The way I’m seeing some people talk about this online has me worried a little. Despite Lucasfilm trying to do something brand new, people are already comparing it to the Old Republic, and saying how they would’ve preferred that.
Guys, give it a chance. People want new things, and you give it to them and then they complain that it’s not the old thing. I’m sure they will do Old Republic content eventually, but maybe they’re saving it for movies or tv. Maybe they’re just working their way back through the timeline.
I’m also seeing people complain that it is only 200 years before the prequel trilogy rather than 400 as it was reported. The entirety of the Skywalker Saga was what, 70 years? I don’t see how the 200 year difference is a detriment.
In a 200 year span all the humans would change. So no one alive in the new stories would still be around for TPM and no one in TPM would have been born yet. Even Chewbacca wouldn’t have been born yet. Yoda yes, but we don’t know of any other species that lives that long. Maybe the Hutts. So 200 years is enough time to completely change the characters maybe a handful of exceptions. And even 400 years before TMP, Yoda would be around. So that 200 year difference doesn’t matter. I don’t think the Sith line would be to Darth Plagueis yet and the Jedi had thought the Sith long gone so it shouldn’t be a Jedi vs. Sith tale whether it is 200 or 400.