--- title: The Star Wars TV Shows, Ranked description: With the Acolyte premiering on Disney+, here's how all the Star Wars live action TV shows stack up. canonical: https://time.com/6981572/star-wars-shows-ranked/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-05-31T17:08:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-01-19T14:03:08.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Ranking the Star Wars TV Shows og:description: With the Acolyte premiering on Disney+, here's how all the Star Wars live action TV shows stack up. og:url: https://time.com/6981572/star-wars-shows-ranked/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte99f091c2afeec66/698a5772b3fce31afa0cd3e2/Untitled-design.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Untitled design og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ranking the Star Wars TV Shows twitter:description: With the Acolyte premiering on Disney+, here's how all the Star Wars live action TV shows stack up. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte99f091c2afeec66/698a5772b3fce31afa0cd3e2/Untitled-design.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The _Star Wars_ TV Shows, Ranked ## Video: Andor | Official Trailer | Disney+ [Watch (HLS stream): Andor | Official Trailer | Disney+](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/SWVsSsYn.m3u8) (1:54)  _Published 2022-07-29. The “Andor” series will explore a new perspective from the Star Wars galaxy, focusing on Cassian Andor’s journey to discover the difference he can make. The series brings forward the tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. It’s an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue where Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero. Diego Luna returns as Cassian Andor and is joined by cast members Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgård, Adria Arjona, Denise Gough and Kyle Soller. The executive producers are Kathleen Kennedy, Sanne Wohlenberg, Diego Luna and Michelle Rejwan. Tony Gilroy is the creator and showrunner._ by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/) and [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/) Updated: Jan 19, 2026 2:03 PM CUTPublished: May 31, 2024 5:08 PM CUT  Andor, The Mandalorian, and Ahsoka Andor, The Mandalorian, and AhsokaImages courtesy of Disney+ by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/) and [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/) Updated: Jan 19, 2026 2:03 PM CUTPublished: May 31, 2024 5:08 PM CUT In the wake of the success of [_The Mandalorian_](https://time.com/6272977/the-mandalorian-season-3-finale/ "undefined"), [Disney+](https://time.com/6276745/best-shows-disney/ "undefined") has produced many—arguably too many—[_Star Wars_](https://time.com/4788422/best-star-wars-moments/ "undefined") television series in hopes that the expanded universe content would draw die-hard fans of Jedis and droids to the streaming service. The results have been mixed. Baby Yoda justifiably drew hordes of fans and plenty of coos when he used the Force to summon blue macarons in _The Mandalorian_. (Yes, we know his name is Grogu, but Baby Yoda sounds cuter.) And _Michael Clayton_ scribe Tony Gilroy found impressive depth in the _Rogue One_ prequel series [_Andor_](https://time.com/6234534/andor-best-star-wars-show/ "undefined"), a _Star Wars_ show with awards aspirations, which has just returned for a highly anticipated and once again critically successful second season. But then there were [spinoffs](https://time.com/6258673/mandalorian-season-3-disney-plus-what-to-know/ "undefined") like _The Book of Boba Fett_ and _Obi-Wan Kenobi_ that left some fans frustrated with how LucasFilm handled stories related to some of their favorite characters in the franchise. Still, the _Star Wars_ television universe is growing in importance. A _Mandalorian_ movie is set to debut in 2026, the first _Star Wars_ movie to hit theaters in nearly a decade. And LucasFilm has high hopes for its latest entry, _The Acolyte_ from showrunner Leslye Headland (_Bachelorette_, _Russian Doll_) starring Amandla Stenberg and Carrie-Anne Moss. That show hit Disney+ on June 4—we will add it to this ranking once it has released sufficient episodes to determine its proper placement. Here's TIME's ranking of every Disney+ _Star Wars_ series. ## 5\. _The Book of Boba Fett_ When Temuera Morrison's Boba Fett made his long-awaited return to the screen in [Season 2 of _The Mandalorian_](https://time.com/5901362/mandalorian-season-2-plot/ "undefined"), fans finally got a canonical answer to the age-old question of whether the galaxy's most infamous bounty hunter had survived his encounter with