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[BLASTERS SHOOTING]

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[THUNDER CRACKS]

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[THUNDER CRACKS]

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[MAJESTIC MUSIC]

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- We're finding
ourselves at a very

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exciting moment with
the Skywalker saga

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coming to an end.

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We're at a place of, what's
next for "Star Wars?"

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One of the things
we've always done

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is be able to use our
franchise platforms

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to explore the
creative potential

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of the "Star Wars" galaxy.

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And so what if publishing was
more of an incubation place

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and bring in great
talent and just let

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their imaginations run free?

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We put together the
really unique writers room

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where we had diverse voices
with very different opinions

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about "Star Wars."

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- We all love "Star Wars,"
but we're all coming at it

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from very different places.

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This has been a very free
environment for everybody

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to just throw things out there.

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- We've all done
lots of storytelling.

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But this is unique
and really special.

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- The idea that this thing has
been simmering for so long.

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- It's the secret
history of the galaxy.

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- Yep, that goes way back to
the beginning of "Star Wars."

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- We gave them,
essentially, a blank slate.

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What would you like to tell?

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- For over a
thousand generations,

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the Jedi Knights were the
guardians of peace and justice.

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- A line that we've
been hearing since 1977

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and we thought, you know,
what does that look like?

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- It is a golden age
where there's much more

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peace and calm in the galaxy.

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So we're calling it
the High Republic.

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- The description that we've
used for the Jedi of this era

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is that they are the Jedi
Knights of the Round Table.

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- But "Star Wars"
isn't just about Jedi.

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And we will tell stories of
new smugglers, new scoundrels,

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new bounty hunters.

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- The threat and the
tension really comes

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from the Republic's borders.

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Because the Republic
does not extend from one

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side of the galaxy to the other.

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- It's a bit of a Wild
West new frontier.

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We see a different kind of
Jedi that patrols the frontiers

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and is more of a Texas Ranger.

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- We're now bringing in concept
artists and illustrators

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and visualists the
same way that you would

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when you're making a movie.

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- We even had Ian
McKay come down

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and just do sketch
after sketch for us.

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When you have a guy who
designed the look for Darth

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Maul sketching Jedi
for you, it doesn't

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get any cooler than this.

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- The scale of this initiative
is really new for us.

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We're going to have stories
for adults and teens and kids.

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- We're building this
out simultaneously

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across multiple publishers.

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It gives us the
ability to tell fast,

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interconnected stories
across multiple years.

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There will be a
core group of heroes

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that will expand over time.

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There will be villains.

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- Our main villain are
the group called the Nile.

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We kind of like to refer
to them as space vikings.

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- Their motto is, "You
can't take it with you.

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But we can take it from you."

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- Our story starts
with what we're

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calling the Great Disaster.

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- It wouldn't be "Star
Wars" without adventure.

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And there's definitely
a series of events

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that that will spin the galaxy
into a dangerous new direction.

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And it'll give the opportunity
for heroes to rise up.

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- The cool thing about this
that there's going to be a story

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for every "Star Wars" fan.

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- It's really fun to be able
to keep readers on their toes.

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This era is ripe
for storytelling.

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The eureka moment was the
question, what scares the Jedi?

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And that made us all
go "oh, something

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wicked this way comes."

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