How to watch the Star Wars movies in order

People usually watch the Skywalker and Solo on Disney+. But to watch the whole series is not going to be easy for you. To help you to watch the star wars movies in order we have posted this article right here for you.

The franchise of Star Wars movies has released plenty of live-action and animated films. They began their Starting movie with the help of a trilogy set. However, the producers expanded it in the latter half of the story. It is known as the “Skywalker saga.”

If you wish to arrange  and view the Star Wars Movies in order, go through our article.

The original combo of dramas, trilogy, gets released between 1977 and 1983. The prequel trilogy’s release date is 1999–2005, whereas the Sequel trilogy was in between 2015 and 2019.

The real version of the Star wars movie is Episode IV – ‘A New Hope.’ After that, Episode V – ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ ( year of releasing-1980) and Episode VI – ‘Return of the Jedi’ (1983) were the next parts of the original version. These three dramas are known as a trilogy.

Upcoming Star Wars movies

Rian Johnson is the director & writer of ‘The Last Jedi.’ He is going to both write & direct the first movie of the new trilogy. But he has agreed that he will Start doing the work after completing his 2019 film ‘Knives Out.’ The main focus of this trilogy is on the new characters and a different era.

When it was 2018, Lucasfilm confirmed that many films were under development. And those movies will get released after the release of ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ in 2019.

On September 25, 2019, we came to know that Kevin Feige, the Marvel Cinematic Universe producer, was making a Star wars movie with Kathleen Kennedy.

On February 21, 2020, according to the report of Variety, J. D. Dillard, Sleight director, and Luke Cage writer Matt Owens were making a Star wars film.

On May 4, 2020, we got to know that Taika Waititi will direct a Star Wars movie. She directed the finale season of ‘The Mandalorian.’ Krysty Wilson-Cairns is the co-writer of the film.

For future films, three movies are scheduled for mid-December 2023, 2025, and 2027. But these are going to be released after one year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

If you want to see all the Star Wars movies at a time, it will take about 25 hours and 7 minutes. This time is including the breaks and lunches that you need to consider as a break time.

Star War Movies Play Back Time:

Let’s have a look at the play back time that every movie takes.

A New Hope – 121 minutes

The Empire Strikes Back — 124 minutes.

Return of the Jedi — 131 minutes

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — 133 minutes

Solo: A Star Wars Story — 135 minutes

The Phantom Menace — 136 minutes

The Force Awakens — 138 minutes

Revenge of the Sith — 140 minutes

Attack of the Clones — 142 minutes

‘The Last Jedi’ — 152 minutes

‘The Rise of Skywalker’ – 155 minutes

It becomes never easy to watch the entire series at a time. Therefore, you must decide how to watch Star Wars movies in order.

You can watch an original trilogy (Episodes IV-VI) on NOW TV and Solo on the streaming service. But if you want to see Rogue One and Episodes VII and VIII, then you should have Amazon, iTunes, and Google Play.

Produced for television:

Star Wars holiday special (1978): This movie was released for CBS in 1978. The entire time this movie takes is 150 minutes. It comes with a variety of shows.

Ewok films: This Ewok is specified in two TV films: The Ewok Adventure and The Battle for Endor.

Star Wars movies in chronological order:

If you have never seen any Star Wars movies, you should see the Star Wars movies in order. Here, we have given the names of the films and the years of their release. Just go through appropriately to know the best.

Star Wars movies in Order of George Lucas, who is the creator of Star Wars, you should watch all the films.

