Full Series In What Order Should I Watch The Clone Wars?

I finally have Netflix again, and now that the entire series is on there I decided I'd give it a try. I know an official timeline of chronology was released for all the episodes, but would it be a good idea to watch them all in that order for my first time through them, or would you recommend just watching them in release order?

 

Watch them in release order, watching them in chronological order can be a pain in the ass

 

Look up the chronological order, it's out there, and worth watching in chronological order.

 

Chrono order. With release order you are jumping around too much those first couple seasons. Seasons 1 and 2 have prequels to the movie, Series 3 has lead up to episodes in the first season and so on and so forth. It gets better season 4 on with like only one episode being moved in season 5.

 

Well said Force Smuggler

 

Thanks. Not sure how things are set up on Netflix. By season and you have to click on the season you want to watch right? Just get the Chrono order and follow that. Shouldn't take much effort. Season 3 also has two clone prequels set early in the war. There is also lead up episodes in season 3 to Ambush in season 1. Chrono order is better in this case.

 

Thanks everyone. I don't understand why they didn't just release them in the right order in the first place though...

 

Various reasons. For instance in Season 5 one of the Maul episodes was moved up to the season premiere, even though it takes place later in the season to generate more hype.

 

So I have given myself the project of creating an all-new order in which to watch The Clone Wars for some friends, students' parents, acquaintances, and other people who I am always hyping the show up to. The idea is to create not just an ultra-simplified but still chronological order, but also to have symbols and a key that would tell the viewer whether they should definitely watch the episode, consider skipping it if the title doesn't sound interesting because it's mediocre, or probably skip it because it's one of the series' worst.

Obviously that's pretty subjective, so I am interested in how people might approach this task differently, or if anyone has any specific comments on my list. I only add a comment in parentheses for episodes that aren't given the "definitely watch" rating. Here it is:

Episode ###: first digit = season #, last two digits = episode ## within that season

* = definitely watch
+ = probably only watch if topic sounds interesting to you, mediocre episode
X = probably shouldn't watch, series low

space in between episodes = you sometimes have to skip around from season to season or episodes within a season to stay in chronological order (otherwise you'll hit a bunch of random prequels and sequels to earlier episodes that were not released in chronological order as you go along for a big chunk of the series)
no spaces in between episodes = no skipping around required to stay in chronological order

Note: there is an "official" episode order that is different mostly in that it jumps around a lot more than it needs to, this order is intended to let you jump around as little as possible while still keeping all the prequel and sequel episodes that were not released in chronological order arranged correctly

216 Cat and Mouse *

116 Hidden Enemy *

The Clone Wars theatrical release * / + (this is really four episodes edited together, the first 1/4 is * because it introduces Anakin's Padawan, the last 3/4 is + for weak plot)

303 Supply Lines *

101 Ambush *
102 Rising Malevolence *
103 Shadow of Malevolence *
104 Destroy Malevolence *

301 Clone Cadets *

105 Rookies *
106 Downfall of a Droid + (some good battles, weak plot)
107 Duel of the Droids + (some good battles, weak plot)
108 Bombad Jedi X (lots of silly Jar Jar and C-3PO antics, prequel to 109)
109 Cloak of Darkness *
110 Lair of Grievous *
111 Dooku Captured + (some good battles and Anakin/Obi-Wan moments, weak plot)
112 The Gungan General X (Jar Jar, weak plot, sequel to 111)
113 Jedi Crash *
114 Defenders of Peace *
115 Trespass *
117 Blue Shadow Virus + (1930's style mad scientist main villain)
118 Mystery of a Thousand Moons X (weak plot, some good Anakin/Obi-Wan moments, sequel to 118)
119 Storm over Ryloth *
120 Innocents of Ryloth *
121 Liberty on Ryloth *

201 Holocron Heist *
202 Cargo of Doom *
203 Children of the Force *
204 Senate Spy + (politics episode, prequel to 205 - 208)
205 Landing at Point Rain *
206 Weapons Factory *
207 Legacy of Terror *
208 Brain Invaders *
209 Grievous Intrigue *
210 The Deserter *
211 Lightsaber Lost *
212 The Mandalore Plot *
213 Voyage of Temptation *
214 Duchess of Mandalore *

217 Bounty Hunters + (Lucas' Seven Samurai imitation, dedicated to Akira Kurosawa)
218 The Zillo Beast *
219 The Zillo Beast Strikes Back *
220 Death Trap *
221 R2‭ ‬Come Home + (R2 adventure, sequel to 220)
222 Lethal Trackdown + (mediocre action and plot sequel to 221)

302 ARC Troopers *

304 Sphere of Influence + (mediocre plot, very little action)
305 Corruption X (politics episode)
306 The Academy X (politics episode)
307 Assassin *
308 Evil Plans X (sequel to 122)

