If you want to be a hardcore Star Wars fan, you should watch the movies in chronological order at least once. This easy-to- follow breakdown of all the Star Wars movies was created to help you.

We can assure you that you will get out of the way early on before you start watching the best Star Wars movies. If you make it through The Phantom Menace and co, you will be rewarded with a trilogy featuring Rey, Finn and Poe.

It sounds like it's easy. Don't get too excited because that's still over 25 hours of binge watching. With our breakdown of all the Star Wars movies in chronological order, you won't get lost along the way. You just need a Disney+ subscription, some junk food and a spare weekend.

What do you want to wait for? Don your Darth Vader onesie and surround yourself with Lego Star Wars sets. The Star Wars movies are in chronological order.

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Before we start, a word of caution, there are some things to keep in mind. You have been told. Let's start with the Star Wars films.

Star Wars- Episode I – The Phantom Menace_Lucasfilm

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  • Release date: May 19, 1999
  • Cast: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman

If you want to watch all the Star Wars movies in chronological order, you'll have to start with the first one. Darth Vader is a 10-year-old kid in the first movie. The film shows a slave boy on Tatooine who is full of Midi-chlorians.

The Jedi council doesn't want the child to be trained as a Jedi. Obi-Wan promised to train the kid after he was killed trying to protect Queen Padmé Amidala. I made a mistake.

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Star Wars- Episode II – Attack of the Clones_Lucasfilm

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  • Release date: May 16, 2002
  • Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen

The life of Senator Padmé Amidala is in danger a few years later when Anakin is training as a Padawan. While Obi-Wan is investigating, Anakin and Padmé fall in love. An army of clones being created for the Republic as well as an attempt by the Separatist group led by Count Dooku to overthrow the Republic are discovered by Obi-Wan.

Obi-Wan is captured, along with Anakin and Padmé who attempt to save him, and all three are eventually rescued by the clone army.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Star Wars- The Clone Wars_Lucasfilm

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  • Release date: August 15, 2008
  • Cast: Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor

The Republic's clone army and Dooku's droid army are at war, with Dooku's Darth Sidious trying to frame the Jedi. While Obi-Wan negotiates a treaty with Jabba, Anakin and Ahsoka Tano have to save the little Huttlet. Padmé tried to get in touch with Ziro to find out if he was involved in the plan to kill Rotta so he could take over the Hutts.

Jabba tries to have Anakin and Ahsoka killed even though they rescued Rotta. Jabba signed the treaty with the republic.

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars- Episode III – Revenge of the Sith_Lucasfilm

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  • Release date: May 19, 2005
  • Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen

The Jedi were suspicious of the Chancellor appointing him to the Jedi Council after he saved him. Padmé reveals that she is pregnant and that she is going to die in childbirth. The Clone army was ordered to kill the Jedi by Palpatine, who promised to save Padmé.

Vader was mortally wounded when Padmé and Obi-Wan tried to convince him to return to the light side. Obi-Wan goes into hiding with the kids after Padmé dies giving birth to twins. Vader is given a suit and told that he killed Padmé.

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Solo: A Star Wars Story_Lucasfilm

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  • Release date: May 25, 2018
  • Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke

After graduating from the Imperial Flight Academy, HanSolo is thrown into a cell with a Wookiee and the pair are able to escape. They joined a gang trying to steal a shipment of coaxium. They were defeated by the Cloud-Riders but were able to convince Vos to give them another chance.

Teaming up with smuggler Lando Calrissian, they use his ship to steal the coaxium, but are discovered by the Cloud-Riders who reveal they are actually rebels fighting against the Empire. Han sympathizes with them but doesn't join the rebels.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One - A Star Wars Story_Lucasfilm

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  • Release date: December 16, 2016
  • Cast: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn

Jyn Erso was rescued from an Imperial labor camp by the Alliance who wanted her to find her father who was working on a super weapon. She tracks down her father only to have him killed before she can tell them anything. Jyn wants to steal the plans to the Death Star so they can destroy it, but the Alliance council doesn't agree, so she and a group of rebels try to steal them on their own.

They travel to Scarif and find the plans and send them to the Alliance at a great cost to themselves. When they die on the planet below, the plans make their way into Princess Leia's possession.

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

Star Wars- Episode IV – A New Hope_Lucasfilm

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  • Release date: May 25, 1977
  • Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

After Darth Vader captures Princess Leia, she hides the plans in an R2-D2 robot who escapes to Tatooine in order to find Obi-Wan. He was taken to Obi-Wan who told him that he was killed by Darth Vader and that he was the son of a Jedi.

The pair team up with Han and his co-pilot in order to rescue the princess. They escaped, but Obi-Wan was killed by Darth Vader while they were still there. After delivering the plans to the alliance,luke became a rebel pilot and helped destroy the Death Star

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars- Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back_Lucasfilm

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  • Release date: May 21, 1980
  • Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

Darth Vader locates a group of people on a rebel base on Hoth and dispatches his forces to destroy it. With Lando Calrissian's help, they escape, with Lando Calrissian's help, they escape, with Lando Calrissian's help, they escape, with Lando Calrissian's help, they escaped, with Lando Calrissian Han is going to be sold to a bounty hunter who is going to sell him to Jabba the Hutt who has been after him for a long time.

Darth Vader cut his hand off when he found out he wasluke's father after he tried to rescue his friends. Leia, Chewie, and Lando are the ones who saved the guy.

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

Star Wars- Episode VI – Return of the Jedi_Lucasfilm

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  • Release date: May 25, 1983
  • Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

The group of people saved Han from Jabba the Hutt, but when they returned to Dagobah, they found that Yoda was dying. Darth Vader and Obi-Wan's Force ghost both confirm that Darth Vader is the father ofLuke. The shield protecting a second Death Star was destroyed on the Forest Moon of Endor with the help of the native Ewoks.

The Emperor tries to kill the man when he can't turn him to the dark side. Vader killed the Emperor before he died of his wounds. Lando and the rebels destroy the Death Star and everyone has a party.

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

Star Wars Episode VII - The Force Awakens

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  • Release date: December 18, 2015
  • Cast: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Harrison Ford

30 years later on Jakku, scavenger Rey finds a map that is claimed to be of the missing Jedi Knight. They escaped from the abandoned Millennium Falcon and were eventually found by Han and Chewie. Rey was captured by the First Order when she traveled to Takodana to make contact with the Resistance.

Han, Chewie, and Finn attempt to save Rey, but she is killed by Kylo Ren. Rey went in search of a friend after the killer base was destroyed.

Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi

Star Wars- Episode VIII – The Last Jedi_Lucasfilm

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  • Release date: December 15, 2017
  • Cast: Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver

Rey doesn't want to help the Resistance, even though she gave her Jedi training. Rey went to him because she believed there was still some good inside him.

Vice admiral Holdo sacrificed herself to save the Resistance during a space battle. Supreme Leader Snoke ordered Kylo to kill Rey, but he killed him instead and became Supreme Leader. He tried to attack the Resistance, but was stopped by a last-minute fighter. Rey is able to save everyone else despite the death ofluke.

Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars- Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker_Lucasfilm

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  • Release date: December 20, 2019
  • Cast: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher

Rey is continuing her Jedi training with her friend. Rey learns that she is actually Palpatine's granddaughter when Kylo Ren tells her that she is actually him. Kylo Ren found his way back to the light side of the Force after seeing his friend die.

Rey tried to drain her life force when he tried to kill him, but she refused. Ben died saving her life after Rey destroyedPalpatine.

  • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
  • Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars
  • Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
  • Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
  • Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
  • Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
  • Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
  • Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker