Your fanart and fanfics aren’t canon, either
That’s a nice extended universe you’ve got there,Star Wars. It’d be a shame if it were invalidated. Actually, that’s exactly what’s happening. Lucasfilm announced just that today via the officialStar Warsblog, where it was decreed that games likeStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republicand more of the many, many pieces of media inhabiting theStar WarsEU are now rendered non-canon.
“Lucas always made it clear that he was not beholden to the EU. He set the films he created as the canon. This includes the sixStar Warsepisodes, and the many hours of content he developed and produced inStar Wars: The Clone Wars,” Lucasfilm stated in the blog post, adding that the films are basically the groundwork of theStar Warslegacy. With George Lucas stating this time and time again, that’s hardly the surprising part of the announcement.
What’s surprising is this: “In order to give maximum creative freedom to the filmmakers and also preserve an element of surprise and discovery for the audience,Star Wars Episodes VII-IXwill not tell the same story told in the post-Return of the JediExpanded Universe.” This statement effectively invalidates any and all material that falls into the EU category, with games, books, comics, and a staggering amount of other media included as well.
I mean, it’s not as if I’m hip to all the craziness that is theStar Warscontinuity, but this kind of a movie is certainly understandable given the astronomical amount of content out there to have to wade through and adhere to when penning a new piece ofStar Warsmedia. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy knows this has to be a major pain as well, as she’s hired a story group to coordinateStar Warscreative development.
Can you imagine your brainchild getting that large and that complex? Sometimes I can’t remember my NeoGAF username and password in the morning, let alone that Amidala’s name is Padmé. Oh wait. I don’t have a NeoGAF login because they’ve never approved me. In any case, how do you feel about this turn of events,Star Warsfans?
