George Lucas - I, II, III, IV, V, VI ------------------------------------------ The ***creator*** of Star Wars has stated that the correct viewing order for the original trilogy and prequel trilogy is **the numbered order, not the release order**. > *“Start with One. **That’s the way > to do it right: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. That’s the way they’re supposed to > be done.** Just because it took a long time to film it doesn’t mean you > don’t do it in order.”* > > <sub><sup>[The Vulture: In What Order Should You Watch the Star Wars Movies? George Lucas and Others Weigh In][1]</sub></sup> and > *"What you've got to remember is that **this is one movie. And it's meant > to be watched one through six.** So I think when you watch the actual > movie in order, the story will become very clear."* > > <sub><sup>[Featurette: The Chosen One][2]</sub></sup> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqLsQClut5c&feature=youtu.be&t=1m36s Mark Hamill ------------ > "Rogue One comes before four! Yeah, **so you go: one, two, three, Rogue One, four, five, six, seven, eight",** he decided. "I'm guessing." > ><sup><sub>[Mark Hamill finally settles the Star Wars viewing order debate](http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/star-wars/news/a853624/star-wars-movies-order-mark-hamill-settles-debate/)</sup></sub> ---------- [The Vulture website][1] has also aggregated the suggested viewing orders from a range of other people directly and indirectly involved in the original, prequel and new trilogies: **Daisy Ridley** - (I, II, III, IV, V, VI): ----------------------------------------- > "I would say 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, > because for a young person it's easier to understand the chronology." > **John Boyega** - (No recommendation) ------------------- > "I would say whatever you want! Watch 3, 6, 2, 1 — do > whatever you want to do so long as you experience it a very unique way > and enjoy it." > **Mark Ruffalo** - (IV, V, VI, I, II, III) ---------------------------------------- > "From the first one made to the > most recent. Straight through. They just build up nicely that way. > That’s the way I saw it, and I’m a little bit of a throwback." **Aaron Paul** - (IV, V, VI, I, II, III) -------------------------------------- > "You start with the original Star > Wars movie. There is no other way. Maybe it’s nostalgia. Or maybe it’s > not even that. I have no idea why I feel this way, but you should > watch them in the order they were released." They also offered the advice of a professional movie critic Matt Zoller Seitz - (IV, V, I, II, III, VI) ------------------------------------------- > "The Godfather, > Part II order. This is the order my wife came up with back in 2005. We > were discussing the right order in which to show the movies to our > kids, and we agreed that Darth Vader's reveal was such a big deal that > it would be a shame to ruin it by showing the episodes in numerical > order. She was a big fan of The Godfather, Part II, which flashes back > and forth between Michael Corleone in 1959 and his father Vito as a > young man in the late 19th and early 20th centuries." > > "In this order, you start with A New Hope and continue through Empire, > which of course ends with Vader dropping that huge plot bomb on Luke. > Then you "flash back" to The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and > then Revenge of the Sith to show how Anakin became Darth Vader. Then > you finish with Return of the Jedi, where Luke tries to pull his > father back from the Dark Side and at least partially redeem him, > restoring balance to the Force in the process. We actually watched the > films this way, and it really worked. > > "Not only did it magnify the impact of the throne-room scenes in Jedi, > it made it much easier to see the mirroring games that George Lucas > was playing in the prequels, making The Phantom Menace a rhyme of A > New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back with Attack of the Clones (right > down to the sad cliff-hanger ending), and Jedi the answer to Sith, > following right on its armored heels." [1]: http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/best-star-wars-movie-viewing-order.html?mid=facebook_nymag [2]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499191/