These movies were released in 1999, 20, and they're set in the decades prior to the original trilogy. The lightsaber battle in The Phantom Menace is one of the prequel trilogy's finest moments.
The prequel trilogy is the often considered a weak link in the franchise, but there's still a lot to love if you enjoy this universe, and it set the trend for modern blockbusters in its pioneering use of computer generated imagery. You may have seen wildly varying reactions to these movies on social media - forget all that and make up your own mind. Kylo Ren demands that you watch The Last Jedi and decide for yourself how good or bad it is. These movies are set 30 years after the originals, and they introduce a new generation of heroes and villains alongside older characters. They came out in 2015, 20, respectively, so the visuals are spectacular and they're fresh in people's memories. I'd advise you to go for the sequel trilogy, which consists of: With the Original Trilogy done, you have two others to explore: the prequels and the sequels.
