The premise of all the comic books, novels, games, and other spin-off works is that they all work chronologically, that the continuity forms one unbroken story. When he created Star Wars, George Lucas built a universe that sparked the imagination, and inspired others to create. The new Jedi order created by Luke Skywalker faces a new era as the heirs of the Skywalker legacy grow up. The Holocron continuity database was an internal database maintained by Lucas Licensing for the express purpose of trying to maintain continuity. Jacen Solo, perhaps the wisest of that new order, now Ben Skywalker's master, falls to the Dark Side and attempts to create a new empire from the squabbling systems that form the GA. An outcry of resistance begins to spread across the galaxy in protest to the new Empire's tyranny. For years, hardcore Star Wars fans had considered the content of the Expanded Universe to be canon, and while only a mega-fan would have read all of the EU content there are well over 200 . Butthurt in denial Star Wars expanded universe fans believe their apocryphal fan fiction was canon before 2014 but they are wrong. In 2002, Wizards of the Coast released the 3.5 edition. The radio adaptations were notable for including background material probably created by Lucas but not used for the films. In addition, the company has reprinted several Japanese manga interpretations of the films, including Star Wars Manga: The Empire Strikes Back by Toshiki Kudo and Star Wars Manga: Return of the Jedi by Shin-Ichi Hiromoto. Like the great Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi said, 'many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view. Over the years, many artists and designers have contributed to the articulation of the various universes of Lucasfilm. Note that novelizations of the original and prequel trilogies are considered canon only where they mirror their onscreen counterparts. West End Games produced roleplaying supplements based upon Dark Horse's comics and Zahn's novels. : The Making of Dark Empire Part III. Several editions of the Star Wars roleplaying games have been published. In The Empire Strikes Back, Princess Leia Organa said to Han Solo, "I love you." Some believe the Jedi adopted a world and named it after the fictional planet. Around the same time, Dark Horse Comics acquired the Star Wars license previously owned by Marvel and used it to launch a number of ambitious sequels to the original trilogy, which began with the popular Star Wars: Dark Empire series. Having reached peace with the Yuuzhan Vong, the newly formed Galactic Federation of Free Alliances struggles to keep itself working as a single government. Also, the Twi'lek Jedi Aayla Secura originally appeared in the ongoing Dark Horse comics series Republic; apparently Lucas saw the cover which featured her and liked the look of her character so much that he included her in the Jedi battle at the end of Attack of the Clones, played by Lucasfilm employee Amy Allen, and her demise is later shown in Revenge of the Sith. While George Lucas was open to other authors creating their own Star Wars stories in a separate universe, there were two topics that were off-limits for the Expanded Universe. The narrative even avoided contradicting John Jackson Miller's novel Kenobi, a particularly impressive feat given that Legends book is set within the same time-period - and on Tatooine to boot. The statement was accompanied by a new video from Lucasfilm about the. You've seen the movies and watched the cartoon. In a 1996 game from Hasbro Inc., entitled Star Wars: The Interactive Video Board Game, which is set during the era of the original trilogy, new live-action scenes were shot of Darth Vader on the Death Star around the events of Return of the Jedi. Taking their cues from the minimal words of description on a script page, these talented men and women have sketched, drawn and/or modeled creatures of magnificent breadth, unimaginable terror, and mind-boggling eccentricity. In 1991, however, Timothy Zahn's celebrated Thrawn Trilogy debuted, sparking a new interest in the Star Wars universe. All Legends material, combined with that presented in the films, was meant to function as a complete story. [] Much effort goes into trying to word things or shoot things so that the existing EU can remain, if only at times from a certain point of view.Dave Filoni, director of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series. ", Lucas has adopted the Expanded Universe name Twi'lek for, Artists for the prequel films have used various Expanded Universe materialsparticularly the, Lucas wrote the stories for, executive produced, and directed pick-ups and re-shoots for both of the, Lucas was involved with the creation of the, Lucas decreed that there could be no more Wookiee. ", He [Lucas] didn't really have that much concern for what we were doing in the books and games. Some purists rejected the Expanded Universe as apocrypha, believing that only the events in the film series are part of the "real" Star Wars universe. George Lucas plans for the Star Wars sequels, most of which were revealed in The Star Wars Archives: Episodes IIII, 19992005, prove that Lucas would have ignored the Star Wars Expanded Universe for his version of episodes VII, VIII, and IX. The Rebellion starts to reform itself into a body of government, first as the Alliance of Free Planets, and later the New Republic. He opened up that universe