r/swtor • u/[deleted] • Apr 18 '15
Official News Star Wars Celebration Anaheim: Regarding the Canon.
http://www.starwars7news.com/2015/04/star-wars-celebration-anaheim-regarding-the-canon.html20
u/collinch Apr 18 '15
Canon Old Republic Era stories are not planned for the immediate future, but could happen eventually.
An LSG credit on a work does not necessarily mean that the work is canon (The Old Republic being an example).
I think these two show that swtor is not currently considered canon. I'm ok with that, it means they have more free reign to make up stories.
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u/ChampStanley Apr 18 '15
I'm also cool with them not slapping "Legends" on it as well since that drives some fans bonkers. We get to play in Star Wars' canonical twilight zone.
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Apr 18 '15
From: http://www.starwars.com/news/swca-one-big-story-star-wars-canon-panel-liveblog
StarWars.com Team 5 hours ago
Are The Old Republic expansions canon?
StarWars.com Team 5 hours ago
No — BioWare “has created their own universe that is so fantastic,” we’re not going to change it, says Hidalgo.
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u/dynamitezeddy Apr 18 '15 edited Apr 18 '15
Edit: Never mind, I just missed that LSG stands for Lucasfilm Story Group.
I love the idea of them using EU as reference for the future, IE: Legends are used as source material for filling in some details (such as the physical size and mass of the Death Star).
Interesting their stance on what's canon and what's not. I think the most surprising bit for me was this: "The Darth Plagueis novel, which was alluded to in Tarkin, is not necessarily canon even though it is alluded to (although the details about the character in Tarkin are)." Interesting.
Also, in regards to the Old Republic, didn't Bioware state that they have "free reign" for the moment?
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u/Fadawah Apr 18 '15
The fact Kylo Renn resembles some of the Old Republic Sith Lords proves that the popularity of the Old Republic is considerable. The fact that everything in the EU is intertwined makes it difficult for Disney to canonize it. If they bring Revan into canon, they would have to omit a lot of things that have appeared in KOTOR and SWOTR making it quite confusing for players.
But I'm sure they'll recuperate some cool stuff for the new Old Republic canon.
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u/Marquess13 Apr 18 '15
Yup, Kylo looks like if he was pulled out of Old Republic content.
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u/Haruss Apr 18 '15
The old EU (Legends) was completely liquidated to avoid playing favorites; it was described as being a tough call, though completely necessary.
Legends re-canonization only happens when it makes sense (Hutts are no longer hermaphrodites for this reason).
This is my issue. It seems like LSG team thinks they will do it ALL better than countless previous contributors. Sure, there were some been EU stories and ideas, but also a ton of great ones that fans accepted and took for a fact for decades. What exactly is the point of having the Hutts NOT being hermaphrodites lol? Change for the sake of the change?
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u/Xisifer Apr 18 '15
On the flipside, what was the point of making the Hutts into hermaphrodites to begin with? I've always wondered.
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u/EHsE Apr 18 '15
I got crazy amounts of downvotes for saying Swtor isn't canon yesterday, nice to see the devs had my back.
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u/Apophis_ Apr 18 '15
More:
Source: https://twitter.com/theforcenet/status/589204781039652864
Source: https://twitter.com/Tosche_Station/status/589204994420842496