122 Hostage Crisis *

309 Hunt for Ziro *
310 Heroes on Both Side + (politics episode)
311 Pursuit of Peace + (politics episode)

215 Senate Murders + (politics episode)

312 Nightsisters *
313 Monster *
314 Witches of the Mist *
315 Overlords *
316 Altar of Mortis *
317 Ghosts of Mortis *
318 The Citadel *
319 Counter Attack *
320 Citadel Rescue *
321 Padawan Lost *
322 Wookiee Hunt *

401 Water War */+ (great action, not great plot)
402 Gungan Attack */+ (great action, not great plot)
403 Prisoners */+ (great action, not great plot)
404 Shadow Warrior */+ (Flash Gordon style plot, silly Jar Jar antics)
405 Mercy Mission + (droids episode)
406 Nomad Droids + (droids episode)
407 Darkness on Umbara *
408 The General *
409 Plan of Dissent *
410 Carnage of Krell *
411 Kidnapped *
412 Slaves of the Republic *
413 Escape from Kadavo *
414 A Friend In Need *
415 Deception *
416 Friends and Enemies *
417 The Box *
418 Crisis on Naboo *
419 Massacre *
420 Bounty *
421 Brothers *
422 Revenge *

502 A War on Two Fronts + (decent action, slow plot)
503 Front Runners + (decent action, slow plot)
504 The Soft War + (little action, mediocre plot)
505 Tipping Points + (good action, mediocre plot, arc with 502, 503, and 504)
506 The Gathering * (Force lore in younglings adventure)
507 A Test of Strength * (Force lore in younglings adventure, sequel to 506)
508 Bound for Rescue + (younglings adventure, sequel to 507)
509 A Necessary Bond + (youngings adventure, sequel to 508)
510 Secret Weapons X (droids adventure)
511 A Sunny Day in the Void X (droids adventure, existentialist themes)
512 Missing in Action X (droids adventure, some existentialist themes)
513 Point of No Return X (droids adventure, arc with 510, 511, and 512)

501 Revival *

514 Eminence *
515 Shades of Reason *
516 The Lawless *
517 Sabotage *
518 The Jedi Who Knew Too Much *
519 To Catch a Jedi *
520 The Wrong Jedi *

601 The Unknown *
602 Conspiracy *
603 Fugitive *
604 Orders *
605 An Old Friend + (Anakin/Padme)
606 The Rise of Clovis + (Anakin/Padme)
607 Crisis at the Heart + (Anakin/Padme)
608 The Disappeared + (Force lore, Jar Jar antics)
609 The Disappeared:‭ ‬Pt.‭ ‬II + (Force lore, Jar Jar antics)
610 The Lost One *
611 Voices *
612 Destiny *
613 Sacrifice *

Over 80 definites so I may have to try to cut it more.

 

Looking at my list again, I considered changing The Gathering and A Test of Strength to + since those were really the only ones I felt borderline about, but either way I realized having 80 something definite watches and 40 something optional watches is still cutting out 1/3 of the series which is quite a lot. It's not cutting 1/2 of the series which is where I expected to be, but when you're talking about over 120 episodes cutting out 1/3 could still have a huge impact in keeping watchers who need to see the best stuff only to stay interested away from episodes like Corruption and others, so they're always watching either good or great episodes. I feel like doing this will help the show match all the carefully qualified hype I give it.

I'm probably gonna start giving this out to people soon, but again if anyone has any opinions on any of my rankings or my overall system here I would really like to hear them.

 

watch em all. official list.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Chronological Episode Order | StarWars.com

 

thejeditraitor yeah I would recommend anyone who wanted to to check out every episode, my list is for people who aren't sure about watching to make sure they get a good enough impression of the series to stick with it. (In lieu of just giving someone a handful of episodes/arcs to check out.)

 

when i watched them all on netflix i had seen some episodes beforehand. i didn't watch the droid arc a second time but every episode is worth watching at least once.

 

I was trying to make it clear that I agree with that. I just don't want people who aren't sure about the series getting bogged down by Bombad Jedi before they get to Overlords and all the many other mind-blowing episodes of the series.

 

I liked Bombad Jedi.

 

It has Hondo!

 

No, it doesn't. You must be thinking of The Gungan General.

 

Jar Jar episodes. Got them mixed up.

 

Well that's why I put in short descriptions of the episodes that aren't ranked definite watch so people can still watch it if it sounds interesting enough to them and they are leaning towards watching more episodes rather than fewer.

 

Okay just reading that hurt my brain a little. I think most adults interested in Force lore who aren't Jar Jar fans would disagree. To each their own, though.

 

I stand by my description for people who aren't sure about checking out the series that they probably shouldn't watch Bombad Jedi unless they think they'll be interested in lots of Jar Jar and C-3PO antics. Do you think that's inaccurate? That's the purpose of putting that description there so if someone thinks that sounds good and they wanna check it out they can instead of just blindly following my recommendations.

 

I think Jar Jar found his rightful place in a fully animated show. His episodes actually made me laugh in some spots. Wasn't bad at all. He fits an animated show perfectly. It's like watching an old Tex Avery cartoon character in spots.