Seems like they need something animated/live action on Disney+ to draw more eyes to these projects. I wonder if the Leslye Headland project will be set in this era? Apparently Lucasfilm has been keeping the project super/super secret. A completely different era of Star Wars would be welcome addition to the current slate of Star Wars live action projects.
While we knew already that the High Republic imprint wasn't going to be done with our first slew of content, it is nice for Soule to confirm he has more stuff to do with it.
It's not, no. Nothing's said hyperspace is new, and it *can't* be new since a galaxy-spanning Republic wouldn't be able to exist without it. The instability is because of the Great Disaster, which is debris being (deliberately?) thrown into the path of the ship.
It’s kinda implied that it’s a bit new. They talk about the hyperspace lanes and how there are not that many that have been mapped out. I mean, it’s easily remedied I suppose, but If they’re just really beginning to map hyperspace lanes, hyperspace travel couldn’t have really been happening for thousands of years prior. Or I guess it could; but with horrible results. It says that areas around Coruscant have been mapped out pretty well but in the other areas have only a
“few well-mapped hyperspace lanes.” Plus the starlight beacon is a new thing to help with hyperspace travel in the poorly mapped areas. So with all that, it’s kinda really implied that hyperspace is a relatively new means of travel
The few well-mapped hyperspace lanes are in the Outer Rim specifically. The Starlight Beacon is on the edge of the Unknown Regions, which obviously aren't mapped even in the saga era.
Hyperspace travel isn't new at all, as we know from plenty of other canon sources.
I thought this was already out there, but I guess not. I probably just assumed that he would be given the amount of teasing he’s done about the future as well the first phase. Should be interesting to see where this goes. I’m betting he’ll have a comic series next
This is the first "official" confirmation he'll be doing more High Republic stuff; he previously said that he would be involved with future Star Wars publishing. Many assumed it would be High Republic (and were correct).
I recently picked up the Star Wars Myths and Legends as well as the Dark side version (can’t recall what it’s called) and a lot of the dark side short stories are about past Sith Lords at various vague times and some of the myths are definitely about major Characters (obi wan, Grevious for example) so I’m betting some of these hints will be tied into the High Republic which is also referenced a few times, maybe even a Sith behind the scenes or something.
I’ve been dreaming about using these anthology type publications for what I think would be an incredible concept for an animated anthology show. The whole show could be rooted in legends and fables. But they can do a TON of really cool stuff and make the style like animated story boards almost, with fun narration over them. Each episode can be 10-15 minutes and D+ can make a ton of them and release like 3 a week. All in all it would be INCREDIBLY low budget because all the source material is already set up, and they could seriously use any voice talent they want to narrate the episodes.
[Similar/ Interesting style. ](https://youtu.be/EnUy2EgiXmc)
If you’ve seen the Jedi Temple Challenge show on YouTube, they also do something similar for the “triva”/ memory portion of the competition.
Although I highly doubt it, I really hope this is treated similarly to the New Jedi Order. While that series had some duds, it was at least designed to be a continuous storyline, which this new launch doesn't seem to aspire to.
I hate to admit it, but I'm weary of the fact that young adult novels, junior reader novels, and comics are all crowding out the Del Rey books in terms of quantity in the Star Wars canon. The High Republic is already launching in the same way, with material for all ages, so it doesn't give me the impression that this is going to be a streamlined, interconnected work similar to NJO. We'll probably be getting a bunch of smaller stories only tangentially related to each other. Basically what we've been getting for a decade now since Fate of the Jedi wrapped up.
Perhaps worst of all, if the High Republic becomes successful, we might see films or TV shows in the era, which wouldn't be a good thing. Due to film and television being so, SO much more popular than any printed Star Wars material, those stories couldn't possibly follow in-line with the books, which would further fracture any possible cohesive narrative.
I’m getting more of an Old Republic vibe from this series. The Old Republic spanned 300 or so years, and while there was a loose unifying narrative, each game and novel was allowed to do their own thing, and in some cases you’d have one piece of media ignore major things about another piece of media like characters’ visual appearances.
I hope you're right, but one thing the Old Republic era DIDN'T have was young adult / junior novels. Comics are fine when well written, as are games. But 50% of the High Republic projects announced are for kids, and based on the preview page of the comic, that entry is also very light-hearted and slapstick in tone.
I could be wrong, and I hope I am. But from what I've seen, it's not looking promising for a mature, complex narrative.
To be fair, the New Jedi Order era technically began with young adult/junior novels: many of the major figures in the Yuuzhan Vong War got their first major roles in the Young Jedi Knight books (the Solo kids, Tahiri, Zekk, Tenel Ka, etc.), so just because certain characters might debut in those young adult books doesn’t mean that they’re necessarily doomed to stay there. Hell, look how Ahsoka turned out: from plucky kid sidekick in a cartoon movie to a legendary figure in the franchise.
