XPost: alt.fan.starwars, alt.tv.andromeda, alt.fan.leonredbone   
   From: jill-marie@NOSPAMatt.net   
      
   Rossington 'VARFA' Kooymans wrote:   
   > What non-movie mATERIAL IS CONSIDERED 'canon' in regards to Star Wars?   
   > What books? tech manuals? comics? SW is getting almost as bad as Trek   
   > when it comes to an absolutely BEWILDERING spectrum of stuff available.   
   > Is Tim Zahn's first trilogy canon? any help or link would be   
   > appreciated!   
      
   Ok, fine...   
      
      
   What is canon?   
      
   Canon is the authorized or accepted truth or rule.  The views on canon   
   can range from people who say only the movies are canon to those who   
   think everything under the sun that was released about Star Wars from   
   film to radio drama to comic to novel is canon.   
      
   Most people are somewhere in between, picking and choosing what they   
   decide depicts the "true" Star Wars universe.  Since George Lucas and   
   the rest of Lucasfilm have never officially stated what they authorize   
   as canon, there's absolutely nothing that will back up your claim on   
   what may be considered canon in the Star Wars universe other than   
   people's opinions.   
      
   Remember: everyone is entitled to their own opinion whether or not you   
   agree with them.   
      
      
      
   ~~jill marie   
   jeez, you'd think for dead newsgroups, people would appreciate me more....   
      
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