

These years are then broken down further with BBY-ABY dating system – "Before the Battle of Yavin" and "After the Battle of Yavin." The Battle of Yavin is best known to most people as the Battle of the Death Star when said Death Star was destroyed in Episode 4: A New Hope. We have also noted the in-universe years – also known as the Galactic standard calendar – for when these movies and shows take place on the Star Wars timeline. You will need to plan out your viewing with this in mind. It should also be noted that The Clone Wars was released out of order in its initial run, and Disney+ has not put it in canon order. Watching them in release order is fun (and easy), but breaking the series down into canonical order elevates your viewing experience, and can help you appreciate the Star Wars universe on a whole new level.
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For sake of ease, in this piece, we’ll be focusing on the movies and television shows – live-action and animated – and how to watch them in canonical order. This is a great question and one that, honestly, could take days to answer.

But what is the best way to do that? Where do you even start with a story that spans eleven movies and multiple television stories, anyway?

The debut of Disney+’s Ahsoka - the latest installment in the ever-expanding Star Wars franchise - is just under two months away, meaning that this is the perfect time to revisit a galaxy far, far away and rewatch the entire storyline from the beginning.
