The 2003 video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was set roughly 4,000 years before the Star Wars prequel trilogy, when the Jedi Order first started to splinter off, creating the formation of the Sith, lead by former Jedi Darth Malak.
During another interview, the filmmaker shot down speculation that this trilogy may be set in the Old Republic, a time frame in Star Wars lore explored by the hit video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
In 2008, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) was released entitled Star Wars: The Old Republic, which is set 300 years after the Knights of the Old Republic game.
The Old Republic is still quite popular among Star Wars fans, with a petition starting up in May for a Knights of the Old Republic Netflix TV series.