Lit Star Wars: The Essential Atlas. Canon or EU?

Debating on getting Star Wars: The Essential Atlas by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry but am trying to stay within the confines of the canon universe.

So is it canon, EU, or something in between? If not canon, does anyone know of anything like this coming out on the near horizon?

 

It's not canon, but you should still get it. It's awesome.

 

That's what I hear and it gets great reviews on Amazon.

 

They use it for consulting locations according to Pablo. But, no, it is not canon.

 

Like a lot of things Legends, I would bet a lot of that Atlas is going to get recanonized over the course of future years. Wallace and Fry aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

 

I'll admit, I still proud and more than a bit honored to have my name in the EA and EGTW. Two of the best EU books and fantastic examples of when authors & fans collaborate and share ideas.

Not to take ANYTHING away from Dan, Jason, and Paul. They are the true authors of those respective books. But they were incredibly cool to include our ideas, theories, and feedback.

The last mini-Golden Age of the old EU.

--Adm. Nick

 

While technically not canon it seems to be one of the sources mined the most for the New Canon.

 

Look no further than the Western Reaches for an example of stuff trickling into screen canon from the Atlas. It seems that much of the "infrastructure" of the universe will stay the same.

In answer to your second question, there won't be anything like this in the new canon for years or maybe ever, since it will take a while to accumulate an equivalent amount of history without just copy-pasting huge chunks from Legends which would be counter to the whole point.

 

Only SW book I've ever been name-checked in. You can see us all by going here on Amazon and doing a 'look inside' to see the acknowledgement page. (It's only a few pages in from the beginning).

 

I was just gonna say you should buy it because my name is in it But others beat me to it

 

Well now I have to buy it.

That's pretty cool that they used you guys/gals for source material. Was it stuff you had written on here or elsewhere?

 

In my case I provided Jason Fry with some scans and information from the UK SW Fact Files. The galaxy map and issues weren't available in the US.

 

People have rightly pointed out that the Atlas has had a continuing impact on the New EU (including something from it being namedropped in TFA) but Warfare has had an impact too, there was a lot of stuff from it (and the Atlas) in Tarkin.

 

People have rightly pointed out that the Atlas has had a continuing impact on the New EU (including something from it being namedropped in TFA) but Warfare has had an impact too, there was a lot of stuff from it (and the Atlas) in Tarkin.

 

And like half the Rebel flag officers from it showed up in Moving Target. I think as long as Jason Fry's still around, both books are going to remain relevant as sources, if not in their entirety.

 

It was one of the things that got me into SW debates (and questioning previously established info, like the 900km DS2 - thanks to the 4900km Forest Moon).

And it and TEGTW are my two favorite SW reference books.

 

Not gonna lie, it's pretty cool and amazing that fan debates, theories, etc. can have such an impact in shaping the universe that millions love. I am relatively new to this deeper side of the SW universe and am just trying to take it all in. Impressive.