Just started the clone wars series on Netflix since there's no rebels.
And..I'm immediately lost.
Whats the correct order for this stuff?
It's between episodes 1 and 2?
Two and three?
Am I supposed to watch the animated movie before the series or after?
Before... the animated movie is basically the pilot episode for the series. The movie starts with Anakin meeting Asoka, who is already a main character by the first episode of the series.
Perfect. Thank-you.
I went through this same mess with firefly .
Edited by VelvetelvisThe Clone Wars series takes place between Episodes 2 & 3. The episode are a bit out of chronological order. If that bothers you, you can go to http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-chronological-episodeorder to get the chronological order of the entire series, including the pilot episodes.
Edited by T70 DriverFor those too lazy to click.
Air # Title
1 216 Cat and Mouse
2 116 Hidden Enemy
T The Clone Wars theatrical release
3 301 Clone Cadets
4 303 Supply Lines
5 101 Ambush
6 102 Rising Malevolence
7 103 Shadow of Malevolence
8 104 Destroy Malevolence
9 105 Rookies
10 106 Downfall of a Droid
11 107 Duel of the Droids
12 108 Bombad Jedi
13 109 Cloak of Darkness
14 110 Lair of Grievous
15 111 Dooku Captured
16 112 The Gungan General
17 113 Jedi Crash
18 114 Defenders of Peace
19 115 Trespass
20 117 Blue Shadow Virus
21 118 Mystery of a Thousand Moons
22 119 Storm over Ryloth
23 120 Innocents of Ryloth
24 121 Liberty on Ryloth
25 201 Holocron Heist
26 202 Cargo of Doom
27 203 Children of the Force
28 217 Bounty Hunters
29 218 The Zillo Beast
30 219 The Zillo Beast Strikes Back
31 204 Senate Spy
32 205 Landing at Point Rain
33 206 Weapons Factory
34 207 Legacy of Terror
35 208 Brain Invaders
36 209 Grievous Intrigue
37 210 The Deserter
38 211 Lightsaber Lost
39 212 The Mandalore Plot
40 213 Voyage of Temptation
41 214 Duchess of Mandalore
42 220 Death Trap
43 221 R2 Come Home
44 222 Lethal Trackdown
45 305 Corruption
46 306 The Academy
47 307 Assassin
48 302 ARC Troopers
49 304 Sphere of Influence
50 308 Evil Plans
51 122 Hostage Crisis
52 309 Hunt for Ziro
53 310 Heroes on Both Side
54 311 Pursuit of Peace
55 215 Senate Murders
56 312 Nightsisters
57 313 Monster
58 314 Witches of the Mist
59 315 Overlords
60 316 Altar of Mortis
61 317 Ghosts of Mortis
62 318 The Citadel
63 319 Counter Attack
64 320 Citadel Rescue
65 321 Padawan Lost
66 322 Wookiee Hunt
67 401 Water War
68 402 Gungan Attack
69 403 Prisoners
70 404 Shadow Warrior
71 405 Mercy Mission
72 406 Nomad Droids
73 407 Darkness on Umbara
74 408 The General
75 409 Plan of Dissent
76 410 Carnage of Krell
77 411 Kidnapped
78 412 Slaves of the Republic
79 413 Escape from Kadavo
80 414 A Friend In Need
81 415 Deception
82 416 Friends and Enemies
83 417 The Box
84 418 Crisis on Naboo
85 419 Massacre
86 420 Bounty
87 421 Brothers
88 422 Revenge
89 502 A War on Two Fronts
90 503 Front Runners
91 504 The Soft War
92 505 Tipping Points
93 506 The Gathering
94 507 A Test of Strength
95 508 Bound for Rescue
96 509 A Necessary Bond
97 510 Secret Weapons
98 511 A Sunny Day in the Void
99 512 Missing in Action
100 513 Point of No Return
101 501 Revival
102 514 Eminence
103 515 Shades of Reason
104 516 The Lawless
105 517 Sabotage
106 518 The Jedi Who Knew Too Much
107 519 To Catch a Jedi
108 520 The Wrong Jedi
109 601 The Unknown
110 602 Conspiracy
111 603 Fugitive
112 604 Orders
113 605 An Old Friend
114 606 The Rise of Clovis
115 607 Crisis at the Heart
116 608 The Disappeared
117 609 The Disappeared: Pt. II
118 610 The Lost One
119 611 Voices
120 612 Destiny
121 613 Sacrifice
Crystal Crisis On Utapau Story Reels
124 Crystal Crisis
125 The Big Bang
The Bad Batch Story Reels
126 The Bad Batch
127 A Distant Echo
Dark Disciple Novel
130 Lethal Alliance
131 The Mission
132 Conspirators
133 Dark Disciple
Son of Dathomir Comic Series
134 The Enemy of My Enemy
135 A Tale of Two Apprentices
136 Proxy War
137 Showdown on Dathomir
Dark Disciple Novel
138 Saving Vos Part 1
139 Saving Vos Part 2
140 Traitor
141 The Path
For some reason, the series was not made in chronological order.
I would skip the movie (It's not very good) and watch the episodes in the order listed by Patox.
Also make sure to watch the Tartakovsky Clone Wars if you ever get the chance. It's gorgeously animated and has the most badass action scenes in Star Wars.
Edited by WingedSpiderThere's a movie?
Good to know. I thought it was just a series. Fact that I got the complete seasons 1-5 box set made me think I wasn't missing anything. Got Lost Missions too.
The movie introduces one of the best Star Wars characters ever.
The movie, in my opinion, ranges from 'Eh ok' to "uhh... no.' but it does introduce Ahsoka which is important.
If you're going to watch TCW, migth as well watch it all and PLEASE do it in chronological order. It will make the experience way better.
