25 years after The Phantom Menace, it’s time to admit the obvious: the Star Wars prequels aren’t just good, they’re great. Revisit some of the trilogy’s most iconic moments with Inverse’s latest special issue.

Star Wars on television hasn’t always worked the way George Lucas wanted it to, nor was it always popular with the audience.

The two made-for-TV films about the Ewoks — The Caravan of Courage (1984) and The Battle for Endor (1985) — are remembered fondly by folks who were children at the time of their release, but others have found them as cringe-inducing as the ill-fated Star Wars: Holiday Special. And the animated Droids (1985-86) and Ewoks (1985-87) were very much animation products of their time and made for children.

Genndy Tartakovsky’s animated series, Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003-2005) shattered that mold and set the pattern for all of the future television storytelling that would bear the Star Wars name.

The legacy of Tartakovsky’s work in the Star Wars universe more than 20 years later left an indelible mark. Technically it was the first streaming series to win an Emmy award, and its consistently ranked as one of the best animated shows of all time. Though it can’t match the depth of emotional storytelling of its successor The Clone Wars series, Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars remains a high water mark of hand-drawn animation — and for Star Wars in general.