Star Wars canon

[ATimson]

Since we are dealing with a fictional universe, people can decide for themselves what they consider canon.

No, they can't, or else it's not a canon.

 

[Lindley]

^ Well, it IS the EU.

Any such bullshit can happen.

Don't be ridiculous. The EU hasn't done anything that stupid.

Well, not since The Crystal Star, anyway.

Exhibit A: Luuke, 1991.

One of Timothy Zahn's missteps, I'll grant. Not that the idea wasn't neat, but the logic of Luuke's creation in the first place just doesn't sit right.

But I suppose it's no worse than Captain Jack recovering the Doctor's hand, in the grand scheme of things.....hey, that one eventually became a "clone" too. Heh. From now on I'm calling that version the Dooctor.

Still, to be a bit pedantic, that's not after The Crystal Star.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Please don't mention Crystal Star.I'm still trying to scour that foul stench out of my head all these years after reading it. What a load of shit that was.

 

[Silvercrest]

Star Wars Canon:

WOOKIEPEDIA:
G-canon is George Lucas Canon; the six Episodes and anything directly provided to Lucas Licensing by Lucas (including unpublished production notes from him or his production department that are never seen by the public). Elements originating with Lucas in the movie novelizations, reference books, and other sources are also G-canon, though anything created by the authors of those sources is C-canon. When the matter of changes between movie versions arises, the most recently released editions are deemed superior to older ones, as they correct mistakes, improve consistency between the two trilogies, and express Lucas's current vision of the Star Wars universe most closely.

T-canon, or Television Canon, refers to the canon level comprising the feature film Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the two television shows Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the Star Wars live-action TV series. Its precedence over C-Level canon was confirmed by Chee.

C-canon is Continuity Canon, consisting of all recent works (and many older works) released under the name of Star Wars: books, comics, games, cartoons, non-theatrical films, and more. Games are a special case, as generally only the stories are C-canon, while things like stats and gameplay may not be; they also offer non-canonical options to the player, such as choosing female gender for a canonically male character. C-canon elements have been known to appear in the movies, thus making them G-canon; examples include the name "Coruscant," swoop bikes, Quinlan Vos, Aayla Secura, YT-2400 freighters and Action VI transports.

S-canon is Secondary Canon; the materials are available to be used or ignored as needed by current authors. This includes mostly older works, such as much of the Marvel Star Wars comics, that predate a consistent effort to maintain continuity; it also contains certain elements of a few otherwise N-canon stories, and other things that "may not fit just right." Many formerly S-canon elements have been elevated to C-canon through their inclusion in more recent works by continuity-minded authors, while many other older works (such as The Han Solo Adventures) were accounted for in continuity from the start despite their age, and thus were always C-canon.

N-canon is Non-Canon. What-if stories (such as stories published under the Infinities label) and anything else directly and irreconcilably contradicted by higher canon ends up here. N-canon is the only level that is not considered canon by Lucasfilm. Information cut from canon, deleted scenes, or from canceled Star Wars works falls into this category as well, unless another canonical work references it and it is declared canon.

So, is the Star Wars Holiday Special considered G-Canon or T-Canon?

 

[I Grok Spock]

Still, to be a bit pedantic, that's not after The Crystal Star.

Heh, yeah, I kinda got that the wrong way around. Craap.

So, is the Star Wars Holiday Special considered G-Canon or T-Canon?

Bea-canon.

 

[Davros]

So did Greedo shoot first or not?

Greedo did not shoot at all.

 

[ClayinCA]

^ Well, it IS the EU.

Any such bullshit can happen.

Don't be ridiculous. The EU hasn't done anything that stupid.

Well, not since The Crystal Star, anyway.

They killed Chewbacca, which stopped me buying Star Wars books.

Since we are dealing with a fictional universe, people can decide for themselves what they consider canon.

No, they can't, or else it's not a canon.

THANK you!

 

[Lindley]

They killed Chewbacca, which stopped me buying Star Wars books.

Ancient history at this point. And he went out fulfilling his life debt, which is more or less the only end the character could have had, so I'm not unhappy.

Don't get me wrong, I stopped reading Star Wars novels for a time when I first heard about that, too. But I got over it back in 2001, and I'm glad I did. Some good stuff since then ......and a few more deaths as well.

 

[DarthPipes]

so, there's 2 Hutts called Jabba who live on Tatooine, who have Boba Fet working for them and have a grudge with Han Solo? sure...

As DarthPipes said, Jabba Desiliijic Tiure was never a member of the Black Sun Syndicate. Xizor's criminal empire was a separate entity from Jabba's empire.

Exactly. Black Sun's Hutt was named Durga and he was completely seperate from Jabba.

 

[Mr Light]

I never minded Chewie's death... I mean what good is a silent character on the written page? And it was a noble end. I was much more pissed about Anakin dying!

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

Since we are dealing with a fictional universe, people can decide for themselves what they consider canon.

Yeah, it's just like religion.