We're finding ourselves at a very exciting moment with the Skywalker saga
coming to an end.
We're at a place of what's next for Star Wars.
one of the things we've always done
is be able to use our franchise platforms to explore
the creative potential of the Star Wars galaxy.
And so what if publishing was
more of an incubation. We've all done lots of storytelling but this is unique
and really special.
It's the secret history the galaxy yeah it goes way back to the
beginning of Star Wars.
For over a thousand generations. The Jedi knights were the guardians of peace and Justice.
a line that we've been hearing since 1977 and we thought
you know what does that look like?
It is a golden age where there's much more
peace and calm in the galaxy so we're calling it the High Republic
The description that we've used for the Jedi of this era is that they are the jedi
knights of the round table.
But Star Wars isn't just about Jedi and we will
tell stories of new smugglers new scoundrels new bounty hunters
The Threat and the tension really comes from the Republic's borders.
Because the Republic does not extend
from one side of the galaxy to the other.
It's a bit of a wild west new frontier
we see a different kind of Jedi that patrols the frontiers
and is more of a Texas Ranger.
We're now bringing in concept artists
illustrators and visualists the same way that you would when you're making a movie
we even had Ian Mckay come down and just do
sketch after sketch for us.
When you have the guy who designed the look for Darth Maul
sketching Jedi for you. Doesn't get any cooler than this.
It gives us the ability to tell vast interconnected stories
across multiple years.
There will be a core group of heroes
that will expand over time. There will be villains.
Our main villain are the group called the Nhil
we kind of like to refer to them as space vikings.
Their motto is you can't take it with you but we can take it from you.
Our story starts with what we're calling the great disaster
it wouldn't be Star Wars without adventure and there's definitely a
series of events that that won't spin the galaxy into a dangerous new
direction and it'll give the opportunity for Heroes to rise up.
The cool thing about this is that
there's going to be a story for every Star Wars fan.
What scares the Jedi?
and that made us all go...ooh!
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Welcome back everyone it's Charlie this is going to be my breakdown of the Star
Wars High Republic trailer which is starting later this year it's sort of
the beginning of what's going to be the next big phase of Star Wars storytelling
all the movies the Disney Plus series and all the publishing stuff if you're
new to my channel be sure to subscribe to get all the videos this is going to be
in addition to all the mandalorian season 2 stuff that's happening this
year and all the other Disney Plus stuff is already in production we'll just
break this down top 5 style starting with number 5 what is Star Wars High
Republic well as the pull quote from obi-wan Kenobi says for over a thousand
generations the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the
Old Republic before the dark times before the Empire well this is Star Wars
sort of shifting its focus into the past we all kind of assumed that they would
try some Old Republic stories at a certain point this is obviously during a
slightly different time period they're calling this somewhere between two
hundred two hundred and thirty years before the events of the modern era so
we're talking about a much younger version of Yoda who would still be
pretty old Yoda said that he'd been training Jedi's since he was around a
hundred years old so that means that's also around the time he became a Jedi
Master but age is pretty relative for Master Yoda they slipped in some concept
art of a younger version of Yoda into this trailer too you may have spotted it
so there are a couple Easter eggs for Yoda stuff even though they didn't focus
on it too much for the most part the early stuff that they're going to start
dropping in August is mostly introducing a bunch of new characters because
obviously Yoda is like the one common denominator the one person who was
around to see all this happen but most of the humanoid characters live normal
lifespans so most of these people would all be dead and gone by the time the
prequels begin the reason why they're choosing to call it the High Republic
era is to differentiate it from the Old Republic so Old Republic is thousands of
years ago this is hundreds of years ago and they're calling it the height of the
Republic is in during this period the Jedi Order was at the height of his
power and level of respect within the Republic but the Republic itself didn't
extend from one end of the galaxy to the other so their borders are smaller and
there's a lot of other syndicates and factions within the galaxy that also
holds a lot of power like we talked about the ancient Mandalorians having a
lot of power so also address that tube because
they did give us a little bit of a teaser for the history of the war
between the Jedi and the Mandalorians but that's not what's happening during
the period of the High Republic.
