How To Watch Star Wars In Order (Including New Films)
Your guide to watching Star Wars in the right order. Includes every film and all the new ones coming soon. Updated for Star Wars Day 2025.
www.forbes.comIn order, the core films unfold as The first release was Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983), The Phantom Menace (1999) begins the prequels, II continues the saga, III ends the prequels, Solo adds a standalone tale, Rogue One connects to IV, VII starts the sequel era, The Last Jedi (2017) follows, The Rise of Skywalker (2019) ends the Skywalker saga, The Mandalorian Season 1-3 runs parallel, The Book of Boba Fett (2021-2022) expands the timeline, Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) revisits a saga era, Andor (2022-2025) adds a backstory, Acolyte (2024-), Star Wars: Rebels (2014-2018), Bad Batch ongoing