Star Wars

Although Star Wars is known for telling its stories in non-chronological order, its new movie is fairly easy to nail down in the timeline thanks to the existing three seasons of The Mandalorian, which are set in the 30-year gap between the original trilogy and the sequel trilogy. The series originally kicked off the New Republic era, with the first two seasons, as well as The Book of Boba Fett, taking place in roughly 9 ABY (or nine years after the Battle of Yavin), while the third season of The Mandalorian is set two years later, around 11 ABY. Since The Mandalorian and Grogu opens after the

But don’t get your hopes up, and don’t bother waiting past the credits, either. The Mandalorian and Grogu does not have any post-credit scenes, but that’s not surprising for die-hard Star Wars fans. Almost none of the traditional episodic films sport after-credit sequences, and neither does Solo nor Rogue One.

Aside from The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, Star Wars fans may want to rewatch Ahsoka to get a feel for the state of the galaxy when the film takes place. In episode 7 of the series, for example, there’s a direct mention of “the conflict on Mandalore,” which happened in season 3 of The Mandalorian. While there’s no known direct link between the show and the movie, it’s the best starting point for those looking to follow the franchise chronologically. With Zeb Orrelios serving as one of the movie’s big draws, it doesn’t hurt to watch a few Star Wars: Rebels episodes to get to know the