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   From: tf_martn@bellsouth.net   
      
   "Rich Handley"  wrote in message   
   news:5nm4p1plhekrh70ibe1n0ihdpm2j7coi98@4ax.com...   
   > "M.H."  said:   
   > >SW canon does not include any of the books or expanded universe, only   
   > >the 6 movies   
   >   
   > Yes and no.  Lucasfilm counts the Ewok films as canon since Lucas wrote   
   the   
   > storylines for them and even parts of each of them.  The upcoming TV show   
   > will also be canon for the same reason.  Everything else is considered   
   > "official," in that it's a licensed spinoff and all in the same universe,   
   > just not binding on Lucas in terms of what he can or can't do on screen   
   > (which is, basically, whatever he wants).  So he's free to use the name   
   > "Coruscant" (first coined in the Tim Zahn novels) on film, but at the same   
   > time ignore the established history of the Sith (which, thankfully, has   
   > been retrofitted by several authors since then).  In the end, my opinion   
   is   
   > this: I don't care what's labeled what.  I enjoy a lot of it, and I   
   dislike   
   > some of it, and that's all that really matters to me.   
      
   I don't think he specifically set out to invalidate the Expanded Universe in   
   the new trilogy and nothing really did so in a major way. The big way he   
   could have is with Coruscant and he didn't.   
   I would add that the animated Clone Wars, parts one and two, are canon as   
   far as I know.   
   And I second that...who cares what is canon and what isn't? Do you enjoy it?   
   Then that's all that matters.   
      
   Tim   
      
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