We spoke w/ the team behind 'Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures' about telling 12-minute character-driven stories in The High Republic.
The Galaxy Far, Far Away just got a little larger with the brand-new Disney+ and Disney Jr. series Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, which follows a trio of Jedi Younglings living in the High Republic era. As Kai , Lys and Nubs train with Masters Yoda and Zia , they also make new friends like hotshot pilot Nash Durango , and run afoul of young space pirate, Taborr .
So in prepping for this, you said the High Republic is a great kind of era to tell this story, and I was curious how deep into the High Republic you got in prepping, or was the approach just kind of like, “This is the vague era and we'll take it from here?” So, there's lots of High Republic elements in this show and some funny Easter eggs for sure, coming down the pike. But yeah, the primary purpose of this was to get kids excited about this galaxy we love so much.I’m telling on myself here.
WAUGH: Yeah, from the Lucasfilm perspective, it was a little more daunting at first, like, “Oh, wait, we only have 11 minutes per story?” You know? You get swept into the Star Wars of it. We always knew we could do it, but Michael never wavered, he had so much experience in the space, and I gotta say it fits.
MAGEE: It's funny, to me, how I wrapped my head around it was, like they were saying, it's like riding around the neighborhood on your bike with all your friends when you're a kid, and all the adventures you would get into. We would have to imagine, “Oh, we're being chased by alien invaders,” but these kids are actually being chased by an alien invader.
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