STAR WARS: HIGH REPUBLIC Comic Books And Novels Won't Tie Into Any Upcoming Movies Or TV Shows

This week, Lucasfilm pulled back the curtain on Project Luminous and the new "High Republic" era. However, it's now been confirmed that none of the new novels or comics will tie into live-action plans...

By JoshWilding - Feb 26, 2020 12:02 AM EST

Filed Under: Star Wars

It's been teased for months now, but details about the mysterious Project Luminous have finally been revealed. Described as a new Star Wars publishing initiative from Lucasfilm, the plan is to explore the "High Republic" era (roughly 200 years before the events of The Phantom Menace).

The idea is that these comic books and novels will focus on the Republic and Jedi Order when they were at their peak, and the hope is that we'll also learn more about the rise of the Sith.

Time will tell on that front, but following Monday night's reveal, a press release has been issued which mentions that, "this period on the Star Wars timeline will not overlap with any of the films or series currently planned for production, giving creators and partners space to tell Star Wars stories in a never-before-explored timeline."

In other words, we can probably forget about seeing any references to the High Republic on the big or small screen, while the many movies currently in the works obviously won't feature any of these characters or tie into this period in a Galaxy Far, Far Away.

This isn't the end of the world, and for fans of these comic books and novels, it's obviously going to be a lot of fun delving into a time which hasn't been explored during Disney's era of Star Wars storytelling. For everyone else, these stories probably won't matter, so you won't be missing out on anything if you don't have time to check them out.

Are you guys excited for Project Luminous and the High Republic era?

Click on the "Next" button below to take a look at some never
before seen images from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker!

Kylo Ren's relationship with the Knights of Ren wasn't touched on in the movie (at all), but a new tie-in comic book series is delving into his first meeting with the group and how the young Ben Solo ended up becoming a member.

As for that repaired helmet, it feels like that may have been J.J. Abrams' response to Rian Johnson destroying it in The Last Jedi as it surely would have been easier to create a new one!

Rey takes a closer look at that Sith blade which, bizarrely, somehow knew how to direct her to the exact point of the Death Star II she needed to head to in order to find the Wayfinder.

That's something which desperately needed to be elaborated on in the movie, so we now just have to hope that some sort of tie-in novel or comic book elaborates on their history.

This is our best look yet at Zorii Bliss' costume outside of the movie itself, and it's definitely interesting to see what a unique addition to the Star Wars Universe she is from a visual standpoint.

Beyond that, Zorii didn't really have much to do and seemed to only be in The Rise of Skywalker in order to remind fans that Poe Dameron is straight (and not interested in Finn).

It was awesome to see Poe take charge of the Millennium Falcon alongside Chewbacca, and it's a shame we didn't get to spend even more time with the Resistance her in the cockpit.

Moving forward, he's presumably going to be the ship's main pilot...well, when Rey isn't around!

This confrontation between Rey and Kylo Ren was awesome, and behind the scenes photos have revealed that this set was made up both of Kijimi and the villain's Star Destroyer.

As a result, it was just camera trickery which was being used rather than special effects.

This is another great look inside Supreme Leader Kylo Ren's Star Destroyer, and he's flanked by General Hux and Allegiant General Pryde, a high-ranking general in the First Order, who also previously served in the Galactic Empire.

It's unfortunate that the movie didn't really delve more into this trio's dynamic.

What an amazing shot of Kylo Ren! This is, of course, taken from the moment he comes face to face with Emperor Palpatine and rather than being happy to have found the one-time leader of the Empire, he immediately started plotting to destroy him.

Of course, it does make sense that he would want to betray the Sith Master, but this is another relationship which The Rise of Skywalker would have benefited from delving into.

This is an awesome action shot of the movie's heroes as they race through the First Order Star Destroyer that Chewbacca was being kept prisoner on by his oldest friend's villainous son.

Yes, for some reason, J.J. Abrams failed to give us a scene between Chewie and Kylo Ren!

Billy Dee Williams' return as Lando Calrissian was long overdue by the time The Rise of Skywalker rolled around, but the Rebel hero wasn't really given much to do.

In Colin Trevorrow's version of Episode IX, he would have initially refused to help the Resistance before joining the final battle. It's still unknown why J.J. Abrams scrapped the subplot about Jannah being his daughter.

This was the fateful moment in the movie when Rey unleashed Force Lightning and seemingly killed Chewbacca.

However, it didn't take long until we learned that was just a fakeout, and while it's possible the Wookie was supposed to have died in an earlier version of the film, we've heard nothing which points to that being the case.

Adam Driver really doesn't get enough credit for his work as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequels, and say what you will about this finale, but his performance was great from start to finish.

