In April 2014, Star Wars changed forever.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT In April 2014, the Star Wars franchise made its biggest canon and continuity change in its 47-year history. Disney purchased Lucasfilm and Star Wars in 2012, and two years later the studio announced a partial reboot. There are now two Star Wars continues, canon and Legends; what is canon is not always clear, especially concerning the original Expanded Universe that has now been rebranded as Legends.
Lucas often brought elements of non-movie material into the films themselves, gave the materials his approval, vetoed ideas that did not fit with his vision of the Star Wars franchise, and gave varying degrees of input to creatives for their respective projects. The Star Wars Expanded Universe Was Always A Central Part Of Canon Close Despite Lucas' ambivalent and inconsistent relationship with the EU, the truth is that before the 2014 Legends rebranding, the Star Wars Expanded Universe was officially canon. Lucasfilm executives and creatives went to great lengths to ensure that all properties – be they live-action films or non-movie material – fit together.
Star Wars Canon Began To Fracture With The Clone Wars Close The consistency and canonicity of the Star Wars Expanded Universe truly began to falter with the release of 2008’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Throughout the show’s theatrical film and first six seasons , The Clone Wars created a massive number of continuity problems, ignoring established lore from the original Clone Wars multimedia project in ways too glaring to be fixed with the usual retcons.
Jacen Solo would serve as the basis for Kylo Ren, and Palpatine’s Dark Empire would inspire the Sith Eternal and Final Order. A reimagined version of Grand Admiral Thrawn would debut in Star Wars Rebels and later make his live-action debut in Ahsoka.
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