Thank goodness someone is. I've seen article after article declaring things like KotOR non-canon, when Lucasfilm never said as such in their blog post. Lazy journalism is what it is. All Lucasfilm said is they aren't going to be following the post Episode VI stuff to the letter; that's it. They might use elements of it, but the story is going to be new. Bob's misleading headline isn't helping either.Jingle Fett said:
Lucasfilm Makes It Official: Star Wars: Expanded Universe Is Dead
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Well, somewhat glad Yuuzhan Vong isn't canon atm...most people seem to have loved it, the series that I read was good quality but...idk, I eventually stopped reading it, really hated them. Didn't help they had Tahiri captured, and then later went and killed Anakin Solo, my favorite character. Also later read that Jacen, and bloody Tahiri go evil, which I really, really don't like.
Thrawn not being canon is a definite blow however....
Thrawn not being canon is a definite blow however....
Yeah the EU suffered with some VERY questionable decisions at the start of the New Jedi Order, I mean killing off Chewbacca made sense in that they wanted the series to be taken seriously. But then they kept upping the tragedy. Then by the end......JUST KIDDING GUYS, YUUZHAN VOG WERE FORCE SENSITIVE ALL ALONG. Then Legacy of the Force went full retard and killed off Mara Jade.Draken Steel said:
GOOD:
KOTOR
Thrawn Trilogy
Courtship of Princess Leia
STRANGE:
Splinter of Mind's Eye
WAT:
Dark Empire
BAD:
The Old Republic
The Crystal Star
Yep. Pretty much.SonOfVoorhees said:
Though given Disney's track record... I doubt they'll come up with anything nearly as interesting as seeing Kyle Katarn on the big screen.
I thought the entire SW EU had already been relegated to non-canon flights of fancy.
And in any case, so what? Most people who're gonna see these movies aren't gonna be die-hard fans. They know the previous movies and only care about them.
And in any case, so what? Most people who're gonna see these movies aren't gonna be die-hard fans. They know the previous movies and only care about them.
Honestly, I think this is the best thing to ever happen to Star Wars.
Star Wars, unfortunately, falls into a pattern over the course of the OT and EU.
Big War, Good Guys Win, Become Bad Guys, Big War, Good Guys Win, Become Bad Guys. Any the Empire has risen and fallen like a million times, even though the last one was thousands of years before Palpatine's Galactic Empire.
And EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE has a Death Star by Any Other Name.
Maybe we will get something original.
Star Wars, unfortunately, falls into a pattern over the course of the OT and EU.
Big War, Good Guys Win, Become Bad Guys, Big War, Good Guys Win, Become Bad Guys. Any the Empire has risen and fallen like a million times, even though the last one was thousands of years before Palpatine's Galactic Empire.
And EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE has a Death Star by Any Other Name.
Maybe we will get something original.
I'm sorry but I can't, I enjoyed Dark Forces, Jedi Academy, Kotor as well as Thrawn books but everything that came after just seemed so out of focus. SW was always a cash cow but the treatment it received in the last couple of years is too much for me. IF you still like it, by all means enjoy it, I'm out thoughGamerMage said:
Actually, Star Trek did one of the better retcons I've seen. It made me want to watch them.nima55 said:
This sucks for the movies. They underestimate nerd rage.
I'm a little disappointed, but hey, at least Crucible was a decent finale for the old series of novels, IMO. I really quite enjoyed the whole Abeloth/Mortis arc that the Legacy novels did.
Well, Star Wars is more a popular phenomenon than a nerd phenomenon. This move makes a lot of sense from that perspective. The EU has built up its own timeline that's so detailed it's bound to clash with whatever the people making the movies going forward intend to do.FoolKiller said:
Which could lead someone randomly picking up a Star Wars book at wal mart for the first time to go "Hwah? Who are these characters? Chewbacca was alive in the movies!" And Disney wants to bring in more casual consumers, because they far outnumber the hardcore devotees. And they don't have to worry too much about alienating the devotees because let's face it most of them will complain but still support the brand anyway.
I'm not a fan of the word "synergy" but that's exactly what this move allows Disney to do. The movies are going to promote a million different products more effectively than ever, and all those products will in turn promote the movies. "Want to know the lead-up story to the upcoming movie? Read this book and buy all these mediocre video games." "Want to know what that character's deal was? Watch this TV show and buy this comic book series." If you want the "whole story" it's gonna cost ya a lot more than a movie ticket.
Whereas the Old EU was just like "So we're not getting any more Star Wars movies, let's publish a bunch of books/comics etc. to satisfy demand for Star Wars content." an endearingly naive motive in comparison.
Star Wars has not yet begun to be milked.
Paid fan-fiction is not treated as official. No surprise here. This is why an "extended" universe shouldn't just focus doing new stuff with main characters and/or their kids. It's a GALAXY. Why not make new characters, new places, new slang, new technology?MovieBob said:
They used to do that, but it's gotten more and more infected by canon. So this move was not only inevitable, it was essential.
the fact that people are upset about a major film company declaring fan fiction un-cannon simply baffles me. who the hell would want to pay some random author money to make a movie when you could come up with something yourself? pretty much all of the expanded universe is crap anyway, so I'm happy that we'll be getting something different
Understandably, the Star Wars EU continuity was starting to rival Marvel in it's complexities and plot holes, so this is probably needed. Only ever read the Jedi Academy Trilogy, so I don't have much riding on it. Plus, maybe they'll be a happier outcome than the apparent 15-minutes of peace followed by a few dozen civil wars the EU made happen.
Huzzah!Adam Jensen said:
This man speaks mighty truth!
And according to his forum name and avatar, he has excellent taste, so who are we to question him?
Back in my day, kids weren't so stupid to believe that stories in comics & movies happened in a "universe". Settings were identity and the notion of a shared setting hardly of any importance. I guess fanboys nowadays need to hold the idea that somewhere, really, those events really have happened.
Because it cheapens and bastardizes a work, not that I'm complaining about this, I'm basking in schadenfreude over this atm.Gabanuka said:
And before you try using comics as an example to counter them, please consider how low in regard comics are considered to begin with.
Honestly...good!
The extended universe was really nothing more than glorified fan fiction and wasn't really all that great anyway. Ever since I heard that episode VII was going to happen I was hoping the EU would get re-written, even if that means another 3 movies on the same level as the prequels.
The extended universe was really nothing more than glorified fan fiction and wasn't really all that great anyway. Ever since I heard that episode VII was going to happen I was hoping the EU would get re-written, even if that means another 3 movies on the same level as the prequels.
Personally, I never saw much other than Grand Admiral Thrawn as worth lifting out of the EU and even he I wouldn't lose sleep over not seeing. The rest really looked and felt like complete tripe to me.