What to Watch (and Read) After Ahsoka 

I actually started rewatching the Clone Wars when Ahsoka started. I forgot how good that show is.

My husband wasn’t interested in TCW until watching Ahsoka, so now I’ve started showing him “essential Ahsoka episodes” from TCW based on an article I found online a while ago. It cuts the amount of episodes down to about 65, which is still pretty good considering how many there are total.

My husband and I started watching Rebels right after the premiere two episodes of Ahsoka since we enjoyed the show but needed more context for what was happening. We liked the first season and ended up watching all four within a couple of weeks. I had always heard the series was too silly and made for kids, while much of that is true, I also found it to be a light and easy watch. Actually, a pretty good palate cleanser for the dark and dramatic tv shows on streaming these days. (Well, it can get into more serious topics but I'd say most episodes end on a hopeful note.) Big thanks to the SWE team for keeping me informed and entertained through the Ahsoka series, and for becoming one of my new favorite channels. :-)

I'd also recommend A New Dawn since it shows how Kanan (Jacen's father) and Hera met. Plus, the childish tone warning is one I say applies more to Rebels season 1, but even then, that season has serious, even dark, moments. Another thing I'd add is that while Rebels features guest characters from The Clone Wars and live-action films, the Ghost crew isn't outshined and stands toe-to-toe with the guests. And the crew in my eyes is one of, if not, the best Star Wars teams ever.

I'm actually watching LOTR for the first time right now. I'm on The Two Towers, and it's crazy how similar it is to Ahsoka

I made a list of important clone wars and rebels episodes for my friends after Bo Katan and Ahsoka first appeared in the Mandalorian, and none of them used it. But they're all Gen Xers who are really mad at the prequels for existing so maybe I need better friends. I kid but our media tastes are so different, its like a different language.

Can't recommend Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology enough. It's fantastic. The audiobook is narrated by him, and he's a fantastic storyteller. I listed through the whole thing whole playing 2018's God of War. I'd prefer that method!

I would like to personally recommend the show Black Sails. It’s a prequel to the classic book Treasure Island and it’s one of the best written and most underrated television series I’ve ever seen. Ray Stevenson plays Black Beard and it’s probably his best work.

No recommendation for folks to watch Resistance to see Hamato Xiono's two appearances? XD I think it's easier to watch Clone Wars in release order. That's how I would have anyone watch it with the only stipulation being that they have the chronological order list nearby just to see when things take place if they do get confused. There's some placement of Season 3 episodes that really don't make sense if you ask me, particularly the more political ones. We defeated the bill to create more clones! Next episode, we're making more clones! Uh, excuse me, what made you change your mind? The Senate Building's generators got blown up, but you voted against the bill to make more clones after that. Now you decide to go forward with more clone production, and it's resulting in the death of Senators because Lolo's on a rampage. Oh, and also Assassin somehow takes place pretty much just before Hostage Crisis. It's fine to take place before Hostage Crisis, but then who breaks Aurra Sing out of prison, and when does that happen? And why couldn't Ziro be broken out at the same time? She's attempted to kill Padmé multiple times, you don't just get to pay bail for that, you're serving time. The first half of Season 3 is nuts with the timeline, but they also do a good job at making you aware of when things should be taking place in a general sense, Rookies is nested between Clone Cadets and ARC Troopers despite the episodes all being quite separated from each other. Hostage Crisis is right between Evil Plans and Hunt for Ziro, it makes sense, but does it absolutely have to take place where it does? It's when you get specific, it gets a little weird because there aren't more buffer stories inbetween certain arcs that form when you star combining Seasons' episodes. Or maybe I'm just overthinking things.

Thank you so much for doing this!!! Ahh just yesterday I Googled what books I could read in order because I'm old school, Return of the Jedi will ALWAYS be my favorite and I HATE the 3 new movies and especially what they did to Luke. I already started Heir to the Empire on audible and my son has me started on the Clone Wars, but you're right it's sooo hard to stay focused on 😂....but I would really like to know your recommendations to read about Luke? I want to know more about his story, his REAL story, like with him and Mara Jade ( hope I said that right) I'm so in to Star Wars right now and I LOVED Ahsoka and I love your channel....Thank you!!!!💜

I love outbound flight… 👍🏽

If one is a Ray Stephenson fan, I cannot recommend HBO's Rome series strongly enough--it established him as a major star, and his character, Titus Pullo, is one of the main characters in the show, and is based on someone of that name mentioned by Julius Caesar in his De Bello Gallico (and, interestingly, Kevin McKidd, who plays Lucius Vorenus in Rome, also played Fenn Rau in the various animated Star Wars shows, so another Mandalorian playing opposite Ray's Gar Saxon!).

