[url]https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Project_Luminous[/url]
This is the big novel/comics event that's coming out next year. Wonder if it has any connection to the revelations in Rise of Skywalker?
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[url]https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Project_Luminous[/url]
This is the big novel/comics event that's coming out next year. Wonder if it has any connection to the revelations in Rise of Skywalker?
It's hard to say what connections it could have with Rise of Skywalker but given that it started just as filming began and the two films screened for the writers were A New Hope and Empire I'm thinking it'll have more to do with the OT characters.
I can't help but feel this project is just going to get compared to Shadows of the Empire. When Luminous inevitably sucks people will say that a multimedia project from 1996 is still better then anything Disney can create.
I think the ESB/ROTJ gap is mostly being handled by Marvel's relaunch of the monthly comic starting in January. Some of the gap has also been covered by the books.
There's been a few multimedia projects and crossovers since but they haven't quite had the same impact or push that SOTE had.
Could be connected to the movie, but it could be something else. I mean, does LucasFilm want to continue the sequel trilogy in spinoff films or in the tie-ins?
[QUOTE=Kintor;4746276]I can't help but feel this project is just going to get compared to Shadows of the Empire. When Luminous inevitably sucks people will say that a multimedia project from 1996 is still better then anything Disney can create.[/QUOTE]
Given that the current tie-in creators have been turning out stuff better then what we were getting in 1996 on a regular basis, I find that a long shot, at the very best. Besides, why compare the movies to the tie-ins, givne that they're different mediums?
[QUOTE=WebLurker;4748173]Given that the current tie-in creators have been turning out stuff better then what we were getting in 1996 on a regular basis, I find that a long shot, at the very best. Besides, why compare the movies to the tie-ins, givne that they're different mediums?[/QUOTE]
The Disney era output has been mediocre at best, outright garbage more often then not. Just compare 1991's Heir to the Empire against 2015's Aftermath and you'll understand why fans still prefer the old EU. So yeah, I think it's a safe bet that by this time next year Shadows of the Empire will still be regarded as a better multimedia project then Luminous.
[QUOTE=WebLurker;4748173]Could be connected to the movie, but it could be something else. I mean, does LucasFilm want to continue the sequel trilogy in spinoff films or in the tie-ins?
Given that the current tie-in creators have been turning out stuff better then what we were getting in 1996 on a regular basis, I find that a long shot, at the very best. Besides, why compare the movies to the tie-ins, givne that they're different mediums?[/QUOTE]
Eh, while I've liked a good deal of the Marvel comics I definitely think the comics we were were getting from Dark Horse, especially in the mid 90's, were a lot better. For one, the pacing was so much better, some of the stories we've gotten so far had no business being as long as they were.
Wouldn't Zahn's new Thrawn novels be a better comparison to Heir? Granted, they're not set post-ROTJ...
Aftermath is generally not well-liked anyway; however there's been some pretty good post-ROTJ novels from the Disney canon although they're a bit more scarce. Bloodline and Phasma are pretty good.
[QUOTE=Kintor;4748266]The Disney era output has been mediocre at best, outright garbage more often then not.[/quote]
Read a lot of them and I can't think of that many that were that bad. For reference's sake, which one's didn't do it for you?
[QUOTE=Kintor;4748266]Just compare 1991's Heir to the Empire against 2015's Aftermath and you'll understand why fans still prefer the old EU.[/quote]
Or I could compare [I]Heir to the Empire[/I] to the best that new EU has to offer, like [I]Master & Apprentice[/I], for example. I've read extensively from both iterations of the tie-ins, so, while a personal opinion, me saying that I think the new is generally better then the old isn't based on nothing.
[QUOTE=Kintor;4748266]So yeah, I think it's a safe bet that by this time next year Shadows of the Empire will still be regarded as a better multimedia project then Luminous.[/QUOTE]
Maybe, maybe not.