to be a creative space for other people to tell their own tales. Many believe the world is merely the mythic setting of the Qel-Droma Epics, using familiar tropes found in other mythological frameworks of the gods. Much of the early Legends material from the early 1980s contained analogies to the real world, which belied the impression that the Star Wars universe had no connection to Earth or our own time. From 1991 through 1999, the Star Wars universe got very weird and very fun. Meanwhile, Star Wars: Republic supplemented the show, filling in various empty spaces Clone Wars left while providing more context for all three prequel movies. Although George Lucas's name is on the cover of the original Star Wars novelization, Alan Dean Foster ghostwrote it. Bill Slavicsek worked on all the editions. Some of the original crew for A New Hope came back to shoot these scenes. Star Wars Expanded Universe, also known as the EU amongst Star Wars spin-off and fans, encompasses all of the officially licensed, fictional background of the Star Wars universe, outside of the Star Wars Legend of Books produced by George Lucas and best known perhaps for production the adventures of Starkiller. The second season of the series concludes by introducing General Grievous, one of the main antagonists in the upcoming Revenge of the Sith. In the era before the Galactic Republic, the Je'daii Order first discovers the Force on the planet Tython, and works to better understand the mystical energy. At the same time as Dark Empire's release in the early 1990s, Bantam Spectra published Timothy Zahn's The Thrawn Trilogy. After the seemingly final defeat of the Sith, the Republic enters a state of complacency. The prequel trilogy takes place during this era. The new ride opened May 20, 2011 in Walt Disney World and June 3, 2011 in Disneyland. The early development of the Expanded Universe was sporadic and unrefined, in large part because, at this time, there was so little canon material for the creators to use as reference. Yes! One was anything regarding Anakin Skywalkers backstory or Lukes mother, as that was the story George Lucas was creating for the prequel trilogy. That is also why it took so long for The Phantom Menace to be made after Return of the Jedi. The first Star Wars first-person shooter, Dark Forces, was introduced by LucasArts in February 1995. Although some stories are more reliable than others, they all are looked upon as part of the overall "history." The canon New Republic is heavily influenced by the old Star Wars Expanded Universe, which has now been branded non-canon (or "Legends"). But I do try to keep it consistent. Game mechanics are also some special effects accompanying the use of Force powers, such as sounds and glow surrounding the caster, which never appear in the movies. You watched the cartoon series, or maybe played some of the video games. Welcome to the Star Wars Canon Extended Wikia This Wiki is about the Canon of the new Star Wars universe and it works to incorporate some of the elements of the old Legends universe who could potentially make an appearance. In 1987, Lucasfilm and Disney, utilizing the power of Industrial Light & Magic, teamed up to produce Star Tours, an amusement-park simulator ride through the Star Wars galaxy, eventually opened in multiple Disney parks. Star Wars was also a daily newspaper comic strip from 1979 to 1984. Star Wars is an American epic space-opera media franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas that includes Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983). In addition to filling in the time between the movies, this additional content greatly expanded the Star Wars timeline before and after the film series. The new Star Wars gatekeepers keep coming up with new and inventive ways of adapting ideas from the defunct 'Legends' timeline for the new Star Wars canon.` By Adam Rosenberg on May 27, 2018 Namely, in 2014, Disney announced that they would sunset the Star Wars Expanded Universe (EU). It confirmed several "new" Jedi who survived Order 66 - many of whom were lifted from Legends. Star Wars Fans Missed the Point of Palpatine Being Anakin's Father, Expanded Universe is no longer strictly canon, Star Wars Just Gave The Jedi Their Version Of Captain America, Star Wars Art Showcases Unique Lightsaber of Greatest Jedi Swordsman, Tony Stark Is Becoming the IRON SHOGUN with New Samurai Armor & Swords, Civil War's Alternate Ending Unleashed Iron Man's Ultimate Weapon, DC's Most Powerful Hero Is a Justice League D-Lister (According to Batman). Following the release of Revenge of the Sith, events between the two trilogies were elaborated upon, such as the Great Jedi Purge. When I said [other people] could make their own Star Wars stories, we decided that, like Star Trek, we would have two universes: My universe and then this other one. In addition, many other toys have been made. As part of his work with the Holocron, Chee was responsible for the creation of this classification system, and he spent the early stages developing and refining it. Developing and extrapolating from details like this in a consistent fashion turned West End Games' Star Wars products into a de facto reference library for other developers of the EU. Splinter drew inspiration primarily from an early draft of the Star Wars script. The Star Wars Expanded Universe, called the EU for short, is the name used to denote the Star Wars books, comics, video