Episode I: ‘The Phantom Menace’ ( year of release: 1999)

Episode II: ‘Attack of the Clones’ ( year of release: 2002)

The Clone Wars (2008-present)

Episode III: ‘Revenge of the Sith” ( year of release: 2005)

Solo: ‘A Star Wars Story’ ( year of release: 2018)

Star Wars Rebels ( 2014-2018)

Rogue One ( year of release: 2016)

Episode IV: ‘A New Hope’ ( year of release: 1977)

The Episode V: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ ( year of release: 1980)

Episode VI: ‘Return of the Jedi’ ( year of release: 1983)

The Mandalorian’ (2019-present)

Resistance (2018-2020)

Episode VII: ‘The Force Awakens’ ( year of release: 2015)

The Episode VIII: ‘The Last Jedi’ ( year of release: 2017)

Episode IX: ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ ( year of release: 2019)

When you arrange the Star Wars Movies chronologically, you get to know about its benefits and drawbacks. According to the chronological order, as you have to begin with The Phantom Menace, therefore it will not be a perfect start for you. It is because it is one of the least favourite film of the bunch.

Star Wars movies in release order:

Only judging by movies only according to the year-

Episode I: ‘The Phantom Menace’ (1999)

Episode II: ‘Attack of the Clones’ (2002)

The Episode III: ‘Revenge of the Sith’ (2005)

Solo: ‘A Star Wars Story’ (2018)

‘Rogue One’(2016)

Episode IV: ‘A New Hope’ (1977)

Episode V: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ (1980)

The Episode VI: ‘Return of the Jedi’ (1983)

Episode VII: ‘The Force Awakens’ (2015)

The Episode VIII: ‘The Last Jedi’ (2017)

Episode IX: ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ (2019)

Star Wars movies in Machete order:

If you arrange all the Star Wars movies according to the Machete order, it will look like:-

Episode IV: ‘A New Hope’ ( released in 1977)

Episode V: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ ( released in 1980)

The Episode II: ‘Attack of the Clones’ ( released in 2002)

Episode III: ‘Revenge of the Sith’ ( released in 2005)

Episode VI: ‘Return of the Jedi’ ( released in 1983)

Star Wars Movies in Rinster Order:

The names of the Star wars movies according to the Rinster Order are as follows:

Episode IV: ‘A New Hope’ (1977)

Episode V: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ (1980)

The Episode I: ‘The Phantom Menace’ (1999)

Episode II: ‘Attack of the Clones’ (2002)

The Episode III: ‘Revenge of the Sith’ (2005)

Episode VI: ‘Return of the Jedi’ (1983)

Star Wars Movies in Saga Order:

Here are the names of the films according to the Saga order. Let’s have a look at the names of Star Wars films and their years of release.

1. Episode I: ‘The Phantom Menace’ ( released in 1999)
2. Episode II: ‘Attack of the Clones’ ( released in 2002)
3. Lego Star Wars: ‘The Yoda Chronicles’ ( released in 2013 to 2014)
4. Lego Star Wars: ‘The Padawan Menace’ ( released in 2011)
5. ‘The Clone Wars’ (released in 2008 to 2014)
6. Episode III: ‘Revenge of the Sith’ ( released in 2005)
7. ‘Solo’ ( released in 2018)
8. ‘Star Wars Rebels’ ( released in 2014 to 2018)
9. Rogue One ( released in 2016)
10. Star Wars: ‘Droids’ ( released in 1985 to 1986)
11. Episode IV: ‘A New Hope’ ( released in 1977)
12. Holiday Special ( released in 1978)
13. Lego Star Wars: ‘The Empire Strikes Out’ ( released in 2012)
14. Episode V: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ ( released in 1980)
15. Episode VI: ‘The Return of the Jedi’ ( released in 1983)
16. Lego Star Wars: ‘The Freemaker Adventures’ ( released in 2016 to 2017)
17. Lego Star Wars: ‘Droid Tales’ ( released in 2015)
18. Ewoks ( released in 1985 to 1986)
19. The Mandalorian ( released in 2019)
20. Resistance ( released in 2018 to Present)
21. Lego Star Wars: ‘The Resistance Rises’ ( released in 2016)
22. Episode VII: ‘The Force Awakens’ ( released in 2016)
23. Episode VIII: ‘The Last Jedi’ ( released in 2017)
24. The Episode IX: ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ ( released in 2019)
25. Forces of Destiny ( released in 2017-)

Now, we are going to arrange the star Wars movies in order their release date. Let’s check out.

