How much of the saga do you follow?

[Snowman37]

I love the original trilogy. I remember back in 1997 when I got the VHS cassettes for my birthday, I watched the movies with my cousin. The first movie began as Episode IV, so I kept asking him what were the first three movies, but he kept telling me it was the first movie. You can imagine how that got a bit confusing. Anyway, from the original trilogy, Return of the Jedi remains my favorite. It resolves the war between Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire, Emperor Palpatine is finally defeated, and Darth Vader comes to his senses just in time to save his son and kill the emperor. I love how the emperor is killing Luke with the force, and Luke keeps crying out, "Father!" I really liked the father-son dynamic in this film.

I'm in the minority in having enjoyed the prequel trilogy, all three films. I don't get the extreme criticism for The Phantom Menace. Yes, Jar Jar is annoying, but it's otherwise a good movie. Did anyone really expect the prequels to achieve the quality of the original films? I don't care whether a sequel or prequel is better than the last film. For me, it just boils down to this: was I entertained for two hours? If yes, then it was a good movie.

Do you follow the saga beyond the original and prequel trilogies? For me, they're just fantasy in space, good movies, but... I'm not really a fan or anything. I don't care about the expanded universe. If they made another movie or even a TV series (live-action), I'd be game.

Oh, and what's up with the original trilogy and DVD releases? Why does George Lucas keep screwing around with the movies? I don't care about all of this Special Edition nonsense. I just want to see the ORIGINAL TRILOGY on DVD.

[P-90_177]

I don't tend to mind the oringal trilogy either. Minus Jar Jar I think Episode 1 is actually the most sensical of the 3 too. There was no over use of force powers and still not a mssive amount of CGI. Although having said that I think the prequel trilogy would have been alot better if they had a better enemy than the trade federation and they shouldn't have killed Darth Maul.
The main problem I have with the prequels is that they made Anakins fall to the Dark Side too easy. (That and Hayden Christenson's acting) In the thrid film he was a good man, and in fact in the beginning of the film portrayed as fairly wise. Arrogant yes but still not too bad. And yet even when he learnt Palpatine was evil and he was advocating keeping him alive which was the Light Side thing to do while Mace was trying to kill him, all it took was one bad gut reaction to turn him evil.
I simply refuse to believe good and evil work like that and quite frankly it ruined the whole thing for me.
What Lucas had originally depicted as quite a complex and slow descent between light and dark was suddenly portrayed as being like flicking a switch.

Anyway in terms of the expanded saga, I really don't get into it really.
I play the video games which I quite enjoy. The likes of the Jedi Knight games are alot of fun, as are the old X-wing and Tie Fighter games. They tended to have quite a rich and interesting story to go with them. The same goes for the Knights of the Old Republic though to be honest the history is so far removed from the rest of the star wars saga that I don't really think of it as star wars beyond lightsabres and force powers.

I once was given for christmas a graphic novel version of a book called the Last Stand which is set after the fall of the Empire. That was actually quite interesting as it dealt with fighting off the final arm of the remnant imperial forces. But I never really found it interesting enough to go out and buy other star wars books.

To be honest, while I enjoy Star Wars it has never hooked me like other sci-fi and to be honest I find that while the original concept had a lot of merit, it seems to have gone way out of control really. For a fil that was originally meant to be a swashbuckling adventure in space it has had way too much meat added to it in terms of history. To me a swashbuckling adventure is something fun you watch for two hours (per movie I mean)and then don't think about it again. You're told everything you need to know so there's no need to dig any deeper with the characters.

Generally I feel the same way about all sci-fi and fantasy, except for perhaps the likes of Star Trek but even then I cherry pick what I like.

[DigiFluid]

I love Star Wars, basically all of it. Old Republic stuff, Rise of the Empire stuff, Episode III (I wonder when they'll get around to making Episodes I and II ), Original Trilogy, the New Republic, the games from the various eras, good good stuff.

The only part I turn my nose up at is the Yuuzhan Vong stuff. I haven't actually read any of it, just stuff on Wookieepedia, but it all sounds colossally dumb and unwelcome.

[SGSargon]

For me, Star Wars is just the six movies and some Clone Wars here and there. I never cared much about the EU.

[helenmagnus23]

I love Starwars for me it started with movies 4,5&6 watching them on video my favorite is Return Of The Jedi and even know i still see them as 1,2&3 and i love the prequals movies 1,2&3 my favorite of them is Revenge Of The Sith i love seeing Anikan turn to darkside and i like how he knows something doesnt feel right but he gives into the darkside still

I love playing the games on both PS3 and Xbox 360 ive resently completed THE FORCE UNLEASHED 2 and i'm waiting for the Jedi kinect game to be released and The Old Republic the Sith VS the jedi I have resently started watching The Clone Wars

Oh and i watch Family Guy ,Robot Chicken versions as well plus FanBoys etc

[The Flyattractor]

Listing to the Audio tapes of the Heir to the Empire Tril being done soley by the voice of C3PO is pricless comedy...especially the Han Solo parts.

[Rawtheran]

I've seen all the movies with my favorite being Episode III, and have also seen every single Clone Wars both the current and old series episodes to date. I read about EU all the time on Wookiepedia.

[Goose]

For me, Star Wars is just the six movies and some Clone Wars here and there. I never cared much about the EU.

Amen!

[Teddybrown]

Seen all 6 films, currently watching The Clone Wars and purchased afew of the games, havent really gotten into any of the other Star Wars media.

[djackson1234]

Only Episodes I-VI. I don't think I could get into Clone Wars but I'd love to read the books in the future (when I will have time!).

[djackson1234]

Jar-Jar may be annoying, but you can't help but love him!

[SaberBlade]

Episodes I-VI, Clone Wars movie+series+animated shorts, Force Unleashed 1+2.

To me these make up the canon of Star Wars. I've got a few comics, some graphic novels and played some of the video games like KOTOR and the Jedi Outcast and Academy (plus older ones).

[DigiFluid]

Jar-Jar may be annoying, but you can't help but love him!

Says you.

[SaberBlade]

Says you.

Well Jar Jar was instrumental in the creation of the Empire. At least he did something right.

[DigiFluid]

[JosephGracey]

I really only followed the eps 1-3 and i loved the phantom menace i think it was perfect for the young kids like myself who were only 4 or 5 when episode 1 hit cinemas and vhs.
And i've gotten into the expanded universe through the force unleashed and other games based around the jedi and the sith.

[mandogater]

For me it's the six movies and Clone Wars. I really have to agree with Digifluid about the Yuuzhan Vong stuff. Other then trying very hard to avoid those novels, I tend to pick up any novel that intrigues me.

[Replicator Todd]

To me, the unique thing about the Star War franchise compared to any other franchise is that my opinion of it always changes. My favorite film changes over time, I've gone from A New Hope, to The Phantom Menace(I was young!), to The Empire Strikes Back for a long time, to currently being Return of the Jedi(the climax of Vader, Luke, and the Emperor may be the best bit of the saga IMO). I've switched from loving and hating the Clone Wars era many times(same with the prequels).I currently love it due to the awesome animated series. I've always though the Old Republic era was cool.

So I think in the end I try to follow the entire saga, I love Star Wars. Just in some areas of the EU I may become picky and choosy.

[VampyreWraith]

I love all six movies, like Clone Wars, and I've read most of the EU books. I'm not good at video games(I wish I was), but if I was I would play them.

[teyla-nick94]

I've watched all of them and I love all of them. The Star Wars movies are one of the best I've ever watched.
I don't really have on favorite among them. They're all great and the music is of course amazing! John Williams is a great composer and he did a very good job with Star Wars.