The High Republic: A more civilized age...

[fireproof78]

God forbid an adult would like some Star Wars books to read, too. Obviously, books for people over the age of 13 are unpopular and make no money, which is why there are obviously not hundreds of books published a year that aren't made specifically for kids or teens. Its not like Star Wars itself published books like that regularly for decades until Disney bought the franchise

Speaking as an adult I have been reading pretty much all Star Wars books since I could, and continue to read them, no matter the age range.

So, I will enjoy the published works and what they bring in an era that I want to see explored. And, more importantly to me, I will get to share those books with my kids.

 

[Relayer1]

Yoda should be middle-aged by then. Either he’s gruff or he’s going through a midlife crisis. He grows his hair out, gets a flashy speeder, and tries to make “Yo Da Man!” as a catchphrase happen. It doesn’t.

Shouldn't that be "Da Man Yo" ?

 

[JD]

Did you watch the Announcement Trailer?

Because they lay out pretty explicitly that this is a single interconnected narrative initiative spread across multiple literary mediums.

It is going to be a collection of books, and comics that take place at the same time, and deal with the same big event and have some shared characters, that doesn't mean it's all one continuing story. You'll probably getting a better idea of the full picture if you read it all, but I doubt you will have to read A Test of Courage or Into the Dark in order to understand Light of the Jedi. I'm pretty sure the people putting this together are intelligent enough to realize that not everyone is going to read everything. A lot of adults are not going to read the YA or middle grade books, and there are a lot of comic or novel readers who aren't going to read the others.
We also now have a name for the Wookiee on the cover for The Light of the Jedi, Burryaga Agaburry.
Some people has also spotted what appears to be concept for either a young Yoda, or a new younger member of his species in the reveal video.

 

[The Wormhole]

Well if we take his "For 800 years have I trained Jedi!" line as gospel,

That's where things get a little problematic now. If you also take his "when 900 years you age..." line as meaning he's nine hundred years old exactly as many do (even on Clone Wars Yoda's age was given as "late 800s") then that would seem to indicate he'd been training Jedi since he was 100 years old. But given the rate Baby Yoda's been aging, Yoda should still have been in his childhood when he was 100 years old.

But still, I agree it's inevitable Yoda's going to show up at some point in this series.

this is about diversity over storytelling?

What the hell are you even blathering about this time? Looking over the covers of these books, a good majority of the human characters are white. Please tell me about the scary Woke Agenda that involves white people getting primary representation. Or does the mere presence of non-white people offend you regardless if they're outnumbered by whites? Or are you bothered by the fact that there's women in prominent roles?

Yoda should be middle-aged by then. Either he’s gruff or he’s going through a midlife crisis. He grows his hair out, gets a flashy speeder, and tries to make “Yo Da Man!” as a catchphrase happen. It doesn’t.

I can see Yoda now strutting around in a leather jacket and sunglasses. "When five hundred years you age, look as stylish you will not."

 

[Reverend]

But given the rate Baby Yoda's been aging, Yoda should still have been in his childhood when he was 100 years old.

Different species mature at different rates; it's entirely plausible that they have a slow start for the first half century, but are fully matured by the end of the second half. Or for all we know little Frogwai spent most of those 50 years in an egg and literally just hatched a week before we saw him. Then there's the third option that he's just underdeveloped because he was essentially raised in a lab, treated as a specimen rather than a person and so is partly feral. Basically, there's still plenty of wiggle room there.
Regardless, it's seems bizarre that a species that lives to 900-ish might only reach maturity at around 600.

Now Yaddle on the other hand would be somewhere around the 300 mark, so *maybe* we could see her as a Knight?

 

[Jayson1]

Why does everything always have to be about the Jedi? I think one of the things I love about "The Mandorlian" is it's a story set in the SW universe but about something other than more Jedi stuff.


Jason

 

[Awesome Possum]

I'm all for new SW but this looks like a disaster. This is not about war? this is about diversity over storytelling? /it's going to be spread out over 10 publishers? Nihil? Space vikings? Texas rangers?

They are desperate

 

[Awesome Possum]

What the hell are you even blathering about this time? Looking over the covers of these books, a good majority of the human characters are white. Please tell me about the scary Woke Agenda that involves white people getting primary representation. Or does the mere presence of non-white people offend you regardless if they're outnumbered by whites? Or are you bothered by the fact that there's women in prominent roles?

There’s a woman as a focus on one of the books, women given any prominent roles is just too much for him to handle.

