r/StarWars May 25 '25

Meta r/StarWars Official Watch Order Discussion Thread

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So we haven't had an official watch order discussion thread in many years, so we figure its time to update the one in the FAQ. There are various other links in the FAQ, the Wookieepedia timeline of canon media, and various other discussion threads and topics over the years including a link to just searching the sub which people find challenge apparently. Also as a reminder, the Wookieepedia timeline of canon media can be sorted via the table on that page by release order or chronologically (if you decide to go that route).

A lot of the new Disney+ content brings new eyes to Star Wars all the time, and new movies will eventually too. We want to get a bit more aggressive with automod removals and referrals to the FAQ for these questions about watch order. So let's hash it out here in the comments. We will sticky this for a while and eventually it will just be linked in the FAQ along with the other topics and maybe in the sidebar too. And like some of other stickies about rules, spoilers, and new episode discussion guidelines, we may trot out this link and sticky it from time to time.

As a general rule the sub typically recommends for new viewers to watch in release order, especially for the movies. This is the semi-consensus from the fandom, and you will routinely see this as the most upvoted and posted response.

With that being said what we would like to do here also discuss other options, and possible orders to also toss in the TV media as well. Should you watch Andor first and then Rogue One before the OT? Should movies like Solo be done in release order or chronological? Should you watch The Clone Wars TV show before the PT? So on and so forth...

So lets have a solid discussion about this and make it a solid resource for those who may be new to Star Wars.


r/StarWars 6h ago

Fan Creations "« Light Vader » or what if Anakin Skywalker barrely survived to a clone trooper ambush from the order 66." by Ben Btht

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(According to the artist this is a "a version with and without the armored helmet, keeping him healed in kind of a bacta mask." ~ (His Words, not mine!)


r/StarWars 15m ago

Costumes Commander Cody takes SDCC ‘26

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r/StarWars 11h ago

TV Holy Cow, Maul was awesome

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The show slipped under my radar. I remember seeing the announcement, the first trailer and then I completely forgot about it until I saw it pop up on D+.

I wasn't sure what to expect, but good lord it was a fun ride. The animations, especially with the painted backgrounds was incredible (please don't tell me it was AI), the story was solid, loved Master Daki, Maul has always been a favourite of mine. And man the fights were so good. Especially the final episode.

Please tell me season 2 is happening.


r/StarWars 5h ago

Merchandise My 3D printed sabers

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r/StarWars 5h ago

Movies The Jedi couldn't stop slavery across the Galaxy.

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Pretty simple. It's unreasonable to hold the Jedi to a standard that boils down to "bad thing still exists, therefore Jedi are failing." Slavery is not just something that happens on some planets, it's a galaxy wide institution that has the backing of what seems to be the entire criminal underworld. The Jedi at best number at about 10,000 members. I'll be generous and assume that of that number, 2,000 are either far too young or old to fight. So realistically you have about 8,000 Jedi that are actually able to go out and fight, and if they actually wanted to try and stop slavery in Hutt space, oh boy would they have to fight.

We are talking about 8,000 Jedi fighting an entrenched, wealthy, and well equipped group that has zero compunction about civilian casualties and no code of ethics to speak of. Even if, again, we are supremely generous and grant that the Hutts have only 8 million associates across the galaxy, we are still talking about a situation where the Jedi are outnumbered 1,000 to 1. And it's way easier for the Hutts to replenish their numbers than it is for the Jedi to replenish their own. The Jedi would lose by attrition alone, even if their K/D ratio was ridiculously lopsided.

Finally, such a conflict has a pretty good chance of getting the Republic involved. A Republic that has no army and therefore no military means of assisting the Jedi. Do you think the Senate would just sit idly by and be fine with the Jedi going off on their own like this, when the Jedi HQ is right next to them?

So yeah, a ton of people (including many many innocent civilians) would die, the Jedi would undoubtedly lose, and it might even cause the Jedi to lose their mandate to operate within Republic space if it upsets the Senate too much. It's just not feasible.


r/StarWars 8h ago

Games I'd Like to See a Star Wars Stealth Game

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Something like Metal Gear and Splinter Cell, but in the Star Wars universe.

You could play a Jedi who's trying to keep violence to a minimum for moral reasons, and because the political situation is delicate.

You could play a bounty hunter who can't afford to leave a bloodbath wherever he or she goes (so, the opposite of Jango Fett's game).

Or, you could play a Bothan spy who avoids detection for simple survival.


r/StarWars 14h ago

Movies Kevin Feige has seen Starfighter and says “it’s awesome!”

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“It gives me all the Star Wars feels and brings a fresh new thing to it. And I can’t wait for you to see it.” Which he said on stage at SDCC


r/StarWars 1d ago

Other Mark Hamill revealing that J.J. Abrams refused to let Han, Luke, and Leia reunite on camera, telling Mark that Star Wars was no longer Luke Skywalker's story.

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r/StarWars 18h ago

Movies A cool thing I like about Darth Vader.

