CT Does anyone else have their "own canon"?

Troops!

That is actually how I found this website originally all those years ago

 

You are not the only one.

An example: when I'm watching one of the CT movies I can't imagine the stromtroopers as a clones (like so many people likes to think), to me they are just recruits. That's because I grow up thinking they really are recruits and how disappointig was the clonetroopers and AOTC/ROTS movies.

 

Actually the clone troopers are the clones of Jango Fett. While stormtroopers are regular beings who joined the Empire.

 

i love learning things from wookieepedia and the games. even if they're considered legends and not canon it doesn't matter. it's all make believe. there are no make believe things that are "more real" than any others. it's all so the story team can maintain continuity between films, tcw, rebels and the new stuff from here on out.

i really want to see the conclusion of the force unleashed trilogy. even though it's an alternate universe type of story i found it interesting and they left it on a cliffhanger. they should just complete it now regardless of the story because they can do whatever they want with it and it won't impact the canon. starkiller could do anything. kill vader, boba fett and the emperor. finish the story damn it!

 

I just watched phantom menace again and felt like it has real pacing issues...out of all 6 films it is the one that lacks rhythm and excitement throughout...however I am grateful for the film because it gave us the Darth Bane trilogy...which is what I consider " my episode 1"

I also love how the major events in PM were covered in Darth Plagueis...another one kind of episode 1 in my canon...

 

I've never been much of an EU fan but I really enjoyed those Bane books. Summed up the Sith ideology pretty well I thought.

 

Put it this way, unless you believe that everything is inevitable then, of course you can have your own 'canon'. Every act of history since 1977 didn't converge just for Lucas to make the prequels and every person who ever had a thought on the films in those days and days since didn't rise up in a unison of approval and then etch those films in a Rosetta stone as a key to all knowledge.

When all is said and done, however, my concept of 'canon' doesn't hinge on curiosity regarding what may have come before or since. It hinges more on pristine moments. 'World building' for me is far to easy to artistically compromise (that's a key to my philosophy in regards to fiction). I see things as self contained entities, the only thing they have in common are thematic approximation but mutual exclusivity (hopefully).

 

I owned a Dodge Charger, a Lamborghini Countach and a Jaguar E-type...these cars were the best!
Not like this modern cars like the Nissan GT-R, the Bugatti Veyron and the McLaren P1! Yes they new ones are far more reliable, much faster, much safer, much more comfortable, handle much better, look better, more aerodynamic, much more technologically advanced, consume less fuel, much more driver-friendly..........I don't like that!



(btw, joke...love me some Lamborghini Countach & McLaren P1...! )

Therefore...2 Emperors?

 

My canon is the films (including changes), TCW, TFU 1 and 2, Republic Commando, Darth Plagueis, Battlefront II.

Rebels can stay far away from my canon.

 

There are a lot of fans who like to think that the Stromtroopers are still clones.

 

Yes there is but some are fine with both too. Ultimately it's preference.

 

You mean Hitler wasn't born looking like this and all-evil?

 

The monkey looking emperor from ESB was... a decoy? Or that was before his face lift.

 

Holo call settings.

 

Holo call settings? Is there an app for that?

 

He's the Emperor of the Galaxy for crying out loud. If he wants to send a message with a different face, so be it.

 

Which roughly translates to:
'' I am the OOT! I am perfection and godliness embodied...the Alpha and the Omega...the Channing and the Mila of the area dykes!
Hear thee thou unbeliebers who dare as such as to challenge thee...It is I...that must vanquish thee from thyne, therefore I am, I must!
Hence forth...I shall unleash the memories that kings and princes have died for!''


And i go...

 

He has a sense of humor. Let it be.

 

I have my own canon.

Only the movies, the holiday specials, the Kevin J. Anderson books, and Crystal Star happened.

 

The KJA books do reference previous books and comics though - notably, Dark Empire and The Thrawn Trilogy.

 

Okay, Dark Empire happened, especially the final part where Palpatine turned into a baby but Han shot first.

Oh, and the Glove of Darth Vader comics are canon too.

I just don't feel Zahn's books are good enough to measure up to these masterworks.

 

JarJarAbrams: You're redlining!

 

Not everyone that dislikes the TTT is being sarcastic.

 

It's more the calling of Glove of Darth Vader a "masterwork" that's rarely seen non-ironically.

It's a fun read though- especially for those who love to snark:

http://boards.theforce.net/threads/...-reread-of-the-glove-of-darth-vader.50011595/