The High Republic // 4 JANUARY 2021
In a special live stream event, Lucasfilm debuts for the publishing initiative, never before front pages and concept art, and announces new details on upcoming books, comics and more.
Star Wars: The High Republic starts tomorrow, when the first books in the multimedia initiative arrive.
To celebrate the new era of Star Wars storytelling, Lucasfilm opened the exploding doors of its publication email today with a special live stream celebrating the January 5 launch The High Republic. StarinWars.com’s Kristin Baver hosted the event and led a discussion with the creative director of Lucasfilm Publishing, Michael Siglain, and the authors who collaborated on the new stories: Charles Soule, Justina Ireland, Cavan Scott, Daniel José Older and Claudia Gray. During the hour-long conversation, the writers discussed their collaboration, plot points, and inspiration behind a few new characters and revealed just a few that fans can look forward to as they explore this uncharted corner of the galaxy far, far away.
Here is an overview of all the biggest news that came out of the event.
1. Check out the brand new trailer! We think it speaks for itself.
2. In the dark we will introduce some new galactic pilots. Gray shared some insights about her squadron of heroes, including Leox, Geode and Affie.
3. And we got our first look at a number of other new characters. From the Bonbraks to Ty Yorrick to Ram Jamoram, The High Republic is full of fun new creatures, aliens and characters.
4. The character inspiration runs the spectrum. While Gray envisioned a Matthew McConaughey type for one of her smugglers, Older used a colleague’s radio call sign from his days as a paramedic to help him find a character known as ‘Buckets of Blood’. create. You will want to hear how he tells the story.
5. Soule’s new fiction in the latest Star Wars Insider is just the beginning. In addition to the series of stories that began in issue 199, Ireland and Scott will be writing some “Starlight Stories” for the magazine this year.
6. Scott will also add an original graphic novel to the mix. The Temple Peak Monster will include art by Rachael Stott.
7. Ireland will lead us Out of the shadows. In her first YA novel for the initiative, Ireland will bring the ongoing adventures of Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh, Padawan Reath Silas, prospective inventor Avon Starros and more to a new audience.
8. Elders get ready for Race to the Crashpoint Tower. The second middle-class novel set in the era will be filled with highly entertaining.
9. In addition to Marvel and IDW comics, The High Republic contains an original graphic novel in the manga format of Viz Media. With a story of Ireland and Shima Shinya and art by Mizuki Sakakibara, The edge of balance is the first in a new series.
10. StarWars.com will welcome the initiative with a brand new bi-monthly show. The panel introduces host Krystina Arielle, who will take fans behind the scenes with creators, artists and writers to dive deep into the new series. Star Wars The High Republic Show.
And the journey is far from over. Siglain revealed that the announced titles are only part of the first phase in the multi-year project development. Although little is known about what each will involve, he did reveal the names of each phase:
- Phase I: Light of the Jedi
- Phase II: Search for the Jedi
- Phase III: Trials of the Jedi
Check out the full panel below!
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