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The Expanded Universe Really IS Toast.

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The Expanded Universe Really IS Toast.

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agamemnon-
04.25.2014 , 10:28 PM | #81
Quote: Originally Posted by JediMasterSLC View Post
EU will always be the REAL canon- this new stuff is just a Star Trek-style alternate universe. And you aren't a true SW fan if you don't agree.
Yea, because millions of Star Wars fans must automatically subscribe to the interpretations of the Star Wars universe by one disgruntled fan boy.

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Darth-Rion
04.25.2014 , 10:36 PM | #82
Quote: Originally Posted by Reno_Tarshil View Post
Odd the near bald guy with the goatee was my Kotor avatar and he looks just like Dominic...
The Asian guy, right?

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JediMasterSLC
04.25.2014 , 11:13 PM | #83
Quote: Originally Posted by agamemnon- View Post
Yea, because millions of Star Wars fans must automatically subscribe to the interpretations of the Star Wars universe by one disgruntled fan boy.

U Mad Bro?
It's true though.

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OddballEasyEight
04.25.2014 , 11:40 PM | #84
Quote: Originally Posted by Infernixx View Post
http://starwars.com/news/the-legenda...-new-page.html



The EU just got retconned out of canon existence. Bits and pieces will be salvage for the new canon, but the stories themselves just got Alderaaned.
I enterpret it as anything after the movies is toast.
The stuff that takes place way before the movies is relatively safe tho.
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illgot
04.26.2014 , 01:45 AM | #85
I grew up watching OVA anime so the idea of taking a well known IP and completely rewriting it is not shocking.

It is a fictional universe that can easily be rewritten for our enjoyment.

We can do this with real history, why not fictional history?

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Fantazm
04.26.2014 , 03:39 AM | #86
I'm really not too sure that I actually care one way or another to be honest. I'm sure at some point there'll be something that will irritate me, but I'll get over it.

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Edzew
04.26.2014 , 06:55 AM | #87
Quote: Originally Posted by JediMasterSLC View Post
Chewie is dead by the timeframe of these new movies, which are going to be set in some strange alternate universe apart from the true Star Wars galaxy.
no he isnt. he is actually going to be in the next movie
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SgtJeremy
04.26.2014 , 07:20 AM | #88
So what is happening? Everything that happened after RoTJ is non canon or what? A lot of abbreviations are new to me and are confusing me greatly. I need a Star Wars Lore for dummies book or something.
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Beniboybling
04.26.2014 , 08:19 AM | #89
Quote: Originally Posted by SgtJeremy View Post
So what is happening? Everything that happened after RoTJ is non canon or what? A lot of abbreviations are new to me and are confusing me greatly. I need a Star Wars Lore for dummies book or something.
Basically its like this. Everything aside from the movies, the films and future works is now "legend" in the most literal sense. Stories regarded as based on historical facts but which its up to you to decide whether true or not. Like the legend of King Arthur, and the "legend" that Jesus was the Son of God as opposed to just a carpenter.

The rest is gospel, absolute truth. It definitely happened and there is no disputing that.

Retcons in this case are now where the facts trump the fictional elements of those legends.

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Aerilas
04.26.2014 , 08:31 AM | #90
Ill be honest I didn't read the entire blog.

But... does it really matter whether some guy or some company says it's not canon? It's still created it hasn't been deleted. You yourself can view it as canon,..
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