TV Discussion Rank the four (or more) Star Wars animated series

One thing I liked about Resistance is the world of that floating fuel depot. The show feels like the one most inspired by Studio Ghibli concepts. There’s something Howl’s Moving Castle about the setting, with its eclectic denizens and mix of the weird, cute and dangerous. For this reason alone I don’t seem to hate it as much as most do. It at least was an interesting little environment to spend some time in.

 

1. Rebels - Though made on a tighter budget, this series still resonates most strongly for me thanks to its well realized core ensemble. Twilight of the Apprentice and Jedi Night are two of the very best pieces of Star Wars storytelling in any medium from the Disney era.

2. Tales of the Jedi - Elevated above the others for the Dooku stories alone. Really strong stuff. The Ahsoka stories are a bit redundant, but the first one is quite resonant as well. If there are more seasons with different characters and new eras, its' stock will grow.

3. The Clone Wars - Certainly the most ambitious venture of Lucasfilm animation, and consequently the greatest variety of quality. Some truly impressive arcs, Umbara being my favorite, and more than a handful that are simply puzzling.

4. The Bad Batch - Love the dynamic of this crew, but it almost feels too early to pass judgement on this series only one season deep. The bigger issue is that it feels too long already. A 10-12 episode season would keep the storytelling tighter.

5. Visions - Mileage varies from episode to episode since they're all different stories from different storytellers, but The Duel is the standout, one of the best ever pieces of Star Wars animation.

6. Resistance - Well intentioned, beautifully animated, but largely forgettable, aside from direct tie ins with characters from the ST.

Oh, and Tartakovsky's Clone Wars from 2003-2005 remains my favorite Star Wars series, whether live action or animated.

 

Rebels
TCW
Bad Batch - The more we get, the closer it will be to overtaking TCW.
Resistance


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#1- The Clone Wars


#2- Bad Batch
#3- Rebels



#4- Redistance


Rebels was great but it did have a lot of filler and the budget of the series was constantly showing compared to The Clone Wars. Bat Batch doesn’t seem to have those budget problems. Now peak Rebels is better than what we have gotten so far in Bad Batch. But Bad Batch is a better made show.

Resistance I’m pretty sure was just made to keep the top talent at Lucasfilm Animation employed their ai they didn’t lose everyone.

And then we have the Clone Wars which George Lucas treated like it was the same as his movies. And that series gets better and better technically and with sorry as it goes on.

 

So much disrespect for Resistance here, it makes me sad. Truly an underappreciated gem. Beautiful art style, amazing designs (best vehicles of the ST era), an interesting story that added a lot to an undereveloped time period, same hardhitting themes as Andor in a distinct package, and speaking of Andor, Resistance also went out of its way to avoid pointless cameos and focus on normal people caught up in big events - my main complaint is that the behind the scenes drama of ST development meant that it got cut off early and some of the plotlines got dropped or wrapped up a bit anti-climaticly.

Beyond that though...hard to rank the shows over all because they all have their ups and downs. I liked Rebels middle two seasons, but the first season was dull and disappointing, and I hated the ending. Clone Wars had some great arcs, also had some terrible arcs. Bad Batch...art is at its best, and the era is interesting, but the characters don't grip me as much as other shows.

 

From best to worst:

The Clone Wars
Rebels
The Bad Batch
Resistance

But I like them all.

 

I love all of them (plus Tales of the Jedi), but Rebels is the best one for me (and one of the best SW media overall). I am a member of that insignificant minority that wished that it would receive a proper animation sequel rather than a live action continuation in Ahsoka series (which I would also probably like a lot).

 

Rebels was a weird show for me because it feels like a cartoon based off of somebodys RPG game with their friends with the improbial cast of charactors meeting each other.

 

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Honestly the reason I think Rebels is above TCW is because of the place I was in in 2014 and 2015. I will always appreciate rebels

 

I love Ezra that's all I have to say.

 

Personally:

1. Rebels
2. The Clone Wars
3. The Bad Batch
4. The Resistance (But I'm a Pyre fan. )

 

1. Clone Wars
2. Bad Batch
3. Rebels
4. The Resistance

 

My list too.

 

Clone Wars - fantastic anthology series that's pretty much over 40 new Star Wars movies to enjoy

Rebels - tight-knit family series with a more singular throughline

Bad Batch - Rebels with a Clone Wars paintjob

Resistance - cancelled just as it was getting its footing due to the focus shift to live-action, so I hope it gets the Clone Wars S7 treatment at some point

Tales of the Jedi - too short and added nothing new or interesting; every episode felt like it was missing 75% of its story

 

1. The Clone Wars: There are some disappointing episodes in the show, here and there. But a lot of episodes are great, and some are amazing.
2. Tales of the Jedi: A mini-series, but quite a bit of the episodes are on-point.
3. Rebels: See my thoughts on TCW as to why I like Rebels. I don't rank Rebels as equal or better because of the weaker animation and I preferred the darker tone of TCW.
4. The Bad Batch: I've watched some of Season 2, and I'm a little disappointed so far. Season 1 was really good, possibly great.

