In December of 2019, the final episode of the Skywalker Saga, The Rise of Skywalker, was released to mixed reviews and overall endless Discourse on Twitter. In the real life context, Star Wars could easily have fallen into a holding pattern.
Star Wars is entering a new era, both in terms of the real world surrounding it and the events within the stories.
Before that, I wanted to revisit all of the first round of releases, from comics to novels to picture books, and talk about some of the more unique aspects of the era, with reflections on what I really like from the series and what I’d like to see more of moving forward! The new publishing venture, The High Republic, is about to move into a second round of books.