Yay!!! A reading list

With all these recommendations I was expecting a "but wait, if you want to read more, then you can check the Bible!" I mean Star Wars is literally taking some inspiration from there recently 😅

Hello. long time viewer of your channel. I love your content. This might sound a bit nit picky but can you try to slow down your reading? Maybe to a bit more of a conversational cadence? Listening to you feels "unnatural". Ive tried slowing you down to 3/4 speed and it is just odd.

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So the first 3:30 basically breaks down to "watch Star Wars animated shows!" 😂

Just wait for season 2 and enjoy

I don't know why Disney+ and some others include the BOBF episode in this regard. Sure, Ahsoka's in it, but it's not really important for her, certainly not essential. Then again, Disney+ _excludes_ the Mortis arc from that grouping.

Excuse me the early seasons of Clone Wars rock

I remember reading the Thrawn Trilogy back in 2019 in anticipation for The Rise of Skywalker. It was an incredible read! If you listen with music, it really feels like what I imagine would have happened had George made movies before the Prequels, like an alternate universe. I like the sequels, especially The Force Awakens, but it still is worth reading for any Star Wars fan. So give it a shot!

The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell is a great read for anyone interested in the mythological aspects of SW or storytelling in general.

Disney+ should have a dedicated Playlist for the clones war series in Chronological order

I'm rewatching Rebels because of Ahsoka

For Ray Stevenson stuff, definitely check out Rome. It's pretty clear that in Rebels, when they were looking to cast the Mandalorians, they just mined the cast of Rome: Fenn Rau, Gar Saxon and Tiber Saxon were all voiced by Rome alumni.

I would also recommend the A New Dawn book, as it provides the story of how Hera & Kanan met

The Thrawn Trilogy is a good tie-in to the Ahsoka show since Ezra is mentioned and the Legends books are also good for a quick refresher.

Actually listening to the ‘Ashoka’ book on tape along with ‘Heir to the Empire” simultaneously. Definitely great reads so far!

I started to listen to starwars audiobooks while working on my cosplay. Started with Ahsoka and now I’m addicted. Though still hesitant to read the thrawn books. So far I liked the high republic ones least, Bloodline, Dark Disciple, Master & Apprentice, Padawan and the Padmé trilogy most. At the moment I’m listening to the Dark Lord Darth Vader one

Stephen Fry's retellings of ancient Greek myths and legends are excellent -- and I have to heartily recommend the audiobook versions of them (from Audible, don't know if they're exclusive to that platform or not) read by Stephen Fry himself. Can't beat that!

Very cool list, I like how yo added some non-Star Wars stuff at the end. Kind of brings it full circle going back to the roots that sustain the modern mythologies of the saga.

Good call on the Stephen Fry books. They are brilliant!

For my fiancé’s first time watching through the Clone Wars I took the chronological order and compressed it into roughly 110 episodes focusing mostly on Ahsoka’s journey with a secondary but still heavy emphasis on the failings of the Jedi and the Republic. It really helped with the series’ pacing and I feel it really hits between “just the essential episodes” and the experience of binging an entire series

Thanks Star Wars Explained! If I had to go a single moment without Star Wars in my life I would just sit down in a puddle and cry.

2:05 playlist for Ahsoka

Gaiman's Norse Mythology is excellent

I listened to Neil Gaiman read his audio book Norse Mythology. It's really interesting.

It made more sense to me to watch The Clone Wars in chronological order.

The series Rome also with Ray Stevenson.

You forgot 'trespass' as one of the best episodes

Currently reading through the original Thrawn trilogy, I just started the last Command last night

If you want some of the best Ray Stevenson i HIGHLY suggest Black Sails. Hes not in it initially but he is amazing when he arrives.

Thrawn was pretty hard to take in heir to the empire. I rewatched rebels and after that he seemed at least consistent. Maybe like the Mule in Foundation.

A cannon connoisseur! XD

Not gonna lie As someone who collected all season of clone wars on bluray, and rebels.... Ive lost so much interest in star wars after this one...dave dropped the ball so hard.....the ahsoka show was a total waste and felt hamstrung with ideas they dont even know how to pay off, i felt like watched an 8 episode trailer, ive never felt anything like it, very displeased

I don't understand why you keep calling things mythology when they aren't. Neither Star Wars nor Middle Earth are mythology. They're styled after mythologies, for sure, but they just aren't.

I do wonder how many people, if any, have actually been inspired by the live action series to watch the animated ones. Nobody I know could care about that any less even if they tried 🥲