[QUOTE=thwhtGuardian;4748328]Eh, while I've liked a good deal of the Marvel comics I definitely think the comics we were were getting from Dark Horse, especially in the mid 90's, were a lot better. For one, the pacing was so much better, some of the stories we've gotten so far had no business being as long as they were.[/QUOTE]
Haven't read that much of the Dark Horse comics (am waiting for the Epic Collection omnibus of [I]Knight Errant[/I], though. I think that Marvel comics has had its share of good and bad stuff, but I think the good stuff beats out what I've seen of Dark Horse. Besides, Marvel has Dr. Aphra.
[QUOTE=WebLurker;4748527]Read a lot of them and I can't think of that many that were that bad. For reference's sake, which one's didn't do it for you?
Or I could compare [I]Heir to the Empire[/I] to the best that new EU has to offer, like [I]Master & Apprentice[/I], for example. I've read extensively from both iterations of the tie-ins, so, while a personal opinion, me saying that I think the new is generally better then the old isn't based on nothing.
Maybe, maybe not.
Haven't read that much of the Dark Horse comics (am waiting for the Epic Collection omnibus of [I]Knight Errant[/I], though. I think that Marvel comics has had its share of good and bad stuff, but I think the good stuff beats out what I've seen of Dark Horse. Besides, Marvel has Dr. Aphra.[/QUOTE]
It's not that they're bad stories it's just that they are so horribly decompressed, every single story was six to ten issues long and there wasn't a single one that actually deserved to be that long.
Aphra was pretty solid, but it too suffered from that same pacing issue with stories so hopelessly padded out to fit the trade rather than being just long enough to succinctly tell the story.
The Dark Horse books didn't have this issue, if a story was four issues long then it was that long because that's what the plot called for, but it could also be two issues long or even just one as needed. And Dark Horse pretty much invented the trade so it's not as if it's just a matter of changing times, they new very well that a book would sell just as well if it was a collection of short stories or one long cohesive tale so there was no editorial interference forcing the issue.
Yeah, the pacing really became a problem with the monthly once Giellon took over. I enjoyed his run on Vader and Aphra but it looked like he was trying maybe a bit too hard to connect all the dots to Rogue One, Rebels and even Solo (Around the time it came out there's even a conversation Han has with Leia about his short Imperial career). Larocca's art was also inconsistent at times, sometimes copying directly from the films.
[QUOTE=ChrisIII;4748686]Yeah, the pacing really became a problem with the monthly once Giellon took over. I enjoyed his run on Vader and Aphra but it looked like he was trying maybe a bit too hard to connect all the dots to Rogue One, Rebels and even Solo (Around the time it came out there's even a conversation Han has with Leia about his short Imperial career). Larocca's art was also inconsistent at times, sometimes copying directly from the films.[/QUOTE]
It wasn't all that much better under Aaron, sure he would break it up a little between stories with one shots but for instance there was no reason for Skywalker Strikes to be six issues long.
[QUOTE=thwhtGuardian;4748675]It's not that they're bad stories it's just that they are so horribly decompressed, every single story was six to ten issues long and there wasn't a single one that actually deserved to be that long.
Aphra was pretty solid, but it too suffered from that same pacing issue with stories so hopelessly padded out to fit the trade rather than being just long enough to succinctly tell the story.
The Dark Horse books didn't have this issue, if a story was four issues long then it was that long because that's what the plot called for, but it could also be two issues long or even just one as needed. And Dark Horse pretty much invented the trade so it's not as if it's just a matter of changing times, they new very well that a book would sell just as well if it was a collection of short stories or one long cohesive tale so there was no editorial interference forcing the issue.[/QUOTE]
I see; I do prefer decompressed comics and read trades primarily, so I don't think I pick up as easily on padded stuff and whatnot.
[QUOTE=ChrisIII;4748686]Yeah, the pacing really became a problem with the monthly once Giellon took over. I enjoyed his run on Vader and Aphra but it looked like he was trying maybe a bit too hard to connect all the dots to Rogue One, Rebels and even Solo (Around the time it came out there's even a conversation Han has with Leia about his short Imperial career). Larocca's art was also inconsistent at times, sometimes copying directly from the films.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Larocca was bad outside of the Vader stuff.
