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Re: SW set list for 2000
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Fri, 22 Oct 1999 19:02:51 GMT
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Mike Petrucelli wrote:
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> George Luscas has a team of people that do nothing but insure that all
> the movies, books, comics, and even the plots of the computer games fit
> into a complete non-contradictory and interlaced story. For example, SW
> ep.4 special edition had the "outrider" fly out of Mos Eisly as Luke and
> Obi-wan get there in the speeder. The "outrider" was only ever seen in
> a comic book before that. Bottom line: whether or not we like it the
> books and comics are unlike Star Trek stuff, considered canon. (canon
> refers to occurances in the ficticous universe that are regarded as fact
> within that universe and cannot be contradicted.)
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> > James "Lugnet . . . never will you find a more wretched hive of scum and
> > villainy . . . we must be careful!" Simpson
>
> --
> -Lord Insanity
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> "A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men"
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> Visit me at: http://members.tripod.com/~LordInsanity
Actually, I'm pretty sure that almost none of the sources outside of the
movies are considered canon. Refer to the following article:
http://www.theforce.net/swtc/continuity.html
Note that "novelisations" refers to novelisations of the movies, not the
extended-galaxy novels put out by pulp authors. Even shadows of the
Empire, which did seem to take great pains to be continuous with the
Star Wars chronolgy, is not "canon".
Specifically, examples are provided where some of the novels and comics
directly conflict with canon (movie) sources, including: "Splinter of
the Mind's Eye, some of the North American Marvel comic series and the
Droids cartoons and comics".
Furthermore, I've read some interviews with George Lucas, and it is
painfully clear that he does not personally follow all of the material
attributed to the Star Wars galaxy. Indeed, it almost seems as if he
doesn't really care what others are doing/writing/saying, as long as
they have obtained permission to do so.
And that's all of the information, useful or not, I can contribute. :)
shaun
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| (...) contradiction. If a movie doesn't contradict it then it happened. That is the basic definition of cannon. The order of precedence being: Movies, radio-drama/novelisations, continuation books, and comics. (...) Then why would be paying a team (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) George Luscas has a team of people that do nothing but insure that all the movies, books, comics, and even the plots of the computer games fit into a complete non-contradictory and interlaced story. For example, SW ep.4 special edition had the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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