The Disney Canon

[DigiFluid]

With yesterday's announcements regarding the future of the Star Wars universe, the canon body has changed (shrunk) dramatically.

The old Star Wars Expanded Universe spanned tens of thousands of years, hundreds upon hundreds of comics, dozens of books, dozens of video games, a number of reference guides, as well as (obviously) all of the films and television series episodes, among other things. No longer.

As you may or may not be aware, all future publications will be considered as fully canon as the films, as they will be developed in conjunction with the Lucasfilm Story Group. As the LSG is still quite new, however, that means that all that old material is being blown away, and it's just the screen materials plus the new LSG-co-developed materials that will form the new 'factual' Star Wars universe.

As such, the new canon of the Star Wars universe, according to its new Disney masters, consists of:

Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Episode II: Attack of the Clones
The Clone Wars 2.16 - Cat and Mouse
The Clone Wars 1.16 - The Hidden Enemy
The Clone Wars (film)
The Clone Wars 3.01 - Supply Lines
The Clone Wars 3.03 - Clone Cadets
The Clone Wars 1.01 - Ambush
The Clone Wars 1.02 - Rising Malevolence
The Clone Wars 1.03 - Shadow of Malevolence
The Clone Wars 1.04 - Destroy Malevolence
The Clone Wars 1.05 - Rookies
The Clone Wars 1.06 - Downfall of a Droid
The Clone Wars 1.07 - Duel of the Droids
The Clone Wars 1.08 - Bombad Jedi
The Clone Wars 1.09 - Cloak of Darkness
The Clone Wars 1.10 - Lair of Grievous
The Clone Wars 1.11 - Dooku Captured
The Clone Wars 1.12 - The Gungan General
The Clone Wars 1.13 - Jedi Crash
The Clone Wars 1.14 - Defenders of Peace
The Clone Wars 1.15 - Trespass
The Clone Wars 1.17 - Blue Shadow Virus
The Clone Wars 1.18 - Mystery of a Thousand Moons
The Clone Wars 1.19 - Storm Over Ryloth
The Clone Wars 1.20 - Innocents of Ryloth
The Clone Wars 1.21 - Liberty on Ryloth
The Clone Wars 2.01 - Holocron Heist
The Clone Wars 2.02 - Cargo of Doom
The Clone Wars 2.03 - Children of the Force
The Clone Wars 2.17 - Bounty Hunters
The Clone Wars 2.18 - The Zillo Beast
The Clone Wars 2.19 - The Zillo Beast Strikes Back
The Clone Wars 2.04 - Senate Spy
The Clone Wars 2.05 - Landing at Point Rain
The Clone Wars 2.06 - Weapons Factory
The Clone Wars 2.07 - Legacy of Terror
The Clone Wars 2.08 - Brain Invaders
The Clone Wars 2.09 - Grievous Intrigue
The Clone Wars 2.10 - The Deserter
The Clone Wars 2.11 - Lightsaber Lost
The Clone Wars 2.12 - The Mandalore Plot
The Clone Wars 2.13 - Voyage of Temptation
The Clone Wars 2.14 - Duchess of Mandalore
The Clone Wars 2.20 - Death Trap
The Clone Wars 2.21 - R2 Come Home
The Clone Wars 2.22 - Lethal Trackdown
The Clone Wars 3.05 - Corruption
The Clone Wars 3.06 - The Academy
The Clone Wars 3.07 - Assassin
The Clone Wars 3.02 - ARC Troopers
The Clone Wars 3.04 - Sphere of Influence
The Clone Wars 3.08 - Evil Plans
The Clone Wars 1.22 - Hostage Crisis
The Clone Wars 3.09 - Hunt for Ziro
The Clone Wars 3.10 - Heroes on Both Sides
The Clone Wars 3.11 - Pursuit of Peace
The Clone Wars 2.15 - Senate Murders
The Clone Wars 3.12 - Nightsisters
The Clone Wars 3.13 - Monster
The Clone Wars 3.14 - Witches of the Mist
The Clone Wars 3.15 - Overlords
The Clone Wars 3.16 - Altar of Mortis
The Clone Wars 3.17 - Ghosts of Mortis
The Clone Wars 3.18 - The Citadel
The Clone Wars 3.19 - Counterattack
The Clone Wars 3.20 - Citadel Rescue
The Clone Wars 3.21 - Padawan Lost
The Clone Wars 3.22 - Wookiee Hunt
The Clone Wars 4.01 - Water War
The Clone Wars 4.02 - Gungan Attack
The Clone Wars 4.03 - Prisoners
The Clone Wars 4.04 - Shadow Warrior
The Clone Wars 4.05 - Mercy Mission
The Clone Wars 4.06 - Nomad Droids
The Clone Wars 4.07 - Darkness on Umbara
The Clone Wars 4.08 - The General
The Clone Wars 4.09 - Plan of Dissent
The Clone Wars 4.10 - Carnage of Krell
The Clone Wars 4.11 - Kidnapped
The Clone Wars 4.12 - Slaves of the Republic
The Clone Wars 4.13 - Escape from Kadavo
The Clone Wars 4.14 - A Friend in Need
The Clone Wars 4.15 - Deception
The Clone Wars 4.16 - Friends and Enemies
The Clone Wars 4.17 - The Box
The Clone Wars 4.18 - Crisis on Naboo
The Clone Wars 4.19 - Massacre
The Clone Wars 4.20 - Bounty
The Clone Wars 4.21 - Brothers
The Clone Wars 4.22 - Revenge
The Clone Wars 5.02 - A War on Two Fronts
The Clone Wars 5.03 - Front Runners
The Clone Wars 5.04 - The Soft War
The Clone Wars 5.05 - Tipping Points
The Clone Wars 5.06 - The Gathering
The Clone Wars 5.07 - A Test of Strength
The Clone Wars 5.08 - Bound for Rescue
The Clone Wars 5.09 - A Necessary Bond
The Clone Wars 5.10 - Secret Weapons
The Clone Wars 5.11 - A Sunny Day in the Void
The Clone Wars 5.12 - Missing in Action
The Clone Wars 5.13 - Point of No Return
The Clone Wars 5.01 - Revival
The Clone Wars 5.14 - Eminence
The Clone Wars 5.15 - Shades of Reason
The Clone Wars 5.16 - The Lawless
The Clone Wars 5.17 - Sabotage
The Clone Wars 5.18 - The Jedi Who Knew Too Much
The Clone Wars 5.19 - To Catch a Jedi
The Clone Wars 5.20 - The Wrong Jedi
The Clone Wars 6.01 - The Unknown
The Clone Wars 6.02 - Conspiracy
The Clone Wars 6.03 - Fugitive
The Clone Wars 6.04 - Orders
The Clone Wars 6.05 - An Old Friend
The Clone Wars 6.06 - The Rise of Clovis
The Clone Wars 6.07 - Crisis at the Heart
The Clone Wars 6.08 - The Disappeared, Part I
The Clone Wars 6.09 - The Disappeared, Part II
The Clone Wars 6.10 - The Lost One
The Clone Wars 6.11 - Voices
The Clone Wars 6.12 - Destiny
The Clone Wars 6.13 - Sacrifice
Comic: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Novel: Lords of the Sith
Novel: A New Dawn
Rebels (TV series)
Novel: Tarkin [unconfirmed timeline placement]
Episode IV: A New Hope
Novel: Heir to the Jedi
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Episode VII: Title TBA
Episode VIII: Title TBA
Episode IX: Title TBA



