The first 3 movies are actually episodes 4,5, and 6. Georges Lucas knew that he would eventually make 1,3, and 4 when the technology would allow it, which are in release order 4th, 5th and 6th movie. Confused? xD
Georges Lucas knew that he would eventually make 1,2 and 3 when the technology would allow it
That's far from the truth. George Lucas knew jack ****, he was making it up as he went along. Star Wars was never meant to be more than one film (which was originally just called "Star Wars" until it became so enormously successful. And when he did say there were going to be more films, he intended for a much bigger, nine or twelve movie thing.
Darth Vader wasn't even Luke's father until the very late drafts of the second movie, and if Lucas had known he'd make Leia and Luke siblings he'd have never made them kiss. He didn't even write the scripts for the original movies alone. Hell, he didn't even direct Empire, which is the best one.
But he did write the prequels all by himself, and they're an inconsistent continuity mess, further proving he hadn't planned ahead. The time elapsed between Sith and Hope is very ill-determined, the sheer ubiquity of Jedi makes it seem like the galaxy suffered collective amnesia in the originals, midi-chlorians, pretty much everything relative to C3PO and R2-D2...
Lucas does like to sell himself as this far-seeing visionary though, doesn't he? He keeps amending the originals (which is total BS) in rereleases to better fit the prequels' terrible plots, he added the title "IV: A New Hope" way after the original got released, he claims he always wanted just six movies.
Darth Vader wasn't even Luke's father until the very late drafts of the second movie, and if Lucas had known he'd make Leia and Luke siblings he'd have never made them kiss.
See?! I knew I wasn't the only one who constantly wondered what that was all about!
It struck me as weird the minute of the first time I watched "The Empire Strikes Back" and it was announced that Vader was Luke's father... still feels weird come to think about it! (o.O)
he claims he always wanted just six movies.
There's still rumour going round that he's thinking (plotting) to release 3 more movies to add the already existing 6 in the saga... anyone know whether there's any truth to that? =/
When it became a big deal he said that he was going to do 9 movies. Then the Star Wars universe exploded in popularity and books were written for the time after Return of the Jedi. Instead of making sequels to the original 3 he made the prequels because there were not as many(if any) written before A New Hope. I highly doubt that he will make 3 more because it would have to be along the lines of what happens in the books.
I wouldn't be opposed to new Star Wars movies at all if Lucas weren't inevitably attached to them. The man is a cancer on his own franchise.
But three gritty, well-interpreted and serious sci-fi thrillers set in the Star Wars universe and based on some of the stronger post-Jedi books? Written and directed by competent professional? Imagine a Ridley Scott, Peter Jackson, Chris Nolan SW movie. You couldn't keep me from being first in line with a gun to my head.
I like the second one the best because it has the giant war at the end and the fight with grevios and I like the whole movie better so here's my order of movies
