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File this under Ob for obvious. Going to piss off a lot of the hardcore Star Wars fans.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014...new-star-wars-films-ignore-expanded-universe/A post on Starwars.com officially confirms what fans have been hearing for the past three months: the complex and detailed future history of the Star Wars universe that has been slowly accreting since the 1990s will be completely ignored by the new trilogy of films. Per the post, "Star Wars Episodes VII-IX will not tell the same story told in the post-Return of the Jedi Expanded Universe."
The confirmation is being met with a mixed reaction from fans over on Star Wars uber-site TheForce.net. "Thank you for wasting 20 years of my life," said one poster. "I honestly may be done with Star Wars at this point."
"The simple truth is that canon is whatever the license holder says it is. Fans need to wrap their heads around that," responded another.
According to the post, the reasons for the move have been previously mentioned: the Star Wars Expanded Universe is a vast, massively interconnected tapestry. The timeline that casual fans will want to hear the most aboutand the timeline that Disney will be targeting with the new trilogyoccurs after Return of the Jedi and encompasses the continuing adventures of Luke, Han, and Leia. Few topics are as well-trodden in the EU as the Return of the Jedi aftermathHan and Leia wed and have children, Luke meets former Imperial agent-turned-smuggler Mara Jade, and the New Republic is formed. The sheer bulk of storytelling that's been done about the post-RotJ time period would hopelessly tie the hands of any scriptwriter wanting to step in and show the events on film.
Expanded Universe diehards need not feel too bad, though, because the massive amount of EU material will all still be available for sale. Lucasfilm is creating a new "Star Wars Legends" banner under which the now non-canonical stories will be published (be they books, role-playing materials, games, or anything else).
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