Lucasfilm
and
Disney
ended
the
Skywalker
Saga,
back
in
December
2019.
With
the
completion
of
the
three-decade-long
story,
the
makers
are
now
bringing
in
another
saga
titled,
Star
Wars:
The
High
Republic,
as
a
prequel
to
the
stories
of
beloved
Jedis
and
Sith
Lords.
Earlier
this
week,
Disney
and
Lucasfilm
announced
the
new
project,
Star
Wars:
The
High
Republic,
formerly
known
as
Project
Luminous.
The
new
stories
will
reportedly
be
released
over
several
platforms
including
novels,
children's
books
and
comics,
which
will
tell
one
interconnected
story
for
different
age
groups.
The
High
Republic
is
said
to
be
set
200
years
before,
The
Phantom
Menace,
and
about
260
years
before
the
first
original
Star
Wars
film.
According
to
the
director,
Michael
Siglain,
the
new
saga
is
inspired
by
Obi-Wan
Kenobi's
quote,
"For
over
a
thousand
generations
the
Jedi
Knights
were
the
guardians
of
peace
and
justice."
Five
releases
have
been
announced
for
phase
one,
including
titles
like,
young
adult
novel
Into
the
Dark,
another
middle-grade
novel
A
Test
of
Courage,
comic
book
series
The
High
Republic
Adventures,
a
comic
book
series
from
Marvel
The
High
Republic,
and
another
novel
The
Light
of
the
Jedi.
The
High
Republic
is
set
to
debut
in
August
at
the
Star
Wars
Celebration
Anaheim
convention.