Visually, that helmet is quite cool, but it still would have been fun to see a totally new version!

This appears to be a deleted scene from The Rise of Skywalker, and your guess is as good as ours when it comes to who he's confronting in this shot.

Perhaps an earlier version of the movie was going to elaborate on why he seemed to almost take joy out of killing General Hux when he was revealed to be the "Resistance Spy."

As hero shots go, this is an awesome photo of Poe Dameron, and that's his X-Wing in the background.

If you've been to Galaxy's Edge and tried out the "Rise of the Resistance" ride, then you'll have been given the chance to get up close and personal with the hero's ship.

Rey returned in The Rise of Skywalker without a brand new look (something which proved to be a disappointment to many fans).

Instead, the Jedi was basically shown wearing a cleaner version of her costume from The Force Awakens, but the white definitely leaned into the idea of her being on the Light side of the Force.

Poe Dameron got to rock quite a few different outfits in The Rise of Skywalker, and this was one of the most noteworthy.

The trilogy never really leaned into the fact that Poe could be the "new" Han Solo, and it's a shame because he definitely could have brought that roguish charm to the sequels.

Rey studies the Jedi Texts here, while a member of the Resistance works on a familiar ship in the background.

The hero's training is only briefly touched on in The Rise of Skywalker, but you have to believe that there are more stories to be told between the events of The Last Jedi and this film.

Look at this still for more than 90 seconds, and that's still more screentime than poor Rose Tico received in the Skywalker Saga finale! The question is, why was she put on the backburner?

Common sense says that it was probably Lucasfilm's way of appeasing the so-called "fans" who decided to target the character as a means of venting their frustrations over The Last Jedi.

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26 Comments

nikgrid - 2/26/2020, 12:53 AM

Cool?

mastakilla39 - 2/26/2020, 5:31 AM

@nikgrid - The cycle is repeating itself. I remember when they 1st announced the extended canon during 5:Empire strikes back and it sold massively. Then Disney bought everything and destroyed its canon.

This is for a whole new generation of star wars nerds that didn't grow up with lucas and the skywalkers. Disney is rewriting history and destroying legacies again because they can. This is for the sake of business rather than art.

This is not for me sadly, nor is my age group their target audience anymore. At least we have Yoda or Baby Yoda to tie everything.

nikgrid - 2/26/2020, 10:53 AM

@mastakilla39 - "This is not for me sadly, nor is my age group their target audience anymore. At least we have Yoda or Baby Yoda to tie everything."

I hear ya. I've been a massive SW fan since I saw Empire in 1980, but I think I don't care anymore, TLJ and the DT killed any enthusiasm for any new Star Wars that's not set during the Lucas age.

TRUH - 2/26/2020, 1:04 AM

WTF is this shit, who buys starwar books these days?? where is kotor 3 where is c-wing alliance 2, where is x-wing vs tie figther 2, who ask for this crap! we need the old games to come back so star wars can be heal NOT THIS!

Nebula - 2/26/2020, 1:20 AM

Even less reason why anybody is going to bother with these.

L0RDbuckethead - 2/26/2020, 1:33 AM

LordHarryLatts - 2/26/2020, 1:43 AM

So, to get everyone excited about these new books and comics...they make sure you know it's ok to ignore them ? That's a bold strategy Cotton.

DonDave - 2/26/2020, 4:02 AM

It could be argued that by doing this they allow the creators to create a world, themes and storylines that any film makers can then go and play around in and not have to be saddled with creating a whole new era of Star Wars.

zeon00 - 2/26/2020, 5:03 AM

The new Star Wars stories should be set a 1000s years later after episode 9

Reeds2Much - 2/26/2020, 6:20 AM

HIGH REPUBLIC Comic Books And Novels Won't Tie Into Any Upcoming Movies Or TV Shows

If history proves anything, people will cite these books as reasons to dislike future movies for not being source accurate enough.

Nebula - 2/26/2020, 6:26 AM

@Reeds2Much -

DarthNihilus - 2/26/2020, 8:57 AM

Give me KOTOR.. give me Freaking SITH!! like a lot of them.

InfinitePunches - 2/26/2020, 7:18 PM

This is almost definitely a testing ground in my view. "This is for hardcores only." So if the hardcores like it, then we'll consider making a movie about it for everyone else.

LadiesmanBumble - 2/26/2020, 10:49 PM

Jesus Christ, Disney. You take one step forward in the right direction with announcing a KotOR series/movies/whatever it turns out to be; and then you take three steps back with this soggy excuse of a turd.
This is the dumbest reveal since J.J. Abrams announced that he was going to write a Spider-Man series with his son.

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