Talk:Star Wars Legends

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Canon
Where does starwars.com fall in the canon spectrum? --SparqMan 06:56, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
 * It states both the movies and the EU side of things. -- Riffsyphon1024 07:01, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The official site itself does not fall within the canon hierarchy, I.E. it is non-canon. However, articles in the database are the canon level of their content. E.G. a description of the battle between Luke and Vader in ESB is G-Level canon, as it appears in the movies. Articles about RW production, what the actor's think their characters' motivation is, etc. are not canon. The current canon policy can be found here.--Eion 07:03, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
 * But, for example, if the website contradicts other sources, (like refering to a ship as the Dreadnought Heavy Cruiser rather than Dreadnought-class Heavy Cruiser), what should be done? --SparqMan 14:47, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The website should only be referencing other sources, if they make a syntax error like that, it should be treated as such and discarded.--Eion 23:41, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

The Expanded Universe in the rest of the Wookieepedia
Not sure if this is the right place to bring it up, but I looked around and couldn't find it addressed in a more obvious place.

Should the entries in this Wiki descriminate between what is "G-Canon" and what isn't? Personally I am not a fan of just about everything created by Expanded Universe authors, so I don't particularly like seeing things about Palpatine's clone and the Yuuzhan Vong mentioned amongst material created by George Lucas.

I'm new here so I'm sure this has been discussed but I've missed out, so let me know if I'm out of line. --SeanR 08:38, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Even the EU that covers clones and alien invaders, is recognized by LucasArts, unless Lucas makes a movie that contradicts it all. G-canon is just the movies. C-canon is everything else recognized. S-canon is accepted, but may be easily contradicted, such as stats for planets, names of systems, and locations. N-canon is Supershadow crap and other fanon. -- Riffsyphon1024 08:45, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, N-canon is everything that was at one time released as offical material from LFL, but later contridicted by a higher or more recent source, as SS has not released anything through LFL, he has no canon rating, at all, period, but I think everyone got the general point, and I'm just being a semantics whore.--Eion 23:40, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I understand all that, and I'm not suggesting we throw EU out of the Wookieepedia entirely. I just feel we should in some way separate those elements that were created by George Lucas or that at least support the events in the films (such as official classifications like AT-AT or events of the Clone Wars) from those that don't really have anything to do with Lucas' main story at all (such as the cloned Emperor or the Yuuzhan Vong).  With this separation we can present a clearer view of Star Wars to the casual reader without cluttering it with a mish-mash of ideas from hundreds of differently-minded EU authors. --SeanR 12:08, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * No, it should be kept all together. If George Lucas explicitly approves of all licensed material. In fact, a good portion of the material he used to create the prequel trilogy was sourced in EU material that "differently-minded" EU authors created. While I understand the benefit of a movies-only section, it is probably what the first paragraph of an article should contain: a brief synopsis of the major role of the entry's topic (which for movie-involved issues, is usually the movies).
 * There is no distinction between official and unofficial material in the canon. ALL of it is approved by LFL, and therfore approved by George Lucas. The heirarchy is quite simple. I don't much care for the Glove of Darth Vader, but I damn sure know it ranks higher than my own fanfic on the canon chart, and I am comforted by the fact that it resides very lower on the canon heirchy itself. You can't just pick and choose what you like about SW, it all belongs in there so long as it is published through LFL.--Eion 23:40, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

I dispute parts of this article.
Actual cannon is ONLY the Movies, according to Lucasfilms in their 2003 statement.

This page doesn't reflect that statement.
 * Incorrect. Movies are G-Level canon, the highest level. They override anything else - ie, C-Canon etc. And "cannon" is a big gun. QuentinGeorge 02:14, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)