Lucasfilm has been making Star Wars TV shows for nearly two decades, starting with the animated series The Clone Wars, which began in 2008. But production really ramped up when The Mandalorian, the first-ever live-action Star Wars show, premiered in 2019. After that, Lucasfilm and Disney went crazy, making new shows almost faster than fans could keep up.
Some shows hit and some shows didn't. Now that we're deep into this experiment, it's time to take stock. Here all all 10 Star Wars TV shows yet made, ranked worst to best.
10. The Book of Boba Fett
This show was just odd. Technically, it's a spinoff of The Mandalorian, where Boba Fett was brought back from the dead in the second season. In his own show, Boba Fett takes over the criminal empire left rudderless in the wake of Jabba the Hutt's death. Sounds like fun, right?
Less than you'd hope. Boba Fett isn't the mysterious badass bounty hunter we remember from the movies, but a taciturn would-be leader who cares more about the welfare of others than you'd think. He simply wasn't a very compelling lead character.
But the strangest part of The Book of Boba Fett were the episodes where we left him behind completely to catch up with the Mandalorian and Grogu. Essentially, the best episodes of The Book of Boba Fett were episodes of The Mandalorian, reducing him to a side story in his own show.
This show should not have happened. Boba Fett should have have occasionally shown up on The Mandalorian, and everything that went down between Din Djarin and Grogu should have gone down on their own show.
9. The Acolyte
The Acolyte is an experimental show for Star Wars. It has a completely new story with a wholly original cast of characters, including twin sisters named Osha and Mae who are alternately drawn to the light and dark sides of the Force. But the cast never quite congeals. Osha and Mae seem to switch motivations every couple episodes, extended flashbacks drag down the pacing, and the attempts to explore the dark side of the Jedi never feels quite dark enough.
The Acolyte had some interesting elements to it, and the season finale steps things up considerbly from before. But in the end, Disney opted not to renew the show for a second season, leaving it hanging awkwardly in the air.
8. Obi-Wan Kenobi
Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen return to the roles of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker nearly two decades after the end of the prequel trilogy. It's fun to see these two back in action, playing out a new drama that takes place between the prequel trilogy and original trilogy. But it feels a little like the series has no other reason to exist than to give fans a nostalgia high.
It also feels like the series is stretched in; it started life as a movie script, and you can tell they're stretching to story to run over the course of six episodes. It's a kick to see Obi-Wan and Anakin back at it, but the show doesn't have enough substance to go the distance.
7. The Bad Batch
This is the first animated Star Wars show to appear on our list. The animated shows are largely the brainchild of Dave Filoni, who may be the biggest creative force in the Star Wars universe now that George Lucas no longer works on it. The Bad Batch follows a group of clone soldiers who have more free will than others; they're abnormal clones, hence their name.
It's impressive that the members of the Bad Batch all feel distinct despite being clones. The show takes place right after the purging of the Jedi with Order 66 and the rise of the Empire, and explores how the clones grapple with their duties under this new brutal regime.
There are some great episodes of The Bad Batch, but it's still the least of the animated shows yet produced. The addition of a young clone named Omega to the cast feels a little like the producers adding in a stand-in character to appeal to kids, and it just never quite reaches the heights of the other Star Wars animated series.
6. Skeleton Crew
Another experimental show, Skeleton Crew takes the template of a Goonies-esque young adult movie from the 1980s and transposes it into a galaxy far, far away. A group of kids stumbles on a spaceship and finds themselves whisked across the stars. They must trust a charming rogue who may or may not be an ex-Jedi to help them get back home.
Skeleton Crew had affable characters, a quirky style, and a story that more or less wraps up by the time the first season is over. It's fun and different, but is fun and different what people are looking for with Star Wars? Skeleton Crew is one of a couple shows on this list that test the flexibility of the Star Wars universe; how far can it bend until it breaks?
While there's been talk of a second season of Skeleton Crew, with star Ryan Kiera Armstrong (Fern) landing the starring role in Hulu's Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, it doesn't look like it'll happen.
