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Summary
It ’s been 10 age since Disney reclassify theStar Warsfranchise , creatingthe flourish Universeand its own new canon . Back before Disney bought Lucasfilm , the “ canyon ” ofStar Warswas a complicated issue . Since George Lucas created the enfranchisement , his six motion-picture show were consider the pinnacle or the ultimate story in canon . Below Lucas ’ movies , Dave Filoni’sStar Wars : The Clone Warstv series was also considered an authoritative story . And below that , most of thenovels , games , and sourcebooks were also debate " canon"by many , so long as they did not contradict the movies or shows .
Shortly after acquire Lucasfilm , Disney announced that almost allStar Warsmaterial outside the six movies andThe Clone Warswas to be reclassified as “ Legends . ” In other words , they made the books , video plot , and sourcebooks non - canyon in one fell slide . Much to the letdown of long - timeStar Warsenthusiasts , Disney did this to pave the path for their ownStar Warssequel trilogy . Characters such as Jacen , Jaina , and Anakin Solo were replaced with Kylo Ren . And rather than marryMara Jade , Luke Skywalker give up and deport himself on Ahch - To .
The original Star Wars Expanded Universe may have been classify to " Legends , " but the official Disney canon continues to draw inspiration from it .
Disney Made The EU Non-Canon 10 Years Ago
In April 2014 , Disney formally give off theStar WarsEU . It would have been nearlyimpossible to bring forth culture medium that stay faithful to the decades of lorewritten about what take place beyond George Lucas ’ original visual modality . Therefore , Disney pass over the slate clean and started from pelf . Before the sequels were released , some expected Disney to loosely adapt the expert report in the EU while also introducing their own raw spin on them . However , Disney apace redefine many all-important aspect ofStar Wars , creating an impossible severance between their own canon and the EU .
Because of how many change Disney has made since bring over , even minor stories inthe EU can no longer be patch up with the current canonStar Wars . For representative , in the EU , the kyber crystal used in lightsabers came in a salmagundi of different colors . Whereas in Disney ’s canon , kyber crystals are colorless , and instead take on a colour free-base on who wields the steel . The mind of “ run ” a kyber watch crystal to change it to redness is also something Disney excogitate . While these change to kyber may sound minor , they rewrite myriad story in the EU .
Several highly - anticipated Star Wars stories were strike down when the lucubrate Universe was rebranded as legend , and some deserve right closure .
Whenever Disney Rewrites EU Stories, The Audience Divides
loosely speaking , the audience tends to fraction when Disney tries to rewrite major EU character and upshot . TheStar Warssequels are a prime example . Many turn over Rey and Kylo ’s story to be subscript to the EU stories afterReturn of the Jedi . Another example isThe Book of Boba Fett . The serial publication did take the EU idea of Boba Fett live the Sarlacc . But in the EU , Boba Fett continued to work as a mysterious premium hunting watch , whereas in Disney ’s Canon , Boba Fett became the honorable Daimyo of Tatooine .
On the other bridge player , Disney ’s more original projects — 1 that mostly take place alongside the EU rather than on top of it — tend to be more warmly get . Rather than rewrite reference like Luke and Boba Fett , some of Disney ’s most successful labor create brand - new characters and compelling narrative within theStar Warsuniverse . Din Djarin ’s journey with Grogu inThe Mandaloriantrampled few concepts from the EU . Similarly , Cassian Andor ’s plight inAndorshowed the barbarism of the Empire in the same means Lucas imagined .
Star Wars Legends introduced many powerful and dangerous Dark Lords of the Sith , and many of them would fit perfectly with Star Wars canon .
Disney Keeps Coming Back To The EU
Despite Disney ignoring the majority of the EU , it continues to nibble through the scrap of what is left to find elements the audience can get charge about . For example , Dave Filoni reintroduce Grand Admiral Thrawn intoStar Wars RebelsandAhsoka . Thrawn ’s character was slightly adjust to fit Disney ’s canon , but his presentation is mostly faithful to the version in Timothy Zahn ’s novel . On the other hand , Disney also admit Easter eggs for other constituent in the EU . InAndor , Starkiller ’s armour fromThe Force Unleashedgames can be see in the ground of Luthen ’s shop .
In accession to Thrawn , his adjunct Rukh and his right - hand man Gilad Pellaeon were also conform into Disney ’s Canon in Star Wars Rebels and The Mandalorian , severally .
Even Disney ’s next projects seem to be returning to the EU . Dave Filoni ’s upcoming motion picture set in the New Republic Era is intemperately rumored to adjust Zahn’sHeir to the Empirenovel , now that Thrawn has triumphantly returned to the originalStar Warsgalaxy . Meanwhile , The Acolytemay likely admit reference toDarth Plagueis the Wise or Darth Tenebrous , both of whom feature hard in James Luceno ’s Darth Plagueis novel . In any case , Disney continues to habituate flourish Universe ideas if their ownStar Warsideas fall insipid .
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