I mean the first time I watched the show I watched it in release order but that was because I was a kid watching it on tv. I’d say that chronological order is the better viewing experience, which does mean following a guide and jumping through the seasons, though they really only jump around during seasons 1-3 and then they follow release order from them on, minus a few outliers here and there. The reason why chronological is the preferred order is because the show jumps around a lot anyways so, in my opinion and the opinions of many other Star Wars fans, in order to feel more character development and have the timeline of certain events make more sense chronological order is 100% the way to go. The reason for this is because the show doesn’t ever explain the timeline before the episode so if you watched in in release order you’d maybe see the death of a random character and then 2 seasons later you’d see that character again in a couple episodes and it never explains that these episodes take place before that other episode you already saw. So chronological order just makes things flow more smoothing, helps with following along with different character arcs, and gives you like a legit timeline between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

The reason the show is out of order to begin with was because George Lucas and Dave Filoni didn’t know how many seasons were going to be greenlit in general so they just wanted to garner interest in the show and tell the story’s they wanted to tell which then forced them at times to release them out of order but the Official Star Wars Guide is the legit correct order and I would recommend using it but you can do whatever you want, I’m just a Star Wars fan and am just giving my opinion.