10 Best Star Wars Shows: Ranked from Worst to Best
Before Disney+ launched in 2019, there were no live-action Star Wars shows and only a handful of animated series. The earliest Star Wars cartoons from the ’80s, Droids and Ewoks, barely resembled anything from the movies. Decades later, Star Wars: The Clone Wars provided the blueprint for the franchise’s animation resurgence, which in turn helped pave the way for The Mandalorian and the rest of the live-action shows.
To celebrate the release of The Acolyte, we’re taking a look back at the 10 best Star Wars shows ever. But we reserve the right to revise our listings as more Star Wars series arrive on Disney+ in the future.
10. The Book of Boba Fett
After Boba Fett’s amazing comeback in The Mandalorian season 2, fans were hyped for The Book of Boba Fett to deliver on the promise that was shown when Boba (Temuera Morrison) and Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) forcefully took over Jabba’s palace in The Mandalorian season 2’s post-credits scene. Instead, Robert Rodriguez delivered the Star Wars equivalent of Spy Kids.
9. Star Wars Resistance
Star Wars Resistance attempted to do for the sequel films what Star Wars: The Clone Wars did for the prequels. Oscar Isaac even stopped by for a few episodes as Poe Dameron. But instead of focusing on characters from the films, this animated series followed Kazuda “Kaz” Xiono (Christopher Sean), a talented New Republic pilot who was a klutzy spy for the Resistance.
8. Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi feels like a two-hour movie that was stretched out to six hours. Parts of it are even great, especially when Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) is so beaten down and despondent on Tatooine that he refuses to help another Jedi on the run.
7. Ahsoka
Dave Filoni has proven to be a godsend for the entire Star Wars franchise, and he understands its lore like few others. But there is something about Filoni’s writing and directing that doesn’t carry the same impact in live action that they do in animation.
6. Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
The only thing holding Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi back from a higher position on this list is the length of the series. With only six episodes comprised of roughly 10 minutes each, it’s just not enough to be considered a full series.
5. Star Wars: The Bad Batch
For a show that initially seemed like an afterthought to The Clone Wars, Star Wars: The Bad Batch really came together in its three-season run to tell a long-form story about the fate of the clones.
4. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars pulled off the monumental feat of making the prequel films better and more interesting by expanding the lore and the supporting cast without losing the focus on the characters from the films like Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Padme.
3. Star Wars Rebels
Hardcore fans of Star Wars: The Clone Wars might object to placing Star Wars Rebels above it on this list. But the reason why this show is at No. 3 is that no other animated series has recaptured the feeling of the original Star Wars trilogy as well as this show.
2. The Mandalorian
Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian may have lost a few steps in season 3, but the first two seasons are absolutely incredible. Favreau successfully convinced Disney and Lucasfilm to hide the existence of Grogu (back when he was only known to fans as Baby Yoda) before the reveal at the end of the pilot episode.
1. Andor
There are actually some Star Wars fans who dislike Andor and dismiss it as slow and boring. They couldn’t be more wrong. Andor is more overtly political than any of the previous shows or movies, but it needed to be in order to show a different side of the Empire.
