You can now watch the entire Star Wars franchise on Disney+(opens in new tab) subscription. This includes the original trilogy, prequel films, and a series of sequels released in the last few years.You can also watch standalone movies like rogue one and soloand Disney’s ever-growing collection of Star Wars TV shows, including mandalorian and Andor.
Marathoning through a series has never been easier, but it’s important to determine your preferred viewing order before hitting the play button for the first movie. Do you want to start with the original trilogy or the prequels? What about standalone movies and TV shows? Here’s how to watch Star Wars in order.
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Theater release order
The most obvious answer is in order of theatrical release, as this is how the movies were presented and what George Lucas intended. Starting with the original trilogy and returning to the prequel films before ending with Disney’s sequel films.
Follow this order to see the story of Luke overcoming Darth Vader, followed by Vader’s origin story, and then Rey picking up the legacy left by Luke. This can get a little messy. rogue one and solo Interrupting the sequel trilogy.
If you’re doing a rewatch and are interested in keeping the main movie storyline, skip these two movies. Anyway, they don’t affect the overarching narrative. Newbies who want the full experience can watch them in order of release, or place the standalone films before or after the sequel trilogy.
If ordered by release, the marathon looks like this:
chronological order
George Lucas always intended the original Star Wars Movies are small parts of a much larger story. Just because it’s the first movie released doesn’t mean it’s the beginning of the story. Instead of release order, you can also try chronological order based on when the movies were released.
This means starting with episodes I, II, and III of the prequel trilogy, moving to IV, V, and VI of the original film, and ending with VII, VIII, and IX of the sequel. If you want to add a standalone film, rogue one and solo Between episodes III and IV it should work fine.
However, watching these films in that order for the first time is not recommended as it completely ruins the Darth Vader revealed in the original film.Looking Star Wars Chronological order is a more fun experiment for longtime fans to see the series from a new perspective.
Here’s what the Star Wars movies look like in chronological order:
machete order
If you’ve already seen everything in release and chronological order, try another option: Machete Order(opens in new tab)In this order the differences are split, showing episodes II and III between episodes V and VI.
you start with new hope and empire strikes back, but then things get rocky. Shortly after Luke discovers the truth about Darth Vader, he turns to the prequel as a flashback sequence.clock attack of the clones and Revenge of the Sith Witness how young Anakin Skywalker was swallowed by the Dark Side and finally Return of the Jedi.
The Machete Order Cutout Phantom Menace Because almost everything in the movie is self-contained and doesn’t affect other prequels. Qui-Gon Jinn doesn’t matter in the larger story. Midichlorians are rarely mentioned. It also basically avoids Jar Jar Binks altogether. It’s not perfect, so read at your own risk.
If you’re frustrated about removing Episode I and wondering if a sequel movie can fit here, here’s a suggestion from the original creators of Machete Order. In an update to the original post, Rod Hilton said:(opens in new tab) Watch Episodes VII, VIII, and IX after other movies. Then you can treat Episode I as an anthology like this: rogue one and solo.
So if you use Machete Order, watch a movie like this:
