This is an incredible sandbox for our storytellers to play in, both within publishing and beyond, and we can’t wait to see the great fiction they build within it,” says Lucasfilm vice president, franchise content and strategy James Waugh.Īs previously announced, Star Wars: The High Republic has enlisted top-tier, fan-favorite authors Claudia Gray, Justina Ireland, Daniel José Older, Cavan Scott, and Charles Soule to craft this new era of Star Wars publishing. So expect there to be rich tales of exploration charting out the galaxy, meeting new cultures, and discovering what pioneer life in the Outer Rim was like. “This was a golden age for the Jedi, and also a time of galactic expansion in the Outer Rim. Plus, readers will learn what scares the Jedi.” “This initiative will give readers young and old a new corner of the galaxy to explore through rich, meaningful stories. But of course, into this glorious new era something wicked this way comes,” says Lucasfilm publishing creative director Michael Siglain. This is a hopeful, optimistic time, when the Jedi and the Galactic Republic are at their height. “ Star Wars: The High Republic features the Jedi as we’ve always wanted to see them - as true guardians of peace and justice. “We’ll get to see the Jedi in their prime.” “We are so excited to be opening up such a rich, fertile era for our authors to explore,” says Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. Star Wars: The High Republic concept art. This period on the Star Wars timeline will not overlap any of the filmed features or series currently planned for production, giving creators and partners a vast amount of room to tell Star Wars stories with new adventures and original characters. Star Wars: The High Republic, which has previously been referred to as “Project Luminous”, will be set in an era when the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order are at their zenith, about 200 years before the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Later this year, Lucasfilm will launch an epic new era of Star Wars storytelling that will be explored through multiple voices in adult and young adult novels, children’s books, and comics from a variety of publishers including Disney Lucasfilm Press, Del Rey, IDW Publishing, and Marvel. For more information, see 's official announcement of the revised release schedule. Note: Due to general marketplace delays, Star Wars: The High Republic will now launch in January 2021. With accusations flying and potential enemies in every shadow, the pair will have to work together to have any hope of bringing the truth to light and saving both worlds.New stories will explore the Star Wars galaxy set 200 years before the events of The Phantom Menace. The more they work to untangle the shadowy web of the investigation, the more complicated the conspiracy appears to be. She’s never met such a puffed-up, privileged party boy, and he’s never met a more self-serious, relentless do-gooder. To save both worlds, Jedi Knight Gella Nattai volunteers to uncover the culprit, while Chancellor Kyong appoints her son, Axel Greylark, to represent the Republic’s interests in the investigation.īut Axel’s deep distrust of the Jedi sparks against Gella’s faith in the Force. The last hope for peace emerges when heirs from the two planets’ royal families plan to marry.īefore lasting peace can be established, an assassination attempt targeting the couple tilts Eiram and E’ronoh back into all-out war. Their hatred for each other has fueled half a decade of escalating conflict and now threatens to consume surrounding systems. On the close orbiting planets of Eiram and E’ronoh, the growing pains of a galaxy with limited resources but unlimited ambition are felt keenly. Meanwhile, the Republic, led by its two chancellors, works to unite worlds in an ever-growing community among near and distant stars. Jedi travel the galaxy, expanding their understanding of the Force and all the worlds and beings connected by it. The next adventure in the High Republic, expanding the new era of Star Wars, with a story set generations before Light of the Jedi.
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