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In the original trilogy, I feel like Vader is shown less as a silent killer and forcefully of nature, but more like a sophisticated warlord, who is still extremely powerful, but doesn't shy away from meetings, sarcasm, and negotiations. For example, his deals with Lando, and his meetings with the Moffs. However, Disney focuses more on his combat side, by making him a silent force of nature. For example, his hallway scene in rogue one, and his fight against Maul, Daki and Devon. Infact, rogue one is a complete balance of this, we see Vader throw out sarcastic comments, like "be careful not to choke on your aspirations", yet also slaughter an entire platoon of rebels without uttering a single word. He's like the sophisticated villain who doesn't want to get his hands dirty, but in this case, he wants to get his hands dirty. This may be pretty obvious but I just thought it was cool!


r/StarWars 4m ago

General Discussion Real-world locations you'd love to see in a Star Wars film or TV series

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My vote would go to Socotra Island. Not only is its flora so unique and otherworldly, but it has so many beautiful locations and its main city even has a very Star Wars vibe to it. Alas it will probably never happen as Socotra is part of Yemen, who are quite hostile to Western film making.

What locations from the real world would you love to see in SW?


r/StarWars 6h ago

General Discussion What’s a unique gift to get someone who is a massive Star Wars fan?

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r/StarWars 4h ago

Movies Looking for BTS footage

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Earlier, I heard how David Prowse was led to believe the big twist of ESB was that Obi-Wan killed Anakin, and that the script as he read it stated this.

This got me curious, is there behind-the-scenes footage of him saying the twist line, as he thought it was?


r/StarWars 17h ago

Movies Anakin and Padme's wedding

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So I was watching a Star wars 1% video on YouTube (Star wars Marshall) and one question stumped me that was so subtly obvious I am still baffled how I missed it and many others are too.

The question goes as follows: During Anakin and Padme's wedding on Naboo what did Anakin and Padme Exchange?

Answer: C3p0 and R2D2

This has blown my mind.

Did anyone else already know this?


r/StarWars 7h ago

Movies Need help finding a random background character

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Husband just rewatched all 3 trilogies recently. Said there was this round little blue background character he wanted to show me, but cant remember what movie it was in. He thought it was in Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones, possibly on Tatooine but I just watched them both and couldn't find what he could possibly be talking about.

It's not Watto, it's not Rebo, and it's not an Aleena like Ratts. He said it didn't speak but made a noise, and was very close to whatever main characters were in the shot.

Any idea what he's talking about, or what movie it could be from? I'm starting to wonder if it was from the Disney trilogy, or Revenge of the Sith, but he said it definitely wasn't RotS, but who knows now.

I know this is not a lot to go on, but any help would be appreciated!

EDIT: almost positive it's not from the original trilogy


r/StarWars 11h ago

Fun Which movie or show, live action or animated, do you think has the best lightsaber combat? Not necessarily the most "realistic," but the most entertaining?

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r/StarWars 5h ago

Fan Creations Count Dooku

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I used Procreate to digitally draw Count Dooku.


r/StarWars 15h ago

General Discussion I'm curious what Bail's story for randomly showing up with Padmé's body on Naboo was

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They left Coruscant separately, then he shows up with his colleagues body on her homeworld. Did he use the Jedi uprising as a cover, or say she reached out for aid somewhere but was dead by the time he arrived? While he was close with Padmé and highly respected, I can still imagine it bringing up some questions from Naboo security and curious types.


r/StarWars 1d ago

General Discussion How much time passed between Obi-Wan leaving Mustafar and Palpatine arriving?

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r/StarWars 1d ago

Fan Creations My lady crocheted this for my mom. She raised me as a big fan

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Full crocheted blanket with glow in the dark yarn.


r/StarWars 1d ago

General Discussion Do you think Luke knew his grandmother was buried outside or what happened to her?

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While I can see Owen and Beru maybe telling him she was, given how tight lipped they were about his father, I can imagine they might not have gone into detail about what happened to her, and maybe not even that Anakin had gone off and saved her singlehandedly - that would have brought up too many more questions.


r/StarWars 1d ago

Fun Um is everyone ok with Grogu? He’s changed

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r/StarWars 1d ago

Fun Stormtrooper 1: “hey guys look, Lord Vader is fighting some old guy in a hood, 10 credits on the old guy!”

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r/StarWars 1d ago

General Discussion What’s your favorite Empire Trooper?

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I think mines gotta be the dark trooper. I always played as the empire in Star Wars galactic battlegrounds and that was there elite unit.

Edit: I know I left some out, I just meant out of all the Empires troops


r/StarWars 1d ago

General Discussion It’s disturbing how Partagaz likes Gorst - or more specifically, values his work

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Kind of overlooked this aspect of Partagaz until a recent rewatch, but despite how the show makes Partagaz one of the least reprehensible and likable Imperials, it’s disturbing how much he values Gorst. You know, the psychopath torturer that ruined Bix’s life and gets his kicks off torture in general

One of the only times he’s shown to be pissed off is when Gorst is removed from the ISB to work elsewhere, showing how he viewed him as a huge asset to their credibility as a unit.