In the Star Wars universe, canon refers to the official continuity of the story. It includes all of the Star Wars films, most of the TV shows, such as The Clone Wars and Rebels, and books, comics, and video games published after September 2014. The Star Wars canon changed in 2012 when The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm, and they soft-rebooted the Star Wars canon, picking and choosing what stories would be part of the official timeline going forward. Before the soft reboot, the Star Wars canon was divided into a hierarchy, with films being at the top, followed by shows, books, games, and other projects that aligned with the continuity of the films, and so-called “secondary canon”.

The official Star Wars canon consists of 13 films: the nine episodes in the Skywalker Saga, two standalone films (Rogue One and Solo), and the 2008 animated feature film, The Clone Wars. The Skywalker Saga refers to the original story that began in 1977, and the original trilogy (Episodes IV, V, and VI) follows adventurous farmhand Luke Skywalker, headstrong Princess Leia Organa, and rapscallion smuggler Han Solo as they join the cause of the Rebellion in the Galactic Civil War.

Some media were removed from the canon in 2014, including 2003-2005 Star Wars: Clone Wars miniseries, but they are still enjoyable stories set within the same universe and are considered "Legends" of the Star Wars universe.