 

[JD]

There are also several women and non-white men writing the books and comics.
EDIT:
Apparently this is going to be released in "Phases" much like the MCU, with all of the stuff they announced yesterday being Phase 1, which will share it's title with the adult novel, The Light of the Jedi.
According to Marvel's article, their comic will take place on a space station called Starlight Station, which will also play a big role in the other parts of The High Republic too.

 

[Tuskin38]

According to the starwars.com article
https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-high-republic

"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."

They are desperate

No they're not. Give it a break.

Nothin matters anymore.
I bet you Disney is waiting "just long enough" to decanonize the OT, remake them, and do this on their own

No they're not lmao, buzz off.

 

[fireproof78]

If they remake the OT then I'll be happy. People can have their OT and Legends and I can have some new Star Wars. Win-win.

 

[Ithekro]

If. If they do a OT remake, they should use the recasts they have so far from Solo and the PT. Everyone will be about the correct age to play their parts in another ten-ish years.

 

[JD]

StarWars.com has posted a new article with comments from the authors involved in the project.
At one point it says that "readers will be able to pick anywhere, but those who want to immerse themselves in the lore will get a more robust experience from seeing it all unfold in tandem". So like I said in my last post, each one will be able to stand on it own, but they will all build a bigger picture of this era of the Galaxy Far, Far Away.
They also revealed that the big disaster will happen in The Light of the Jedi and then "ripple through the rest of the storytelling".

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

That's where things get a little problematic now. If you also take his "when 900 years you age..." line as meaning he's nine hundred years old exactly as many do (even on Clone Wars Yoda's age was given as "late 800s") then that would seem to indicate he'd been training Jedi since he was 100 years old. But given the rate Baby Yoda's been aging, Yoda should still have been in his childhood when he was 100 years old.

But still, I agree it's inevitable Yoda's going to show up at some point in this series.

What the hell are you even blathering about this time? Looking over the covers of these books, a good majority of the human characters are white. Please tell me about the scary Woke Agenda that involves white people getting primary representation. Or does the mere presence of non-white people offend you regardless if they're outnumbered by whites? Or are you bothered by the fact that there's women in prominent roles?

I can see Yoda now strutting around in a leather jacket and sunglasses. "When five hundred years you age, look as stylish you will not."

It's not just above storytelling, but it's on the list twice, along with dinosaurs(!) and the fact that despite the fact that this is called "Star Wars" that this is not pro-war

 

[fireproof78]

Who cares?

 

[CorporalCaptain]

According to the starwars.com article
https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-high-republic

"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."

Well, that's a total bummer. My interest in this time period would get piqued only if it were to "overlap" that of a film or series!

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

The High Republic? Will it be the story of how the Galactic Republic finally legalized weed across the galaxy?

That sweet, sweet Jedi Kush — the true source of the Force.

 

[Ithekro]

If these books and comics are not suppose to tie into any currently coming tv series or films, that makes me curious what we are getting on those fronts.

 

[Reverend]

Why does everything always have to be about the Jedi? I think one of the things I love about "The Mandorlian" is it's a story set in the SW universe but about something other than more Jedi stuff.


Jason

...uh....

Spoiler: The Mandalorian

...you did spot the mudhorn floating, mortal wound healing, firestorm deflecting baby Yoda, right?

Also, the Jedi are kinda what makes Star Wars unique. Sure you can tell stories without them (and many writers have done just that), but they're around for a *massive* swath of galactic history and have had a hand in shaping that history since the days of the Old Republic. It'd be crazy to tell a multi-lateral story set during their last golden age without them being present.

Also, this would really be the first time we get a look at the Jedi as they're supposed to be.
Not some waning, compromised and corrupted Order sleepwalking it's way to the gallows, and not a handful of hermits and half-trained padawans making do with some scraps of wisdom and a few ancient relics, this is the order in it's prime and probably the most stable and true to their purpose they've been since before the Sith schism. That seems well worth exploring.

Besides, even stories like 'The Mandalorian' don't take place in a vacuum; They need a backdrop in which to operate. For Mando, it's a the chaos and fallout of a post revolution frontier. If you tried telling that story during the reign of the Empire, or the days of the Republic then it'd be a different story. This new project just gives another backdrop to work with and no doubt, there will be non-Jedi centric stories told there in time. They just first need to set the board.

 

[suarezguy]

I bet you Disney is waiting "just long enough" to decanonize the OT, remake them, and do this on their own

Possibly 2025 or 2029. Disney went about 25 before live action remaking Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King but just 10 years after the start or end of the ST (and about 50 years after the original film) would seem long enough in this era.