New RepublicLive action
The Mandalorian
Din Djarin · Grogu · Imperial remnants
A frontier story about bounty hunting, kinship, Mandalorian identity, Imperial remnants, and the uneven reach of the New Republic.
IDS Television ArchiveUpdated September 2026
Television · Animation · Streaming
Star Wars Series
Television has become one of the main places where Star Wars develops institutions, communities, and character histories over time. IDS connects each series to the characters, worlds, political systems, books, comics, and other screen stories that deepen it.
12major series indexed
7live-action series
5animated series
1connected archive
Television archive
Follow the galaxy over time
Long-form series can show political change, local communities, military institutions, and character development in ways a single film cannot. The archive separates live action and animation while keeping both connected.
Archive 01
Live Action
Empire · Rebellion · New Republic · High Republic
Age of RebellionLive action
Andor
Occupation · surveillance · organized resistance
A political thriller about how rebellion forms through clandestine networks, labor exploitation, prison systems, state surveillance, fear, and sacrifice.
New RepublicLive action
Ahsoka
Ahsoka · Sabine · Thrawn · Ezra
The aftermath of Rebels moves into live action through Ahsoka, Sabine, Hera, Ezra, and Thrawn while the New Republic struggles to recognize emerging threats.
High RepublicLive action
The Acolyte
Jedi authority · Brendok · hidden traditions
A mystery set near the end of the High Republic era, centered on Jedi authority, institutional memory, secrecy, Brendok, and competing understandings of the Force.
New RepublicLive action
Skeleton Crew
At Attin · piracy · hidden systems
Children from the isolated world of At Attin are pushed into a galaxy of pirates, unfamiliar institutions, and social systems very different from the protected society they know.
Reign of the EmpireLive action
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Exile · Inquisitorius · Vader
Obi-Wan's exile intersects with Leia Organa, Darth Vader, and the Inquisitorius while the consequences of Order 66 continue to shape Jedi survivors.
New RepublicLive action
The Book of Boba Fett
Tatooine · authority · underworld
Boba Fett and Fennec Shand attempt to convert reputation, force, and inherited territory into durable authority within Tatooine's criminal and political landscape.
Archive 02
Animation
Clone Wars · Rebellion · Imperial transition · Sequel era
Clone WarsAnimation
The Clone Wars
Jedi at war · clone identity · Ahsoka Tano
The series expands the Clone Wars into a study of Jedi military service, clone individuality, Mandalore, the Nightsisters, wartime politics, and Ahsoka's separation from the Order.
Age of RebellionAnimation
Rebels
Lothal · Ghost crew · rebellion
The Ghost crew connects local resistance on Lothal to Jedi survival, Mandalorian politics, Imperial occupation, and the growth of the Rebel Alliance.
Imperial transitionAnimation
The Bad Batch
Clone autonomy · Imperial science · family
The transition from Republic clones to Imperial military systems is shown through Clone Force 99, Omega, scientific control, and the changing political status of the clones.
Sequel eraAnimation
Resistance
Pilots · espionage · First Order
A younger-audience series focused on pilots, espionage, local communities, and the spread of First Order influence before and during the sequel-era conflict.
AnthologyAnimation
Visions
Independent stories · global animation
An anthology format that allows different studios and artistic traditions to reinterpret Star Wars without being constrained to one shared chronology or visual language.
Why television matters
Long-form Star Wars changes the scale
Television has enough time to follow institutions, communities, and secondary characters across years. IDS uses that extra depth to connect story arcs with the larger social and historical structure of the galaxy.
Power over time
Watch the Jedi Order, Empire, Rebellion, New Republic, Inquisitorius, and First Order function across many episodes rather than a single crisis.
Local worlds matter
Lothal, Ferrix, Mandalore, At Attin, Tatooine, and other places become societies with memory and local politics instead of background settings.
Lives keep developing
Ahsoka, Maul, Thrawn, Sabine, Kanan, Cassian, Obi-Wan, and many others gain major parts of their biographies through television.
Stories keep moving
Television connects directly to films, novels, comics, games, and reference books, making the series archive one of the strongest cross-media entry points on IDS.
Cross-series research
Follow a story beyond one show
The strongest television arcs often begin in one series and continue in another format or another era.
Example path · Ahsoka Tano
One character across animation, novels, comics, and live action
Ahsoka begins as Anakin Skywalker's Padawan in The Clone Wars, leaves the Jedi Order, returns during the final days of the Republic, operates within the early Rebellion, confronts Vader in Rebels, and later becomes a central live-action figure in the New Republic era.
Thrawn & Ezra
The disappearance at the end of Rebels becomes a major driver of the New Republic-era live-action story.
Follow Thrawn →Maul survives
Maul's post-film life becomes one of the clearest examples of television radically expanding a movie character.
Follow Maul →Rebellion forms
Cassian's television story leads directly toward the operation that makes A New Hope possible.
Follow Cassian →New Republic web
Din Djarin, Grogu, Bo-Katan, Ahsoka, and Imperial remnants share a connected post-Endor political landscape.
Explore Mandalorians →IDS
Independent editorial archive
Imperial Dark Sector adds original organization, context, and cross-media research connections around Star Wars television. Series imagery on this page is loaded from official StarWars.com series pages and remains the property of Lucasfilm and its respective rights holders.