Lit The NU Continuity Timeline/Source List

More from Devin, the author of that badassdigest piece:

https://twitter.com/devincf/status/586263132852584450

 

Here's something from the official site: apparently they're going to be handing out these double-sided posters at SWCA (sorry, it's a huge picture, I'll spoilerize it):

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Now...other than A New Dawn, what do you suppose is hiding in that section of the timeline that's covered up? Wonder if that could be either the presumed Battlefront novel or the TFA novelization?

 

My guess would be Battlefront, since that's the title on the timeline already in circulation.

Because it was at the end of the previous page, I just want to plug again the awesome news that is the announcement of the presentation of The Bad Batch arc!
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I'm going to go ahead and speculate a little bit here that "Devin" has not received an overabundance of journalism awards in his lifetime.

 

Confirmed - Digital editions of 1,2,3,5,6 do not have Fox Fanfare, and have a version of the Rebel Alliance fanfare during the Lucasfilm Ltd logo. ANH retains the Fox fanfare .
Check out @MakingStarWars's Tweet:

https://twitter.com/MakingStarWars/status/586387893318369280?s=09

 

It works but will take a while to get used to.

 

Wow it is one of the least things I expected that would replace the 20th Century Fox Logo.
It is in some ways a change so it's also a brand new edition.

 

I'd rather have the Force theme.

 

Is there a reason other than nostalgia to keep the Fox fanfare in ANH? It's not the "original" one in any case anymore. If it was the unspecial edition it would be another matter.

 

Fox still owns at least some rights to ANH.

 

The third Rebels Magazine comic "The Fake Jedi" takes place at some point between "Rise of the Old Masters" and "Call to Action". I placed it before "Breaking Ranks", but the placement isn't set in stone.

 

It will definitely take some getting used to, but it's not bad, actually.

There's a rights issue involved. Others may have a better grasp of the complexities than I do but my understanding is that 20th Century Fox still "owns" ANH to some degree because they put up the funding to make the film.

 

While I understand Fox loses all distribution rights to the other films in 2020, because of its role and contracts for the original film, Fox maintains full and complete distribution rights 'in perpetuity' (basically legalspeak for 'forever') for the complete ANH film.

 

The official site did point out some technical problems from the DVD's that were corrected for Blu-ray and that's all. This really takes be back to the ramp up for the DVD release with Rick McCallum denying that there were any further alterations to the films. lol

 

Yeah, but in pointing them out they were using them as a selling point. That's why they were being pointed out. I remember them even having videos up on the official site showing the difference.

Doesn't matter though, we know now that the digital releases are the blu-ray cuts with no alterations other than the fanfare. Which in the end is for the best -- I'm still recovering from the blu-rays, I don't think I can handle the controversy of another release with a whole big pile of changes in it!

 

So here's an interesting one: Hendrik from Jedi-Bibliothek.de is reporting that a new series of Korean-language web comics are coming out that will adapt ANH, TESB, ROTJ, "and beyond," and have already started with a story about Luke's childhood on Tatooine. Interesting thing is, because this was originally announced by the official Korean-language Star Wars Facebook page, Hendrik is speculating that this series could be canon.

Here's the initial Luke-on-Tatooine story -- it's all written in Korean, but it's pretty easy to figure out what's going on.

Here's the YouTube announcement:


Here's Hendrik's report, and here's a quick translation complements of Google Translate:

There you go. I'm a sucker for Luke-on-Tatooine stories so I hope this does turn out to be canon!

EDIT: I thought something seemed familiar! The story is a rather direct ripoff adaptation of "Luke Skywalker's Walkabout" from the Dark Horse Presents 1999 Annual. I don't know if that makes this story more or less likely to be canon, to be perfectly honest.

 

Hopefully these will eventually be released on the Bluray version of Rebels Season 1. Or Season 2, maybe...

 

Meep... double post. My bad.

 

Concerning JJM's story 'Orientation', it has been confirmed by Cynda that it takes place 'as Vader and the Emperor are in route to Ryloth from Coruscant.', immediately preceding Lords of the Sith. And also, fun for continuity fans in the Story Group Canon:

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Rae Sloan from A New Dawn make an appearance!

 

So, did they made any changes after all to the digital releases of the 6 movies?

 

Nobody's reported any. Only difference being the replacement of the Fox fanfare with music from ESB over the Lucasfilm logo on all of the non-ANH films.

 

Fox shot first.

 

Lando: The Comic! 5 Issue mini-series! Coming in July! With Lobot!
http://www.starwars.com/news/lando-1-coming-in-july-from-marvel-exclusive

 

Somebody should have proofread that a little better. They said his onscreen introduction was in episode IV. In anycase looks good and I assume it will take place 5+ years after what we saw in Rebels.

 

Got some reason my replaced link didn't get replaced in substance ... here's the starwars.com link: http://www.starwars.com/news/lando-1-coming-in-july-from-marvel-exclusive

And yeah, cbr added a 'I' to 'V' anyway, Awesome!