So, it's finally here, at least the first few books. Is it going to be reflected in the game as well? On one hand, there are no characters from printed media so far, but on the other hand, Disney seems to be going big on HR so some cross-promotion would make sense. So, what do you think will happen?
Oh, and I didn't have time to dig into any of the novels yet, so please avoid unmarked spoilers.
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Are there really? Once they are done with the last season of Mando, there isn't anything more current. Sure, there is the Armorer and presumably Mando tag with some effort to pull the faction together, but that will last a few months tops. There may well be work on HR content underway already.
I care, so there's at least one person out there that does. Presumably more.
I care as well, obviously. The question is whether CG does (or the Mouse makes them).
Will be dropping new GLs in a few months.
Mandalorian Season 2 Content
Bad Batch
Andor
Kenobi
Droid Story
Acolyte
Lando
Ahsoka
Rangers of the Republic
Book of Boba Fett
All those shows will have way more popularity than a book and comic books.
PS: We already have way more light side characters than dark anyway.
I suspect the portion of players who will read the books is insignificant. It would make more sense to focus on characters in the movies and TV shows.
This will be about "dark forces" near the end of the High Republic, so maybe that's when we get stuff of this era.
True, but I want Sith not just "bad guys".
I, for one, am shocked by the response.
afaik High Republic is not limited to YA novels
You would be correct. Adult, YA, Middle School and Young Readers. Plus comics.
Eh, it seems like common sense that TV/movies are more popular than books in this day and age, so it makes... sense... to deduce that, relatively to a tv release, "noone" - emphasis on the quotes - is going to care about the novels (YA or otherwise).
Those are all (apart from mando s2) further down the line, HR stuff is coming out literally right now. They could be done with a bunch of it before any of the things you listed (again, apart from Mando s2, obviously) even comes out. Jan - Feb Mando s2, Feb - Mar HR, Mar and further whatever new stuff comes first sounds like a plausible timeline to me.
And yeah, character balance might be a problem. Jedi are already one of the most numerous factions, with very powerful leaders to boot, so designing any new ones will be tricky unless they go the JKL route and "ban" some subset. It could be interesting to see the new villains, though.
have you seen how slow CG works? Plus they do get info before the public so they can work on things early.
Those are some of the most popular Star Wars novels of all time though, and treasured by almost all legends fans. I think the popularity will depend entirely on how good this new era is. If these books create a powerful, exciting new era, then I think the books will soon turn into TV shows, then TV shows to movies, then major crossovers events. If these initial books are mediocre, the popularity will remain with the group of people who read the canon books, which includes me and, I’m guessing here, a small group of fans.
No one cares about a bunch of kids TV shows but we got a ton of those toons.
Which characters do you speak of? Also you are very wrong
Yeah, but Thrawn had been a huge part of the expanded universe for over 25 years and was one of the most popular characters in the entire expanded universe. These High Republic books are following brand-new characters who have no following or fan base yet. Rebels was also 3-4 seasons in before they got any characters in this game.
Clone Wars has a ton of fans and Rebels was also a very popular show. Lots of people care about those shows. It's inaccurate to label them as "kids TV shows" just because they are animated. By that logic, Family Guy and South Park would be kids shows too, which obviously isn't the case.
The kids who watched those shows sure as hell care about them.
If you had your way there would only have been three movies and the fandom would be dead by now.
We already have loved characters from before the Galactic Republic (KOTOR for that matter).
Sure, it was already well explained with Thrawn. For High Republic characters for swgoh. Lets wait for Acolyte and see then (when we finally have established designs and animations). This game can't design a new character like Brood Alpha for everything else.
What i do care about is a good story, good characters, not having more of the known-from-books-and-games stories changed.
What should be asked is not if we care or not, but if we have hope or not for good stories. I feel better for the tv series than books.
Hopefully the books and comics will not be much tied one from the other, during the first phase. They may establish the new setting, new characters, the situations...
Maybe when the current authors of High Republic publish their stories, they can follow up and connect charscters, likewise following newer authors.
And i second. "Animated" is not the same as "for kids".
I can only hope High Republic make references to Old Republic.
If you’re referring to clone wars and rebels then sir you could not be more wrong. Clone wars is up there with the best Star Wars content we have