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How long does it take to watch the Star Wars Skywalker saga?

How long to watch the Star Wars Skywalker saga
about 20 hours 26 minutes
9 films, Episodes I to IX

The nine Skywalker saga films run 20 hours 26 minutes — a single long weekend. The runtime is not quite fixed, because A New Hope exists in two versions: the 1977 theatrical cut at 121 minutes and the 1997 Special Edition at 125, and the Special Edition is the one on streaming services. The original theatrical cuts of the first trilogy have never been released in high definition. Watching in release order, machete order or episode order produces genuinely different stories, which is why the argument persists.

The numbers

Total
20 hours 26 minutes
In hours
20.4 hours
Non-stop
0.9 days without sleeping
Covers
9 films, Episodes I to IX
At a realistic pace
a film a night
That works out as
about 10 days

What this assumes

Episodes I to IX at their theatrical running times, using the 1977 cut of A New Hope. The Special Edition adds four minutes.

A New Hope is 121 minutes in the 1977 theatrical cut and 125 in the 1997 Special Edition, which is the version now distributed.

Other films

What How long
The Marvel Cinematic Universe about 83 hours
The Infinity Saga about 50 hours
Every Star Wars film about 27 hours 7 minutes
The Lord of the Rings films about 9 hours 18 minutes
The Lord of the Rings extended editions about 12 hours 6 minutes
All six Middle-earth films about 17 hours 12 minutes
The Harry Potter films about 19 hours 39 minutes
The James Bond films about 53 hours 28 minutes
Every Pixar film about 52 hours
Every Studio Ghibli film about 39 hours 30 minutes
The DC Extended Universe about 33 hours 15 minutes
The Fast & Furious films about 20 hours 42 minutes
The Jurassic Park films about 14 hours 40 minutes
The Indiana Jones films about 10 hours 35 minutes
The Mission: Impossible films about 18 hours 24 minutes
The Matrix films about 9 hours 11 minutes

Common questions

How long does it take to watch the Star Wars Skywalker saga?
about 20 hours 26 minutes — 9 films, Episodes I to IX.
What does that assume?
Episodes I to IX at their theatrical running times, using the 1977 cut of A New Hope. The Special Edition adds four minutes.
How long at a realistic pace?
a film a night — about 10 days.

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Sources

  1. Calculated on this page — At One Place

How these figures are compiled and checked