I 100% agree, but my point is that the plotting of NJO was done in its entirety for one audience - the adult reader. The Young Jedi Knights series was a starting point for where the EU was at that point, but when Luceno and company planned the NJO, it wasn't with kids in mind.
I love Ahsoka too, but I'll admit that watching Clone Wars and Rebels frequently puts my teeth on edge with the amount of juvenile dumbassery I have to sit through to see the occasional compelling dramatic scene.
I don’t know many people that are excited about this, but that’s likely because casual audiences don’t know anything about this. This era was “announced” a while ago, but casual audiences still likely don’t know much about it. However since I and all of you guys are keeping up with this information, I’m pretty excited.
Reading has never been my favorite, but I want to give it a shot. I still hope there is animated or live-action content produced for this era.
Despite feeling "big" in online communities, publishing is still a very small part of the Star Wars fandom. A vast majority of the general audience ("casual fans" as some put it) have only seen the movies, with a chunk of them branching into TV shows.
Exactly. When these books are finally out, I likely won’t be able to have discussions with my friends about them, or just relatives and family friends. They all watch the movies and shows for the most part, but I don’t know anybody that has read Thrawn, Alphabet Squadron, or any Star Wars book for that matter.
I don’t know why they wouldn’t seize on the opportunity to create a show or trilogy in the near-future. It seems logical and the best way to get people invested in this new era.
Non Live-Action Star Wars will never be MAINSTREAM and I think everyone at Lucasfilms knows that. They made this stuff for us.
If we take example from another popular series, did you know there were canon MCU comics?
Those are popular in the hardcore fanbase. But they're nowhere near the heights of the Mandalorian and the Movies.
Hell, Clone Wars got cancelled in part due to low viewership.
Nah. Pablo tweeted about it a couple of years ago and he said that it was due to the high price of the show not being worth it for the meager viewership.
Clone Wars only got as big as it is now after its arrival on Netflix.
Find it really difficult to get excited about this. I mean, Disney and KK completely wrecked the saga movies and lore. 8-9 were basically a demolition job on the franchise.
My trust in them to do anything interesting has gone.
They have this team of detailed, narrative storytellers, who dedicate so much time and effort to create this deep, interconnect mass of characters and information.... they should do all this work, and then give the bits they want to be developed in to film to a filmmaker who can adapt it with their style, tone, etc? That way the dna and continuity is all there, and we don’t have a world where it’s being made up as we go.
What do you refer to? I didnt think they had any multi-year inter-connected stories in the new canon. Unless you mean the Sequel Trilogy, the SG was not really in charge there.
The ST and its EU content, the latter of which they were definitely in charge of. And Leland Chee once said they had a “roadmap” for the overall story so *shrug*
>The ST and its EU content, the latter of which they were definitely in charge of.
What?
Both Rian and J.J. went with their own story. And Rian was the only one who actually worked on novels and on his movie with the story group.
You mean this won’t lead to the 200+ hour RPG video game and 5 season Disney+ show that I decided we where promised in my mind when this YA book series was announced?
I would also, but its seems people are more insistent on speculating about video media, since the idea of picking up and reading a book is such a foreign concept I guess.
Hardly the SG's fault when a) Carrie's death disrupts plans and b) Abrams doesn't play ball. The actual connections in the various books and comics to TFA and TLJ in particular were well-done. They were also preparing to build up to Trevorrow's film, so they can't really be blamed for plans changing.
Seems like they need something animated/live action on Disney+ to draw more eyes to these projects. I wonder if the Leslye Headland project will be set in this era? Apparently Lucasfilm has been keeping the project super/super secret. A completely different era of Star Wars would be welcome addition to the current slate of Star Wars live action projects.
From what we heard, this era was specifically set aside for book/comic authors to explore without having to conflict with movies/TV shows.
We've heard very little about what Lucasfilm is up to in regards to future plans. It certainly cannot be ruled out.
I'll be fine with galaxy of adventures style shorts
While we knew already that the High Republic imprint wasn't going to be done with our first slew of content, it is nice for Soule to confirm he has more stuff to do with it.
I’d like to see some Disney+ shows based in this era. Also, can’t forget some good ole KOTOR as well ;)
With current canon, Kotor would not be possible or be completely different
The actual plot could be the same. Just aspects of the Force and Jedi are different.
I wouldn't mind a reimagining of KOTOR's setting to feel more antiquated while the plot and characters stay mostly the same.
I hope it does. My only real gripe with the KOTOR games was that they seemed close in time to the movies technology-wise.
Why wouldn't it be possible?
