So, you love Star Wars.
Maybe you grew up knowing every line, playing with the action figures and sparring with your friends with flashlights in the fog pretending they're light sabers.
But, now you've gotten married or dating a person who has no idea why you are both excited and frightened by the aspect of the upcoming Star Wars VII.
Fortunately introducing your partner or children to Star Wars isn't a difficult thing to do.
The best thing to do is just simply sit down and watch Star Wars IV: A New Hope.
You can watch the other movies from there.
If you are interested in doing a Star-Wars-A-Thon it shouldn't take up too much time, only about 13 hours and 17 minutes.
Compared to the 372 hours for every Doctor Who episode that's not too bad.
If you want to knock about two and a quarter hours off, skip episode one and watch the movies in Machete Order.
Machete Order which consists of IV - V - II - III - VI allows a person to get the view from the Luke Skywalker.
Once we learn who Luke's father is episodes II and III work as a sort of flashback between Anakin and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Whichever way you want to go, I would highly recommend you start with Episode Four no matter what.
It really does introduce the Star Wars Universe to the viewer better than any other film.
Also, the prequels probably won't be a big part of the movies coming out in 2015, so if all you watch is just watch IV, V and IV you should be good.
Of course there's also the Clone Wars which Netflix is now streaming, but it's not imperative that a person watch the show to get an idea of Star Wars.
There are also a huge number of comics, books and games which expand the universe, but at this point it's unclear if it will remain unscathed in the future of the Star Wars Universe.
Star Wars remains a huge part of geek culture and a great stepping off point into the world of science fiction.
Next up in Geek 101, we'll jump into the realm of Doctor Who!
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