Author: davegladow

Because “The Clone Wars,” the Star Wars animated series set between “Attack of the Clones” and “Revenge of the Sith” is rather unwieldy and difficult to get into, I put together this episode guide earlier this year. Well, several people got some genuine use out of it and some even requested a similar guide for “Star Wars Rebels,” so I figured, why not? Let’s see if we can make this series more approachable as well.

My first big caveat to that statement is that Rebels is much more of a successful series than Clone Wars. It’s a much tighter story, revolving around a small group of characters, with a definitive beginning, middle and end. So by its very nature, it doesn’t require shortening in quite the same way (or at all).

My second big caveat is that the ending to this series is one of the best on TV, and it rewards longtime viewers in a multitude of ways, many of which you might miss out on if you’re skipping around.

BUT…

I get it. It’s a lot of episodes. Maybe you want to have a better idea what’s going on in “The Mandalorian” or you’re out for some fun crossovers or you just want the basic gist.

Here’s my attempt to distill the series down to its most essential episodes.