With the recently announced anthology series Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, the Star Wars universe is about to get a lot more animated.

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That term may be familiar to fans of the Star Wars Expanded Universe as the comic book series that explored stories from the Old Republic.

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The new series will be an anthology of original animated shorts with the same name.

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Tales of the Jedi was a Dark Horse Comics series that chronicled the Jedi Order’s ancient history and conflict with the Sith.

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The original was set 4,000 years before the events of the films, thus this series will deviate from that while still exploring the Jedi’s background.

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The books were published between 1993 and 1998, for those who are unfamiliar with the series.

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Tom Veitch, a key figure in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, was in charge of Tales of the Jedi and its prequel era.

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The Sith are at war with the organisation. It then follows a number of story lines concerning the Jedi religion, the Old Republic, and even the formation of the Sith.

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Count Dooku, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Ahsoka Tano will all be featured in the series, as well as other Jedi from the prequel era.

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Since The Rise of Skywalker, there hasn’t been a new Star Wars film on the big screen, but the franchise has continued to thrive on television.

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