>>113324919Summary for those who tl;dr the thread
- The Jedi of the High Republic are the “Jedi Knights of the Round Table.
- The main villains are called the Nhil and are described as space Vikings.
- There will be stories for every type of Star Wars fan.
- The High Republic is 200 years before the prequels. “The Jedi as we’ve always wanted to see them.”
- The idea for this massive connected story was pitched way back in 2014 .
- These are all unique stories, not the same story repeated for different ages.
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https://twitter.com/StarWarsExplain/status/1232154950999756801 (embed) Concept art
- The level of production that went into these stories was reminiscent of film pre-production.
- The Nihil are the main villains. They are purposefully meant to be VERY different than the Empire or the First Order.
- The Nihil are able to use hyperspace in a very dangerous way but that’s all.
- A driving force behind #ProjectLuminous was “New, new, new. What have we never seen in Star Wars that still feels like Star Wars."
- Light of the Jedi by @CharlesSoule is the first book, coming out August 25. Will establish the era and kick off the adventure.
- The Wookiee Jedi is named Burryagga Aggathuri. I’m sure I misspelled that .
- We’re going to see The Great Disaster. Something terrible is going to happen at the opening of the novel. Something awful happening in a time of peace and prosperity.
- A Test of Courage is a middle grade book by @justinaireland. The main character is a sixteen year old Jedi Knight. She says it’s more serious than her previous stories.
- The High Republic comic from @Marvel will be written by @cavanscott. It will center on Starlight Station
- Into the Dark by @claudiagray.
- The High Republic Adventures comic from @IDWPublishing is by @djolder.
- Everything we’ve heard about so far is just “Phase One” of the High Republic. More stories and more licensees are coming.
- We are going to learn a lot more between now and August 25.
