Order of movies & series

The film universe around “Star Wars” is currently being expanded properly. To give you a better idea of ​​where each movie and series is on the Star Wars timeline. With our overview you can also see everything in chronological order.

The current canon of the “Star Wars” universe includes a lot of spin-offs in addition to the three trilogies – and Disney is planning a lot more. The film and series cosmos is expanding, so as a fan you can sometimes get confused as to when which events take place. So is the show a sequel or prequel to the film and does the spin-off take place between episodes or after? Where does Solo and Rogue One fit, and how do animated series like Clone Wars and Rebels fit into the Star Wars timeline?

Star Wars: Chronological Order

There are the purists who always watch the individual strips in major film series such as “Star Wars” in the order in which they were released in the cinema. And then there are those who prefer to stick to the timeline of what’s happening in the movies. For the latter, the chronological order is also the “correct” order. This is how you follow the story of “Star Wars” continuously and don’t always jump back and forth between the eras and events.

But the timeline also helps you if you can’t sort a series or a film correctly. If you’re wondering why a certain character suddenly seems inexperienced or has an injury, a look at the chronological order often clears up the questions themselves.

We have sorted the cinematic works of the “Star Wars” universe for you here in chronological order. The standard galactic calendar is divided into before the Battle of Yavin (VSY) and after the Battle of Yavin (NSY) in the Star Wars universe. The list only includes films and series that are currently part of Disney’s official canon. Cartoon and animation are with an asterisk

marked, the greyed out titles are not yet published.

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The two animated micro-series “Star Wars: Forces of Destiny” and “Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures” are also part of the official canon. However, the short mini-stories take place in all periods of the “Star Wars” universe, which means that it is not possible to classify the entire series in a timeline.

The trailer for the 1997 Special Edition:

The “Machete” order as an alternative order Besides the chronological order and the order by release, there is another one last

third order: Tech blogger Red Hilton’s machete order. This deals with the ideal order of the first two trilogies and has the idea of ​​putting the story of Luke Skywalker in the foreground and at the same time not anticipating any plot twists for first-time viewers.

• The Machete Order:
• Episode IV
• Episode V
• Optional: Episode I
• Episode II
• Episode III

Image Credit: Lucasfilm/Walt Disney

When it comes to the chronological order, Hilton complains that the huge surprise from the old trilogy no longer works. Hilton thinks the order by release date is better, but not ideal. In the current version of Episode VI, Hayden Christensen can be seen at the end, which makes no sense to first-time viewers. In fact, he thinks Episode I can be left out entirely because Anakin’s backstory doesn’t add much to Luke’s actual story. In Hilton’s order, the cliffhanger in “The Empire Strikes Back” is followed by a kind of “flashback” with Episodes II and III before the whole story is resolved in Episode VI. In that order, the tale of Luke forms the beginning and end of the series. Viewers also have to follow fewer characters. If you leave out Episode I, you won’t be confronted with Darth Maul and Qui-Gon Jinn and the Gungan Jar Jar Binks only play a small supporting role. You can find all the details about the machete order with its advantages and disadvantages on Rod Hilton’s blog

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