What are the running times of each Star Wars film?

05 February 2023
Star Wars isn’t just a movie series. It’s a generational ritual. Over nearly five decades, audiences have sat down, leaned back, and lost themselves in a galaxy far, far away for hours at a time. But how long exactly? 

From the scrappy original that launched the franchise in 1977 to the sprawling epics of the Disney era, the runtime of a Star Wars film has gradually expanded alongside its ambitions. Some entries blaze by. Others settle in, sprawling across the screen like a novel you cannot finish in one sitting.
 
Below, we have laid out the official theatrical runtimes for all eleven Star Wars films, lined up in order of release. Whether you are planning a weekend-long binge, arguing about which trilogy drags the most, or just wondering why you are so exhausted after a marathon, here is the hard data. 

Spoiler: The Last Jedi clocks in as the longest haul, while A New Hope, the one that started it all, stays the leanest.
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Here are the running times of all 11 Star Wars films, listed in order of release:
  1. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) - 121 minutes
  2. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - 124 minutes
  3. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) - 131 minutes
  4. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) - 136 minutes
  5. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) - 142 minutes
  6. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) - 140 minutes
  7. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) - 138 minutes
  8. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) - 133 minutes
  9. Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017) - 152 minutes
  10. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) - 135 minutes
  11. Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) - 142 minutes
  12. The Mandalorian and Grogu: TBD
  13. Star Wars: Starfighter: TBD
Note that these are the official theatrical release runtimes, and may differ slightly depending on the version or format of the film.

The shortest Star Wars film is thus A New Hope and the longest is The Last Jedi.

The total length of all Star Wars films is 1494 minutes long. Try binging that in a weekend!

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