Star Wars Watch Order

For a first viewing, most fans recommend release order, which starts with Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope (1977) and keeps the original trilogy's reveals intact. Chronological (story) order follows the in-universe timeline and starts with The Acolyte. Machete order is a fan-made sequence for the Skywalker films: IV, V, II, III, then VI. This guide lets you switch between all three without losing your progress.

Release order follows theatrical premieres and first air dates: the original trilogy (1977 to 1983), the prequel trilogy (1999 to 2005), The Clone Wars (2008), the sequel trilogy and anthology films (2015 to 2019), and the Disney+ live-action series that began with The Mandalorian in 2019. The list on this page runs from 1977 to 2026.

Story order begins with The Acolyte, set about a century before The Phantom Menace at the end of the High Republic era. It then moves through the prequels and The Clone Wars, the Reign of the Empire stories such as Andor, Rebels, and Rogue One, the original trilogy, the New Republic shows like The Mandalorian and Ahsoka, then Star Wars Resistance and the sequel trilogy. Visions and its spin-off The Ninth Jedi are not tied to the canon timeline, so they appear in release order only.

Machete order is a fan sequence published by Rod Hilton in 2011: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, then Return of the Jedi. It treats the prequels as an extended flashback after Empire's big reveal and skips The Phantom Menace. Pick Machete in the order switch to track it.

This watchlist tracks 34 titles: 13 films, 17 series or seasons, and 4 specials. Some long-running shows are listed by season (for example The Mandalorian and Andor) so you can tick them off as you go. Optional animated titles such as Visions and its spin-off The Ninth Jedi, Tales of the Empire, Tales of the Underworld, and Maul – Shadow Lord are included, but not every Star Wars production is: shorts, most LEGO productions, and preschool series are left out.

Everything on this list adds up to roughly 234 hours. The films alone take about 29 hours, and the Essential path is about 145 hours. Runtimes come from TMDB; series totals are the sum of episode runtimes, so treat them as close estimates.

Lucasfilm announced at D23 in August 2026 that Ahsoka Season 2 premieres on Disney+ on January 20, 2027. Rosario Dawson returns as Ahsoka Tano, and the season continues the fight against Grand Admiral Thrawn. The countdown at the top of this page tracks the premiere.

The prep list covers 7 titles, about 108 hours: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, The Mandalorian: Season 1, The Mandalorian: Season 2, The Book of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian: Season 3, Ahsoka. Ahsoka Tano was introduced in The Clone Wars, and Season 1 of Ahsoka picks up threads from Rebels, including Ezra Bridger, Sabine Wren, Hera Syndulla, and Thrawn. Use the Prepare for Ahsoka S2 path to filter the list to just those titles.

If you care about Ahsoka, yes. The Clone Wars ran for seven seasons and 133 episodes, fills the gap between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, and is where Ahsoka Tano's story begins. If you are short on time, the films and the Essential path still work, but Ahsoka and Rebels land harder with it.

Andor's two seasons lead directly into Rogue One, and Rogue One ends moments before A New Hope begins. In story order they sit together at the end of the Reign of the Empire era, right before the original trilogy.

Disney+ is the streaming home of Star Wars, and each title in the list shows a streaming badge where availability has been checked. Theatrical releases usually reach Disney+ some months after their cinema run, so check the badge on newer films.

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