Star Wars movies in release order:

The names of the Star wars movies according to the releasing order are as follows:

• Episode IV: ‘A New Hope’ ( year of release: 1977)
• Episode V: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ ( year of release: 1980)
• The Episode VI: ‘Return of the Jedi’ ( year of release: 1983)
• Episode I: ‘The Phantom Menace’ ( year of release: 1999)
• Episode II: ‘Attack of the Clones’ ( year of release: 2002)
• The Episode III: ‘Revenge of the Sith’ ( year of release: 2005)
• Episode VII: ‘The Force Awakens’ ( year of release: 2015)
• Rogue One: ‘A Star Wars Story’ ( year of release: 2016)
• Episode VIII: ‘The Last Jedi’ ( year of release: 2017)
• Solo: ‘A Star Wars Story’ ( year of release: 2018)
• Episode IX: ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ ( year of release: 2019)

The ultimate Star Wars viewing order:

If you arrange all the Star Wars movies according to the viewing order, including TV shows, it will look like:-

1. Episode I: ‘The Phantom Menace’ : The released date was 32 years before of the ‘A New Hope’
2. Episode II: ‘Attack of the Clones’ : The release date was about 22 years before ‘A New Hope’.
3. ‘The Clone Wars animated movie’ : It is the beginning of the animated series.
4. ‘The Clone Wars animated series’ : It was released 22 years before of the “A New Hope” and finished 19 years before that.
5. Episode III: ‘Revenge of the Sith’ : The release date was 19 years before of “A New Hope”
6. Solo: ‘A Star Wars Story’ : It was released about a decade before the movie ‘A New Hope’.
7. Star Wars: ‘Rebels animated series’ : It was released five years before ‘A New Hope”.
8. Rogue One: ‘A Star Wars Story’: It was finished before ‘A New Hope’.
9. Episode IV: ‘A New Hope’
10. Episode V: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ : It was released three years after the movie ‘A New Hope’.
11. The Episode VI: ‘Return of the Jedi ‘: This episode was released four years after the ‘A New Hope’.
12. ‘The Mandalorian’ : This movie comes after nine years of ” A New Hope”.
13. Star Wars: ‘Resistance animated series’ : After the releasing date of ‘A New Hope’, this movie was released.
14. The Episode VII: ‘The Force Awakens’ : This episode was released after 34 years of the movie ‘A New Hope’.
15. Episode VIII: ‘The Last Jedi’ : It was also released after 34 years of ‘ A New Hope’.
16. The Episode IX: ‘The Rise of Skywalker‘ : This last episode was released after 35 years of ‘A New Hope’.

Star Wars Movies in order for Watching it first time:

Which Order of Star Wars movies is the best for watching it for the first time?

Are you going to watch the first Star Wars movie? If you watch the movies for the first time, you can follow this order.

• ‘A New Hope’ ( released in 1977)
• ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ ( released in 1980)
• ‘Return of the Jedi’ ( released in 1983)
• ‘The Phantom Menace’ ( released in 1999)
• ‘Attack of the Clones’ ( released in 2002)
• ‘Revenge of the Sith’ ( released in 2005)
• ‘The Force Awakens’ ( released in 2015)
• ‘Rogue One’ ( released in 2016)
• ‘The Last Jedi’ ( released in 2017) and
• ‘Solo’ ( released in 2018).

Conclusion:

We hope, this article will help you a lot to get a clear knowledge regarding the placement of Star Wars Movies in order. Now watch the movies according to the order and have a lots of fun.

Frequently Asked Questions:

• Which Star Wars movie is most successful?

The name of the movie that gets the most success is ‘A New Hope.’ If you judge it according to the ticket price, you can find the original version of the  film released in 1977, the most successful movie. At the time of 1977, this movie’s ticket price was too high, so it provided box office $776 million earnings. If you compare today’s worth, it will become $3 billion.

• Is there any Star Wars movie that is going to come out in 2020?

