--- title: Mark Hamill Weighs in on Best Order to Watch Star Wars description: The perfect viewing order for the Star Wars movies has been a heated topic of discussion since the release of George Lucas' prequel trilogy. canonical: https://time.com/5222488/mark-hamill-star-wars-best-order/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-30T17:30:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:10.555Z og:title: Mark Hamill Finally Weighed in on the Best Order to Watch Star Wars og:description: Luke Skywalker has spoken og:url: https://time.com/5222488/mark-hamill-star-wars-best-order/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ea9ba8be1bb29ac/6988f6b686f68ebf8c6e7bbf/star-wars-luke-skywalker-mark-hamill-last-jedi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4240 og:image:height: 2385 og:image:alt: Film-Box Office og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mark Hamill Finally Weighed in on the Best Order to Watch Star Wars twitter:description: Luke Skywalker has spoken twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ea9ba8be1bb29ac/6988f6b686f68ebf8c6e7bbf/star-wars-luke-skywalker-mark-hamill-last-jedi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mark Hamill Finally Weighed in on the Best Order to Watch _Star Wars_ > Sponsored content. 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But while fans will likely continue to argue in favor of their own preferred method until the end of time, Luke Skywalker himself has now weighed in on the debate. During a recent interview with [Collider](http://collider.com/mark-hamill-star-wars-movies-viewing-order/#the-last-jedi), Mark Hamill offered his take on the best way to watch the sequentially-confusing galaxy far, far away series. Although, even he seemed a bit indecisive. “I always think the way that they were chronologically released,” he explained. “Now, I may be wrong, because if you’re starting out fresh, you may go _I_, _II_, _III_, _IV_, _V_, _VI_, _Rogue One_? It’s hard! I mean, wait a second, _Rogue One_ comes before _IV_, so you go _I_, _II_, _III_, _Rogue One_, _IV_, _V_, _VI_, _VII_, _VIII_. I’m guessing.” However, the 66-year-old actor was also quick to admit that it may be difficult for children who are used to today’s _Star Wars_ to watch the older movies. “It must be jarring for young kids,” he said. “Because the technology is so advanced now, so _Star Wars_ looks primitive compared to the prequels where CGI just flourished.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5222488/mark-hamill-star-wars-best-order/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5222488/mark-hamill-star-wars-best-order/"},"headline":"Mark Hamill Finally Weighed in on the Best Order to Watch Star Wars","datePublished":"2018-03-30T17:30:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:10.555Z","description":"Luke Skywalker has spoken","url":"https://time.com/5222488/mark-hamill-star-wars-best-order/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars","mark hamill"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ea9ba8be1bb29ac/6988f6b686f68ebf8c6e7bbf/star-wars-luke-skywalker-mark-hamill-last-jedi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ea9ba8be1bb29ac/6988f6b686f68ebf8c6e7bbf/star-wars-luke-skywalker-mark-hamill-last-jedi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Film-Box Office","caption":"Film-Box Office","creditText":"John Wilson—Lucasfilm/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5222488/mark-hamill-star-wars-best-order/","name":"Mark Hamill Finally Weighed in on the Best Order to Watch Star Wars"}}]}] ```