--- title: "How long to watch the Star Wars Skywalker saga? about 20 hours" description: "The Star Wars Skywalker saga takes about 20 hours 26 minutes — 9 films, Episodes I to IX. What that assumes, how it breaks down, and how long at a realistic pace." url: https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/star-wars-skywalker-saga/ site: "At One Place" --- # 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. ## Related pages - [How long to watch the Marvel Cinematic Universe?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/marvel-cinematic-universe/) - [How long to watch the Infinity Saga?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/mcu-infinity-saga/) - [How long to watch every Star Wars film?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/star-wars-all-films/) - [How long to watch the Lord of the Rings films?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/lord-of-the-rings-films/) - [How long to watch the Lord of the Rings extended editions?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/lord-of-the-rings-extended/) - [How long to watch all six Middle-earth films?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/middle-earth-films/) - [How long to watch the Harry Potter films?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/harry-potter-films/) - [How long to watch the James Bond films?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/james-bond-films/) - [How long to read the Harry Potter series?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/harry-potter-series/) - [How long to watch Friends?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/friends/) - [How long to watch One Piece?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/one-piece/) - [How long to watch The Simpsons?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-simpsons/) - [How long to watch The Office (US)?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-office-us/) - [How long to watch Breaking Bad?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/breaking-bad/) ## Sources - Calculated on this page — At One Place (/about/)