

For now, however, the movies will make a fun binge on a rainy weekend – especially as they're easily viewable on Disney Plus. If you'd like a Star Wars viewing order with the canon TV shows thrown in, including The Mandalorian, we've got that, too: you'll find our Star Wars Ultimate Order list further down this page. You'll only find live-action Star Wars movies on this list, and we've used A New Hope as an anchor point in the timeline, which tends to be how the timeline is measured officially in the fictional universe – in-universe dates are traditionally listed relative to the Battle of Yavin, the assault on the Death Star that closes A New Hope. You'll find every live-action Star Wars movie to date in the list below – all nine Episodes of the Skywalker Saga, and the two standalone spin-offs, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. (The Skywalker Saga is the term Lucasfilm uses to describe Episodes I-IX, in which Anakin Skywalker and his descendants have considerable influence over the galaxy.) We've already seen The Mandalorian, The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Resistance and The Bad Batch – and they're just the tip of a Hoth-sized iceberg, with many more (including Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka and Andor) heading in the direction of planet Earth. In addition to the nine Episodes of the Skywalker Saga, there are two standalone films (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Solo: A Star Wars Story), and numerous TV shows. These days, of course, Star Wars stretches way beyond the movies. That means starting off with Episodes 1-3 – aka The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith – and allowing the 11 Star Wars movies to date to play out in sequence.


Younger viewers, however, will probably argue that the only way to watch the Star Wars movies in order is to work though them in chronological order.

If you grew up watching the Original Trilogy, chances are you still think of Episode 4 as Star Wars (as it was originally named), and see that as the first instalment of the story. How to watch the Star Wars movies in order depends largely on when you had your first encounter with George Lucas's galaxy far, far away.