Plus if anything watching the movie gives you something to compare the later seasons to and then you can be blown away by the difference in quality a couple seasons makes.
I've found the movie much more enjoyable after seeing the whole series again on rewatch.
It is fairly important to watch. Besides meeting ahsoka the plot arc shows up in a couple other episodes. Plus it's cool having Samuel L Jackson and Christopher Lee do the voices.
You have to watch it in chronological order or it won't make sense.
I'm not clear on the "chronological order" thing.
The lost above just goes...in order ?
But it's not the same as if I just plow through Netflix one after another ?
When the show was originally produced/aired there were occasional episodes and story arcs that were out of chronological order. A character who had been killed in a previous episode shows up alive unexpectedly, an upside happens that obviously takes place minutes after the end of a previous episode but there are a dozen episodes in between them. Things like that.
Then somebody analysed the various events depicted in the show and determined the above order as being the one that best preserves continuity. Note, that list above starts with a second season episode.
If you know that happens, I haven't found it particularly jarring for the occasional episode to be out of sequence, but if you are so inclined, watching them in chronological order can be cool.
I do think that the theatrical film should be watched first though. It introduces a couple of key characters and is structured as an introduction. I found starting with "Cat and Mouse" felt like you were just dropped into the middle of things.
Basically, it's not a huge deal, as long as you get the introductions of Ahsoka and Ventress.
I'll admit first watch through I would recommend watching in production order. That way every character and most planets get introductions the first time you see them. The jumble doesn't really cost you anything, especially when the early episodes are doing the whole 'old news real' style intro.
Watching chronologically results in some jarring changes in style, and doesn't really gain much for the cassualy viewer.
Edit: it's also a lot of faf. When the episodes are only 20mins long and so much of that is intro/credits is it really worth scrolling back and fore to find work disparate episodes?
Edited by Arterial SprayFor those too lazy to click.
Air # Title
1 216 Cat and Mouse
2 116 Hidden Enemy
T The Clone Wars theatrical release
3 301 Clone Cadets
4 303 Supply Lines
5 101 Ambush
It might help to explain this list. The Air # is what order to watch it in. The Title is the season/episode number. T is the Theatrical movie release.
So, start with Season 2, episode 16. Next, watch Season 1, episode 16. After that, watch the Clone Wars animated movie. After that, watch Season 3, episode 1, followed by Season 3, episode 3. After that....you start with Season 1, episode 1.
Yes, it's crazy, but it really is better to watch it this way.
I do think that the theatrical film should be watched first though. It introduces a couple of key characters and is structured as an introduction. I found starting with "Cat and Mouse" felt like you were just dropped into the middle of things.
Basically, it's not a huge deal, as long as you get the introductions of Ahsoka and Ventress.
Personally, I think that you should watch Season 1 of the first The Clone Wars that was done by the Dexter's Laboratory guy. That has Anakin as a padawan. It introduces Grievous. It introduces Ventress. Anakin gets his scar. Anakin becomes a full jedi. Then start watching the list in order above.
After all of the above are watched, then see Season 2 of the original Clone Wars cartoon as it leads up to capturing Palpatine in Ep 3.
I'll admit first watch through I would recommend watching in production order.
Ugh....I do not recommend this. I watched it the first time through in the chrono order and I greatly appreciate it. I couldn't imagine watching it in production order.
I watched it in broadcast order (I was just watching it in season order on Netflix), and honestly, it really didn't bother me. When something showed up that clearly happened earlier, I just figured they were telling a story from a different time, which is what they were doing. I viewed it as an anthology of small stories from the war, not a big overarching single story, so the order was a lot less critical.
I do like how Asoka gets taller as the series goes on.
Wait...there's a separate series now as well?
Er...huh.
Right....so.....before Episode 3 came out, Lucas Arts hired a cartoonist to do these little shorts that were to be released as the new movie got closer and closer. It was the same guy who did Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack. The first season was a bunch of shorts. They were about 5 min each? They were random stuff. At the end, they talk about some new enemy general. Season 2 is all about General Grevious and how he captures Palpatine. It ends right where Episode 3 starts. It was very short. That's all it is.
They then made The Clone Wars series and it's done with higher quality animation and extended story arcs and such. It's what you know as The Clone Wars. The other ones aren't really necessary, unless you want to watch Epiosde 3. You get to find out why Grevious is all finding it hard to breath.
And while you're at it, in between play some Republic Commando's. 
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The chronological "issues" mostly revolve around that they tell the backstory of some of the clone troopers after we've already seen the fate of those troopers right? I've watched and enjoyed the series a few times and haven't noticed any other things being out of order.
Assuming of course you are concentrating solely on the computer-animated material and not the traditional drawn animated series or print media.
You can "get by" without watching in chrono order, but it's so much better to watch them in sequence. Why wouldn't you?
Because it's such a hassle when using a streaming service. .
Likewise, I just accepted that Anakin has an apprentice, didn't feel the need to go watch the precious stuff.
You can "get by" without watching in chrono order, but it's so much better to watch them in sequence. Why wouldn't you?
Because the continuity errors add to the "old serial" feel of the show.
The chronological "issues" mostly revolve around that they tell the backstory of some of the clone troopers after we've already seen the fate of those troopers right? I've watched and enjoyed the series a few times and haven't noticed any other things being out of order.
Well, not wanting to spoil too much, but there is a dead senator who shows up layer for a story arc.
That was the ONLY thing I actually noticed when I watched it while it was airing.
You can "get by" without watching in chrono order, but it's so much better to watch them in sequence. Why wouldn't you?
Because it's a pain in the ass to stop playback and look up a website every 20 minutes instead of just hitting play and enjoying the show for 3-4 hours.