Disney has updated the Star Wars website to include a neat list of eras (and where ever film and TV show fits) and provided a brief synopsis of what The Old Republic will entail.
As spotted by SWNN, the update to StarWars.com gives us a breakdown of the different time periods in the galaxy far, far away, including the time of The Old Republic.
“The Republic is founded among the worlds of the Galactic Core,” it reads, “and the Jedi Order emerges to protect it. A schism within the Jedi leads to the creation of the Sith in this epic era.”
Of course, The Old Republic has existed in Star Wars lore for some time, even if it's no longer Canon thanks to Disney taking over. The original Knights of the Old Republic game from BioWare began to explore this long-forgotten era of Star Wars history, 4,000 years before the rise of the Galactic Empire.
The series gave rise to a new formidable character, Revan, who has not yet appeared on the big screen even though The Rise of Skywalker made them canon.
In fact, no Star Wars projects yet exist in the Old Republic era, but its inclusion in the timeline certainly suggests there may be something on the way.
Other eras without any projects or descriptions include Dawn of the Jedi and the New Jedi Order but these will be headlined by two upcoming films. Dawn of the Jedi is a time some 25,000 years before Star Wars: A New Hope and will be the setting for the upcoming film by director James Mangold which promises to take us back to the earliest point in the Star Wars timeline.
Meanwhile, the New Jedi Order takes place 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker and will see the return of Daisy Ridley’s Rey in a film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
As for The Old Republic, there’s very little developing here so far, at least that we know of. The recent Knights of the Old Republic Remake has seemingly stalled, with Embracer Group switching development from Aspyr to Saber Interactive after the project was said to be on hold indefinitely.
Still, with its own section on the official Star Wars website and a new, albeit brief, synopsis, it begs the question — when will we get our first film or TV project set in the Old Republic? Hopefully we’ll find out sooner rather than later.
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