The songs of eons past tell of battles
between Mandalore the great
and an order of sorcerors called Jedi
that fought with such powers
they did reveal who the first new main villains are going to be
during this period they didn't say they'd be the only villains and they
didn't talk a whole lot about what's going on with the Sith because this is
still during the prime time rule of two era of the Sith so the obvious follow-up
question is number four what's going on with all the new Star Wars movies
that have been confirmed in new Disney Plus series that they're making right
now the official release dates for the next couple of Star Wars movies are
December 16 2022 December 20th 2024 and then December 18 2026 basically same old
Star Wars movie scheduled starting in 2022 except that it's not supposed to be
a trilogy they've said that they're moving away from the trilogy model and
they're just going to start doing standalone movies with the option that
if something becomes really popular it might become a trilogy the way they're
talking about the High Republic era is that it's sort of an incubator for
stories I think the strongest of these stories potential to become Disney Plus
series but because they're just starting out it's probably going to take them a
couple years to find out what sticks because they just started exploring this
new era in Star Wars history there was the rumored Old Republic movie that went
into development we haven't heard about that much since it was announced that
could become a Disney Plus series too so if you hear them talking about Knights
of the Old Republic Disney Plus series that's what they're referring to there's
Kevin Feige Star Wars movie that they announced we don't know what that's
going to be or what era it's going to be set during there's the new SIF movie set
on x ago before the events of the new trilogy that they just announced a
couple days ago but the Hollywood trades are also reporting that that could
become a Disney Plus series I think it just depends on how strong the pitch
winds up being there's Tyco whitey DS rumoured Star Wars movie he just jokes
about that when people ask him about it trying to pretend like it's not a real
thing there's also a bunch of spin-offs for the Mandalorian series they just
announced but they didn't say which time period that would be set during some
will probably be set during the past some will probably set during the future
it even though it seems like a no-brainer like eventually they should
do a baby Yoda movie they have not talked about doing a baby yoda movie yet
because obviously he is the future of the Jedi Order someone to watch the next
800 to 900 years of Jedi history unfold in the galaxy number three who are the
new main characters what are the Jedi doing during this High Republic era and
who are the new main villains they've only revealed a couple of the
characters names but the very first project is coming from Charles Soule is
called the light of the Jedi and it's going to sort of world build and explain
what's going on it's going to be the intro to the high republic era I don't know
how to pronounce his name but he said that the Wookiee Jedi's name is spelled
like this and this lady in the front is named a bar Kris they're saying the
story of the hybrid public begins with the event called the great disaster some
big cataclysmic event they just say that the new group of villains is called the
Nile and they're kind of like space Vikings so it's not necessarily the Sith
but then obviously they end with that teaser what are the Jedi afraid of we're
going to explore that what are the Jedi afraid of mostly the Sith so I think
that implies that we will eventually see the rise of the Sith or the rule of two
continued during this era but it is still during the rule of two so there's
no giant group of sits out there hiding but number two what's going on with
Yoda during this period in his life we see couple screen grabs of a young
version of Yoda or a younger version of Yoda because he be in his 700th instead
of being in his eight or nine hundreds but like Yoda has said he'd been
training Jedi since he was around a hundred years old that's when he became
a Jedi Master so around this time he would have already become the senior
member of the Jedi Council at the height of its power and influence within the
Republic so even though Yoda was at his most powerful once he became a force
ghost just based on the mythology in the way that the force works this is Yoda at
the height of his power within the physical world but number one how
will these High Republic era stories that they're starting to release this
August going to help set up the new Star Wars movies and new Star Wars Disney
Plus series for the most part they're just saying that the early stuff is
going to be an incubator for potential ideas to mine for a new movie and TV
projects so I think it's more likely that we would wind up eventually seeing
a high republic Disney Plus series before we see a high republic movie just
because the risk is so much lower but it's probably going to be a couple years
before we find out about that just because they want to see how the
published stuff does first then they'll start
doubling down on this era in history but in terms of moving Star Wars movies into
the past this is in addition to all the rumored Old Republic stuff or Knights of
the Old Republic that they talked about before if the timeline sounds kind of
confusing don't worry I'll address the timeline when each new Star Wars Disney
Plus series in the next couple of years starts and where it fits in everyone
post all your reactions to this hybrid public stuff in the comments below let
me know what you're most excited about there'll be more Mandalorian season to
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everyone stay awesome, this is the way!