then Shadows, the Zahn Novels, and NJO are canon because they unlike a lot of the EU were directly commissioned by Lucasfilm. Its like I just said with Marvel. They can do their own versions and I wish they would actually. That adds to the best thing about Star Wars ie The Power of Myth. What makes the OT great is that is a timeless story because the characters are all mythical archetypes.

Case in point Lucas himself directly wrote the basic treatment/story bible for the NJO. Do you think it directly contradicts the treatments he wrote for 7/8/9 that they are using? Possibly but why would he have two completely different story treatments to tell basically the same story? People tend to treat the EU as fan fiction and some of it is. But the EU has different levels, when its stuff directly commissioned by Lucasfilm with action figures, video games, cameo's in movies I'm pretty sure that means its canon.

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Posted by Fun Bunch

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Posted on 11/8/13 at 10:38 am to Libertyabides71

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then Shadows, the Zahn Novels, and NJO are canon

They aren't. I've read that stuff. I liked it back then. Its not canon.

The only stuff that is canon is the stuff directly in the films. Sure, Lucas may have thrown nods to fans from the EU in his movies, but it will NOT AFFECT THE STORY OF THESE FILMS. At all.

99.999999999999999% of the world has not read a Star Wars novel and never will. However most of the world has seen Star Wars movies.

These will be original stories that only use the OT and PT as canon. That is an absolute fact.

Michael Arndt and Kasden and Abrams didn't all of a sudden forget how to adapt screenplays (well, maybe Abrams did).

I'm sorry but these are facts.

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