Star Wars

All nine Skywalker films, Rogue One and Solo, plus The Mandalorian, Andor, Clone Wars and Rebels.

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Where to start with Star Wars

Release order, and it is not close. Starting at Episode I means watching the most famous scene in the saga already knowing the answer — the reveal in The Empire Strikes Back only works if you meet these films the way audiences did in 1977. Four films is enough to know whether Star Wars is for you.

  1. 1
    Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

    Assumes nothing, explains itself in the first ten minutes, and every later Star Wars thing is in conversation with it.

  2. 2
    Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

    Contains the twist the entire saga is built on. Watching anything set earlier before this destroys it permanently.

  3. 3
    Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

    Closes the original story properly. Three films in, you genuinely know whether you like Star Wars.

  4. 4
    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    A standalone war film that ends about thirty seconds before A New Hope begins — the cleanest test of whether you want the modern era too.

Then what? Then either the prequels in order, or The Mandalorian series 1, which works as a self-contained television on-ramp. Machete order — IV, V, II, III, VI — is a well-argued alternative if you want the prequels folded in as flashback.

A suggested way in, not an official one. The full list is below — tick anything off in either place.

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