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Originally Posted by GlennD
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.
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I agree. I've seen the movies, but haven't watched the animated series (The Clone Wars). My understanding is that there were certain references to events in the animated series in the Mandalorian. Can't say that it ruined my experience to find out there were things that I "missed". So really it's a case of it depends.
Sometimes foreknowledge can change an experience, sometimes it's just more of an Easter egg, i.e. a character mentioned in passing. Jack Benny's To Be or not To Be (1942) was a funny movie. Mel Brooks remake (1983) was much more poignant movie. It's actually one of my favorite Mel Brooks movies even though it wasn't a big hit in the theater, in part because it wasn't what people expected from Mel Brooks.