I thought "Hope dies" was a pretty good arc, although of course there was the Rogue One pandering there too (Vader killing Draven in a scene evocative of the film's rampage, Luke naming the squadron). Also Vader does far more damage to the alliance here than in ESB-while ESB was devastating personally to the main characters, here the rebels loses a good chunk of their fleet and commanders.
[QUOTE=WebLurker;4749128]I see; I do prefer decompressed comics and read trades primarily, so I don't think I pick up as easily on padded stuff and whatnot.
Yeah, Larocca was bad outside of the Vader stuff.[/QUOTE]
They read as more padded out in trades though, especially the whole Mon Calamarie story.
[QUOTE=thwhtGuardian;4751222]They read as more padded out in trades though, especially the whole Mon Calamarie story.[/QUOTE]
Haven't gotten that far yet.
Supposed to be some news tomorrow night about what this thing is.
Good to hear.
Could it be the long-awaited Rian Johnson trilogy?! ;)
It's presumabely an EU project, since it involves Claudia Gray, Charles Soule and other writers.
It is High Republic publishing push. They are focus on 200 years before the Phantom Menace. The Jedi Order at it peak and its expansion in the galaxy. I would post the links but I am on my phone
[url]https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-high-republic[/url]
[url]https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/2020/2/24/21151626/star-wars-high-republic-project-luminous-details-time-period-jedi-books-comics-concept-art[/url]
[video=youtube;ql_TqRPQFTk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql_TqRPQFTk[/video]
[QUOTE=Killerbee911;4854402][video=youtube;ql_TqRPQFTk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql_TqRPQFTk[/video][/QUOTE]
On one hand I find it highly amusing that after years of Disney neglecting the prequels they leap into a new prequel era with all the desperation of a drowning man grasping for a piece of flotsam.
Yet having seen this first glimpse of a more 'luminous' age I find the whole concept cowardly. Disney has always had an issue with showing credible villains and the sequel films have suffered particularly from this, both Snoke and Husk were jokes, they needed Palpatine back just to save face. So, it doesn't surprise me that Disney's latest batch of writers come-up with this lopsided world of golden Jedi and lame Mad Max rejects.
Disney can't handle the dark side and more's the pity. I think they've greatly misjudged the zeitgeist of their audiences. The sequel trilogy ended in a dark place with the Jedi more discredited and morally bankrupt then even the best of Palpatine's schemes could imagine. I don't think people want to be Jedi anymore, certainly not like this. It's a fantasy that Disney killed outright and they just don't realise it yet.
[QUOTE=Kintor;4854419]On one hand I find it highly amusing that after years of Disney neglecting the prequels they leap into a new prequel era with all the desperation of a drowning man grasping for a piece of flotsam.[/QUOTE]
This statement doesn't make sense this isn't "the prequels". This is Disney finding a clean era that they can tell a story without having adhere to some other popular previous piece canon. I thought they were going to use The Old republic but this makes just as much sense. They want a setting with the Jedi thriving nothing about this is desperation they were always going to expand out and have a setting with a bunch of Jedi in it.
Anyways I don't even see the point of your complaints, This is a new setting that has a writers room and more importantly unlike latest movie trilogy they are plotting out a path of where to go. I think every fan see the problem with last trilogy of movies, It was three individual plans and not one big story and that isn't the case anymore. I don't see any carry over issues it is not even the same people working on the thing. JJ or Rian are nowhere in sight. New Setting, New Heroes,New Villains New Writers. It is new era. The past issues has ZERO to do with this project.
[QUOTE=Killerbee911;4854402]It is High Republic publishing push. They are focus on 200 years before the Phantom Menace. The Jedi Order at it peak and its expansion in the galaxy. I would post the links but I am on my phone
[url]https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-high-republic[/url]
[url]https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/2020/2/24/21151626/star-wars-high-republic-project-luminous-details-time-period-jedi-books-comics-concept-art[/url]
[video=youtube;ql_TqRPQFTk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql_TqRPQFTk[/video][/QUOTE]
Sounds interesting.
The writing side of the new Star Wars project have been pretty good to excellent (outside of the first prelude books).
