Star Wars' big new story era announced, without attached video game

Lucasfilm has today unveiled its widely-anticipated new story setting for the Star Wars franchise and - as widely expected - it's an era called the High Republic.

But, contrary to previous reports, this big new multimedia franchise push does not - as yet - include an attached video game.

A couple of reports on Star Wars leak sites previously detailed the name and rough time period of the High Republic - set several hundred years before The Skywalker Saga - which Lucasfilm has been quietly working on behind the scenes since 2018.

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