In … The official canon includes all of the Star Wars films, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, and novels released in and after September 2014 (beginning with Star Wars: A New Dawn).The official canon does not include the Expanded Universe, which is now considered a separate continuity and referenced under the "Legends" label. ↑. universe is all connected.. With the massive amount of canon media that has hit the Star Wars universe since 2014, we thought it would be expedient to provide our readers with a general timeline of the books, comics, and video games in relation to the films and TV series. BioWare jumped headfirst into this intriguing timeline with Star Wars: The Old Republic, giving players a vast, ancient galaxy to explore, unhindered by Star Wars movie canon. Star Wars Rebels: Rebel Strike on Disney.com ↑ "Their ominous presence is a cloud over the planet, squashing any hope of freedom or a better life, especially for 14-year old orphan Ezra Bridger." In a recent blog post, reported by CVG, LucasFilm has announced that all Star Wars video games and expanded universe media is non-canon. ↑ Dyer, Mitch (April 17, 2015). Types Edit. People’s interest in Star Wars canon varies drastically depending on so many things: your overall interest in Star Wars, the value you place on books/comics vs. film/TV content, how long you’ve been a fan, how you view fiction and, if you even know what canon is.It’s something most fans want taken seriously but to varying degrees and for different reasons. "The panel was enjoyable and seemed well pitched toward its audience, but it didn't dive as deeply into the chronology of Star Wars titles as I had hoped.
The long answer is that, for a long time, Star Wars movies were considered ‘main’ canon and books/games/shows, while still canon, carried less weight. And few games have had … Star Wars has been expanded to media other than the original films. G-canon is "George Lucas" canon; the six Episodes and anything directly provided to Lucas Licensing by Lucas (including unpublished production notes from him or his production department that are never seen by the public). The term “canon” is defined as ‘a collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine’ and while that might be pushing it when it comes to Star Wars, the principle is the same. Prior to that date, no one at Lucasfilm took continuity between the films, books, comic books or video games very seriously.
There are various types of Star Wars canon. 'Star Wars Celebration: Free Battle of Jakku Battlefront DLC revealed.IGN. Retrieved on April 17, 2015. Canon is a real-life term for events that have happened in the Star Wars universe. Cheese talks to himself (about Star Wars games) Late last year, I attended a PAX Australia panel titled X-wings and TIE-ins, which advertised itself as "A brief history of very bad (and some not so bad) Star Wars games. It is not hosted, operated, or sponsored by Lucasfilm Ltd. or any of its affiliates. One of the most beloved stories now branded as non-canonical "Legends" after Disney took control of the Star Wars franchise in 2012, is the tale of Darth Vader's secret apprentice Garen "Starkiller" Marek. Star Wars canon is the official continuity of the Star Wars Saga. There are other games (notably Galaxy of Heroes) which are not. Battlefront 2 (2017)'s campaign is canon. Just like that. The Star Wars. One of the best Star Wars video game characters ever is now canon - again. Star Wars Timeline is a fan site.