games, and more that were part of the Star Wars canon prior to April 25, 2014. Meanwhile, the Expanded Universe is no longer considered canon[2] and was re-termed as the "Legends" brand. Featuring an original and interactive soundtrack by game composer Clint Bajakian using the iMUSE sound system, along with state-of-the-art graphics, the game succeeded in capturing many gamers' imaginations. However, elements of the Expanded Universe were adopted by Lucas for use in the films. For example, in Star Wars: The Arcade Game the player takes the role of Luke Skywalker during the Battle of Yavin, although the specific events of the game do not exactly match those seen on screen during A New Hope. Disney wanted to tell fresh, new stories, and the EU would simply restrict creators' story options. David Prowse reprises his role as Vader, and James Earl Jones returned as the voice of Vader. 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Despite the unpopularity of works like the Jedi Prince series, they were considered just as canonical as popular works like Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, to the degree that they were not contradicted by material from a higher "canon tier," later work, or some other statement from an official source declaring them to be non-canon. The Expanded Universe had a continuity with few wrinkles. The Legacy series is another important book series, which is written by Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss, and Troy Denning . It also touches on the Mythosaurs' previous appearances in Star Wars canon and rounds up every reference . In in-universe chronology, the earliest works are the Dawn of the Jedi comics, which are set millennia before the films, while the latest are the Legacy comics, which are set about one hundred and thirty years after Return of the Jedi. Prior to the release of The Phantom Menace, Lucasfilm specifically prohibited development of the decades prior to A New Hope in the Expanded Universe. For once something is created, no matter what the context, it takes on a life of its own.Foreword written by George Lucas in Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas. The galaxy is finally enjoying a peaceful respite from decades of war. Lucas revealed that he had not read any of the novels and that he did not know anything about that world. That includes Marvel and DC, non-linear movies, fast and furious cars, and a galaxy far, far away. Lucasfilm's approach with these stories therefore makes perfect sense. Select posts by me regarding continuity. Most viewers saw these as simple Easter eggs, but they served a dual purpose in terms of canonicity. Some of these creatures have made it into film, while others, because of the way stories unravel, have not (so far). Attack of the Clones' release led to a massive emergence of new content in Legends, most notable among them are the comic book series, Star Wars: Republic, and a TV micro-series called Star Wars: Clone Wars, both of which built up to the release of Revenge of the Sith. Some are decidedly abstract. The analogy is that every piece of published Star Wars fiction is a window into the 'real' Star Wars universe. This statement confirms the priority of the "current version of the films" over the original versions, as well as the existence of two separate continuities, the "film only" continuity maintained and followed by George Lucas himself, and the "film + EU" continuity that is used for licensed products. The Legacy era continues hundreds of years later in a series of comics that debuted in June 2006 entitled Star Wars: Legacy. The following material, although released after April 25, 2014, is not considered canon: Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! This line of thought was supported to the extent that some Expanded Universe material released before Lucas's prequel films drew conclusions that Lucas later overturned. All these years later, one thing is becoming clear; the relationship between Star Wars canon and the old Expanded Universe isn't quite as simple as many fans originally thought. While such material often features material originating from the Expanded Universe, only the details featured within the new material are considered canon. Disney bosses made the difficult decision to erase the old Expanded Universe from canon, branding it "Legends." Before Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released, Timothy Zahns Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command were the closest thing to a Star Wars sequel trilogy, as the novels followed Luke, Leia, and Han after the events of Return of the Jedi. But did you know that they actually got married? LEGO has cooperated with LucasArts to make four video games (LEGO Star Wars 1, 2, 3 and Complete Saga). The nature of their relevance depends largely on whether they restrict other stories; if they do not, Lucasfilm will not go out of its way to contradict them. The Disney "Star Wars" Legacy. During his time heading Lucasfilm, Lucas retained ultimate creative control over the Star Wars universe. Stephen Crane copied those symbols and turned them into a complete and workable alphabet which would later be used in the prequel trilogy. For example, the name of planet Coruscant first appeared in Timothy Zahn's novel Heir to the Empire before being used in the prequel trilogy (with a different pronunciation)though the planet itself, under a different name, had existed