I was watching all six episodes of the Star Wars saga the other day, and could not help but marvel at how spellbound I was with the story, at the way the story telling perfection captures reality and whisks one away to a different time and place created from the wellspring of George Lucas’s imagination.
If you’ve never seen any of the Star Wars films, then I’m afraid I have no idea what rock you’ve been hiding under. If I could think of anything worthy to share with you, it would most definitely be the legacy of the Star Wars films. What I find most fascinating about the series is that episode four was the first to be produced in the six part series. It was released in 1977 and played a major role in launching actor Harrison Ford's career. Episodes five and six followed in the early 1980's, with one to three being released during the past decade. If you ever manage to find the collection, watch it. I'm certain you won't regret it.
Talk about disjointed film making....One cannot help but wonder if the story line remains intact and the flow of the different episodes are disrupted at any stage. Should they be watched in the order they were made, or in order of how they run such as one to six? I used to wonder about this, and found myself frustrated at the missing episodes from the saga at the time before the first three were produced. Yet after watching the first three, I cannot help but suspect George Lucas of masterminding the production schedule in this fashion on purpose. George Lucas appears to be a man of vision and from watching his films it is evident that he pioneered film making techniques unheard of back in the day. His company, Industrial Light and Magic, I believe to be the leading special effects arts studio in the world.
Watching the first Star Wars episode that was released in 1977, it is truly amazing how totally ‘watch-able’, if I may use this term, this science fiction film is. Even the way the ‘light sabers’ were produced with the limited computing systems and technologies of the day and age. I won't be surprised a bit if he was saving the first three episodes for later production when special effects technologies were more evolved and perfected. Somehow the effect obtained of exposing the beginning of the saga later, makes all the puzzle pieces of the saga fall into place perfectly, without robbing each episode from its own continuity, thereby making each film totally enjoyable even if you haven't seen the others.
My recommendation would be to watch episodes four to six first, and thereafter watch episodes one to three. However, my point is, you need not watch them in any specific order, or even all of them for that matter. Each of them is enjoyable in its own right, which I feel is a demonstration of the mastery over story telling George Lucas possesses.
If you’ve never seen any of the Star Wars films, then I’m afraid I have no idea what rock you’ve been hiding under. If I could think of anything worthy to share with you, it would most definitely be the legacy of the Star Wars films. What I find most fascinating about the series is that episode four was the first to be produced in the six part series. It was released in 1977 and played a major role in launching actor Harrison Ford's career. Episodes five and six followed in the early 1980's, with one to three being released during the past decade. If you ever manage to find the collection, watch it. I'm certain you won't regret it.
Talk about disjointed film making....One cannot help but wonder if the story line remains intact and the flow of the different episodes are disrupted at any stage. Should they be watched in the order they were made, or in order of how they run such as one to six? I used to wonder about this, and found myself frustrated at the missing episodes from the saga at the time before the first three were produced. Yet after watching the first three, I cannot help but suspect George Lucas of masterminding the production schedule in this fashion on purpose. George Lucas appears to be a man of vision and from watching his films it is evident that he pioneered film making techniques unheard of back in the day. His company, Industrial Light and Magic, I believe to be the leading special effects arts studio in the world.
Watching the first Star Wars episode that was released in 1977, it is truly amazing how totally ‘watch-able’, if I may use this term, this science fiction film is. Even the way the ‘light sabers’ were produced with the limited computing systems and technologies of the day and age. I won't be surprised a bit if he was saving the first three episodes for later production when special effects technologies were more evolved and perfected. Somehow the effect obtained of exposing the beginning of the saga later, makes all the puzzle pieces of the saga fall into place perfectly, without robbing each episode from its own continuity, thereby making each film totally enjoyable even if you haven't seen the others.
My recommendation would be to watch episodes four to six first, and thereafter watch episodes one to three. However, my point is, you need not watch them in any specific order, or even all of them for that matter. Each of them is enjoyable in its own right, which I feel is a demonstration of the mastery over story telling George Lucas possesses.
This short article is dedicated to Tristine McKee as the inspiration from our Facebook discussion.
