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There was of course the "Kaiburr Crystal" in SOTME, and its namesake appeared as a lightsaber crystal in the game KOTOR 2:
She was likely just like him until maybe having her eyes opened to some stuff going down that didn't sit right with her. Padme was likely not the only person who was growing suspicious of Palpatine yet their was a time when Padme also trusted him. Padme and Mon Mothma I think were even friends.
Sly Moore is also one of the few of the Emperor's inner circle who probably knows he's a Sith Lord along with Mas Amedda. She's probably on the lookout for any and all signs of potential resistance to Palpatine's policies and helps keep an eye on Imperial Senators.
It's confirmed she does.
That EP3 deleted scene of them meeting and discussing Palpatine is considered canon, it's been mentioned in other stories. Padme and her were part of the Delegation of 2,000
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Delegation_of_2,000
As a very general rule of thumb; any scene that was only cut for time and pacing reasons, should probably be considered to have "happened" in some form or another. Saying it's 'canon' isn't quite correct since until it explicitly shows up in a story somewhere, it's all still in flux. I mean one can hardly retcon a deleted scene, right?
So yeah, Luke probably saw some of the battle while out fixing a vaporator in the south range, then rushed to Toche Station tell his friends, where he ran into Biggs, back fresh from the academy and planning to jump ship for the Alliance.
Echo Base probably had an off-screen Wampa infestation that also probably caused some side-trouble for the invading snowtroopers. There was probably a sandstorm when they got back to the ships after the battle at Carkoon . . . etc, etc.
Notice the big dipper in the opening star field shot?
The Biggs scene on Tatooine has been made solidly canon. I can't remember in what book.
Wookieepedia's only source is Biggs' Biography slideshow on the official website. But I'm almost certain it also appeared in a book somewhere.
https://www.starwars.com/databank/biggs-darklighter-biography-slideshow
Echo Base was made out of an old Wampa den, and one book mentions Snowtroopers ignoring a warning sign and getting attacked.
Tell that to the EU and Shaak-Ti's many deaths.
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I'm well aware of all of that, and I maintain that until it actually shows up in a story that matters (ie; live action or animation), it's all in flux. And that's fine. Nothing wrong with a little uncertainly and narrative flexibility.
Nothing was retconned there, because nothing was "conned" to begin with. Or are we now saying that Everything that wasn't in the Rough Draft is a retcon now?
Also a deleted scene.
Yeah that's why I brought it up.
IIRC, it's because that scene is considered canon that Biggs was not included in Rogue One.
Correction: Biggs was in 'Rogue One' (there's set photos of what is clearly meant to be a look-alike, 'stach, helmet & all) but none of the footage of him was in the final cut. So far as I'm aware, it's only presumed that that was cut out of respect to the deleted footage; I've never come across any authoritative statement on the point. Even so, it was clearly an afterthought since they went to the initial trouble of casting said lookalike and recreating the helmet design. You'd think if it was already firm policy, then they wouldn't have wasted time and money doing that.
For clarity: I'm firmly of the "Toche Station and indeed most deleted scenes should be canon where it makes sense" mindset, but one must try to be objective and pragmatic about such things.
Wedge was the only one purposely left out of the battle because he couldn't be at Scarif when the Death Star jumps in to preserve his shock 'Look at the size of that thing' line in ANH.
You can hear Wedge over the intercom (voiced by David Ankrum, who dubbed over Lawson and Higgins in ANH) directing the pilots to their fighters. According to the side lore, he was injured which was why he couldn't go with them to Scarif.
Wion Dillems (Green 12) is holding a helmet similar to Biggs' in this photo shoot, but in the Visual Guide he's holding a different helmet.
There's a helmet in the guide with the same checker pattern as Biggs, but different coloured markings on the right side, it says it belongs to Derek Klivian.
Edit: Ah I found the picture you were talking about
You can hear Wedge over the intercom (voiced by David Ankrum, who dubbed over Lawson and Higgins in ANH) directing the pilots to their fighters. According to the side lore, he was injured which was why he couldn't go with them to Scarif.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BLqJN09AX_N/
Wion Dillems (Green 12) is holding a helmet similar to Biggs' in this photo shoot, but in the Visual Guide he's holding a different helmet.
There's a helmet in the guide with the same checker pattern as Biggs, but different coloured markings on the right side, it says it belongs to Derek Klivian.
Edit: Ah I found the picture you were talking about
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Nope. This guy; the one that actually looks like Biggs, not his much more chiselled and windswept cousin with completely different coloured hair.Wedge was the only one purposely left out of the battle because he couldn't be at Scarif when the Death Star jumps in to preserve his shock 'Look at the size of that thing' line in ANH.
You can hear Wedge over the intercom (voiced by David Ankrum, who dubbed over Lawson and Higgins in ANH) directing the pilots to their fighters. According to the side lore, he was injured which was why he couldn't go with them to Scarif.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BLqJN09AX_N/
Wion Dillems (Green 12) is holding a helmet similar to Biggs' in this photo shoot, but in the Visual Guide he's holding a different helmet.
There's a helmet in the guide with the same checker pattern as Biggs, but different coloured markings on the right side, it says it belongs to Derek Klivian.