I would put the Clone Wars microseries at the top. It may be super short and have less highs than TCW, but it also has less lows. I've only watched the first 2 episodes of Resistance, and don't know if I'll ever get back to it. I've only watched 2 episodes of Visions, but the premiere was on-point.

 

I need a 2003 Clone Wars option. Still (by far) my favorite of the animated shows and it's actually watchable by an adult without wanting to gouge your eyes out during some of the episodes.

FWIW, I have tried (more than once) to get into the Clone Wars 3d series... and I just can't. I even tried just watching some of the "good arcs" and most of it is still just "meh".
Like people rave about the final 4 episodes but all I saw was a pretty good kids show. Granted, I think 9 year old me would have loved the show - so I get the appeal to kids, but so much of it is just a hard watch as an adult. To be fair based on the episodes I watched it did improve during the run (basically going from a bad kids show to a pretty good kids show).

 

You know I gave the pilot of resistance a rewatch and it actually got me to laugh 2 times. I don’t think I have laughed more than once at Bad Batch nor do I remember laughing at CW or rebels. So points to Resistance on being funny.

 

TCW - a fantastic series that takes viewers much deeper into the world of SW and is definitely one of the best animated series ever made and a must see. We get to know a lot of characters much better like Anakin, Yoda, Obi Wan, Palpatine etc. and we meet completely new fantastic characters like Ahsoka (for me no. 1 in SW), Rex or Asaji etc. The animation is great and especially the last 7th season is a masterpiece To sum up this is the best thing that could have happened to SW.
Rebels - After the first episodes, I wasn't thrilled and I thought it wasn't for me, but I watched further and .... fortunately, because the plot developed very nicely to almost iconic moments throughout SW. The new characters themselves turned out to be interestingly thought out and complement each other well, but when Ahsoka appeared for the first time, I almost fell off my chair ... As for the animation, I rate it worse than in TCW, but it was ok.
Tales of the Jedi - For me, a masterpiece that has the potential for an absolutely top series in the entire SW. I am waiting for more.
Bad Batch - I like it and I'm waiting for more but currently it lands in 4.
Resistance- Last place

 

Rebels
TCW

Pretty even tbh. I enjoyed watching them both but gave Rebels the edge because my daughter and I watched it together from beginning to end over the duration it was on. She was still a baby when TCW started.

The others I stopped watching because I found them dull.

 

Rebels
Clone Wars
Bad Batch
Tales of the Jedi
Resistance

 

Bad batch has been growing on me, but it’s gonna be hard to ever beat TCW or Rebels. Although that’s mostly driven by Nostalgia and Rebels being a comfort show during one of the worst times of my life.

 

1) Rebels -
I absolutely adore this show. I’m a big fan of most of them on this list, but there’s just something about Rebels that really clicks with me. I really enjoy that the whole premise of the show is based around this one squad of characters. Kanan has the best Jedi arc that we’ve seen on screen in my opinion. I find myself watching it and deeply caring about these characters, season 4 absolutely blew me away and some of those episodes remain my favourite Star Wars content.

2) TCW -
What’s not to love ? A fantastic show that offered us a chance to explore different parts of the galaxy and stories that would never get the time of day in a movie. Really brilliant stuff (with some less interesting stories thrown in there). Also gave us one of my favourite characters with Ahsoka Tano.

3) The Bad Batch -
I still hold out hope for the BB. There’s been some amazing episodes and things that I’ve really enjoyed, but on too many occasions I’ve thought ‘meh’.

4) Tales of the Jedi
I really really enjoyed TotJ. It again gave us some interesting stories that I’ve wanted to see, but the short run time does hold it back from being further up the list with their only being a few episodes.

5) Resistance

 

1. The Bad Batch.
2. The Clone Wars
3. Rebels
4. Resistance
5. Tales of the Jedi

 

1. The Clone Wars
1a. Tales of the Jedi
2. Rebels
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9. Resistance.

TBB is still in-progress, assuming LF doesn't announce the cancellation of the series next week, so I don't think it's fair to compare this yet. Based on its current trajectory, it's a contender for fourth place in that list, though the last few weeks definitely narrowed the distance between it and Rebels. I'm just not that invested in the post-Order 66 fate of clones so I'm more inclined to compare it to the Mandalorian (another in-progress show that's more enjoyable for its pulpy episodic adventures than whatever the big overarching story of it is assuming it ever gets around to having one.)