in a previous version of the Return of the Jedi script. Star Wars: Rebellion allowed players to compete in the Star Wars universe on a larger scale, focusing more on the strategic aspect of handling (or defeating) a rebellion, with resource management and agent allocation, as well as large-scale conflicts between entire fleets of starships. In side-choosing games such as the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series and Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series where the player has the choice between light side and dark side, as of yet, the light side ending has been verified as canonical by Lucasfilm in all games. The 2.5 edition was published by West End Games in 1996. While there are many who never consumed the Star Wars Expanded Universe to its full extent, there was also a portion of the audience who had become invested in the universe created in the Star Wars EU. Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide, Into the Shadows: A Profile of Author Steve Perry, Straight from the Horse's Mouth: Creating the Shadows Comic Book, The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Head Hunter: An Interview with Jeremy Bulloch, Death to the Dark Side! Knights of the Old Republic by BioWare and Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords by Obsidian Entertainment are recent additions to the EU, and take place in the Old Republic era, right after the Mandalorian wars. The two posts, in accordance with George Lucas' statements in the same year and month, confirmed that there are "pillars" rather than "tiers" of canon, and the canon encompassed by the Expanded Universe exist separately from Lucas' canon - the films and television series. [] [T]he crucial takeaway from [Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords] is that it's okay to question the [Star Wars] franchise; you [artists] don't have to answer those questions for the player nor should you. For example, there were more than 200 Star Wars novels published between 1976 and the Disney era. There are delightful references to the "Qel-Droma Epics," named after an EU Jedi Master called Ulic Qel-Droma, the protagonist of the 1993 Dark Horse Comics miniseries Tales of the Jedi by Tom Veitch and David Roach. The choice naturally outraged large parts of the fan base, with most concluding the EU was now irrelevant. However, this sometimes did not appear to be true in practice. Widely publicized as the "sequels which were never made," Zahn's novels reignited Star Wars fandom and sparked a revolution in Star Wars literature. Many are also worth a lot of money. It's the same reason Lucasfilm originally decided to erase the EU from canon in the first place. Problems can arise with customizable options such as the species, gender, or alignment of the main character, until Lucasfilm releases a definite answer on this. The term " Star Wars Expanded Universe" itself was first used to describe a specific line of Star Wars toys, but it was later incorporated by the fanbase to describe all things Star Wars outside of the George Lucas movies. It never was at all. George Lucas skipped making the sequels with the original cast right away, as his plan was to tell Anakin Skywalkers origin story first. After Disney bought LucasFilm in. But each contains a nugget of truth to them. No official Star Wars databook could ever name Yodas species or reveal where Yoda had come from, and neither could the Expanded Universe stories. But these were not stories that I was destined to tell. Atari produced arcade games based on the original trilogy, beginning with Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, which were both "flight sim" style games that utilized vector graphics. In 2000, Lucas Licensing appointed Leland Chee to create a continuity-tracking database referred to as the Holocron continuity database. The Yuuzhan Vong lay waste to entire worlds in their scourge, as depicted in the novels of The New Jedi Order. Most of these are brief, cameo appearances, almost taking the form of Easter eggs (which may have been added by animators or others under Lucas, rather than specifically dictated), but others are more substantial. Many Legends tales like the Knights of the Old Republic comics are set thousands of years before the main Skywalker saga. Lucas mentioned a Star Wars Encyclopedia that he would refer to when coming up with a name or location to know if it had already been used by another author in the novels or the comics. Basically, the classic Expanded Universe--what is now branded as Legends--is effectively canon for Episodes I-VI. But it still matters a lot. In this Star Wars is unique from most other franchises. The third, Return of the Jedi, used more traditional raster graphics. For the most part when any discrepancies arose retcons were created to fix these contradictions. Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, and Billy Dee Williams reprised their roles as Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, and Lando Calrissian, respectively; John Williams composed an original score; and Ben Burtt, who designed the sound for all of the Star Wars movies, did the same for the radio adaptations. But that doesn't mean it should be considered irrelevant; Lucasfilm chose the term "Legends" quite deliberately, because many of the old EU stories are gradually being revealed to be in-universe legends. 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