Lucasfilm should let the mainline trilogy rest and explore other parts of the Star Wars universe. The High Republic is a pretty good place to start and it actually gives creators freedom to tell the stories they want to tell.
[QUOTE=Killerbee911;4854440]This statement doesn't make sense this isn't "the prequels". This is Disney finding a clean era that they can tell a story without having adhere to some other popular previous piece canon. I thought they were going to use The Old republic but this makes just as much sense. They want a setting with the Jedi thriving nothing about this is desperation they were always going to expand out and have a setting with a bunch of Jedi in it.
Anyways I don't even see the point of your complaints, This is a new setting that has a writers room and more importantly unlike latest movie trilogy they are plotting out a path of where to go. I think every fan see the problem with last trilogy of movies, It was three individual plans and not one big story and that isn't the case anymore. I don't see any carry over issues it is not even the same people working on the thing. JJ or Rian are nowhere in sight. New Setting, New Heroes,New Villains New Writers. It is new era. The past has ZERO to with this project.[/QUOTE]
Exactly.
This isn't the [U]old republic[/U], this is the [U]high republic[/U].
It's an era in Star Wars ripe for storytelling.
[QUOTE=Killerbee911;4854440]This statement doesn't make sense this isn't "the prequels". This is Disney finding a clean era that they can tell a story without having adhere to some other popular previous piece canon. I thought they were going to use The Old republic but this makes just as much sense. They want a setting with the Jedi thriving nothing about this is desperation they were always going to expand out and have a setting with a bunch of Jedi in it.[/QUOTE]
You should ask yourself why Disney is doing this instead of continuing with more stories after TROS. The answer is because Disney utterly failed to do any form of world building, the sequels were so devoid of creativity that there are simply no more stories left to tell. So now we find that Disney is dusting off the prequels, the first 30 seconds of the video is just recycling old prequels and Clone Wars footage. Of course, Disney being Disney they decided to go with easy mode and offered a weaker setting populated by triumphant Jedi and no real challenges to deal with.
[QUOTE=Kintor;4854449] So now we find that Disney is dusting off the prequels, the first 30 seconds of the video is just recycling old prequels and Clone Wars footage.[/QUOTE]
This is first video they are using prequel and clone wars footage because don't have much stuff to show as yet. Pretty pictures make for a good presentation.
[QUOTE=Kintor;4854449]You should ask yourself why Disney is doing this instead of continuing with more stories after TROS. The answer is because Disney utterly failed to do any form of world building, the sequels were so devoid of creativity that there are simply no more stories left to tell. .[/QUOTE]
Dude they hired the Game of Thrones bros to make a trilogy of movies probably based on the Old republic setting. They have always wanted a setting with lots of Jedi. The movies creatively not being successful as they wanted with fans makes a move to focus the High republic easier but Disney ideal Star world was multiple eras/timeline of Star Wars. It was never going to be just what came after the new stuff. They have always wanting something with lots of Jedi involved.
This is no win situation any thing Disney did you were going to criticize it. If they had continue with Rey stuff, You would have said Disney is sticking with unpopular setting nobody wanted. Disney being a smart company adjust their strategy away from the very thing YOU said was failing. You have been super critical of this trilogy and the moves they have made in it .And when Disney smartly drops continiting in that direction you criticize them for it. This is you
[QUOTE=Kintor;4854449]The answer is because Disney utterly failed to do any form of world building, the sequels were so devoid of creativity that there are [B]simply no more stories left to tell[/B][/QUOTE]
This is also You
[QUOTE=Kintor;4854449]a weaker setting populated by triumphant Jedi and no real challenges to deal with[/QUOTE]
Literally you are going "hahaha there are no stories to tell, Disney messed it up". The Disney higher up seem to agree with that assessment. Puts the focus for Star Wars on a clean slate era and moves on from the Rey Saga. You criticize them for it. You got to make up your mind because you are literally contradicting yourself. You can't criticize something for sucking then turn around and criticize the same people for dumping the thing you said suck and wasn't working.
Anyways I am done, You are person is going to be overcritical no matter what so it is pointless to talk about this topic. And now isn't the time be hissy about to the past. It is new setting, With new heroes they are better things to talk about.
