Star Wars: How to watch every Star Wars movie and TV show in order
All you need to know to watch Star Wars in either chronological or release order
For close to 50 years, Star Wars has enchanted generations of audiences around the world. George Lucas created a never-ending universe of heroes, villains, and everything in between, that fans have been eating up since episode 4 premiered in 1977. Now we are able to learn about the extended universe through television shows, comics, books, radio dramas, and more.
But how does the extended universe fit in with the movies most people are familiar with? This is a great question and one that could take days to answer. For sake of ease, we’ll be focusing on the movies and television shows – live-action and animated – and how to watch them in canonical order. Watching them in release order is fun (and easy), but breaking the series down into canonical order elevates your viewing experience, and can help you appreciate the Star Wars universe on a whole new level. It should also be noted that The Clone Wars was released out of order in its initial run, and Disney+ has not put it in canon order. You will need to plan out your viewing with this in mind.
We have also noted the in-universe years – also known as the Galactic standard calendar – for when these movies and shows take place on the Star Wars timeline. These years are then broken down further with BBY-ABY dating system – Before the Battle of Yavin and After the Battle of Yavin. The Battle of Yavin is best known to most people as the Battle of the Death Star when said Death Star was destroyed in Episode 4: A New Hope.
It is also crucial to note that some things are no longer considered canon, but rather, are considered 'Legends' (previously known as the extended universe). Since Disney’s buyout of Star Wars in 2012, anything made after the buyout and including the movies made prior to the buyout (Episodes 1-6) and The Clone Wars are considered canon. Therefore Ewoks, Droids, and of course, The Holiday Special, are not a part of the canon. Micro-series, such as Blips, Forces of Destiny, and the shows on the Star Wars Kids YouTube channel – Galaxy of Adventures, Roll Out, and Galaxy of Creatures, are also not canon but are nice additions for fans of all ages. Visions is also not a part of the canon, despite being released in 2021. Instead, Visions gives fans a chance to see the Star Wars universe through a different lens.
As for upcoming movies and TV series, in most cases we do not know exactly where they fit beyond being in certain ages. We'll wait until we have more information (and can actually watch them!) to place them on these lists - but we're tracking all of them in our guide to the upcoming Star Wars movies & TV shows.
Everything on this list can be found on Disney+ or on whichever physical media copies you have!
Star Wars in chronological order
Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (film)
Star Wars year: 32 BBY
Year released: 1999
Episode 2: Attack of the Clones (movie)
Star Wars year: 22 BBY
Year released: 2002
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (television show)
Star Wars year: 19-22 BBY
Year released: 2020
- Cat and Mouse (season 2, episode 16) 22 BBY
- Hidden Enemy (season 1, episode 16) 22 BBY
- The Clone Wars (animated movie) 22 BBY
- Clone Cadets (season 3, episode 1) 22 BBY
- Supply Lines (season 3, episode 3) 22 BBY
- Ambush - Trespass (season 1, episode 1 - 15) 22 BBY
- Blue Shadow Virus - Liberty on Ryloth (season 1, episode 17 - 21) 21 BBY
- Holocron Heist - Children of the Force (season 2, episode 1 - 3) 21 BBY
- Bounty Hunters - The Zillo Beast Strikes Back (season 2, episode 17-19) 21 BBY
- Senate Spy - Duchess of Mandaore (season 2, episode 4 - 14) 21 BBY
- Death Trap - Lethal Trackdown (season 2, episode 20 - 22) 21 BBY
- Corruption (season 3, episode 5) 21 BBY
- The Academy (season 3, episode 5) 21 BBY
- Assassin (season 3, episode 5) 21 BBY
- ARC Troopers (season 3, episode 2) 21 BBY
- Sphere of Influence (season 3, episode 4) 21 BBY
- Evil Plans (season 3, episode 8) 21 BBY
- Hostage Crisis (season 1, episode 22) 21 BBY
- Hunt for Ziro (season 3, episode 9) 21 BBY
- Heroes on Both Side (season 3, episode 10) 21 BBY