5. Star Wars Rebels
This next animated show is set during the thick of the rebellion against the Empire and leads right into the original Star Wars movie. We meet new heroes like Ezra Bridger and Sabine Wren, members of the Bad Batch show up, and the lot of them tussle with fierce villains like Grand Admiral Thrawn. Things get especially interesting once Ahsoka Tano, an ex-Jedi apprentice and pretty clearly Dave Filoni's favorite creation, shows up.
That said, there's an incestuous quality to the animated shows that can be a bit of a barrier to entry; they share so many characters and plotlines that it can be hard to fully appreciate one without seeing the others. But that can be a plus if what you're after is an epic story that you can binge for weeks.
4. Ahsoka
The end of Star Wars Rebels leads directly into Ahsoka, which is Filoni's chance to take his animated Star Wars universe into live-action. Ahsoka Tano, played in the flesh by Rosario Dawson, teams up with Sabine Wren to find Ezra Bridger, who blasted off to parts unknown with Grand Admiral Thrawn at the end of Rebels.
We meet new characters along the way, but you will still enjoy this more if you've seen the animated series, which goes back to that incest problem I mentioned earlier. Still, the show is fun, action-packed and beautiful to look at. Ahsoka will be back for a second season sometime in 2026.
3. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The first of Filoni's animated Star Wars animated series, and the only one to begin before Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, remains the best. The Clone Wars is set before the rise of the Empire, when the Jedi are nominally in control, Anakin Skywalker has yet to turn into Darth Vader, and Ahsoka Tano is his eager padawan. At first fans didn't take to the plucky Ahsoka, but she developed over the seasons into a hero worth following.
The Clone Wars grows and improves as it goes. By the end, when the Empire is ascendent and the forces of good are on the run, it's as compelling as anything we've ever seen in the Star Wars universe.
2. The Mandalorian
The Mandalorian was the first-ever live-action Star Wars TV show, and it's still one of the best. The first season introduces us to Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin and his tiny companion Grogu, affectionately known as Baby Yoda. The first season follows these two around the galaxy in a series of mostly standalone episodes as Din tries to find out what to do with the little green curiosity. In the meantime, the pair grow closer as we find out more about Mandalorian culture. It's a winning formula.
The show loses some steam as it goes on and Dave Filoni imports more of the canon and characters he developed for his Star Wars animated shows. Personally, I would've liked The Mandalorian to stay focused on the title character and his Force-sensitive companion, taking us places we've never been before in the Star Wars universe. Giving a lot of screentime to previously established characters like Bo-Katan Kryze makes the world of the show feel a bit smaller.
It's unclear if The Mandalorian will ever get a fourth season, but there is a movie called The Mandalorian & Grogu coming out May 22, 2026.
1. Andor
Like The Acolyte and Skeleton Crew, Andor is an experiment, although it's more of a known quantity than either of those other shows: Andor is a prequel to the 2016 film Rogue One, about the Rebel Alliance's attempt to steal plans for the Death Star. Still, Andor is unlike any other Star Wars show or movie. There are zero Jedi and practically zero use of the Force. Instead, we focus on the ordinary people who fight the Empire by building out a resistance network brick by brick, right under their noses. We also spend time with Imperial bureaucrats like Syril Karn and Dedra Meero, who prove to be some of the most memorable characters.
Star Wars has always included political metaphors, with the Empire and First Order being obvious stand-ins for fascist regimes. But usually, those elements are backgrounded so fans can focus on the rip-roaring adventure. Andor drills down on them, exploring the machinery of fascism with a subtlety I never expected to see in this franchise. And although we sympathize with the Resistance, there are plenty of dangerous and shady characters on that side of the aisle as well. Andor is Star Wars in shades of gray.
In fact, Andor is so different from the usual Star Wars fare it almost doesn't feel like Star Wars at all, but it's so damn good that it doesn't matter. Andor just wrapped up its second and final season on Disney+, but the episodes will be cherished for a long time to come.
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