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Star Wars: Episode VIII
Method of Madness:
Legends?
Edit: Oh, the EU.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 11 Oct 2017, 08:06 ---FWIW, the 'grey path' Force adepts are called 'Bendu' and have been hanging around in the background for a while, in-universe. I suspect that Luke has found out something about their teachings and that is what is in the books he is shown giving Rey in the trailer. If Abrams follows Lucas's own writings, those books are the Book of the Whills, the oldest 'how to...' book on the Force in the galaxy (probably more than slightly based on the RL Kabbalah).
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The Bendu has since become canon and integral to the interregnum period between the two completed trilogies.
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 11 Oct 2017, 08:07 ---Ehhh, if it's not in the movies it's not absolute canon to me, but that's still interesting. Thanks!
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Funnily enough, when Disney bought Star Wars, they've established what is 100% canon and what is not. Currently thats:
- The original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the forthcoming trilogy.
- The Clone Wars series and pilot film.
- The Rebels series and accompanying supplementary material.
- Star Wars Insider, fiction magazine, beginning with issue 149.
- Any information from StarWars.com.
What's still up in the air regarding canon are the Fantasy Flight Games RPGs (Edge of the Empire, Age of Rebellion and Force and Destiny), the novelisations of the first six films, the earlier spin-off films (Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, Ewoks: The Battle for Endor) and series (Star Wars: Droids, Ewoks and Clone Wars (2003 series) respectively). The Old Republic is also a special case, due to how its still ongoing but its still not considered canon.
Method of Madness:
Disney can say what they want, but as far as I'm concerned, only the trilogies and the spin-off movies are true canon. Everything else is secondary. Also, "any information from StarWars.com"? Canon shouldn't be that easy to change.
Also, they specifically mentioned the trilogies but not the spin-offs...does that mean that Rogue One isn't canon?
TheEvilDog:
Considering that Disney now owns Star Wars, they're the ones who decide what is canon, not you. You might think that the rest is secondary, but at the end of the day, they're the ones who spent $4 billion to have their say about canon.
Method of Madness:
They spent $4 billion to make billions more in merchandising and box office sales. They can make their claims, and I wouldn't tell them to stop, but I don't have to acknowledge them. I never thought George Lucas's view on canon was particularly better, but at least the different levels of canon were sort of widely acknowledged.
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