As-yet undetermined timeline placement:
Lawrence Kasdan-authored spin-off film
Simon Kinberg-authored spin-off film
Not-officially-announced Darth Vader TV special(s?)
The new Battlefront game




And that's all. No more Dawn of the Jedi, no Tales of the Jedi, no KOTOR, no TOR, no Darth Bane, no Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan stories, no Darth Plagueis book, no Force Unleashed, no Shadows of the Empire, no New Republic, no Rogue Squadron, no Thrawn, no Mara Jade, no Kyle Katarn, no Yuuzhan Vong, no Galactic Alliance, no Darth Caedus, no Abeloth, no Sword of the Jedi, no Darth Krayt. All gone.

[rushy]

I'm quite satisfied, actually. It was a monster.
No offense to the good stories, but canon should stick to the screen.

[Gatefan1976]

I have a urge to fly the suncrusher into the LGS headquarters.............

[TheRandomOne]

My question is when certain characters like Ahsoka are not in episodes. Are those episodes before the The Clone Wars movie ?

[Sakura]

I have a urge to fly the suncrusher into the LGS headquarters.............

need help?

[DigiFluid]

My question is when certain characters like Ahsoka are not in episodes. Are those episodes before the The Clone Wars movie ?

I'm not sure I understand the question. I laid out everything in chron. order--what is it you need to know?

[DigiFluid]

I'm quite satisfied, actually. It was a monster.
No offense to the good stories, but canon should stick to the screen.

This decision doesn't do that. It just says that everything released, aired, screened, written, and illustrated from now on is part of the canon, and 'oh by the way, everything else that's been created for the last 30 years doesn't count anymore.'

[Gatefan1976]

need help?

Sure, there is room for 5 in this baby

[Gatefan1976]

This decision doesn't do that. It just says that everything released, aired, screened, written, and illustrated from now on is part of the canon, and 'oh by the way, everything else that's been created for the last 30 years doesn't count anymore.'

What gets my goat about this the most is that when the EU started, there was to be no SW 7-9, there was to be no SW 7-9 until what, 2 years ago? Now that the want to make 7-9 the are effectively levelling the sandpit after telling everyone to go and play in it. Sure, they have every right to do it, it IS their sandpit, but I think EU fans have a right to be PO'ed about it as well.

[P-90_177]

This decision doesn't do that. It just says that everything released, aired, screened, written, and illustrated from now on is part of the canon, and 'oh by the way, everything else that's been created for the last 30 years doesn't count anymore.'

Weren't a lot of novels completely disregarded when Lucas made episodes one through three though? I mean granted that's not the entire EU but my point is that it isn't without precedent.

[Sakura]

Sure, there is room for 5 in this baby

sweet *jumps in*

[DigiFluid]

Weren't a lot of novels completely disregarded when Lucas made episodes one through three though? I mean granted that's not the entire EU but my point is that it isn't without precedent.

Nope. The prequel era was largely glossed over until the movies came along. My understanding is that that was largely at the direction of Lucas Licensing, because they knew there were plans to do movies in that era at some point in the future.

edit;
To establish a bit more of a timeline here, George Lucas began writing Episode I sometime in 1995, with pre-production happening through late 1996 and early 1997, and principal photography being done over the summer of 1997. Theatrical release, as we know, followed in May of 1999.

The first prequel-era (ie: 32-19 BBY) anything was the novelization of Episode I, in April of 1999.

[mandogater]

This annoys me to no end. There are a lot of characters and stories I love that have been swept away.

[Sakura]

This annoys me to no end. There are a lot of characters and stories I love that have been swept away.

i feel the same pain

[Gatefan1976]

"The EU canon will no longer be of any concern to us. I have just received word that the Emperor Disney has dissolved the EU permanently. The last remnants of KOTOR have been swept away"

"That's Impossible how will Disney maintain control without the fans?"

"The LGS will now have direct control over the Canon. Fear will keep the fans in line, fear of us screwing the pooch further"

-Overheard conversation in the Disney offices.