When it comes to expanded universe. Lucasfilm now threatens to challenge all of this as we know it. 4x6al
As Bleeding Cool tells us:
“George Lucas said that the universe exists, essentially, in two versions. There’s his one, and then there’s the one everybody else can play with.
In effect, this meant that anybody writing outside of the six main movies (to date) was expected to adhere to one another’s work and create story lines that were consistent with one another.
And then, whenever Lucas himself went on to create a new “core” story for the Saga, he had permission to overwrite or ignore anything from that “Expanded Universe.”
But now, Lucasfilm are looking to rework the system and destroy this hierarchy.”
But what does this even mean? Leland Chee, an employee of the company has been answering questions on Twitter about it and basically explains that Story tie all new Star Wars productions (of any type) into the same continuity and really, this just makes sense.
But as all fans are for the new Star Wars films, people are just as worried that the story is going to get ruined along the way.
And while the movies are considered “official”, we also have the many tie-ins to worry about such as games, books, novels, cartoons or whatever other branding Star Wars stuff they decide to push out with the popularity of the movies.
So now there is going to be canon- and not. There will no longer be a multi-level hierarchy and some fans are, rightfully so, worried about what this means. While no one can say for sure until it’s all said and done, we’re hoping this means good things for the Star Wars story.
What do you think?
