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You can see the 'Star Wars' movies on TV next week -- here's when and where

NEW YORK -- Turner networks TNT and TBS will be the exclusive basic-cable homes for the Star Wars feature films, thanks to a multiyear deal with the films' studios.

The deal, announced Wednesday, includes the network premieres of last year's Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, opening in theaters in December.

The agreement with Walt Disney Studios also includes five of the six original Star Wars films, as well as the network television premieres of three future installments. The 1977 first film, Star Wars: A New Hope, completes the collection through a previous arrangement with 20th Century Fox.

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TNT is set to premiere Star Wars: The Force Awakens in early 2018, followed in 2019 by this year's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

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The Star Wars canon comes to Turner's airwaves beginning next Tuesday, when TNT kicks off six consecutive nights of the original six films.

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Here's the lineup:

Tuesday, Sept. 20: 7 and 10 p.m.  Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Wednesday, Sept. 21: 7 and 10:05 p.m. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

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Thursday, Sept. 22: 7 p.m. and 10:05 p.m. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Friday, Sept. 23: 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Star Wars: A New Hope

Saturday, Sept. 24: 9:45 a.m. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace; 12:45 p.m. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones; 3:55 p.m. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith; 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Sunday, Sept. 25: 4:15 a.m. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace; 7:15 a.m. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones; 10:20 a.m. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith; 1:25 p.m. Star Wars: A New Hope; 4:10 p.m. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back; 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi; 1 a.m. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

The Associated Press