# Tales of the Jedi (TV series)
**Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi** is a six-part animated anthology of shorts created by Dave Filoni for Disney+, released on October 26, 2022, that tells short stories about two Jedi of the prequel era, [Ahsoka Tano](https://www.edgepedia.org/ahsoka-tano) and [Count Dooku](https://www.edgepedia.org/count-dooku), as each makes choices that lead to drastically different destinies[1](https://www.lucasfilm.com/productions/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi/). Set in the time of the [Galactic Republic](https://www.edgepedia.org/galactic-republic) and the early days of the Imperial regime, the series devotes three episodes to each character, covering moments in their lives never before shown on screen[1](https://www.lucasfilm.com/productions/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi/) • [2](https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-is-here). It debuted to critical acclaim and was followed by further anthology series, *Tales of the Empire* and *Tales of the Underworld*[1](https://www.lucasfilm.com/productions/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi/) • [3](https://www.space.com/star-wars-tv-shows-ranked-worst-to-best).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | Six animated shorts, roughly 90 minutes in total; episodes run about 11 to 15 minutes[4](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/26/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-disney-plus-review-episodes) • [5](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi/critic-reviews/) |
| Release | October 26, 2022, on Disney+; rated TV-PG[6](https://www.starwars.com/series/tales-of-the-jedi) |
| Structure | Three episodes each for Ahsoka Tano and Count Dooku, arranged chronologically from their earliest days to after Order 66[2](https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-is-here) • [7](https://nerdist.com/article/tales-of-the-jedi-dave-filoni-interview-ahsoka-tano-count-dooku-star-wars/) |
| Key creative | Creator, supervising director, and executive producer Dave Filoni, with executive producers Athena Yvette Portillo and Carrie Beck[1](https://www.lucasfilm.com/productions/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi/) |
| Voice cast | Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka), Corey Burton (Dooku), Liam Neeson and his son (Qui-Gon Jinn), Janina Gavankar (Pav-ti); music by Kevin Kiner[2](https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-is-here) • [7](https://nerdist.com/article/tales-of-the-jedi-dave-filoni-interview-ahsoka-tano-count-dooku-star-wars/) |
| Reception | Metacritic Metascore 78 ("Generally Favorable"); Rotten Tomatoes 100% Tomatometer from 22 reviews[5](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi/critic-reviews/) • [8](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/star_wars_tales_of_the_jedi/s01) |
| Follow-up | A second season announced at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023[9](https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-tales-of-the-jedi-season-2) |
## Concept and production
Filoni presented the series at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim in May 2022 as "two paths and two choices," a juxtaposition of the decisions and experiences of Ahsoka and Dooku[10](https://www.starwars.com/news/swca-2022-tales-of-the-jedi-panel). He wrote the episode "Practice Makes Perfect" first, as a way to explain to himself how Ahsoka could have survived Order 66, the order that killed so many other Jedi, when perhaps more skilled Jedi did not; that short convinced [Lucasfilm](https://www.edgepedia.org/lucasfilm) executives and his longtime animation partners Carrie Beck and Athena Portillo to build a series around it[7](https://nerdist.com/article/tales-of-the-jedi-dave-filoni-interview-ahsoka-tano-count-dooku-star-wars/).
**Tone-poem storytelling.** Filoni called the shorts "tone poems": stories with minimal dialogue, told largely through visuals, with inspiration drawn from the Japanese animator [Hayao Miyazaki](https://www.edgepedia.org/hayao-miyazaki) and from [George Lucas](https://www.edgepedia.org/george-lucas)[10](https://www.starwars.com/news/swca-2022-tales-of-the-jedi-panel). He wanted short-form stories that could be simple and clear in intent, like a fable[7](https://nerdist.com/article/tales-of-the-jedi-dave-filoni-interview-ahsoka-tano-count-dooku-star-wars/). He warned at the Celebration panel that not all of the tales are lighthearted; some, particularly the Dooku stories, are deliberately dark[10](https://www.starwars.com/news/swca-2022-tales-of-the-jedi-panel).
Filoni wrote and directed several episodes, alongside directors Saul Ruiz, Charles Murray, and Nathaniel Villanueva[1](https://www.lucasfilm.com/productions/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi/).
## Stories and characters
The episodes run chronologically. They open with Ahsoka's birth and an early experience with her mother, Pav-ti, in the premiere short "Life and Death"[2](https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-is-here). The middle of the season follows Count Dooku while he was still a Jedi: one episode, "Justice," shows him sympathizing with people suffering under a corrupt and greedy senator and choosing to address the problem with violence, a choice Filoni frames as the beginning of a wrong path[7](https://nerdist.com/article/tales-of-the-jedi-dave-filoni-interview-ahsoka-tano-count-dooku-star-wars/).
A recurring thread is the master-apprentice lineage. Dooku taught [Qui-Gon Jinn](https://www.edgepedia.org/qui-gon-jinn), who taught [Obi-Wan Kenobi](https://www.edgepedia.org/obi-wan-kenobi), who taught Anakin Skywalker, who taught Ahsoka, and all the shorts stem from that shared tree of teaching. Filoni drew parallels between how Dooku trains Qui-Gon and how Anakin trains Ahsoka, and showed the influence each Padawan has on the master[7](https://nerdist.com/article/tales-of-the-jedi-dave-filoni-interview-ahsoka-tano-count-dooku-star-wars/).