[url]https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-high-republic-a-new-era-of-star-wars-storytelling-1841899735[/url]
[QUOTE]All of this started in November 2014 when James Waugh, VP of Franchise Content & Strategy at Lucasfilm, began to pitch a shared universe of books. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy also urged him to “be bold” with the publishing and try new things. So, with the end of the Skywalker Saga in sight, everything began to click. They invited several authors, as well as the Lucasfilm Story Group, to two retreats at Skywalker Ranch, where the group held massive brainstorm sessions to crack everything about the High Republic. Eventually, just like the studio would with a movie, concept artists were hired to begin to figure out the looks of the era. The Jedi would wear slightly more regal, Renaissance-inspired garb. The villains would be basically the opposite of the Stormtroopers of the Empire. And on and on.[/QUOTE]
Disney and Lucasfilm announced that Star Wars: The High Republic will start with five different books as part of phase one (which yes, means more phases are coming). They are:
Star Wars: The High Republic: Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule
Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark by Claudia Gray
Star Wars: The High Republic: A Test of Courage by Justina Ireland
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures by Daniel José Older
Star Wars: The High Republic by Cavan Scott
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A little bit the writers
Charles Soule authored the Star Wars: Lando and Star Wars: Obi-Wan and Anakin limited series for Marvel Comics before later writing for the Star Wars: Poe Dameron series as well as the Star Wars: Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith series. He is currently writing the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren series
Claudia Gray author who has written multiple novels in the Star Wars canon
Justina Ireland is the author of the 2018 junior novel Lando's Luck and the 2019 junior novel Spark of the Resistance.
Daniel José Older Wrote Short story"Born in the Storm,Older also wrote the Solo: A Star Wars Story tie-in novel Last Shot, which was released on April 17, 2018. Older also narrated part of the novel.
Cavan Scott is an author known for writing four of the novels in the Star Wars: Adventures in Wild Space young-readers series, plus several issues of IDW's Star Wars Adventures and the miniseries Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle.
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In canon, the High Republic era kicks off with an event called the Great Disaster. It’s a cataclysmic event, almost a Star Wars 9/11 that forces a universe at peace to band together in a way it never has before. At the center of it are the Nihil, who are the bad guys of the era (you can see them on the cover of Scott’s The High Republic comic). They look a little punk rock and a little Mad Max, but that’s by design. Apparently, those gas masks serve a purpose as they can reportedly use hyperspace in a way that we’ve never seen before.
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My little notes from the video
They are calling it the High republic, They are describing it as the Jedi Knights of the round table.
The republic borders describe as wild west frontier, New kind of Jedi patrols the frontiers kind like Texas Rangers
The Nihil- Space Vikings. Motto " You can't take with you, but we can take it from you
Notes on the board
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The Nihil
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Some art
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More art/covers
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[QUOTE=Killerbee911;4854471]This is no win situation any thing Disney did you were going to criticize it. If they had continue with Rey stuff, You would have said Disney is sticking with unpopular setting nobody wanted. Disney being a smart company adjust their strategy away from the very thing YOU said was failing. You have been super critical of this trilogy and the moves they have made in it .And when Disney smartly drops continiting in that direction you criticize them for it. This is you[/QUOTE]
Before Disney bought it Star Wars was the greatest franchise in the world. If there's a no-win situation here then it's entirely of Disney's own making. Suffice to say, at this point I am under no obligation to praise any half-assed idea that Disney attempts with Star Wars, they burnt through whatever good will they had left long ago. This 'High Republic' nonsense just shows that Disney still has no idea how to recapture the feel of Star Wars, cowboy Jedi and hobo Vikings are not the answer.
