Discussions Your Personal Canon

My personal canon....or what I'd like to be canon...

-SW:TOR's storyline (not sure about the new expansion yet, though)
-Old Republic novels
-Knight Errant novel
-KOTOR I and II
-Darth Plagueis
-Prequels
-Battlefront II's storyline
-Republic Commando
-The storyline of TCW, not every detail
-The storyline of Rebels, not every detail though.
-Original Trilogy
-The movie novelizations
-Medstar I and II
-Tarkin and A New Dawn.
-Certain EU characters (mostly from comics)
-Certain concepts/planet names/cultures
-BBY/ABY calendar

I would say Aftermath, but I have no idea how that's going to turn out. I'm nervous about it.

 

Eh, I'm a very picky person, in that I like parts of things without liking it as a whole. I have certain scenes that I'll go back to and enjoy while not liking the book/episode/etc. as a whole. I can't say there's any EU material that I enjoyed in it's entirety. I have a cut and paste sort of canon.

 

My list:

Knights of the Old Republic I & II
Knights of the Old Republic comics
Star Wars: Obi-Wan
Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Starfighter + Jedi Starfighter
Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Republic Commando
Generally all prequel based novels
The Clone Wars (TV series)
Clone Wars (TV series)
The Clone Wars (Video game)
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Revenge of the Sith novelization
Star Wars Force Unleashed I & II
The Lando Calrissian Adventures
Han Solo Trilogy
Han Solo Adventures
Dark Forces I, II, Mysteries of the Sith, Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy
Force Commander
Episode IV: A New Hope
X-Wing + X-Wing Alliance
Star Wars Rebellion + Empire comics
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Shadows of the Empire + later comics
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Tatooine Ghost
I, Jedi
Rogue Squadron comics
Rogue Squadron novels
Wraith Squadron novels
The Courtship of Princess Leia
The Thrawn Trilogy
Crimson Empire series
Specter of the Past + Vision of the Future
Union comic (really most of the Dark Horse comics)

TBH, I was kinda meh with the NJO, even with Allston and Wraith Squadron entrances, and it wouldn't be the worst if that was jettisoned. It was a bit uneven and made Game of Thrones look like a Disney series in terms of casualty rates.

 

Tardis: I am rather like you. It is a very seldom feat for Cushy to like something over all. I prefer elements to books. Characters, planets, creatures, vehicles. I do like 80% of Tarkin though. The chase was dull and Teller and gang were lame but otherwise.

 

I like parts of movies and books too and it's not just in Star Wars but in other fandoms.

 

Tales of the Jedi
KOTOR
KOTOR 2
Bane Trilogy
Phantom Menace
Jedi Quest: Path of Truth (but not any of the subsequent works from that writer)
Rogue Planet
Outbound Flight
Attack of the Clones
Revenge of the Sith
Original Trilogy
X-Wing stuff, Thrawn Trilogy and Kyle, Jaden and basically everything needed for NJO.

I'd include episodes of Clone Wars that don't have Ahsoka as Anakin's padawan, Maul alive, Slave One destroyed and Boba in denial about being a clone and so on but best to just see it as it's own continuity.

 

I'm alright with most of the established EU except for the TOR novels by Karpyshyn and anything after the YJK series. Also those terrible books with Ken and Triclops, I forget what they were called.

I'm cautiously optimistic about what they're planning on doing with post-movie canon I guess, but not holding my breath.

 

After reading some stuff, I've changed my mind on a couple of things. I kind of deleted the new canon from my list, but forgot I even had posted here. Just what I listed from Legends and the films count for me now. I realized I liked stuff from Legends too much to have the contradictory stuff in the TV shows and new books.
I enjoy them but it's not my canon.

 

Personal canon? Well some time ago I'd have said all of it without blinking. Now? Still everything until Aftermath and the Shattered Empire come out. Then, if they are good, and not just generic, lackluster SW like the current Marvel's Star Wars, but able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Thrawn Trilogy, then I will accept this as NEU-headcanon. Otherwise, Legends will remain a personal canon.

If I was given the opportunity to save some EU pieces into the One True Canon, it would have been: Thrawn (all of Zahn stuff actually), Labyrinth of Evil, X-Wing, Jedi Outcast/Academy, Young Jedi Knights, NJO, Dark Nest maybe, and most of Dark Horse comics, especially KOTOR, Legacy, Dark Times, TOTJ and Republic.

I also *prefer* what we knew of Revan & co. before SWTOR retconned some of it, but not enough to divide things into "canon" and "personal canon".

 

My updated list.

Everything except:

TCW

TFU 1 and 2

TOR and its tie in material (like the Revan book)

Most new stuff in the new canon so far

 

Until something in Legends is discredited and explicitly proved as to have not happened, I still think a chunk of stories fit. I mean, how can someone wipe Han Solo at Star's End from canon? It's an adventure Chewie and Han have when they were smuggling!

 

One of my headcanons is that Sly Moore is a descendent of Darth Ruin.

 

Pretty much everything in the old EU, the CT, the PT, and TCW = my personal canon.

 

The 6 films
The Clone Wars
The Force Unleashed 1 and 2
Darth Plagueis

 

My canon:

StarWars I-IX
That's it.

I consider a lot of other things, like:
TCW
Anthology
comics
but to me (even though I love those other canon material)that's all I think is that important..

