Topic: Disney/Lucasfilm, EpVII coming Dec. 2015, post-RotJ EU non-canon

[Mirby]

on here i was

because this is totally the only site i visit

[Archer]

because this is totally the only site i visit

who even cares

[Ladd Spencer]

I'd [tornado fang] Carrie Fisher. You're crazy. She's hot for an old broad.

[Quickman]

And like it or not, actors age.  Mark Hamill hasn't been looking too great as of late, but with some toning, he'd be fine.  Carrie's looking better than she has been for a while, as she became a spokesperson for Jenny Craig a while back and lost a lot of weight.  She's also funny as hell. 

[Mirby]

Mark Hamill's good at voice acting though. At least he's still got that.

[Ladd Spencer]

He was great in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

[Protoman Blues]

A Stand Alone Yoda movie?

Well complaining, I am not. Hope to see Muppet Yoda, PB is! 

[Quickman]

Until it's confirmed by Lucasfilm, I'm not buying it one bit.  The rumors have been getting really thick to wade through...

[Protoman Blues]

At least it's not as as the Seven Samurai Jedi movie idea.

[Quickman]

And boom goes the dynamite.

While I've been expecting it since the initial announcement of the Sequel Trilogy, it's still disheartening.  The X-Wing series?  Non-canon.  Thrawn Trilogy?  Non-canon.  Mara Jade?  Non-canon.  In fact, Disney now prohibits EU characters (such as Thrawn and Mara) from participating in the motorcade at their Star Wars Weekends.

Wookieepedia will become a HUGE mess as we sort this out.

Urrrgh...

On the bright side, though, Chewie lives again!

QuickEdit: Reading over the discussion on TFN regarding this announcement, Lucasfilm is backpedaling on the initial announcement.

So, according to the Story Group, the old EU is canon, but at the same time it's not canon, but it is until they say it's not.

MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MINDS

[Fxeni]

They're being too cautious about it. I understand why, but... they should just let the axe fall.

[Quickman]

Yeah.  I really don't want a Schrödinger's canon.

[Mirby]

Oh I'd heard it was all labeled alternate continuity. Still, not surprising something like this was pulled.

[Quickman]

Further discussion on TFN and tweets from Jennifer Heddle reveal that we barely know what's going on and Lucasfilm doesn't know what's going on.

Schrödinger's canon is off to a great start! 

And yes, that is the official term on TFN.  Best thing to come out of an announcement that they're backpedaling on while trying to push forward at the same time.

[Protoman Blues]

From what I heard, the EU is being rebranded as the "Legends U" or something to that effect, and the new EU is starting now with the lead into Rebels, as well as a book about Tarkin & more.

[Quickman]

Pretty much.  New EU begins with Rebels and the ST.  The old EU is available to derive stuff from, so it's canon, but it's no longer in continuity with the new EU, which is the new canon.

Hence Schrödinger's Canon.

[Protoman Blues]

I have no problem with this!

[Quickman]

As a chronicler of that non-canon canon, it makes things a big pain in the [tornado fang]ing ass now.

Though, I will admit that there's a lot of post-RotJ stuff I didn't like, particularly from the NJO era.  Good riddance to the Yuuzhan Vong. 

[Fxeni]

As long as they derive from the good stuff, and not the likes of like... Vader's Glove or something.

[Quickman]

Maul returning from the dead is still canon, as it happened in TCW. 

Fett's fate is up in the air, but he's a cash cow, so he's most likely still alive.

[Sakura Leic]

As long as they derive from the good stuff, and not the likes of like... Vader's Glove or something.

What is this and should I even know...

[Fxeni]

Maul returning from the dead is still canon, as it happened in TCW. 

Fett's fate is up in the air, but he's a cash cow, so he's most likely still alive.

Maul I'm ok with somehow.

Fett... he's still alive. I still think it's dumb that he is, but there's no way they're going to not include him in some way.

[Quickman]

What is this and should I even know...

A reread of The Glove of Darth Vader

That should suffice.

[Fxeni]

A reread of The Glove of Darth Vader

That should suffice.

*Shudders*

[Protoman Blues]

As a chronicler of that non-canon canon, it makes things a big pain in the [tornado fang]ing ass now.

Though, I will admit that there's a lot of post-RotJ stuff I didn't like, particularly from the NJO era.  Good riddance to the Yuuzhan Vong. 

I don't know. If it just means switching it from EU to LU or something like that, it doesn't seem like that big of a hassle.

Either way, it's marketing genius. It's going to get a bunch of new readers interested in the new stuff. Hell, I might start reading some of them as well.