My star wars interest has awakened again with andor, and ive so far tortured myself through jar jar binks in episodes 1 and 2 to refresh the lore on palpatines rise to power and transformation from the republic to the empire.
I am considering jumping into the clone wars before moving into episode 3. Both movie, series and the ps2-era game.
Are they worth it from a lore perspective?
There are like 3 to 5 multi-episode arcs that aren’t really necessary, but having watched almost all of clone wars, it’s very good - especially at the end - and recontextualizes or adds context to a lot of the stuff in episode 3 that seems odd or is unexplained. Anakin is a better character for it. The same goes for Rebels once you get past the first 1-2 seasons. In general, it’s worth your time. Go find an essential watch list online.
Rebels hasnt really been on my radar, but its been mentioned several times here so i guess i need to check out that as well! Seems to be parallel to andor so i guess a good time to watch it is after episode 3?
Rebels is more or less a sequel to Clone Wars with a lot of characters reappearing and continuing there story.