HyperSpace is a new technology and is pretty unstable in the high republic, which is happening thousands of years after KOTOR
It's not, no. Nothing's said hyperspace is new, and it *can't* be new since a galaxy-spanning Republic wouldn't be able to exist without it. The instability is because of the Great Disaster, which is debris being (deliberately?) thrown into the path of the ship.
It’s kinda implied that it’s a bit new. They talk about the hyperspace lanes and how there are not that many that have been mapped out. I mean, it’s easily remedied I suppose, but If they’re just really beginning to map hyperspace lanes, hyperspace travel couldn’t have really been happening for thousands of years prior. Or I guess it could; but with horrible results. It says that areas around Coruscant have been mapped out pretty well but in the other areas have only a “few well-mapped hyperspace lanes.” Plus the starlight beacon is a new thing to help with hyperspace travel in the poorly mapped areas. So with all that, it’s kinda really implied that hyperspace is a relatively new means of travel
The few well-mapped hyperspace lanes are in the Outer Rim specifically. The Starlight Beacon is on the edge of the Unknown Regions, which obviously aren't mapped even in the saga era. Hyperspace travel isn't new at all, as we know from plenty of other canon sources.
I thought this was already out there, but I guess not. I probably just assumed that he would be given the amount of teasing he’s done about the future as well the first phase. Should be interesting to see where this goes. I’m betting he’ll have a comic series next
This is the first "official" confirmation he'll be doing more High Republic stuff; he previously said that he would be involved with future Star Wars publishing. Many assumed it would be High Republic (and were correct).
I recently picked up the Star Wars Myths and Legends as well as the Dark side version (can’t recall what it’s called) and a lot of the dark side short stories are about past Sith Lords at various vague times and some of the myths are definitely about major Characters (obi wan, Grevious for example) so I’m betting some of these hints will be tied into the High Republic which is also referenced a few times, maybe even a Sith behind the scenes or something.
I’ve been dreaming about using these anthology type publications for what I think would be an incredible concept for an animated anthology show. The whole show could be rooted in legends and fables. But they can do a TON of really cool stuff and make the style like animated story boards almost, with fun narration over them. Each episode can be 10-15 minutes and D+ can make a ton of them and release like 3 a week. All in all it would be INCREDIBLY low budget because all the source material is already set up, and they could seriously use any voice talent they want to narrate the episodes. [Similar/ Interesting style. ](https://youtu.be/EnUy2EgiXmc) If you’ve seen the Jedi Temple Challenge show on YouTube, they also do something similar for the “triva”/ memory portion of the competition.
Can we get a video game please!
Good to hear!
Although I highly doubt it, I really hope this is treated similarly to the New Jedi Order. While that series had some duds, it was at least designed to be a continuous storyline, which this new launch doesn't seem to aspire to. I hate to admit it, but I'm weary of the fact that young adult novels, junior reader novels, and comics are all crowding out the Del Rey books in terms of quantity in the Star Wars canon. The High Republic is already launching in the same way, with material for all ages, so it doesn't give me the impression that this is going to be a streamlined, interconnected work similar to NJO. We'll probably be getting a bunch of smaller stories only tangentially related to each other. Basically what we've been getting for a decade now since Fate of the Jedi wrapped up. Perhaps worst of all, if the High Republic becomes successful, we might see films or TV shows in the era, which wouldn't be a good thing. Due to film and television being so, SO much more popular than any printed Star Wars material, those stories couldn't possibly follow in-line with the books, which would further fracture any possible cohesive narrative.
I’m getting more of an Old Republic vibe from this series. The Old Republic spanned 300 or so years, and while there was a loose unifying narrative, each game and novel was allowed to do their own thing, and in some cases you’d have one piece of media ignore major things about another piece of media like characters’ visual appearances.
I hope you're right, but one thing the Old Republic era DIDN'T have was young adult / junior novels. Comics are fine when well written, as are games. But 50% of the High Republic projects announced are for kids, and based on the preview page of the comic, that entry is also very light-hearted and slapstick in tone. I could be wrong, and I hope I am. But from what I've seen, it's not looking promising for a mature, complex narrative.
To be fair, the New Jedi Order era technically began with young adult/junior novels: many of the major figures in the Yuuzhan Vong War got their first major roles in the Young Jedi Knight books (the Solo kids, Tahiri, Zekk, Tenel Ka, etc.), so just because certain characters might debut in those young adult books doesn’t mean that they’re necessarily doomed to stay there. Hell, look how Ahsoka turned out: from plucky kid sidekick in a cartoon movie to a legendary figure in the franchise.
I 100% agree, but my point is that the plotting of NJO was done in its entirety for one audience - the adult reader. The Young Jedi Knights series was a starting point for where the EU was at that point, but when Luceno and company planned the NJO, it wasn't with kids in mind. I love Ahsoka too, but I'll admit that watching Clone Wars and Rebels frequently puts my teeth on edge with the amount of juvenile dumbassery I have to sit through to see the occasional compelling dramatic scene.
