Is Skippy the Jedi droid considered canon?

I'm looking at my copy of Star Wars tales #1 right now, and it has no infinities label, so going by LFL's oft quoted policy, it is canon.

For those of us who could give a flying screw at a rolling doughnut about canon anyway

 

Tales was retroactivly made infinities. Not that you care I guess.

 

Not really, lots of stuff is "retroactivley" written around these days.

 

What stuff?

 

Like I need to tell you

Forget it, you ain't dragging me into an off topic debate here.

 

I honestly have no idea what you are talking about.

 

Righto.

 

Tales 1-6 I think it was were all given the infinities icon on the official darkhorse star wars timeline. Remember when tales first came out there was no such thing as the infinities icon, so it took retroactivity to place them on tales. When issues 1-4 were reprinted in the TPB, they then had the icon put on them physically. You'll find tales in any printed timeline under the infinities section. So from now on all tales are infinities, rather than what the original editor pete janes intended them to be.

 

Count-Drew...
"I'm looking at my copy of Star Wars tales #1 right now, and it has no infinities label, so going by LFL's oft quoted policy, it is canon."

Dude, you have no idea what you're talking about. Seriously. Which part of LFL's "oft-quoted" policy do you not understand:

Star Wars Gamer, Issue 6, October/November 2001, Wizards of the Coast, p. 113
BEGIN ARTICLE
"Understanding Infinities
The Star Wars Infinities logo that appeared on the cover of Gamer #4 raised the hackles of several readers who proceeded to bombard us from orbit with heavy mail. For the record, we intended the logo to point to some of the lighter content in that issue, in particular the hilarious Dark Horse comic. The appearance of the Infinities logo on the cover raised the issue of what IS and IS NOT considered "canon" in the Star Wars universe.
According to Lucas Licensing Editor Sue Rostoni, 'Canon refers to an authoritative list of books that the Lucas Licensing editors consider an authentic part of the official Star Wars history. Our goal is to present a continuous and unified history of the Star Wars galaxy, insofar as that history does not conflict with, or undermine the meaning of Mr. Lucas's Star Wars saga of films and screenplays.' Things that Lucas Licensing does not consider official parts of the continuous Star Wars history show an Infinities logo or are contained in Star Wars Tales. Everything else is considered canon."
END ARTICLE

How about you get your facts straight before you start trolling EU fans.

 

I couldn't care less

 

Well, in that case, by all means feel free to continue ignorant trolling instead of educated trolling.

Evidently, LFL's "oft-quoted" policy on canon isn't quoted often enough if people who know about it still can't remember its pretty simple provisions.

 

Lets all hug... group hug... now... even skippy needs a hug

 

There's a West End Games' Galaxy Guide that features R5-D4 (Is it Galaxy Guide #1???). I'm assuming it's the one focusing on A New Hope. (I don't think it's GG8: Mos Eisley and there aren't any other GGs that seem appropriate here).

The "Skippy the Jedi Droid" story looks like it's lifted straight from GG1 . . . "sans" the whole Force element to R5-D4. Read that R5-D4's bio, it's really good!!!

Anyway, I'm inclined to think that "Skippy the Jedi Droid" conflicts somewhat with the original WEG GG story. I also enjoyed WEG' version better than Peter David's version. But anyway, to each his own!

Aside from some of the above observations . .. I think it's interesting that there seems to be trend of "parody" and "humor" running through lots of Star Wars Tales issues, as well as some of the other DHC SW series/stories (Sergio Aragone, Kevin Rubio, Villie stories, Yavin Vasilika (sp?), etc.). In terms of appealing to the overall SW audience in general, this humor element seems like a unique contrast to some of the darker NJO novels.

 

I prefer the ANH radio drama version.

 

Skippy the Jedi Droid was originally a column in Peter David's But I Digress column in Comic Buyer's Guide. It was part of a series of articles he referred to as Useless Stories. Stuff that he hadn't published, but just stories he'd written for fun or other reasons. Skippy was one of the more popular of these. He would read it at his convention appearances with the whole crowd chanting "SKIPPY! THE JEDI DROID!" at the appropiate parts. When Star Wars Tales started, Dark Horse contacted him about adapting it for the first issue.

So, I don't think David ever considered the story that had to fit in contiuity somehow. Just something to read for fun and a unique way of looking at the saga.

Phil

 

Oh, I remember when Skipy was new. And, it is not canon.

 

*Can't believe this thread has continued for so long*

No people, Skippy is not and has never been canon. It's a gag story. A Useless Story to have a chuckle or two!

By the gods, is any piece of printed ficition that happens to have some Star Wars element to it judged into the whole canon/not-canon morass?

 

Droids don't have cells; therefor no midi-chlorians

 

Actually, I started this thread kinda as a joke, or at least a light-hearted discussion, and I'm amazed how seriously people are taking it!

But yeah, I've decided Skippy is my hero now

 

Midi-chloroxians, .