Lucasfilm Makes It Official: Star Wars: Expanded Universe Is Dead

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Lucasfilm Makes It Official: Star Wars: Expanded Universe Is Dead

Episode VII will begin a new canon, and the post-Jedi EU isn't part of it

This was a foregone conclusion the moment Disney/Lucasfilm announced new Star Wars sequels, but one imagines some fans will still be angry anyway. Today, with a post to StarWars.com, [http://starwars.com/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page.html] the powers that be put the hammer down: Episode's VII and beyond will not conform to the Expanded Universe's version of what came next for Luke, Han, Leia, etc; and The EU is no more.

The Expanded Universe is the general term given to stories set in the Star Wars Universe outside of the films, beginning with spin-off novels in the late 70s and continuing up through role-playing games, comics and videogames for several decades. For a time they were widely considered to form an "official/unofficial" canon with the films, and George Lucas even had to officially make certain characters and periods off-limits in order to not muddy the waters during the making of the Prequels.

While novels, comics, animated series, TV shows, games etc will continue to be set before, during, after and parallel-to current and future Star Wars films; they will now do so in the context of an official unified canon maintained by an official Lucasfilm Story Group, which will also decide which characters and concepts from the former EU can be repurposed by future filmmakers and authors; while the original Expanded Universe books themselves will continue to be published under the new banner "Star Wars: Legends."


Source: StarWars.com [http://starwars.com/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page.html]

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[VoidOfOne]

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if thousands of fanboys suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something TOTALLY AWESOME has happened."

Nah, just kidding with ya. But in honesty, saw this coming, as I'm sure many people have. Now I'm interested in the new trilogy.

 

[Gabanuka]

I really don't see why this is a big deal.

So what, the extra stuff no longer match to one official fictional history. It's no like the stories fade from existance, they still exist and are still great.

Hell most of the best DC comics are Elseworlds. All Star Superman, Red Son, Kingdom Come, etc

 

[oldtaku]

This is an outrage! I am organizing an immediate.... eh, who am I kidding, I gave up caring at Ep 1.

 

[jaymiechan]

i can't help but hold out hope that, just like Coruscant, one EU element that will be 'repurposed' is Mara Jade.
Captcha: i want control <-trying to tell me something here?

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

For the fans, cannon is what they want it to be. If anything Disney are retarded to not dip into all those EU characters and stories. Now if SW7 sucks arse originality wise then they will look worse off.

 

[Falterfire]

Wait, so they're no longer considering them canon but they're going to keep publishing new books anyways? I can't see that ending up being confusing to anybody.

 

[nima55]

Well glad I wasted a bunch of my time. Now I know how Star Trek fans feel about their franchise on being two movies.

 

[Genocidicles]

It's hard to get upset over something that is little more than fanfiction being declared non-canon.

 

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

Wait, so no Kyle Katarn? He is the best thing about the post-Return of The Jedi stuff.

[small]God-fucking-dammit.[/small]

 

[Eppy (Bored)]

Well, it's not like we didn't all see this coming, but still. Childhood RUINED.

It's not like the core Star Wars fanbase matters when your movie is so large that its name alone guarantees you a massive profit, but I still feel like this is gauche.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

I don't give a fuck what they say, Kyle Katarn is canon.

 

[Buccura]

Well, at least we don't have to worry about the Yuuzhan Vong showing up.

 

[DaVash]

seen this coming rip Thrawn (hopefully they put him back into the canon and not screw him up) /vong

 

[Zontar]

J.J. Abrams's movies won't be canon either, so who cares.

Can we apply this logic to the prequels as well? It would be killing two birds with one stone.

 

[templar1138a]

I'll join in with numerous (though a minority) other down-to-earth fans: Called it. After all, three words: Death Star creation.

 

[INVALIDUSERNAME]

We lost a couple of gems but overall, considering a huge chunk of the EU is absolute shit imo, I honestly think it's for the best. Instead of having to follow the ungodly web that was the EU canon they can do something that (hopefully) is good.

And if it sucks then at least it's living up to the prequels legacy anyways.