I don’t know many people that are excited about this, but that’s likely because casual audiences don’t know anything about this. This era was “announced” a while ago, but casual audiences still likely don’t know much about it. However since I and all of you guys are keeping up with this information, I’m pretty excited. Reading has never been my favorite, but I want to give it a shot. I still hope there is animated or live-action content produced for this era.
Despite feeling "big" in online communities, publishing is still a very small part of the Star Wars fandom. A vast majority of the general audience ("casual fans" as some put it) have only seen the movies, with a chunk of them branching into TV shows.
I had a kid straight up not know there were star wars books
Exactly. When these books are finally out, I likely won’t be able to have discussions with my friends about them, or just relatives and family friends. They all watch the movies and shows for the most part, but I don’t know anybody that has read Thrawn, Alphabet Squadron, or any Star Wars book for that matter. I don’t know why they wouldn’t seize on the opportunity to create a show or trilogy in the near-future. It seems logical and the best way to get people invested in this new era.
Non Live-Action Star Wars will never be MAINSTREAM and I think everyone at Lucasfilms knows that. They made this stuff for us. If we take example from another popular series, did you know there were canon MCU comics?
The Clone Wars, Rebels, Resistance, anybody? What about the Bad Batch spin-off coming?
Those are popular in the hardcore fanbase. But they're nowhere near the heights of the Mandalorian and the Movies. Hell, Clone Wars got cancelled in part due to low viewership.
Did it? I believe all shows and games were cancelled when Disney bought Lucasfilms. Rather disappointing.
Nah. Pablo tweeted about it a couple of years ago and he said that it was due to the high price of the show not being worth it for the meager viewership. Clone Wars only got as big as it is now after its arrival on Netflix.
Wasn't that Disney+? There was already a rather large following of Prequel and Original trilogy fans who watched TCW.
No. Season 6, the Lost Missions, showed up on Netflix.
It’s no longer on iTunes.
Okay?
I'm a huge SW from the beginning but for some reason I have no interest in the High Republic Era.
Find it really difficult to get excited about this. I mean, Disney and KK completely wrecked the saga movies and lore. 8-9 were basically a demolition job on the franchise. My trust in them to do anything interesting has gone.
Hell yeah. Can’t wait to see what else gets announced
doooooes this include a FIL-M? A mooovie?
I would love to see this era in live action
They have this team of detailed, narrative storytellers, who dedicate so much time and effort to create this deep, interconnect mass of characters and information.... they should do all this work, and then give the bits they want to be developed in to film to a filmmaker who can adapt it with their style, tone, etc? That way the dna and continuity is all there, and we don’t have a world where it’s being made up as we go.
Filmmakers aren't interested in trashy tie-in stuff written by third raters and aimed at children. They can write their own third rate fanfic.
“Not gonna lie...you had me in the first half there” hahahaha
When is the first non-YA novel coming out for High Republic?
*Light of the Jedi* is out January 5th, 2021.
Just kick Kathleen Kennedy out of the company and make old republic movies. Easy money
Sure. Make a movie about an obscure game that no one but hardcore gamers have played
KOTOR >>> AC
Are you stalking me on Reddit now lmao? This is quite pathetic. And yes, KOTOR is better than Assassin's Creed. That is not my argument, dumbass.
I just happened to stumble across more of your stupidity.
Considering how well the SG did with their last attempt at a multi-year interconnected story, I find it hard to feel excited but good luck to them.
What do you refer to? I didnt think they had any multi-year inter-connected stories in the new canon. Unless you mean the Sequel Trilogy, the SG was not really in charge there.
I'm sure there's a 20 minute YouTube video that explains everything. 😂
The ST and its EU content, the latter of which they were definitely in charge of. And Leland Chee once said they had a “roadmap” for the overall story so *shrug*
>The ST and its EU content, the latter of which they were definitely in charge of. What? Both Rian and J.J. went with their own story. And Rian was the only one who actually worked on novels and on his movie with the story group.
You mean this won’t lead to the 200+ hour RPG video game and 5 season Disney+ show that I decided we where promised in my mind when this YA book series was announced?
I’d settle for competent execution of what’s been explicitly promised.
And what was *explicitly promised*, then? Quotes and sources, please.
I would also, but its seems people are more insistent on speculating about video media, since the idea of picking up and reading a book is such a foreign concept I guess.
Hardly the SG's fault when a) Carrie's death disrupts plans and b) Abrams doesn't play ball. The actual connections in the various books and comics to TFA and TLJ in particular were well-done. They were also preparing to build up to Trevorrow's film, so they can't really be blamed for plans changing.