How to watch all of the Star Wars movies and shows in story order

How to watch all the Star Wars content in timeline order. Don’t skip the animated shows, y’all.

The third season of The Mandalorian just wrapped up and we’re just a few months away from the show Ahsoka on Disney+.

Remember back in 1999, before The Phantom Menace, when we were starved for Star Wars content? Before the prequels, we had the three original movies, some less-than-great TV specials, and books, video games and comics that reached far beyond the depths of the extended Star Wars universe. Now, in 2023, it feels like we’re getting new Star Wars stuff in the form of TV or movies every year.

You might be wondering, how does all this stuff fit into the timeline? Is there an order to all of this?

Indeed, there is. It’s not all “hokey” religions and ancient weapons.

For example, both The Mandalorian and Ahsoka take place after Return of the Jedi but before Force Awakens. And the animated series The Bad Batch takes place after Revenge of the Sith, but before Solo.

If you want to do a full Star Wars rewatch, or consume everything in story order for the first time, here’s how you do it. Included here are all of the TV shows and movies considered to be part of Star Wars canon, and all of them are available on Disney+.

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

A few notes…

  • The events in the animated Clone Wars film actually take place after some of the early episodes of the series. It’s fine.
  • The last few episodes of The Clone Wars and the first episode of The Bad Batch take place during the events in Revenge of the Sith.
  • The events in the episodes of Tales of the Jedi are scattered across the same time as the prequels. Two episodes take place before The Phantom Menace and one takes place after Revenge of the Sith. I recommend diving into Tales of the Jedi after watching Attack of the Clones but before watching the seventh season of The Clone Wars for more background on Count Dooku and Ahsoka.
  • Some of the events in Rebels and Andor are happening around the same time.