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

How to by Lauren Sisselman Contributing writer

Updated on Jan. 30, 2023

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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

THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 3

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

Star Wars Attack of the Clones Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padme Amidala, and Anakin Skywalker holding their lightsabers.

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.

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!