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The High Republic explained
The High Republic is Star Wars before the Skywalker saga: a bright Jedi era during which the Republic expands into the Outer Rim — and finds completely new enemies waiting there. This page bundles the key factions, events and concepts and links cleanly into the wiki.
The High Republic
A bright Jedi era roughly 500 to 100 years before Episode I.
Nihil
Anarchic raiders using unconventional hyperspace tactics in the Outer Rim.
Marchion Ro
The strategist behind the Nihil and architect of the threat against the Jedi.
Starlight Beacon
A Republic space station that promises hope to the Outer Rim — and becomes the prime target.
Reading paths
Trigger & Threats
A single shock destabilizes the era — and the enemies that follow.
Jedi & Republic
What Jedi Order and Senate do differently than in the Skywalker era.
Outer Rim & Culture
Worlds, sects and creatures that make this era unmistakable.
Four-step quick start
- Read or listen to the launch novel “Light of the Jedi” or pick up the Phase I comics.
- Then check the Nihil and Marchion Ro wiki entries for the antagonists.
- Move on to Starlight Beacon, the era’s central stage in Phase 1.
- Deepen with the Nameless and the Drengir to bridge into Phase 2 and Phase 3.