But the Diego Luna-starring series Andor-which will hit Disney+ on August 31, 2022-is expected to take place around the same time as Star Wars Rebels. Read on for the rest of the chronological timeline, based on Digital Spy’s comprehensive breakdown, followed by a list ordered by release date.įor now, we’ve only included canonical shows and movies that have already premiered. The Phantom Menace, for example, takes place in 32 BBY-32 years before Luke Skywalker enters the picture. This way, you don’t have to do any math to figure out the number of years between A New Hope (the original Star Wars) and any other movie or show. But far more common is a set of initialisms first created by fans: BBY, for “Before the Battle of Yavin,” and ABY, for “After the Battle of Yavin.” The Battle of Yavin was the destruction of the Death Star at the end of A New Hope, meaning that film occurs in 0 BBY. You’ll sometimes see CRC-an unspecified initialism used in a 2018 reference book by Lucasfilm’s Pablo Hidalgo-which puts Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope in the year 7977 CRC. But if I never see this one again, I'll be fine.Given that all events take place in a galaxy far, far away, it’s no surprise that Star Wars doesn’t adhere to Earth’s BCE/CE dating system. Seeing a bunch of Jedi at the end is cool, the worlds are unique, and Ewan McGregor is always good. There are glimmers of that Star Wars fun here and there. A large chunk of this movie is just Anakin whining and complaining that things "aren't fair" in Christensen's dull monotone, and then aggressively cringey romantic scenes with him and Padme. Even when I've seen him in good movies, he's awful, I don't like him. That just makes it even more annoying when she falls head over heels for the angst king himself Anakin. God damn it do I hate Anakin and Padme! Padme's actually a more competent character than I remember her being, and I like seeing her hold her own in the action set pieces. Maybe they're making up for all the talking, but when stuff does go down, it's fun for a little while but gets boring fast. Some of the action pieces actually feel like they go on forever. When we do have action scenes, they're okay, but just okay. It all feels like exposition and set up for future entries rather than its own thing, and it just makes the movie kind of boring. I'll even make a modest defense for some of Anakin's moments of turning, like the bit with the Tusken Raiders that's actually more well put together than I remember. Jango Fett is still cool, if not a little underutilized. Obi Wan's investigating is a little more interesting, even if it all feels like vague set up for the inevitable TV show. But there are things in it that are okay, and better than I remember. Okay look, I spent years hating this movie and building up that loathing, and watching it again…yeah, it's earned. Just TRY to watch this again and tell me any other entry in the main saga didn't at least do SOMETHING better. To all the prequel apologists who say the sequel trilogy is the worst thing to happen to Star Wars, please, watch this movie again.
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