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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Zefram: [QB] [QUOTE]I have decide that everything that has occured in the movies is canon and everything that occurs in the star wars extended universe is also canon, even if george lucas himself says otherwise.[/QUOTE]Lucas' said that, "There are two worlds here. There�s my world, which is the movies, and there�s this other world that has been created, which I say is the parallel universe�the licensing world of the books, games and comic books. They don�t intrude on my world, which is a select period of time, [but] they do intrude in between the movies. I don�t get too involved in the parallel universe." Lucas Licensing, Ltd.'s Sue Rostini said, "Gospel, or canon as we refer to it, includes the screenplays, the films, the radio dramas and the novelizations. These works spin out of George Lucas' original stories, the rest are written by other writers... The entire catalog of published works comprises a vast history�with many off-shoots, variations and tangents�like any other well-developed mythology." I don't believe that Lucas was saying that the EU didn't "really" happen, but that it has no bearing on those particular stories that he has personally written. Lucas' comments seem to stem from a complete indifference to the EU, which is most dramatically shown by another statement that "I don't read that stuff". I'm under the impression that Lucas created the Star Wars universe to tell the story of Anakin Skywalker, and that's it. Anything outside of Anakin's story has therefore been handed off to other people (e.g. "They don�t intrude on my world, which is a select period of time..."). Having given all authority with regards to the Star Wars universe outside of his six stories to other people, I'm more inclined to listen to their statements regarding what-outside of the movie saga-is canon than anything Lucas has said. The Star Wars universe has grown beyond Lucas, much as the Star Trek franchise grew beyond Gene Roddenberry. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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