EVER WONDERED WHY it’s taken so long for Lucasfilm to deliver a Star Wars show targeting the under fives? It’s a salient question, which content chief James Waugh addresses ahead of the launch of Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures.
“For a long time we just weren’t sure if there was an appropriate preschool translation for Star Wars,” he explains. “But as a father, what was important was that first moment where I’d pass on what I’d learned and show my son this incredibly imaginative space that really set my mind on fire when I was a kid. The more we interacted with fans, it seemed that was not a rare story. Dads and moms wanted to introduce their kids to the galaxy sooner and share that magic.”
The new series is specifically aimed at preschoolers, giving them their first encounter with the universe. They’ll see Jedi younglings learning the ways of the Force at a temple outpost on Tenoo during the High Republic era, 200 years before the Skywalker