 

I don't know if I've posted here before, but it keeps changing so I'll post again. Pretty much everything that's EU canon with some exceptions:

1. The Sith Empire founded by the exiled dark jedi lasted a lot longer, meaning the hundred year darkness happened a lot earlier.
2. Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior characters for swtor's Makeb storyline, specifically warrior after that.
3. Sith "pureblood" breeding in the Dromund Kaas SIth Empire is heavily restricted, meaning no hybrids so diluted they're indistinguishable from humans. By the new sith wars, no sith species bloodline remains.
4. Darth Plagueis dies several years before TPM.
5. No The Force Unleashed storyline, minus Kota's Militia. Also no Dark Empire or lost tribe of the sith.
6. All separatists holdouts wiped out within a decade of the Empire's formation. The Empire enjoys a brief period of peaceful, uncontested domination over the galaxy.
7. New Canon accepted over whatever old canon it contradicts. However, the First Order falls eventually and EU history resumes at the point of the Fel Empire's formation.

 

Eps I-VII and anything else that isn't contradicted by them. Jaxxon lives!!!

 

I know I may be in the vast minority here, but I actually haven't read any of the EU books (though I am familiar with some stories and characters.) So what I consider to be canon aside for the films are:

KotOR
The Force Unleashed.

Again, I know I am in the minority and my list is short but I can only speak on what I have experienced first hand. The KotOR games, especially the first game completely consumed me. I played it multiple times, and it never got old. I loved the feel of the universe and when it took place. One of my top games of all time FOR CERTAIN!

Force Unleashed to me, was awesome. The trailers were cool, then I heard that Lucas himself had worked on the story. I know a lot of purestS didn't like the game, stating that Starkiller was "too powerful". To that I just say you have to have good game play to keep a player engaged but also Starkiller is also the offspring of 2 Jedi. His force powers would be pretty strong. I loved what is family Crest became, and I dig how Vader had a secret apprentice that started the whole rebelion.

That's just me, and I can't wait to see Force Awakens tomorrow!

 

I will always consider the Darth Bane Trilogy canon...until they make a movie about him or something. Then I guess that will be out.

 

My list is:
Disney's cannon
Jedi Quest series
Jedi Apprentice series
All the info books

 

Movies
Thrawn
Episode VII

why? because Thrawn, thats why

 

Honestly, right now I a not sure...there's a lot of EU I am not familiar with.

But right now...something along the lines of

Dawn of the Jedi Comics
Knights of the Old Republic Saga
Darth Bane era
Cloak of deception
Episode I
Outbound Flight
The Approaching Storm
Episode II
Don't know about Clone Wars stuff
Labyrinth of Evil
Episode III
Han Solo trilogy
Lando Calrissian adventures
Han Solo adventures
Death Star
Episode IV
Splinter of the Mind's Eye
Episode V
Shadows of the Empire
Return of the Jedi
First 8 books of the X Wing Series
The Courtship of Princess Leia
Jedi Academy Trilogy
Darksaber
Black Fleet Crisis
Hand of Thrawn Duology
Episode VII

I know there are a few inconsistencies that need matching up, but I am sure I can work out out.

 

The major events in the Galaxy Far Far Away spanning fifty years before and after the Battle of Yavin were depicted in the Journal of the Whills. The exact history of how the supposed "journal" came about or who the "Whills" are is shrouded in mystery, but it is believed that it was written first many years after actual events had taken place and that parts have been added to, removed or otherwise revised.
Only fragments still exist in our time and are in a language that is still not entirely fully understood. There has therefore been much contention between various scholars on how many parts of the journal should be interpreted.

This is my interpretation:

• Darth Bane novels, except that Cortosis was mined for personal armour, not ship armour
• Star Wars - Episode I - The Phantom Menace: Major events, not details.
• Star Wars - Episode II - Attack of the Clones: Major events, not details.
• 1999 - 2005 Comics: Including Asajj Ventress' original origin story and defecting Jedi. No Durge.
• Genndy Tartakovskij's "Clone Wars" series. Except Durge. Asajj Ventress does not call herself Sith.
• Dave Filoni's The Clone Wars: The broad picture, not details. No parts of Asajj Ventress' origin story that conflict with earlier comic books
• Labyrinth of Evil
• Star Wars - Episode III - Revenge of the Sith: Major events, not details.
• Kyle Katarn is part of the team that acquires the Death Star plans.
• Star Wars - Episode VI - A New Hope: Original theatrical version
• Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
• Holiday Special animated part with the first encounter of Boba Fett
• Star Wars - Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: Original theatrical version
• Star Wars - Episode VI - Return of the Jedi: Original theatrical version
• Tales from Jabba's Palace
• The Thrawn Trilogy
• Dark Forces II - Jedi Knight
• Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast
• Jedi Knight III - Jedi Academy
• X-wing novels, except for Starfighters of Adumar.
• I Jedi, but no Sun Crusher
• Luke married Mara Jade. She died somehow.
• Han and Leia got two twin children: Jacen and Jaina, both trained as Jedi.
• Han Solo and his kids twarted an attempt to use Centerpoint station as a weapon against the Republic.
• Star Wars - Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Some events but not quite the same way. The Starkiller is an ancient artifact - a doomsday weapon that disintegrated (as it had been designed) when the First Order used it to destroy the Hosnian sun. The Jedi are not gone or reduced to one - they have merely chosen to keep a low profile. The movie got the name of the Solo kid wrong.

If there is something I omitted, it is mostly because I have not read that book or played that game and some things I have not decided on. All tales have not been told - I keep those questions open: But if Luke and Mara had a kid, it would have been an only son and he would have been named Ben.