Now that Lucasfilm has formally announced Project Luminous and the High Republic geological era , Star Warsfans will at long last get a chance to see the Jedi Order at the height of their major power and Jedi Knights as they ’ve always mean to be . The annunciation come courtesy of a Lucasfilm upshot held at Walt Disney Studios , where Lucasfilm ’s creative director Michael Siglain assembled the five Project Luminous authors and creators : Cavan Scott , Claudia Gray , Justina Ireland , Daniel Jose , and Charles Soule . There , the Project lucent team debuted the first glimpse at what is set to become a monolithic labor in storytelling for theStar Warsfranchise move onward .

Project Luminous was revealed to be a multi - form sagathat will in the main play out in books and funnies ( for now , at least ) , set200 days before theStar Warsprequel trilogy . The focus of the stories will go around around the High Republic , an era of the coltsfoot in which the Jedi were in their prime quantity and exploring the unidentified planets in the Outer Rim . The project will be recrudesce with a like focus to Marvel Studios approach for the MCU , in that each author will be telling a complete story but with a distinct accent on inter - connectivity and an overarching game .

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While the High Republic era promise to veer away from the traditional account elements thatStar Warsfans have come to make love over the preceding five decades , there is one spot that the project seems to be tackling foreland - on . One of the most notable quotation mark from Obi - Wan Kenobi in George Lucas ' originalStar Warsmovie   comes when he first tell Luke about his don and the Jedi . " For over a thousand propagation , the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace treaty and justice in the Old Republic . " It seems as if Project lucent / High Republic is returningStar Warsto that time , where Jedi cast the galaxy distribute DoJ and protecting the innocent . This was confirmed by Siglain , who said that this is a distinct " guiding star " of the High Republic initiative .

Over the course of the nine films in the main Skywalker saga , audiences have witnessedpublic view on the Jedi Order shift and changedozens of times . The original trilogy introduce the world to a beetleweed of oppression and suffering , one in which most of the Jedi Order had been vote down off , leave the Empire to rule with an iron fist . The prequel trilogy , despite its many problem , approached the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order with nuance , making them flawed governing structures that , despite their good intention , were too blinded by their antiquated tradition and pedagogy . And the subsequence trilogy ( and specificallyStar Wars : The Last Jedi)carried on this melodic theme , by re - introducing a Luke Skywalker who had become wearied and cynical towards the Jedi due to their culpability in the boost of the Empire .

These depictions are a far cry from the grandiose , purple , and selfless legacy that the Jedi were known for in their blossom . Lucasfilm seems to finally be move over sports fan this version of the ancient order , as the High Republic will boast what the originative squad refers to as the " Jedi Knights of the Round Table . " Indeed , it seems as if a big hook for this era of storytelling is the power to showcase the Jedi as the Hellenic heroes , peacekeepers , and intellectuals that they apparently were before they became teachable and self-satisfied . For days , Star Warschose to show rooter versions of the Jedi Order that were breach , flawed , and arrogant , so it will be a nice change of pace to finally get to see them at their proficient .

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