with Rogue One, there's just too much to follow if you don't know anything about Star Wars. Rogue One is better as the first half of the story you didn't know about upon second viewing of the original film. I do have to say though, if you do skip bullet point one, then Rogue One-A New Hope double feature works just fine, and it makes the stakes of the Death Star all the more weighty.I think The Clone Wars and Rebels are necessary viewing before Rogue One to understand the motivations of characters like Mon Mothma and Saw Gerrera, who lack aplomb without further knowledge of who they are.</blockquote>

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