A Very Cool Ship
We saw this ship in hyperspace earlier in the trailer—and later, it’s seemingly implied that this is a Jedi or Republic vessel, piloted by Sol. But it’s just cool to see it emerge from hyperspace and break off into a smaller winged vessel: presumably this is an earlier version of the hyperspace rings we see used by Jedi vessels during the prequels, in order to give non-hyperdrive-equipped vessels away to travel at FTL speeds.
One small but important part of the High Republic setting explored throughout the transmedia initiative has been the idea of a still nascent level of galactic travel and communication—although much of the books and comics we’ve read are set about another 100 years or more before The Acolyte, in them we saw things like the importance of mapping out safe hyperspace routes, the expansion of the Republic’s borders, and even the establishment of interstellar comms networks. It’s just neat to see Star Wars tech evolve over time!
