“My question when watching The Phantom Menace was always like, ‘Well, how did things get to this point?'” Headland explained. “How did we get to a point where a Sith lord can infiltrate the Senate and none of the Jedi pick up on it? Like, what went wrong? What are the scenarios that led us to this moment?”
While the show is still casting, Headland revealed the writing phase is pretty much done. The show, she said, focuses on a peaceful era in the galaxy, which she called “the Renaissance, or the Age of Enlightenment.”
“The Jedi uniforms are gold and white, and it’s almost like they would never get dirty,” she teased. “The idea is that they could have these types of uniforms, because that’s how little they’re getting into skirmishes.”