Lucasfilm has today unveiled its new story setting for the Star Wars franchise and – as widely expected – it’s an era called the High Republic.
But, contrary to previous reports, this big new multimedia franchise push does not – as yet – include an attached video game.
A number of reports on Star Wars leak sites previously detailed the name and rough time period of the High Republic – set several hundred years before The Skywalker Saga – which Lucasfilm has been quietly working on behind the scenes since at least 2018.
Free from the confines of the well-charted Skywalker era, this new story setting was, those reports said, set to be explored via a range of books, comics, films and kick off with a video game.
But today’s official announcement leaves out a reference to any video game project – and is careful to state the High Republic “will not overlap any of the filmed features or series currently planned for production”.
As previously leaked, and confirmed by today’s official announcement, the High Republic is a sort of Golden Age for the Jedi, when peace reigned throughout the galaxy (though troubled still brewed along its frontiers).
A team of Star Wars writers have been working together to create a web of overlapping characters and storylines for this era over several years. Fan sites had previously suggested this push as like a Marvel-isation of Star Wars – with numerous characters eventually coming together across mediums for big Avengers-style story events.