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StarWars.com is pulling back the curtain on Star Wars: The High Republic, a publishing epic set centuries before the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, with insights from creators, new details, and never-before-seen concept art. In this installment, StarWars.com reveals new heroes and their designs coming in Phase III of the publishing initiative.

Star Wars: The High Republic has given creators a clean slate. In dialing back the clock to the prime of the Jedi Order, The High Republic tells stories of a very different galaxy than the one we know. We’re meeting characters for the first time, going places we’ve never been, seeing creatures we never knew existed. The entire slate has had a feeling of discovery, and as Phase III of the publishing program kicks off this

Long before Cavan Scott and George Mann were Star Wars authors, they were just two friends who shared a love of science fiction and fantasy stories. From the online forum for Doctor Who to the pages of Star Wars: The High Republic, the duo has shared exciting career breakthroughs, personal highs and lows, and acted as sounding boards for the other’s work. And they never take themselves, or each other, too seriously.

In a new StarWars.com series celebrating the release of Phase III in Star Wars: The High Republic, which officially kicks off with Scott’s Star Wars: The High Republic comic relaunch from Marvel and Mann’s novel The Eye of Darkness, we listen in as the two writers reflect on being invited to join the then-codenamed Project Luminous, their latest

Season 1 of Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures continues today with brand-new episodes — and some major additions to the Disney+ and Disney Junior series. These episodes don’t just feature the return of our favorite younglings; they’ll also mark the first on-screen appearances of beloved characters from Star Wars: The High Republic comics and novels.

“From the beginning, The High Republic was all about giving people different entry points depending on their age and what they’re into,” Cavan Scott, one of the primary High Republic story architects, tells StarWars.com. He penned the first eponymous comic series as well as the game-changing novel The Rising Storm. Scott was thrilled to work with the Young Jedi Adventures team for one of the new episodes. “So to see these characters appear in

In Phil Tippett’s mind, the rancor — Jabba the Hutt’s captive pet first seen in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi — was always going to be a puppet. But Star Wars creator George Lucas had other plans.

“George was usually pretty loose with his direction,” Tippett tells StarWars.com. “He said, ‘I need a big monster for the Jabba’s Palace scene.’” At that point, there wasn’t a complete script, just Lucas’ vision of Luke Skywalker falling into a pit beneath Jabba’s throne room and having to fight the beast within. “I came up with that design thinking that it was going to be a stop-motion or go-motion deal,” Tippett continues. “And then George said, ‚We’re going to make the best Godzilla suit ever!‘ At which point Dennis [Muren] and I

StarWars.com is pulling back the curtain on Star Wars: The High Republic, a publishing epic set centuries before the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, with insights from creators, new details, and never-before-seen concept art. In this installment, StarWars.com reveals new character designs featuring some of the heroes and villains we first met in Phase I and a look at where they are now.

The fall of Starlight Beacon at the end of Phase I of Star Wars: The High Republic changed the galaxy. The Nihil attack established the villains of the era as a formidable foe against not just the Galactic Republic, but even the peacekeeping, Force-wielding Jedi Order. And the destruction of the space station, coupled with the threat of Marchion Ro’s Great Leveler, was enough to

It’s a big day for the galaxy’s littlest Jedi.

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, the Lucasfilm animated series for preschool audiences, has been honored with five nominations in the 2nd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Preschool Animated Series. Set 200 years before Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and during the High Republic era, Young Jedi Adventures follows Jedi younglings as they study the ways of the Force, explore the galaxy, help citizens and creatures in need, and learn valuable skills needed to become Jedi along the way. Check out the full list of nominations below.

Outstanding Pre-School Animated Series

Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for an Animated Program

Outstanding Main Title

Outstanding Editing for a Preschool Animated Program

Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program

„We are honored to

You might not expect a fire-breathing charhound to make a good protector for your favorite books, but Ember is the perfect doggo for the job! With paper, glue, and a template, you can make a one-of-a-kind bookmark inspired by one of the breakout stars of The High Republic.

And don’t miss Ember in action in a new episode of Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures on Disney+ and Disney Junior, coming soon!

What You’ll Need

Printed Ember template

Scissors

Black, yellow, and orange cardstock paper

Glue

Two gold enamel dot stickers, approximately 1/8 inch in diameter

White gel pen

White paper

Get Started!

The activities in this article should only be done with adult supervision.

Step 1: Begin by printing the template for the bookmark. Cut out the gray shapes with the scissors.

Step 2: Next, trace the head shape on the