- Pursuit of Peace (season 3, episode 11) 21 BBY
- Senate Murders (season 2, episode 15) 21 BBY
- Nightsisters - Wookiee Hunt (season 3, episode 12 - 22) 20 BBY
- Water War - Revenge (season 4, episode 1 - 22) 20 BBY
- A War on Two Fronts - Point of No Return (season 5, episode 2-13) 20/19 BBY
- Revival (season 5, episode 1) 20 / 19 BBY
- Eminence (season 5, episode 14) 19 BBY
- Shades of Reason - The Wrong Jedi (season 5, episode 15 - 20) 19 BBY
- The Unknown - Sacrifice (season 6, episode 1 - 13) 19 BBY
- Gone With A Trace - Together Again (season 7, episode 5 - 8) 19 BBY
- The Bad Batch - Unfinished Business (season 7, episode 1 -4) 19 BBY
- Old Friends Not Forgotten - Victory and Death (season 7, episode 9 - 12) 19 BBY
Revenge of the Sith (movie)
Star Wars year: 19 BBY
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (television show)
Star Wars year: 19 BBY
SEASON 1:
- Aftermath (season 1) 19 BBY
- Cut and Run (season 1) 19 BBY
- Replacements (season 1) 19 BBY
- Cornered (season 1) 19 BBY
- Rampage (season 1) 19 BBY
- Decommissioned (season 1) 19 BBY
- Battle Scars (season 1) 19 BBY
- Reunion (season 1) 19 BBY
- Bounty Lost (season 1) 19 BBY
- Common Ground (season 1) 19 BBY
- Devil’s Deal (season 1) 19 BBY
- Rescue on Ryloth (season 1) 19 BBY
- Infested (season 1) 19 BBY
- War-Mantle (season 1) 19 BBY
- Return to Kamino (season 1) 19 BBY
SEASON 2:
- Kamino Lost (season 1) 19 BBY
- Spoils of War (season 2) 19 BBY
- Ruins of War (season 2) 19 BBY
- The Solitary Clone (season 2) 19 BBY
- Faster (season 2) 19 BBY
- Entombed (season 2) 19 BBY
- Tribe (season 2) 19 BBY
- The Clone Conspiracy (season 2) 19 BBY
- Truth and Consequences (season 2) 19 BBY
- The Crossing (season 2) 19 BBY
- Retrieval (season 2) 19 BBY
- Metamorphosis (season 2) 19 BBY
- The Outpost (season 2) 19 BBY
- Pabu (season 2) 19 BBY
- Tipping Point (season 2) 19 BBY
- The Summit (season 2) 19 BBY
- Plan 99 (season 2) 19 BBY
Solo: A Star Wars Story (movie)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (television show)
Star Wars year: 9 BBY
EPISODES
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- Part IV
- Part V
- Part VI
Andor (television show)
Star Wars year: 0-5 BBY
SEASON 1
- Kassa - 5 BBY
- That Would Be Me - 5 BBY
- Reckoning - 5 BBY
- Aldhani - 5 BBY
- The Axe Forgets - 5 BBY
- The Eye - 5 BBY
- Announcement - 5 BBY
- Narkina 5 - 5 BBY
- Nobody’s Listening! - 5 BBY
- One Way Out - 5 BBY
- Daughter of Ferrix - 5 BBY
- Rix Road - 5 BBY
Star Wars: Rebels (television show)
Star Wars year: 0-5 BBY
SEASON 1
- Spark of Rebellion - 5 BBY
- Spark of Rebellion Part 2 - 5 BBY
- Droids in Distress - 5 BBY
- Fighter Flight - 5 BBY
- Rise of the Old Masters - 5 BBY
- Breaking Ranks - 5 BBY
- Out of Darkness - 5 BBY
- Empire Day - 4 BBY
- Gathering Forces - 4 BBY
- Path of the Jedi - 4 BBY
- Idiot’s Array - 4 BBY
- Vision of Hope - 4 BBY
- Call to Action - 4 BBY
- Rebel Resolve - 4 BBY
- Fire Across the Galaxy - 4 BBY
SEASON 2
- The Siege of Lothal Part 1 - 4 BBY
- The Siege of Lothal Part 2 - 4 BBY
- The Lost Commanders - 4 BBY
- Relics of the Old Republic - 4 BBY
- Always Two There Are - 4 BBY
- Brothers of the Broken Horn - 4 BBY
- Wings of the Master - 4 BBY
- Blood Sisters - 4 BBY
- Stealth Strike - 4 BBY
- The Future of the Force - 3 BBY
- Legacy - 3 BBY
- A Princess on Lothal - 3 BBY
- The Protector of Concord Dawn - 3 BBY
- Legends of the Lasat - 3 BBY
- The Call - 3 BBY
- Homecoming - 3 BBY
- The Honorable Ones - 3 BBY
- Shroud of Darkness - 3 BBY
- The Forgotten Droid - 3 BBY
- The Mystery of Chopper Base - 3 BBY
- Twilight of the Apprentice Part 1 - 3 BBY
- Twilight of the Apprentice Part 2 - 3 BBY
SEASON 3
- Steps into the Shadow Part 1 - 2 BBY
- Steps into the Shadow Part 2 - 2 BBY
- The Holocrons of Fate - 2 BBY
- The Antilles Extraction - 2 BBY
- Hera’s Heroes - 2 BBY
- The Last Battle - 2 BBY
- Imperial Super Commandos - 2 BBY
- Iron Squadron - 2 BBY
- The Wynkahthu Job - 2 BBY
- An Inside Man - 2 BBY
- Visions and Voices - 2 BBY
- Ghosts of Geonosis Part 1 - 2 BBY
- Ghosts of Geonosis Part 2 - 2 BBY
- Warhead - 2 BBY
- Trials of the Darksaber - 2 BBY
- Legacy of Mandalore - 2 BBY
- Through Imperial Eyes - 2 BBY
- Secret Cargo - 2 BBY
