PT Are the novelizations of the films still cannon?

I know that all the Expanded Universe was wiped and sent to the Legends dimmension. But, I have a problem in my mind because the novelizations of Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith are tied to other EU novels. They even make references to events that happned in those books, to the point that Attack of the Clones novel is the "sequel" of another novel that came right before it. And Revenge of the Sith book is the "sequel" of another novel. But since the Expanded Universe has been wiped, I don't know if the events they mention are still cannon.
Has there been an official position about the cannon status of the novelizations of the Star Warts movies?

 

It's canon, not cannon.

And yes, the novels are canon whenever they don't contradict the movies or other canonical material.

 

Also, it's Star Wars, not Star Warts.

 

I'm reading the ROTS one right now and there's a lot of EU (and I mean a lot) references. To me, it's canon except for the sentences that mention the EU.

That's the great thing about head canon. You can choose what you want.

 

I'm honestly not sure if the novelizations of the "Star Warts" books are canon, but I do know for a fact that the novelizations of the "Star Wars" books are indeed canon.

 

As I said in another thread - you are best off assuming nothing except what is in the movie is canon... and even then you aren't always safe

 

I've never considered the old Expanded Universe book and comics.

However, I've read the novelization of ROTS which I liked very much since it allows to know more about what is going on the characters' head and their personality. But I prefer the way how the movie approaches Anakin's turn, which is more gradual and shows more obviously his internal conflict, after receiving his baptism as Darth Vader, rather than in the novel in which he becomes immediately cold-blooded murderer.

 

The novels add to the movie experience imo.
As do the deleted scenes.
Read them anyway. Regardless of canon.

 

I asked Star Wars Books on Facebook this very question. Here is what they said: "All the novelizations are canon where they align with the films."
The obvious answer sure, but I wanted to share the voice of an official Star Wars page.
For all the Star Wars novels I have read (over a dozen) I have only completed one movie novelization: ROTS. I am in the process of reading TFA right now.

 

Are the novels worth reading?

 

Yes. ROTS is amazing in its own right.
TPM and AOTC include the deleted scenes and really help out.
ANH and ESB are pretty good.
ROTJ novel have some excellent scenes as well.
Read them!

 

The novelizations of I-VI aren't canon. Story Group confirmed this at celebration.

 

Only if that business on Cato Nemodia still counts....

 

The finished films always overrode the novelizations. In fact Lucasfilm stated that the novelizations are fuzzy windows of the story of the films since they often included deleted scenes, lines, and sub plots. The films themselves are the highest form of canon.

 

Not anymore - the new comics, books, and TV series are now considered equal and there is no "tier system" (G, T, C, S, etc).

 

While the tiers are gone, the films are still the "immovable objects", not random new novel, comic, etc...

 

The "immovable objects" statement was made in the days of the oldcanon system. It does not apply any more.

 

No, it was made when the EU was rebooted and the new continuity was announced.

 

If you're thinking of this quote:

http://www.starwars.com/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page

it counts TCW as part of the "immovable objects" and seems to say that now, everything new will be on that level.

 

The novelizations of the PT are really quite good. ROTS is the best of the bunch but I enjoyed TPM and AOTC as well. Read Shatterpoint as well, it's also written by Matthew Stover (ROTS novel author). You won't be disappointed. Those may be the two best Star Wars novels ever written for my money, anyways.

 

I didn't read Shatterpoint but I do know what it's about. I like how they focus on the WARS aspect of the Clone Wars because there are multiple conflicts going on besides Republic Vs. Separatists. It was a cool idea. The ROTS novel is also fantastic.

 

There's junior ones of the PT as well (written by Patricia C. Wrede). They're interesting in how they show some "what people are thinking" moments that the adult ones don't.

 

Yes, it's all basically one tier, but:

"These stories are the immovable objects of Star Wars history, the characters and events to which all other tales must align."

Puts the movies (and TCW) as the core to which everything must be compatible with. Every new content must defer to it, not the other way around.

 

*gasp*

Get on that right away!

 

Will do, brotha. It's one of the few EU novels I wanna read, Plus...MACE WINDU!!!


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