The best order to watch all the Star Wars movies and shows

The Skywalker saga is complete, the Clone Wars animated series has (sort of) come to an end, one of the best Star Wars stories ever told between seasons, and there are no release dates for Star Wars movies in the near future – so it’s the perfect time to go back to Mandalore. The Mandalorian is almost back for its third season, which means there has never been a better time to catch up on all things Star Wars. Disney Plus has every movie and show that is currently canon, which should make it easy.

But how should you view everything? After George Lucas released his prequel trilogy, Star Wars fans debated the order in which to devour the series. Now, with three trilogies, a few spinoff movies, some animated and live-action series, and at least two spinoff spinoffs, the “right” way to look at the Star Wars saga is even more complicated. With all that in mind, here are a few different viewing orders to help you out, whether you’re a longtime fan looking to revisit the movies and shows or a newcomer needing a Star Wars crash course.

Watch Star Wars in chronological order

This viewing order doesn’t need much explanation. This is how the events of the Star Wars universe happened on the BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin) / ABY (After the Battle of Yavin) timeline. It starts with the earliest events and progresses in time from there. A few of these may happen at the same time, but it’s not our fault.

1. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
2. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
3. Star Wars: the Clone Wars (the animated film)
4. Star Wars: the Clone Wars (the animated series)
5. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
6. Star Wars: The Bad Batch
7. Solo: A Star Wars Story
8. Obi Wan Kenobi
9. Star Wars Rebels animated series
10. Andor season 1
11. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
12. Star Wars: A New Hope
13. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
14. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
15. The Mandalorian sseason 1
16. The Mandalorian season 2
17. Boba Fett’s book
18. The Mandalorian season 3
19. Star Wars Resistance season 1
20. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
21. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
22. Star Wars Resistance season 2
23. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Watch Star Wars in Skywalker Saga order

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Taking a little inspiration from the internet celebrity Ernst Rister order – originally from a now-deleted forum post – used this list A new hope And Empire strikes Back as a setup for the prequel movies and puts more emphasis on Luke Skywalker. Watching the movies and shows like this will help you know for sure where his family came from.

This sequence differs from the Skywalker story after both Revenge of the Sith And Return of the Jedi, but it gives you much better context for Anakin’s exploits during the Clone Wars and makes for his redemptive moment in siding with Luke over Emperor Palpatine. As you get into the new trilogy, Luke continues to take center stage.

The trickiest part of this order is the very mellow middle section, which focuses on a few different things for a while, including Mandalore and a few Mandalorians, rather than Luke and the Skywalker family – even if they show up every now and then. Than.

1. Star Wars: A New Hope
2. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
4. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
5. Star Wars: the Clone Wars (the animated movie)
6. Star Wars: the Clone Wars (the animated series)
7. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
8. Star Wars: The Bad Batch
9. Obi Wan Kenobi
10. Solo: A Star Wars Story
11. Star Wars Rebels animated series
12. Andor season 1
13. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
14. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
15. The Mandalorian season 1
16. The Mandalorian season 2
17. Boba Fett’s book
18. The Mandalorian season 3
19. Star Wars Resistance season 1
20. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
21. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
22. Star Wars Resistance season 2
23. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Watching Star Wars in… galaxy-brain order

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We recommend this playlist for those who have watched all of Star Wars so many times that they want to mix things up with a really weird experience. This isn’t really an addition to any character or storyline, but to the series as a whole. This order should help you catch all the little references from one movie or show and connect them to the next – although you’ll probably miss a few more.

In the first few entries, the focus is on the rebellion. Then, at the lowest point, we switch sides to Anakin to see how he became Darth Vader and how the empire gained control of the galaxy. Then we see the fall of the empire Return of the Jediand the aftermath within The Mandalorian And Book by Boba Fett.

The last weird piece of this order is repositioning the new trilogy with Han as a more central figure. We see his family struggling The power awakensand then catch up with his backstory with Solo. This command causes Luke to give Han’s lucky dice to Leia The Last Jedi to a slightly more significant moment, making it clear that this is Luke trying to mend some of the pain he caused Han’s family.

Note: If you want to go all the way with this order, we recommend that you watch A new hope until the planning meeting for the Battle of Yavin. At that point, switch to Villain Onewatch the whole thing, then watch season 1 of Andor and then go back to the rest of A new hope. in this way Villain One plays a bit like a heroic flashback to the Rebellion.

1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2. Andor season 1
3. Star Wars: A New Hope
4. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
5. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
6. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
7. Star Wars: the Clone Wars (the animated film)
8. Star Wars: the Clone Wars (the animated series)
9. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
10. Star Wars: The Bad Batch
11. Obi Wan Kenobi
12. Star Wars Rebels
13. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
14. The Mandalorian season 1
15. Boba Fett’s book (first four episodes)
16. The Mandalorian season 2
17. Boba Fett’s book (episodes 5, 6 and 7)
18. The Mandalorian season 3
19. Star Wars Resistance season 1
20. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
21. Solo: A Star Wars Story
22. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
23. Star Wars Resistance season 2
24. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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