Lit Recanonized EU: A List

I can't remember for sure, but I'm going to say I don't think so. Not quite sure, though. He could've been and I just can't recall. I do know that one of the first things it mentioned in his bio was being on an undercover mission on Tatooine at the same time Qui Gon and company were there.

 

It hadn't been confirmed until now. There was a part in Jedi Crash where Aayla talked about her master to Ahsoka, but she never mentioned him by name.

 

Vos had been linked to Aayla in the official site's Databank, but it's nice to see it made explicit.

 

Darth Voider is Canon everyone.

 

If you go to Amazon UK, you can pre-order the September release but not the April release, and according to this site (http://www.penguin.com.au/corporate-sales/node/19293716) the September release's origin is "United Kingdom". So it could just be the UK version, available for import on US Amazon.

Doesn't expain the TFA material, though. Can anyone who has the book confirm that there's no TFA material in it?

 

DarkMark and The Positive Fan - thank you. I guess I will wait for a bit before I decide on purchase.

 

IOCI is back from the look of it, as is the Bounty Hunters Guild.

 

I only noticed one TFA item in the book, in one of the BTS pages. It' a picture if JJ Abrams with the R2-D2 and the guys who built it. I think its the same picture that appeared online quite a while back. I only did a fairly quick browse through the book with my little girl before I put her to bed, but I only noticed the one mention of TFA.

 

Yeah, Ezra's Gamble is filled with Bounty Hunters Guild stuff.

 

Spent a few minutes thumbing through Ultimate Star Wars at B&N today, and yes indeed, this is the recanonization mother lode. The list of EU lore that this book enters into canon will be very, very long when and if it is ever compiled.

One quick sample, and I don't know why this stuck in my head from my quick browse of the book but it made me smile: Wam Lufba is still a Yuzzum, and Yuzzums are still from Endor.

 

Anything on Sith beyond the movie characters (and Bane)?

 

In the Old EU was Cad Bane a part of the Guild?

Also Tzizvvt78 from the look of it no.

 

We got the Massassi back and them being servants of the Sith, though. Wonder if Naga Sadow or Exar Kun will be retained as their leader...

Secundus Ando is back as Trench's homeworld.

 

A big apology if this has been mentioned previously, but I was just browsing the Wookiepedia page for the new Ultimate Star Wars book, and it has Haruun Kal listed as the homeplanet of Mace Windu! Seriously LFL Story Group, just recanonize Shatterpoint fully and be done with it.

 

Stormtroopers are confirmed as being part of the Army in the Guide yet Lords of the Sith mentions a Stormtrooper Corps.

Stormtrooper Corps is now a division of the Army?

Also, the Guide confirms that Needa served in the Clone Wars but does not specifically reference his RotS novel appearance.

 

Skako is Skako Minor. At least according to Wookieepedia. Is this true? I haven't finished the Bad Batch arc yet, but do they say the Skakoans are from Skako Minor? Ultimate SW is cited as a source, but I thought that only stated Wat Tambor came from Skako. Why would Skako Minor not be a colony world?

 

When Revan becomes canon again, everyone come back and quote this post.

 

Like this?

Seriously though, did you mean to add something to your post?

 

No, I just wanted to make my mark in regards to Revan, lol. Excellent character (Well, until the book and TOR came out that is.).

 

Could be a mistake --- to be honest, I wouldn't have been surprised if that mistake had appeared in a pre-2014 guidebook, either.

 

All of the older sourcebooks to my knowledge, since they just copy and pasted older WEG stuff, were pretty consistent with mentioning that the Stormtroopers were not part of the Army or the Navy but supported both branches. It's how the fact made it into Zahn's novels and finally the Imperial Handbook.

I don't think it's a mistake at all. If anything is the mistake, it's Lords of the Sith's mention of the Corps. that's the mistake, as Stormtrooper Corps was just one or two offhand mentions in the book..

The first thing I'd get rid of if I were the Story Group was that Stormtrooper Corps /Army separation. Most writers couldn't bother themselves to keep track of that distinction (except Zahn) Also, Stormtroopers are way more iconic than Army Troopers who never even showed up in the movies (except Veers and the vehicle pilots, and no Naval Troopers don't count). Everyone will use Stormtroopers as regular Army. The Visual Guide also played down the eliteness of stormtroopers by making it a point of mentioning how they are not the most powerful troops in the Army. It also repeats nothing about them being impervious to bribes. All previous sourcebooks would play up their eliteness.

Actually, Lords of the Sith does remain consistent with new sources when it implies that there can be a difference in quality between stormtroopers minted from the Academy and those conscripted from local populations. The Moff wants Academy troopers because they will be loyal. Again, this is contrary to old sources which would play up how no Stormtrooper was ever known to take a bribe etc.

All Rebels related sources have consistently established that Stormtroopers are the Army. The problem comes, I think, when some more continuity minded writers use older sources that they may have enjoyed. Kemp could have gotten the Imperial Handbook recently and said "oh look cool name". Stormtrooper Corps could have just slipped past the Story Group.

I would say that Stormtrooper Corps is either a division under the Army or it's just a colloquialism that people use for the Army.

 

Maybe the Army is the organization, divided into many Corps - Armoured Corps (AT-STs, AT-STs and the like) being one, Stormtrooper Corps being another?

 

Yeah, that's one possibility I'm thinking of. It's either that or a colloquialism.

 

Or perhaps the military was reorganized at some point, and stormtroopers were placed outside the Army's command structure? Is Lords of the Sith set before Rebels, or after?

 

That could work.

And it's quite a bit before - before A New Dawn even. I think it's intended to show where Hera's commitment to rebellion is coming from, from what I've heard.