Lit Is it possible for books to retcon things from TCW?

Does it? Do you really expect Chewie got killed offmoviescreen? Just for starters.

I´m in doubt whether they´ll just sweep everything post RotJ under the rug (considering the way things have gone after NJO, it´s kind of a mercy kill) or they´ll pull a Crisis on Infinite Earths retcon and alter the timeline to reflect the ST continuity.

 

Lost battle even IRL, I´m afraid. But going from that to calling her a hooker? NO. We can do without that mentality.

 

Yup

So maybe we could say: TCW was like "Anakin had a Padawan!" and the EU/fans were like "Nah, he just had a bad dream."

 

Do you KNOW any 13 YO's? That is what THEY like.

 

Lucas was like "The Sith were founded 2000 years ago!" and the EU was like "Nah, the Sith were just reunited 2000 years ago."

 

The EU doesn't give a **** is my option on the subject. Something contradicts something else. Just recton it.

 

Far as I'm concerned, we came up with fun solutions in that L-Canon thread a bit back, providing at least some kind of (fanon, of course) answer for almost every major contradiction.

Other issues were generally addressed by the EU and source books already, and will probably be further dealt with in the future.

Episode VII is when the 'real' fun begins.

 

I think it's problematic to view the EU as a single entity vis-a-vis TCW. All are individual works, TCW just happened to be much longer than most EU works. Other EU stuff have done similar damage, especially the lengthier stuff. Maybe TCW has shown more disregard for the concept of canon, but there's a few writers that are the same way...
And the canon levels are the biggest load of baloney ever and mean very little, except when TPTB arbitrarily feel the need to enforce some obscure statement by Lucas.

 

Big fan of this misspelling.

 

I am fully expecting the post ROTJ EU to be no longer canon. If they have the children of Han, Leia and Luke as major characters and they are not Jacen, Jaina, Anakin or Ben then you know for certain the post ROTJ EU is history.

As far as I am concerned TCW is considered to be of higher authority over the EU I believe so anything that TCW changes that is canon, however the EU still has the ability to look at things differently and twist things.

 

To be fair, that all depends on what the age of consent is for Togrutas in the Republic.

 

It already has, hasn't it? Mortis comes to mind.

 

Technicalities of the canon system aside, what really matters is what future sources reference.

 

So if we stop making references to he-who-we-will-not-reference-to he will stop to exist or at least matter!

 

The canon system is all powerful, and the canon system dictates that C-Canon cannot contradict T-Canon.

It isn't allowed.

As such, every time C-canon contradicts an element of TCW, by the very act of its contradiction it reveals that particular element can't really have been T-Canon after all, and thus C-canon takes precedence.

 

Yes they can, and they should.

 

No, they shouldn't.

Because the TCW fans are more numerous than the novel fans, every bit as much Star Wars fans as the rest of us, and the majority rules.

 

Thanks for all the evidence to back up your information.

 

The series averaged three million viewers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(2008_TV_series)#Reception

And basically, a lot of novel fans say their fans "don't count."

There's a shortpacked comic that describes us all in ten years. Shortpacked can get a little bitter like Penny Arcade so fair warning but here's the link which summarizes my opinions completely.

http://www.shortpacked.com/comics/2011-09-26-math.png

 

^Still not enough evidence.

 

Thank you, Club Jade.

http://clubjade.net/?p=12874

In Adult Hardcovers:

• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Sean Williams, 103,232
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars by Karen Traviss, 101,146
• Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Invincible, Troy Denning, 101,034

And in New Children’s paperback:

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Tracey West, 190,700
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Battle at Teth, Kirsten Mayer, 186,282
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The New Padawan, Eric Stevens, 152,661
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Intergalactic Adventure: Activity Book, no author listed, 119,621
• Star Wars Fandex, Christopher Cerasi, 103,191

In short, The Clone Warskids books sold significantly more copies than the adult books. Behold, the power of a theatrical release…

But on average, the "adult" Star Wars books were outviewed THIRTY TIMES by the cartoon.

 

I find it funny how you chose some of the worst EU books as examples.

 

Is there a point there?

If you want to say, "I don't think the Clone War should be canon because I hate it." Go ahead.

Just fans need to realize it's not small, not going away, and not hated by the public at large.

No, it's the next generation of fandom.

 

I'm sure you'll find better books will sell better. Plus- TCW books are for kids, while the EU has a more adult audience. Take that as you wish.

 

Star Wars is for kids.

Star Wars is for kids. It's just adults can enjoy it too.

Like I said, The Clone Wars is huge. It's a part of Star Wars fandom.

And it's a GOOD THING.