Forum:SH:Jinn Reeso - Canon or No?

Jinn Reeso was one of two Cheat-Code bonus characters available to play as in the Nintendo 64 video game Star Wars: Episode I Racer. They did not appear in any other port, and only appear as cheat code characters, something that places the cheat code characters as easter eggs (The other racer is Cy Yunga). Now, there are two guides available that go through the games, and Yunga is never mentioned once. However, Jinn Reeso appears in both guides (One is for the N64 while the other is for the PC). In the Nintendo Guide, it outright states the codes that can be used to use the character, and a picture of him is provided. However, seeing as the page only offers information on unlocking him, perhaps this still means he is an Easter Egg.

However, on the PC guide, a render exists that shows several Podracers in action, including Reeso's, which can be considered odd as he doesn't appear in that port otherwise. However, as this is a render, and not a screenshot, and as this shot could've been used for promotional material, could the render be considered canon? In which case, what would be the canon value of graphical renders? Several images of renders are used as canon sources for Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, so I was wondering of the same would apply here? As the render appears on a licensed book, would it not make the character canon? Now, the image (Which is provided below) shows the racers, but the pilots are difficult to make out. The front-most racer, Navior, can be made out, and it can be reasoned the others are in their respective cockpits.

Long story short: Does this render validate Jinn Reeso or his Pod as a canon character? Or is he still Easter Egg material due to being a cheatcode character?



--Clonehunter(Report your W.M.D.) 22:41, November 27, 2013 (UTC)