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					Originally Posted by ZodWallop  Do you have to watch all nine Star Wars 'main' movies to watch The Mandalorian or Rogue One?
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 well....no.
Will you have a richer experience having watched the main movies before watching the Mandalorian or Rogue One?  Absolutely.
Without that, Baby Yoda is just "Baby Alien" or "the child". And Rogue One is a better experience knowing what the Death Star is in the first place. Vader's appearance at the end would be just another bad guy with a laser sword without the context of the other movies.