Star Wars Fans "OFFICIALLY" discredit Bioware's Star Wars: The Old Republic

[According to the fan site Wookieepedia's new policy Bioware's SWTOR (C-Canon) is below the TV series (T-Canon) and now no longer canon.]

The purpose of the Holocron database was to "prevent reboot" and "ensure continuity". The purpose of Wookieepedia is now hazy, being that it was a space for the fans to help give the Expanded Universe "continuity", which is now under their new policy as non continual, unless it gets a shout out from a JJ movie - regardless of fan opinion.

"ensure continuity"
"prevent reboot"
"using retroactive continuity to resolve discrepancies when necessary"
What is happening to the EU is more than just an "alteration". It's a complete reboot, in which the Holocron and Wookieepedia were originally created to prevent.

Does this mean, Wookieepedia failed in its mission?

I can understand the Holocron changing its tune. It's corporate property and will do and say what it is paid to do and say, by owner (Iger). But Wookieepedia claims to be run by the fans.

Yet ...

As far as I know, the fans still consider the work that Dark Horse and Bioware has done to be Canon. From the history of the Sith and the Republic, to the Jedi/Sith Code, to the Jedi creed as put forth by Mara Jade's husband, Luke Skywalker. As far as I know, the fans want to see more of Cade Skywalker, more of ancient Tython and more of the ancient Je'daii. They want to see more of Boba Fett, more of the Imperial Guard, more Odan-Urr ...

In fact if you look up any of these Dark Horse/Bioware contributions, they are still archived at Wookieepedia as part of the story (canon), without mentioning the word "Legends". But according to Wookieepedia's own policy we're supposed to conclude now that Wookieepedia's resources are now unreliable as non-canon. That it is now just a resource for paid writers to use, and pretty much not of much use to fans, except for purposes of nostalgia like old toys from the 1980's.

According to Wookieepedia's new policy, Star Wars The Old Republic is now not Canon to the fans, not just the employees of Disney's subsidiaries, but to the fans. What Star Wars fan would agree or say that? I do not know of any. Do you? What about you? Do you know of any fans who agreed to that? How about you?

As a fan, I don't understand the purpose of Wookieepedia anymore. Do any of us really? Which takes us to Bioware. Does Bioware care to make a public statement now that "officially" the fans agree that SWTOR is no longer canon?

Will this have an effect on future subscription sales and cartel market purchases in Star Wars: The Old Republic? Does Bioware have a lawyer? Has the game aged so much, that no one cares? In the world of MMO's, SWTOR is pretty unbeatable. But now, its just NOT part of the "official" story. And the fan site of all fan sites, just said SWTOR is non-canon because it is below the TV series (T-canon). So it's "official" the fans no longer accept SWTOR as part of Star Wars.

Fans, are you still there?

How terrible. This will change a total of nothing to me. My world is crumbling with this devestating news.

The official story sucks anyway.

Firstly, this is not a reboot, people need to understand that. This is the definition of a reboot:

In serial fiction, to reboot means to discard all continuity in an established series in order to recreate its characters, timeline and backstory from the beginning.

--Wikipedia

While the universe that readers knew is changing, it is not being discarded. Creators of new Star Wars entertainment have full access to the rich content of the Expanded Universe.

--StarWars.com

Disney/Lucasfilm are deciding not to beholden to EU continuity, but they are not starting from scratch, they are going to draw on the EU as a resource just like TCW did when embellishing on the Clone Wars era. And would we call that a reboot? No, it uses existing characters as they have been portrayed in the EU, worlds as they have been potrayed in the EU etc. etc. it is in line with EU continuity, not completely and it is not bound to it, but they hardly discarded it and trail-blazed a new canon. And I expect Rebels and the new novels will follow the same pattern.

An example of an actual reboot would be something like Planet of the Apes, the story is completely different, the characters are completely different, the only similarities are the core concepts, humans, apes etc.

As for the rest, you've completely misunderstood Wookieepedia's stance on this, I suggest you read again. Nobody is discarding or discrediting anything, they are just acknowledging that the EU is not part of official canon. Calm down.

I don't really care about the things they handle as canon.
In the SW universe that's canon to me, TOR is still canon while (the animated TV-Series) TCW never existed.

So this doesn't bother me at all

"The fans agree..." this has never happened for any popular work of fiction, ever. In fact it's probably never happened for any work of fiction with a number of fans greater than five.

Wait until the new movies come out and some of the items, mounts etc find their way here. It happened in SWG with the prequels, so I see no reason why it won't be the same here.

My Starwars story is whatver I choose to believe in

Whats the shock here? Seriously, wasn't this covered when it happened?


WE ARE LEGENDS NOW FOLKS.

THERE IS NO LONGER LEVELS OF CANON.


According to Leland Chee and Kathleen Kennedy, the ONLY things canon right now are the MOVIES and the CLONE WARS CARTOON.


THAT'S IT.


Any attempt to justify anything else as canon is just you deluding yourself - we got the official word from the very top.

So we're legends now. This is still a good game, so just get over it and be happy we get to play in the SW toybox, even if it doesn't mean a damn thing to the proper SW universe.

So true!