the Sarlacc in _Return of the Jedi_. But it turns out an even pulpier version of Mando's adventures wasn't exactly what many viewers wanted out of a Boba Fett-centric series. While _The Book of Boba Fett_ ostensibly focused on Fett's quest to take control of the Tatooine criminal underworld once ruled by Jabba the Hutt, the show's late-season inclusion of two episodes that were integral to the plot of _The Mandalorian_'s third season felt like a forced attempt to get the fandom onboard with a spin-off that was otherwise proving to be a jumbled disappointment. ## 4\. _Obi-Wan_ _Kenobi_ _Obi-Wan_ suffers from the most common prequel affliction: how do you build suspense in a story when the audience already knows the ending? Set between the events of _Revenge of the Sith_ and _A New Hope_, the show follows its titular character as he abandons his job watching a (safe) young Luke on Tatooine to save a kidnapped Princess Leia. Parts of the plot are absurd: A precocious 10-year-old Leia is repeatedly able to outrun powerful bounty hunters. Sure. But the series' greatest weakness is its insistence on building out lore for characters who already carry so much history. The entire series builds to confrontations between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader that are zapped of all tension because nothing of significance could happen when these two meet. Any injury or even mildly interesting conversation between the two surely would have come up during their fight in _A New Hope_. And so _Obi-Wan_ finds itself hamstrung, inventing convoluted ways for nothing to happen in its plot. ## 3\. _Ahsoka_ In the wake of Rosario Dawson's introduction as Ahsoka Tano in Season 2 of _The Mandalorian_, [_Ahsoka_](https://time.com/6320336/ahsoka-ending-explained/ "undefined") follows the former Jedi Knight as she navigates her role in the galaxy in the years after the Empire's defeat in _Return of the Jedi_. Helmed by _Star Wars_ veteran Dave Filoni, the series builds on the backstory for Ahsoka that was established in the 2008 animated _Star Wars_ movie _The Clone Wars_—in which a young Ahsoka became the Padawan apprentice of Anakin Skywalker—and its subsequent TV series, _The Clone Wars_ and _Rebels_. An uneven first season saw Ahsoka team up with some of her fellow Ghost crew resistance fighters, like Mandalorian warrior Sabine Wren and New Republic General Hera Syndulla, to investigate rumors that former Imperial commander Grand Admiral Thrawn was poised to return as heir to the Empire. Fans of Filoni's more mystical take on _Star Wars_ lore likely enjoyed this one. ## 2\. _The Mandalorian_ Three seasons in, the novelty of the crown jewel of Disney’s _Star Wars_ TV universe has somewhat worn off. While the father-son relationship between Pedro Pascal's Din Djarin and his Baby Yoda ward Grogu remains adorable as ever, the show's recent meandering storylines have burned through a lot of fan goodwill. Still, there's a reason _The Mandalorian_ was the [most-watched streaming original of 2023](https://www.thewrap.com/most-watched-streaming-shows-2023/ "undefined"). Set around five years after the fall of the Empire in _Return of the Jedi_ and 25 years before the rise of the First Order—the authoritarian regime firmly in control of the galaxy when _The Force Awakens_ begins—the first two seasons of the inaugural live-action _Star Wars_ series revived the spirit of the franchise with new and exciting characters whose adventures originally extended beyond the scope of the over-tread Skywalker Saga. The result was a pop culture phenomenon that instantly grabbed viewers' attention and sparked renewed interest in the galaxy far, far away. ## 1\. _Andor_ _Andor_ has no right to be so good. It's a prequel to _Rogue One_, itself a prequel to _A New Hope_. One might expect it to be filled with easter eggs and winks. Thankfully, showrunner Tony Gilroy, who cut his teeth on the _Bourne_ movies, has higher ambitions. The show centers on Cassian Andor, a Rebel spy ready to die for his cause in _Rogue One._ But when we meet Cassian in Andor he's a cynical mercenary, skeptical that the upstart Rebellion can take on the Empire. But as he takes on missions, finds himself in binds, and begins to see the banality of evil up close, his politics and worldview start to change. There's no Sith Lord laughing maniacally as he tortures Cassian. Just nameless guards and soldiers whose faces remain impassive as they inflict suffering on others. And both the rebels and empire often use the same turns of phrase to describe their cause, a decision that intentionally blurs the lines between the good guys and the bad. 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