Unfortunately, we won’t get any Star Wars movies this year. 2020 is going to be the first year when we will not get any Star Wars movies. We have seen it happening in 2014. You can’t get any Star Wars movies until 2022.

• Is the new Star Wars movie good?

Yes, the new Star Wars movie is excellent. It has got an 8.6 rating, according to IMDb.

• What is the name of the Star Wars movie in which you get to see the most action?

You can choose ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ as it is the most thrilling action movie. Many people give good reviews on this movie, whereas it contains some mixed reviews also.

• Name the Star Wars movie that is favorite to everyone?

‘The Empire Strikes Back’ is the best of the franchise. You will love this movie for many reasons. But comparing all sides, Star Wars is everyone’s favorite.

• Which is the best Star wars movie according to myself?

If you see the people vote, you can see that Empire Strikes has got the first rank with 25,000 votes. It has gained a 51% vote of the total. The second place goes to the ‘ Revenge of the Sith’ with only 11% vote. The ‘Return of the Jedi’ has taken third place with 9%.

• The movies of Star Wars in the right order?

Here, we have given the right order of the Star Wars films. Let’s have a look at the names given below.

1. ‘A New Hope’
2. ‘The Empire Strikes Back’
3. ‘Return of the Jedi’
4. ‘The Phantom Menace’
5. ‘Attack of the Clones’
6. ‘Revenge of the Sith’
7. ‘The Force Awakens’ and
8. ‘The Last Jedi’.

• What’s the best of Star Wars order?

Here, we have listed a few names of  “Star Wars” films ranked from worst to best. The names of the movies are as follows:

1. “The Empire Strikes Back” ( released in 1980)
2. “A New Hope” ( released in 1977)
3. “The Last Jedi” ( released in 2017)
4. “The Force Awakens” ( released in 2015)
5. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (2016)
6. “Return of the Jedi” ( released in 1983)
7. “Revenge of the Sith” ( released in 2005)
8. “Attack of the Clones” ( released in 2002)

According to you, what are those Star wars films that are the best?

• How much time should one usually take to watch all 6 Star Wars movies?

If you want to see all the movies in chronological order, then the entire time it can take is 17 hours and 40 minutes. However, you should take a break of twenty minutes while you see movies. Taking those extra times, the entire time you may require is about twenty hours, possibly.

• The most hated characters of the Star Wars film.

Here, we have given a few names of the most hated characters. Let’s have a look at those names.

1. Jar Jar Binks
2. Boss Nass
3. Watto
4. Nute Gunray
5. Fode And Beed
6. Anakin Skywalker
7. Salacious Crumb
8. Rose

• The names of three Star Wars movies that are original?

‘A New Hope’ – the original version was released on May 25, 1977, and the special edition was released on January 31, 1997.

‘The Empire Strikes Back’ – original version got released on May 21, 1980, whereas the special edition on February 21, 1997.

‘Return of the Jedi’ – original version was released on May 25, 1983, and the special edition was released on March 14, 1997.

• Should you see later Star Wars movies without seeing the previous film?

It is not necessary to see the original version of Star Wars movies before seeing ‘The Force Awakens.’ You can see the sequels getting released after many years of the release of the original version. Producers make these movies in such a way so that anyone can enjoy the film, even if you are a new viewer.

• Why is Star Wars so famous?

Epic science fiction space adventure was the first movie that was released into the market in 1977. From that year, Lucasfilm gave license approximately $25 billion worth of products such as action figures, video games to books, etc.

• Who is the writer of Star wars? 

The name of the writer of Star Wars is George Lucas. He was born on May 14, 1944. Along with director and producer, he is also a four-time Academy Award-nominated American movie and TV writer. We know him mainly for his epic Star Wars saga creation.

• Are there any Star Wars movies that I can skip?

If we honestly say, then there is no movie that you should skip. But if you are so desired, you can skip Solo and Rogue One. However, if you are a new viewer, then you must watch the movies in chronological order. According to the Order of George Lucas, who is the creator of Star Wars, you should watch all the films.