(this is basically been what I've been doing with my time)

MEEeep! thump

Hey you. Glad to see you're enjoying yourself.

and i am reminded that while i do not like the prequels AS MUCH as the original trilogy, i actually do like them. fuq da h8rs

hehe, I admit I've only seen the first prequel myself.

the first is the worst, imo

i mean, it doesn't hurt that i have new appreciation for them after the Film Nerd 2.0 articles from a couple years ago

basically a film critic who writes for a website started showing his older son classic sci-fi (mostly) and writing about his responses. With his little brother making some appearances.

and he showed them the Star Wars series for the first time a couple years ago, when they were 6 and 4 years old respectively.

Ahhh

and it just. reduces me to TEARS towards the end. 'cause like. these boys get SO EMOTIONALLY INVESTED IN IT.

plus they'd seen the clone wars cartoon so they knew who anakin was and loved him but didn't know he was darth vader?

Aw, yeah. Kids are great like that.

and he showed them the films "out of order" but in a way that makes the EMOTIONAL journey better imo. eps IV and V, then the prequels, then VI.

so like. return of the jedi had SUPER HIGH STAKES.

and basically yeah I'm on a star wars kick atm

Oh, that's an interesting way of going about it! I should try that sometime.

i'm doing it atm! almost done with attack of the clones, revenge of the sith and return of the jedi next! probably not until tomorrow tho, it's late.

And it works?

but i love it. it's like, once you learn who vader is, you have a 3-film flashback to see how he got there.

and how easily luke could go down a similar path

Oh cool!

and how he didn't start out bad, and personally how (I think) the old ways of the jedi failed him.

and so not only do you say "luke could go down that path" but yoda, who is like ALL THAT'S LEFT of that jedi way that failed anakin so hard, has told luke that if he leaves dagobah, he'll destroy everything

that the rebellion's fighting for

so then you get to return of the jedi, and anakin gets his redemption, luke doesn't go darkside, and a NEW WAY of being a jedi is born, and HOLY CRAPOLA that's emotionally way more satisfying, I think.

Ohh, so basically, Lucas really just screwed up the order in which he showed his movies.

haha, well, i mean, i don't think actually RELEASING them in this order would've worked out.

but if you can sit down over a few days or a few weeks and watch them like this? hell yes.

i should link you to the film nerd 2.0 articles, they're really fabulous

Well yeah.

(also if you don't come away from them with a renewed enthusiasm about star wars, i will eat my hat. one of the fuzzy ones.)

seriously!

I defy you to come away unenthused

Yeah, I've actually thought that when I finally have kids I'm going to show them the movies in that order just to see how it works. It's either that or pretend the prequels never happened.

i think the prequels are worth it, though they're not as good.

Well, yeah. Could be worse. Could be the EU!

noooo, don't diss my Star Wars soft spot!

granted, it's been years since i read anything new from the EU, but that was my adolesence.

Maaaaaaat!