The best and worst thing for any given movie franchise are the fans and the only people who know the order in which a movie franchise is intended to be viewed (shock horror) are the filmmakers who were involved with the production of the movies.

Before we get too far into things I’ve got to put a few things on the table, the franchise that I’m going to be talking about is Star Wars and to the crazy militant star wars fanboys who may or may not come across who might try and label me as being ‘not a fan of star wars’ I was first introduced to Star Wars: A New Hope by my Sister in 1984 when I was 2 so that my parents could have a sleep in on the weekend, and over the next 8 to 10 years managed to wear out the VHS copy that the family had. And I’ll let you in on a little secret my favourite moment in the entire star wars franchise is the few seconds between the 20th century fox fanfare and the Main title music. Now to those hipster dofus militant fans who might have a problem with what I am about to say I have this for you, once you have finished reading this article go put on your big boy pants and send me your
reply!! telling me why I’m wrong. How many of you have heard of the Machete Order in which you are ‘supposed’ to watch the two trilogies in? Well for those of you who haven’t heard of the Machete Order states that you are ‘supposed’ to forget about episode 1 and watch episodes 4, 5, 2, 3 and 6. In that order.

Now, I know I cannot stop you from watching episodes 4, 5, 2, 3, 6 and forgetting episode 1. And if you feel the need to watch star wars in that order, go for it. I just want you to take a moment to think about your moral fibre and the moral fibre of the person who originally thought up The Star Wars Machete Order. Because no matter how hard you try you cannot ignore your problems and hope that they go away. Trust me I put on a shit-load of weight to learn that little life lesson and I’m dealing with the consequences of my decisions.
Besides there are more annoying things to worry about in the New Trilogy then the performances of Jake Lloyd and Ahmed Best as Young Anakin Skywalker and Jar Jar Binks. So, you did not get a charming performance from a 10-year-old kid and where annoyed by the possibly racist Jar Jar Binks. Wow, the only way you were going to get a brilliant performance out of a 10-year-old kid is if their role was close to their everyday life as possible, for just a moment look back to your days in high school and how many of you out there in this great wide world went to school with a kid who struggled because English was their second language and now I want you to raise your hand if you made fun of them because they struggled with English?
And to those of you who complain that the second trilogy is nothing like the first. That was never going to happen because ‘Star Wars’ is corporatese for ‘license to print money’ which enabled Lucas to justify the kind of budget that enabled him to do the kind of things that he was unable to do while filming the original trilogy.
The real problem with the second trilogy (if there is one at all) is with the final act of the third movie and the way Padmé Amidala was written. I mean wouldn’t her emotional speech when she begged Anakin to runaway with her a tad more dramatic if she pulled a blaster on him and possibly even tried to stop the Duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan? and then got forced choked for her troubles.

Now as things stand for me I’m probably not going to have children, but I’d like to think that should I ever be given the opportunity to introduce a child to the Star Wars franchise I would show the movies to them in the order that they were released telling them that a lot of people are passionate about this franchise, sometimes maybe a little to passionate and despite the quality of the second trilogy they are probably the most important movies because without them the cinematic story would never have been finished.