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Machete Order In Star Wars

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The release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is imminent and all fans old as well as new are getting ready to enjoy the movie. Usually these start with marathon runs of watching all the Star Wars movie. Every Star Wars fan will have his theory on the correct order to watch Star Wars movies. New fans to the series are clueless what order to follow when they immerse them into the Star Wars world. Star Wars fans are one of the most opinionated fan base around and that is not a bad thing, it comes out of the love for the iconic series.

Whatever be your reason for watching the Star War movies, it is an experience like no other. Let us first tackle the obvious options for watching the Star Wars saga.

Release Order

Episode IV: A New Hope
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Episode VI: Return …show more content…

Episode V ended on a huge cliffhanger with not just the reveal but also Han Solo captured and in carbonite and the Empire having hit the rebellion hard. By delaying the resolution of the cliffhanger, we are more invested in the story than at any other point of time when Return of the Jedi is viewed.

Machete order is the correct order to watch Star Wars Movies

The Machete Order, gives the best Star Wars experience as the saga starts with Episode IV, establishing the Star Wars universe and ending with the most rewarding ending in Episode VI. This order makes the epic saga a story of two characters, Luke and Anakin. Two movies of Luke's tale, two movies of Anakin's story and final single film that brings both stories into one and giving a proper closure to the saga.

The cliffhanger ending of The Empire Strikes Back creates a lot of tension, and the original trilogy act as an framing device for the prequel trilogy. The relationship between Anakin and Padme or Obi Wan and Anakin does not have the weirdness due to the convoluted story lines and age gaps from Episode

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