Star Wars announces major change for new ‘The High Republic’ stories

A photograph of Porter Engle on the duvet of “Star Wars: The Excessive Republic.”

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“Star Wars” introduced Tuesday the brand new part of its ongoing novel and comedian guide collection “The Excessive Republic” — however the brand new part will include a twist.

“The Excessive Republic” is an ongoing collection set 200 years earlier than the occasions of the prequel trilogy.

• Books, comedian books and younger grownup novels from the collection have been launched in waves, which have all been part of the primary part.

Part II — which is able to begin its releases in October 2022 — won't comply with the occasions of Part I.

• As a substitute, the second part will likely be set 150 years earlier than Part I, that means 350 years earlier than “The Phantom Menace.”
• “Part II will comply with a really acquainted ‘Star Wars’ storytelling order and step into the previous — 150 years up to now to be precise — for brand new tales that function prequels to what we’ve skilled up to now,” in keeping with StarWars.com.

So what’s going to occur in Part II? The upcoming younger grownup novel “Star Wars: The Excessive Republic: Mission to Catastrophe” will havekey connections to the second part, in keeping with StarWars.com.