Lucasfilm has revealed the opening crawl for its upcoming publishing event, Star Wars: The High Republic. Set 200 years before Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, The High Republic tells stories of the Jedi during the height of peace in the Republic. Since these stories don’t take place during the events of any released or planned Star Wars films or series, the creators have the freedom to build a new tale from the ground up. That means new Jedi, new lightsabers, a young(er) Yoda, and connections to characters from the Star Wars movies. To give the event the feel of a classic Star Wars tale, Lucasfilm created an opening crawl like those that precede the Star Wars Skywalker saga movies to lay out the state of the galaxy.

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