We will be live tweeting today’s launch event for Star Wars: The High Republic! The livestream begins at 12pmET // 9amPT.

Follow this thread for updates on any new announcements as well as insight from the authors.✨

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The livestream starts in 8 minutes!

You can watch here:

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Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy introducing the High Republic. Wow! #StarWarsTheHighRepublic
Dang, they just showed off an official trailer for #StarWarsTheHighRepublic and it gave me CHILLS.
The team leading us into a new era of Star Wars storytelling! Can't believe this was almost a year ago. #StarWarsTheHighRepublic
Everyone took two publishing retreats to Skywalker Ranch to discuss what they loved about the franchise and what inspired them, even outside the universe of Star Wars, to create #StarWarsTheHighRepublic.
Michael Siglain: "Everyone had a seat at the table. Everyone had a voice. It was genuinely collaborative."

It's great seeing a piece of everyone's vision being woven into #StarWarsTheHighRepublic.
Cavan Scott originally asked the question, "What scares the Jedi?" Put alongside Obi-Wan's quote of the Jedi being "guardians of peace," that becomes the DNA of #StarWarsTheHighRepublic.
Here's a look at Chancellor Lina Soh, who looks to rally citizens across the galaxy under the banner, "We are all the Republic" in a time of optimism and exploration.

Soule: "That is one of the organizing principles of the High Republic."
Each of the books & comics hit the events of the Great Disaster, which is a cataclysmic event that kickstarts #StarWarsTheHighRepublic. Pictured below is the Starlight Beacon, which is central to Soh's goal of a more unified Republic.
Here's an illustration from @justinaireland's "A Test of Courage," which takes us on an adventure with newly-minted teen Jedi Vernestra Rwoh. #StarWarsTheHighRepublic
Claudia Gray's "Into the Dark" follows a group of marooned pilots and passengers, including Jedi Padawan Reath Silas, as they explore a mysterious space station with some dark secrets. #StarWarsTheHighRepublic
Pilot Leox Gyasi is literally Matthew McConaughey.

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No one:

@djolder: BUCKETS OF BLOOOOOOOOD

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The Nihil are the central villains of #StarWarsTheHighRepublic, and they're SAVAGE space pirates.

Justina Ireland: "They're really worse than the Vikings ... the Nihil believe in nothing" and don't have a code of honor.
Justina mentions many of the things that readers will *really* get excited about haven't even been brought up yet, which gives more of a reason to read these new stories and discover for themselves. #StarWarsTheHighRepublic
Charles's new short-fiction story "Go Together" is included in the latest issue of Star Wars Insider. It serves as "Chapter 0" to Light of the Jedi. #StarWarsTheHighRepublic
Justina and Cavan will continue this short-fiction series for Star Wars Insider with an inside look at the everyday people working alongside the Jedi on the Starlight Beacon. #StarWarsTheHighRepublic
Cavan's next book "The Rising Storm" focuses on Stellan Gios and will introduce "monster-hunter" Ty Yorrick.
Cavan is writing a graphic novel!!! #StarWarsTheHighRepublic
WOAH! @justinaireland's next young-adult novel "out of the Shadows" follows Vernestra Rwoh and a bunch of new characters. She is also writing a manga, "The Edge of Balance," that will follow the Republic's presence on smaller planets! #StarWarsTheHighRepublic
"Race to Crashpoint Tower" is @djolder's middle-grade novel, coming next year! This looks soooooo fun.

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Michael Siglain: "This is just the tip of the iceberg."

Here are the official titles for each of the first three phases of #StarWarsTheHighRepublic. Phase I runs into 2022.
Nice! @KrystinaArielle will host a bi-monthly YouTube show, "Star Wars: The High Republic Show," which will premiere on January 27th.

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Good news for Star Wars: Squadrons fans! Starting tomorrow, January 5th, you will be able to add a High Republic lightsaber hilt to your cockpit.

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That's it for today's live tweet. Thanks for following along, everybody! 🥳💫

Let Phase I of #StarWarsTheHighRepublic begin!
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