- Double Agent Droid - 2 BBY
- Twin Suns - 2 BBY
- Zero Hour Part 1 - 2 BBY
- Zero Hour Part 2 - 2 BBY
SEASON 4
- Heroes of Mandalore Part 1 - 1 BBY
- Heroes of Mandalore Part 2 - 1 BBY
- In the Name of the Rebellion Part 1 - 1 BBY
- In the Name of the Rebellion Part 2 - 1 BBY
- The Occupation - 1 BBY
- Flight of the Defender - 1 BBY
- Kindred - 1 BBY
- Crawler Commandeers - 1 BBY
- Rebel Assault - 1 BBY
- Jedi Night - 1 BBY
- Dume - 1 BBY
- Wolves and a Door - 0 BBY
- A World Between Worlds - 0 BBY
- A Fool’s Hope - 0 BBY
- Family Reunion – and Farewell Part 1 - 0 BBY
- Family Reunion – and Farewell Part 2 - 0 BBY
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (movie)
Star Wars year: 0 BBY
A New Hope (movie)
Star Wars year: 0-3 ABY
The Empire Strikes Back (movie)
Star Wars year: 3 ABY
Return of the Jedi (movie)
Star Wars year: 4 ABY
The Mandalorian/The Book of Boba Fett (television shows)
Star Wars year: 9 ABY
THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 1
- Chapter 1: The Mandalorian - 9 ABY
- Chapter 2: The Child - 9 ABY
- Chapter 3: The Sin - 9 ABY
- Chapter 4: Sanctuary - 9 ABY
- Chapter 5: The Gunslinger - 9 ABY
- Chapter 6: The Prisoner - 9 ABY
- Chapter 7: The Reckoning - 9 ABY
- Chapter 8: Redemption - 9 ABY
THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 2
- Chapter 9: The Marshal - 9 ABY
- Chapter 10: The Passenger - 9 ABY
- Chapter 11: The Heiress - 9 ABY
- Chapter 12: The Siege- 9 ABY
- Chapter 13: The Jedi - 9 ABY
- Chapter 14: The Tragedy - 9 ABY
- Chapter 15: The Believer - 9 ABY
- Chapter 16: The Rescue- 9 ABY
THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT SEASON 1
- Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land - 9 ABY
- Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine - 9 ABY
- Chapter 3: The Streets of Los Espa - 9 ABY
- Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm - 9 ABY
- Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian - 9 ABY
- Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger - 9 ABY
- Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor - 9 ABY
Star Wars: Resistance Season 1
Star Wars year: 34 ABY
The Force Awakens (movie)
Star Wars year: 34 ABY
The Last Jedi (movie)
Star Wars year: 34 ABY
Star Wars: Resistance Season 2 (television show)
Star Wars year: 34 - 35 ABY
- Into the Unknown - 34 ABY
- A Quick Salvage Run - 34 ABY
- Live Fire - 34 ABY
- Hunt on Celsor 3 - 34 ABY
- The Engineer - 34 ABY
- From Beneath - 34 ABY
- The Relic Raiders - 34 ABY
- Rendezvous Point - 34 ABY
- The Voxx Vortex 5000 - 34 ABY
- Kaz’s Curse - 34 ABY
- Station to Station - 34 ABY
- The Missing Agent - 34/35 ABY
- Breakout - 34/35 ABY
- The Mutiny 34 ABY
- The New World - 34 ABY
- No Place Safe - 34 ABY
How to watch Star Wars in release order
The Rise of Skywalker (movie)
Star Wars year: 35 ABY

If you’re watching Star Wars with someone who’s never seen it before, watching it in release order is a great way to avoid spoilers. This is slightly easier to do as you will not need to jump between episodes in The Clone Wars television show. All you need to do is sit down and start watching! As an added bonus, viewers will be watching this order the same way original fans watched Star Wars as it came out.
- Episode 4: A New Hope
- Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back
- Episode 6: Return of the Jedi
- Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
- Episode 2: Attack of the Clones
- Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Star Wars Rebels
- Episode 7: The Force Awakens
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Episode 8: The Last Jedi
- Star Wars: Resistance
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Episode 9: The Rise of Skywalker
- The Mandalorian, season one
- The Mandalorian, season two
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch, season one
- The Book of Boba Fett, season one
- Obi-Wan Kenobi, season one
- Andor, season one
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch, season two
- The Mandalorian, season three (debuts March 1, 2023)
As far as the books, comics, and radio shows go, some are considered canon while others fall under the Legacy name. However that’s a story for another day – but one we will cover!