On August 23rd, Lucasfilm’s latest Star Wars streaming series, Ahsoka, will debut on Disney Plus. Rosario Dawson, who brought the beloved character from animation into live-action in The Mandalorian, now takes the lead in her own series that will reunite the former Jedi with her friends–and enemies–from Star Wars Rebels. With the debut of the series creeping closer, it’s time for the Ultimate List of What to Watch…
Tier One
If you feel the need to know watch or rewatch everything that might be important to the show before tuning into Ahsoka, you better set some serious time aside and get started ASAP. Though this is an Ahsoka Tano solo series, it will almost certainly follow threads from her appearances throughout animation and live-action and advance the plot of the ongoing Mandoverse/New Republic Era stories being told by Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni. If you want to ensure you won’t miss a beat, watch every second of everything listed here:
Tales of the Jedi Season 1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1-7
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Star Wars Rebels
The Mandalorian Seasons 1-3
The Book of Boba Fett
Tier Two
If you don’t have quite that much time on your hands, Disney Plus has already done a fantastic job of assembling a collection of key episodes that will prepare fans, both old and new, for what to expect in Ahsoka and we’ve added plenty of our own suggestions to that list!
The Beginning
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Season 1: Episode 1-Life and Death
The birth and early days of Ahsoka Tano. “Life and Death” provides a wonderful look at Togruta culture and Ahsoka’s first dabbling with The Force.
The Clone Wars Season 1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1: Episode 2-Rising Malevolence
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1: Episode 19-Storm Over Ryloth
The Clone Wars Season 3
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 3: Episode 21-Padawan Lost
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 3: Episode 22-Wookie Hunt
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Season 1: Episode 5-Practice Makes Perfect
The Clone Wars Season 5
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 5: Episode 17-Sabotage
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 5: Episode 18-The Jedi Who Knew Too Much
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 5: Episode 19-To Catch a Jedi
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 5: Episode 20-The Wrong Jedi
The Clone Wars Season 7
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7: Episode 5-Gone with a Trace
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7: Episode 6-Deal No Deal
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7: Episode 7-Dangerous Debt
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7: Episode 8-Together Again
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7: Episode 9-Old Friends Not Forgotten
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7: Episode 10-Phantom Apprentice
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7: Episode 11-Shattered
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7: Episode 12-Victory and Death
Order 66
Back-to-back episodes of the first season of The Bad Batch take place on Ryloth where a young Hera Syndulla finds herself in the midst of a crisis that changes the course of her life. Now alone and in hiding, Ahsoka finds herself face-to-face with an Inquisitor in the final episode of the first season of Tales of the Jedi.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 1: Episode 11-Devil’s Deal
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 1: Episode 12-Rescue on Ryloth
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Season 1: Episode 6-Resolve
Rebels Season 1
Star Wars Rebels Season 1: Episode 1-Spark of Rebellion, Part 1
Star Wars Rebels Season 1: Episode 2-Spark of Rebellion, Part 2
Star Wars Rebels Season 1: Episode 15-Fire Across the Galaxy
Rebels Season 2
Star Wars Rebels Season 2: Episode 1-The Siege of Lothal: Part 1
Star Wars Rebels Season 2: Episode 2-The Siege of Lothal: Part 2
Star Wars Rebels Season 2: Episode 3-The Lost Commanders
Star Wars Rebels Season 2: Episode 4-Relics of the Old Republic
Star Wars Rebels Season 2: Episode 18-Shroud of Darkness
Star Wars Rebels Season 2: Episode 21-Twilight of the Apprentice: Part 1
Star Wars Rebels Season 2: Episode 22-Twilight of the Apprentice: Part 2
One of the best seasons of any animated Star Wars series–maybe any series of any kind–Season 2 of Rebels gives Ahsoka a big story with a big payoff.
Rebels Season 3
Star Wars Rebels Season 3: Episode 5-Hera’s Heroes
Star Wars Rebels Season 3: Episode 8-Iron Squadron
Star Wars Rebels Season 3: Episode 10-An Inside Man
Star Wars Rebels Season 3: Episode 15-Trials of the Darksaber
Star Wars Rebels Season 3: Episode 17-Through Imperial Eyes
Star Wars Rebels Season 3: Episode 21-Zero Hour, Part 1
Star Wars Rebels Season 3: Episode 22-Zero Hour, Part 2
These episodes, by and large, showcase Thrawn, the Heir to the Empire who will play a major role in Ahsoka.
Rebels Season 4
Star Wars Rebels Season 4: Episode 10-Jedi Night
Star Wars Rebels Season 4: Episode 12-Wolves and a Door
Star Wars Rebels Season 4: Episode 13-A World Between Worlds
Star Wars Rebels Season 4: Episode 15-Family Reunion
Star Wars Rebels Season 4: Episode 16-Farewell
The final season of Rebels left fans wanting more and Dave Filoni responded with the suite of New Republic Era projects that include Ahsoka.
Mandoverse Appearances
The Mandalorian: Chapter 13-The Jedi
The Book of Boba Fett: Chapter 6-From the Desert Comes a Stranger
As you can see, if you have any intentions of being fully prepared for Ahsoka, you’ve got your work cut out for you. Get after it and may the Force be with you!
