Star Wars‘ most recent TV show, Young Jedi Adventures, is copying one of the best tricks the Harry Potter franchise used. Young Jedi Adventures is one of the franchise’s more child-friendly shows and takes place in Star Wars’ High Republic era. The High Republic era was recently explored in a more mature setting via The Acolyte, with upcoming Star Wars TV shows potentially continuing this, should a second season be ordered by Lucasfilm.

Until then, however, Young Jedi Adventures is offering more insight into the world of Star Wars before the first chronological movie. The series centers around three young Jedi learning the ways of the Force, Kai Brightstar, Lys Solay, and Nubs. Naturally, the focus on younglings makes the Star Wars show slightly less mature than other projects in the franchise, though the most recent installment is proving to copy Harry Potter‘s best trick concerning its tone.

Young Jedi Adventures Is Maturing With Its Stars

As Star Wars’ Young Jedi Age, The Show Grows In Maturity

The trend in question is that Young Jedi Adventures is maturing alongside its main characters. Given that the main trio of the show is so young, it makes sense that they will grow up as the show continues. Young Jedi Adventures season 2 proves this and even reflects the slightly older ages of the characters with a touch of more mature content. This could even have implications on the future of the show, with Young Jedi Adventures’ future installments potentially even furthering the more mature tone season 2 is exploring.

This is something that the Harry Potter franchise used to great effect. When comparing the tone of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the disparity is evident. Even the logo of Warner Bros. Entertainment got darker and more decrepit as the series went on, evoking the same change in tone. As Harry, Ron, and Hermione got older with each year of Hogwarts and thus, each movie, they underwent darker adventures with added maturity, just as Young Jedi Adventures is exploring.

This Is The Same Approach That Made Clone Wars So Great

Young Jedi Adventures Is Wisely Repeating After One Of Star Wars’ Best TV Shows

Interestingly, this approach helped one of Star Wars’ other animated shows become one of the best in the franchise. Star Wars: The Clone Wars began as a much more child-friendly show, albeit it was more mature than Young Jedi Adventures season 1. Regardless, the first few seasons of The Clone Wars had some dark elements but were mostly suitable for all ages.

Although the same can be said for The Clone Wars season 7, there is no denying that it was more mature than the earlier seasons of the show. The later seasons of The Clone Wars, especially the final arc of season 7, were much more bleak and willing to explore the horrors of war that earlier seasons did not do as frequently. Young Jedi Adventures is following this pattern, which was arguably mastered with the Harry Potter franchise.