First announced as "Project Luminous" at Star Wars Celebration in April 2019, full details of a publishing initiative called "Star Wars: The High Republic" were revealed in a press conference in February 2020. Involving the majority of the current officially licensed publishers, a new era set 200 years before the Skywalker Saga will be explored in various books and comics, including an ongoing Marvel title written by Cavan Scott that was originally set to premiere in August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the launch of "The High Republic" was pushed to January 2021 with the release date of the ongoing comic title yet to be revealed.