The series closes with two Ahsoka episodes set after Order 66, including one, "Resolve," in which she hides among the crowd at her friend Padmé's funeral, tells [Bail Organa](https://www.edgepedia.org/bail-organa) she is too weary to fight, and then reconsiders after an Inquisitor burns down a village to find her[7](https://nerdist.com/article/tales-of-the-jedi-dave-filoni-interview-ahsoka-tano-count-dooku-star-wars/). One episode sends Dooku and Jedi Master Mace Windu to retrieve the body of a fallen Jedi while they suspect they are not being told the whole story of the death[11](https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/tales-of-the-jedi/).
**Casting.** The series brought back veteran [Star Wars](https://www.edgepedia.org/star-wars) voice actors, including [Ashley Eckstein](https://www.edgepedia.org/ashley-eckstein) as Ahsoka and [Corey Burton](https://www.edgepedia.org/corey-burton) as Dooku, along with composer Kevin Kiner[7](https://nerdist.com/article/tales-of-the-jedi-dave-filoni-interview-ahsoka-tano-count-dooku-star-wars/). Liam Neeson, and his son, return to voice Qui-Gon Jinn; Janina Gavankar, known for playing Iden Versio in the *Star Wars Battlefront II* video game, voices Ahsoka's mother Pav-ti[2](https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-is-here).
## Reception
The series was reviewed positively. On Metacritic it holds a Metascore of 78, "Generally Favorable," based on six critic reviews, five positive and one mixed[5](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi/critic-reviews/). On Rotten Tomatoes, season 1 holds a 100% Tomatometer from 22 reviews and a 92% Popcornmeter from over 1,000 user ratings, with a critics consensus praising it as an absorbing expansion of Star Wars lore under Filoni's stewardship[8](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/star_wars_tales_of_the_jedi/s01). Collider's review called it a cautionary and tragic tale touching on the best stories of *The Clone Wars* and *Star Wars Rebels*; [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-hollywood-reporter), the most mixed of the six reviews counted by Metacritic, judged it too light on narrative and too laden with lore to stand by itself[5](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi/critic-reviews/).
Interest in the series was measurable as well as critical. During late October and early November 2022, the audience-analytics firm Parrot Analytics found demand for *Tales of the Jedi* exceeded demand for the then-current seasons of both *The Mandalorian* and *Andor*[12](https://time.com/6234534/andor-best-star-wars-show/).
## Place in the Star Wars anthology format
*Tales of the Jedi* established an in-house Star Wars anthology format on Disney+, following the anime-based *Star Wars: Visions*, which had tested short-form storytelling on the platform[4](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/26/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-disney-plus-review-episodes). Because the anthology episodes are standalone stories set at various points in the timeline, they are difficult to place in a single spot on a chronological viewing guide[13](https://www.techradar.com/how-to/how-to-watch-the-star-wars-movies-in-order).
Lucasfilm followed the formula with *Tales of the Empire* (released May 4, 2024) and *Tales of the Underworld*, and [Space.com](https://www.edgepedia.org/space-com) credits *Tales of the Jedi* with proving the anthology format had a future on screen, ranking it 12th in its ranking of Star Wars television shows, ahead of *Tales of the Empire* at 14th[3](https://www.space.com/star-wars-tv-shows-ranked-worst-to-best). A second season of *Tales of the Jedi* was announced by Filoni at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 on April 8, 2023[9](https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-tales-of-the-jedi-season-2).
## References
1. [Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, Lucasfilm.com](https://www.lucasfilm.com/productions/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi/)
2. [Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Is Here!, StarWars.com](https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-is-here)
3. [Star Wars TV shows ranked, worst to best, Space.com](https://www.space.com/star-wars-tv-shows-ranked-worst-to-best)
4. ["Tales of the Jedi" shows new Disney+ trend: short sci-fi for TikTok generation, Axios](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/26/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-disney-plus-review-episodes)
5. [Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi critic reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi/critic-reviews/)
6. [Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, Series, StarWars.com](https://www.starwars.com/series/tales-of-the-jedi)
7. [Dave Filoni on How TALES OF THE JEDI Explores Choices Between Light and Dark, Nerdist](https://nerdist.com/article/tales-of-the-jedi-dave-filoni-interview-ahsoka-tano-count-dooku-star-wars/)
8. [Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/star_wars_tales_of_the_jedi/s01)
9. [SWCE 2023: Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Season 2 Announced, StarWars.com](https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-tales-of-the-jedi-season-2)
10. [SWCA 2022: 5 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Panel, StarWars.com](https://www.starwars.com/news/swca-2022-tales-of-the-jedi-panel)
11. [Tales of the Jedi (TV review), Plugged In](https://www.pluggedin.com/tv-reviews/tales-of-the-jedi/)
12. [Andor Is the Best Star Wars Show Yet, Time](https://time.com/6234534/andor-best-star-wars-show/)
13. [How to watch the Star Wars movies in order, TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/how-to/how-to-watch-the-star-wars-movies-in-order)
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