The prequels
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‘Episode I: The Phantom Menace’ (The Phantom Menace)
The Skywalker saga begins! Anakin Skywalker is about 9 years old when we meet him in the first prequel. Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Padawan of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jin, who is obsessed with young Anakin’s midichlorian count. Darth Maul, ward of Sith double agent Senator Palpatine/Darth Sidious, kills Qui-Gon and is cut in half by Obi-Wan (although he appears in animated series and cameos in ‘Solo’ with mechanical spider legs). Anakin also meets the teenage queen of Naboo, Padmé Amidala, with whom he falls in love.
“Episode II: Attack of the Clones
If Anakin is nine years old when we meet him in The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones takes place a decade later, according to USA Today. Our hero has grown into a whiny, troubled teenager who tends to break the rules (such as marrying Padmé, now a galactic senator) and irritate his jedi master, Obi-Wan, who loves him like a little brother. The Republic is beginning to crumble under the influence of separatists like Count Dooku, a former jedi-turned-Sith, and the Republic turns to an army of clones to hold the galaxy together (for a short time).
“Star Wars: The Clone Wars (animated series)
This animated series takes place mostly between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith (during which time about three years pass). This series ends at the same time as Revenge of the Sith: fan-favourite heroine Ahsoka Tano leaves the Jedi Order and barely escapes from Order 66, the order that converts almost every clone in the galaxy to Darth Sidious’ side thanks to chips implanted in their skulls.
