Star Wars: The High Republic

Star Wars: The High Republic, initially promoted as Project Luminous, is a subseries of the Star Wars media franchise set during the "High Republic" sub-era of the Age of Republic, set 200 years before the events of the Skywalker saga and 800 years after the fall of the "Old Republic". In-universe, the initiating event of the subfranchise is "The Great Disaster" involving the antagonistic "space Vikings" known as the Nihil and the subsequent intervention of the Jedi at the height of their power.

This article is about the Star Wars media franchise's subfranchise series introduced in 2020. For the polity, see Galactic Republic.

Star Wars: The High Republic
Owned byLucasfilm
(The Walt Disney Company)
Print publications
Novel(s)Light of the Jedi
Into the Dark
A Test of Courage
ComicsThe High Republic Adventures (IDW)
Star Wars: The High Republic (Marvel)

History

"Project Luminous" was started in September 2018 with invitations to Star Wars authors including Claudia Gray, Justina Ireland, Daniel José Older, Cavan Scott and Charles Soule to Skywalker Ranch, with Lucasfilm offering them a "blank slate" in determining the project.[1] Lucasfilm had teased "Project Luminous" in April 2019, which prompted intense fan speculation.[2]

On February 24, 2020, Lucasfilm announced a new series of comics and novels called Star Wars: The High Republic, intended to be a publisher-only multimedia project, unrelated to any films in development. A trailer was released showing events taking place two centuries before the events of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. It shows the Jedi at the height of their power and rise of the Nihil.[3][4]

The series was originally intended to debut with Light of the Jedi in August 2020, a few days before Star Wars Celebration 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic to January 2021.[5] The first chapter of the novel was released in June 2020 through IGN.[6]

Works

Phase I — Light of the Jedi

Book series
  • Star Wars: The High Republic – Light of the Jedi (January 5, 2021), a hardcover novel by Charles Soule published by Del Rey.[3][4][7][8][5]
  • Star Wars: The High Republic – A Test of Courage (January 5, 2021), an illustrated middle-grade novel by Justina Ireland published by Disney–Lucasfilm Press.[4][5]
  • Star Wars: The High Republic – Into the Dark (February 2, 2021), young adult teen novel by Claudia Gray published by Disney–Lucasfilm Press.[4][5]

Comic series
  • Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures, a comic book by Daniel José Older published by IDW Comics.[3]
  • Star Wars: The High Republic, a comic book by Cavan Scott published by Marvel Comics.[3]

References
  1. Scott, Ryan (February 25, 2020). "Star Wars: The High Republic's Trailer Launches a New Era for The Franchise". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  2. ABC News (February 25, 2020). "Everything you need to know about the super-secret Star Wars: 'Project Luminous'". Good Morning America. Archived from the original on February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  3. Scott, Ryan (February 25, 2020). "Star Wars: The High Republic Is Introducing The First Wookiee Jedi". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  4. Newby, Richard (February 25, 2020). "How High Republic Will Build a New Era of Star Wars". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  5. "Star Wars: The High Republic Sees Revised Release Dates". StarWars.com. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  6. Yehl, Joshua. "Read the First Chapter of Star Wars: The High Republic - Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule". IGN.com. Ziff Davis.
  7. @CharlesSoule (February 25, 2020). "1232347194369302529". Twitter.
  8. Soule, Charles (2020). Star Wars: The High Republic: Light of the Jedi. Del Rey. ISBN 978-0593157718.


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