After a year of waiting, the secretive Project Luminous was revealed as The High Republic, a giant publishing initiative which would span different mediums and tell one big, connected story set some 200 years before The Phantom Menace. Even after a delay due to COVID-19, the hype for the era was real, and its opening salvo brought the new era to vivid and exciting life, fulfilling the promise of something new and different. By the end of Phase 1, almost a year and a half later, fan reaction could best be summed up to how the luminous codename for The High Republic turned into a loving nickname for the authors, and even in the months since it closed in March 2022, it’s clear the era has sparked its own part of the fanbase, filling up a Celebration panel about the upcoming Phase II even. Before the next Phase of the era starts, Chris and I (with some help from other fans), decided to look back at the initiative so far and the opening Phase, digging into what we enjoyed, had issues with, and found could be improved as the era continues, so head below for our big retrospective! Continue reading “The High Republic – Phase I: Light of the Jedi Retrospective” →