[url]https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/2020/2/24/21151626/star-wars-high-republic-project-luminous-details-time-period-jedi-books-comics-concept-art[/url]
[QUOTE]Set 200 years prior to the events of The Phantom Menace, during a pax romana in the Star Wars universe, The HIgh Republic stories find the Jedi serving as a kind of Knights of the Roundtable for the galaxy, and a new threat, the punk-apocalyptic Nihil, pushing them to the brink. The Jedi closer to the familiar system have an air of Greek glamour to their looks. Protectors who dwell on the fringe bring a Wild West aesthetic to the new epoch. Anything seems possible — the white board wish list seen in the trailer includes relict hunters, Sith Empire, chaos agents, splinter group Force-users, rival houses, and “Dinosaurs!” — but as Siglain puts it, the premise of the uber-story boils down to a simple question: “What scares the Jedi?”[/QUOTE]
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Kind of curious they went for an era fairly close to the films and when the Sith are still in hiding, kind of leaving the old Jedi/Sith conflict for later.
[QUOTE=Kintor;4854508]Before Disney bought it Star Wars was the greatest franchise in the world. If there's a no-win situation here then it's entirely of Disney's own making. Suffice to say, at this point I am under no obligation to praise any half-assed idea that Disney attempts with Star Wars, they burnt through whatever good will they had left long ago. This 'High Republic' nonsense just shows that Disney still has no idea how to recapture the feel of Star Wars, cowboy Jedi and hobo Vikings are not the answer.[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure where this sentiment is coming from, from the sneak peak we've had it seems like an idea that would have been right at home in the old EU of like the mid 90's...which was arguably the peak of Star Wars fandom. So a book series that reminds me of the, in my mind, higher quality comics and books of the dark horse era coming right off the back of a trilogy of successful films seems like a winning strategy.
I'm glad that Star Wars finally has comics and books.
To quote Kathleen Kennedy..[B]."Every one of these movies is a particularly hard nut to crack. There’s no source material. We don’t have comic books. We don’t have 800-page novels. We don’t have anything other than passionate storytellers who get together and talk about what the next iteration might be."
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It's good to know that she is finally getting the help she needs.
Personally, I couldn't be happier about [I]The High Republic[/I], because as much as I love the movies and TV shows, it was the comics that I got my biggest Star Wars fix from when Dark Horse had the license. I loved the old EU comics--now Legends--that was set long before the movies and when things in the galaxy were a bit...different. I like what I've seen of The High Republic so far, so I'm totally sold.
[QUOTE=thwhtGuardian;4854693]I'm not sure where this sentiment is coming from, from the sneak peak we've had it seems like an idea that would have been right at home in the old EU of like the mid 90's...which was arguably the peak of Star Wars fandom. So a book series that reminds me of the, in my mind, higher quality comics and books of the dark horse era coming right off the back of a trilogy of successful films seems like a winning strategy.[/QUOTE]
We’ve already seen what the EU could do and it’s nothing like this watered-down High Republic. There’s no freedom for storytelling in the High Republic, it’s set in the least violent period before Episode 1. So, no chance of a large-scale conflict like the Clone Wars or even another Mandalorian Crusade because the Republic has been demilitarized. At least Dark Horse at the good sense to pick an interesting time period with the Legacy era, which offered war a plenty and the re-emergence of the Sith on the galactic stage.
[QUOTE=Kintor;4855379]We’ve already seen what the EU could do and it’s nothing like this watered-down High Republic. There’s no freedom for storytelling in the High Republic, it’s set in the least violent period before Episode 1. So, no chance of a large-scale conflict like the Clone Wars or even another Mandalorian Crusade because the Republic has been demilitarized. At least Dark Horse at the good sense to pick an interesting time period with the Legacy era, which offered war a plenty and the re-emergence of the Sith on the galactic stage.[/QUOTE]
Not really.
The High Republic Era (232 BBY) wasn’t as stable as the Galactic Republic era. The galactic republic was just before the Skywalker saga and was the most peaceful time.
If I recall correctly, the High republic era was when the Outer Rims featured more prominently. The Jedi were formidable then but there were a number of significant threats in that era. It’s not an accident Disney selected this era to expand the mythology.
But then again, this was based on old canon and that could obviously change now.
I wonder if the two Sith at this point in history are perhaps behind the Nihil in the same way Palpatine and Dooku manipulated the factions in the Clone Wars.
Also presumabely Yoda has a part to play if the concept art is any indication, and timeline-wise this would definetly fit into his career.