What Is Canon?

When someone says "thats cannon" what the hell does that mean?

thanks!!

Thanks for everyone's input. If you want to learn more, please read our Lit. Forum "FAQ."

 

Check out this thread, I suppose.

 

What is cannon?

This is cannon;

[image=http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:zG_1ZELgEXQC:www.nps.gov/fomc/archeology/cannon.jpg]

This is quad-laser cannon;

[image=http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:9cfF0qIMtOkC:www.starwars.jp/technology/image/quad_laser_cannon.jpg]

They are cannons.

 

Syntax... LoL thanks dude..iam not all up on the lingo ya know, i appreciate that.

 

Val:

ROFL! I was tempted to do something like that.. and now I wish I had.

 

What is Cañon?

This is cañon;

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What is canon?

This is canon;

[image=http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:Lj2Lt-KsjnEC:www.internetcamerasdirect.co.uk/images/a-canon-ixus-v2a.gif]

 

I See we got some smart asses huh hehehe its all CooL

 

Take-out one "n", and look it up in the dictionary.

Damn, Val stole my idea!

 

2ndquest, don't support redundant threads, this topic should be moved to Syntax's thread.

 

But he didn't say I shouldn't support a redundant thread. Woohoo, I'm supporting a redundant thread! Woooo!

 

I wasn't supporting the redundant thread topic, by simply not answering the actual question with redundant real answers, and only making a joke.

Answering the question with the real answers redundantly supports the redundant thread.

Syntax already linked to "official" thread, which makes anwsering the real question, all the more redundant if one answers with the real answers in this thread which can already be found in the other thread that has already been linked to.

The jokes and the related pictures, I put up, can't be found in that other thread, as far as I know, so they are not redundant with that other thread.

Give it time the mods will lock this topic anyways since it is redundant, as link to the other thread with the same topic shows.

 

For everyone who goes to the fanfilms BB and will understand: What *IS* Cannon?

-Paul

 

There is an FAQ for a reason.

 

Lets ask R. Lee Ermey, shall we?
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"Listen up, dirtbag! Canon is something officially recognized by an organization or group. Technically EU is canon, since it is authorized and played upon by Lucasfilm Ltd. For example, an existing EU character is slated to be appearing in Episode 3.
NOW DROP AND GIVE ME TWENTY YOU SLIMY EXCUSE FOR A BOOTLICKER!"

 

To post a straight answer here:

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.
-Official Statement (Source: Star Wars Official Website)

And:

"Gospel, or canon as we refer to it, includes the screenplays, the films, the radio dramas, and the novelisations. These works spin out of George Lucas' original stories, the rest are written by other writers. However, between us, we've read everything, and much of it is taken into account in the overall continuity. The entire catalogue of published works comprises a vast history -- with many off-shoots, variations, and tangents -- like any other well-developed mythology."
-The LucasFilm Licensing Continuity Editors

There we go

 

"May 30, 2003

Question:

The preface to David West Reynolds's article says that Lucasfilm gave its "formal imprimatur" of canon to the ICS books he wrote, and did so for at least one of them back in '99.... It seems to go against everything Sansweet and Cerasi said in 2001, and the official site's placement of the books in the EU section."


Answers:

Perhaps your confusion is with the meaning of Lucasfilm. "Lucasfilm canon" refers to anything produced by any of the Lucas companies, whether it be movies, books, games, or internet. "Movie canon" is only that which you see and hear in the Star Wars films.
-Star Wars Editor, Leland Chee, starwars.com VIP thread


The ICS books are canon. They don't carry the "Infinities" icon, so are considered part of canon. Chris ranked canon, i.e., the films and novelizations come first... meaning that if something in an EU novel or comic book or whatever contradicts something in the film, the film is more "true." Books in the EU are considered part of the canon of the universe.
-Star Wars Editor, Sue Rostoni, starwars.com VIP thread

What happened to the mods? Why haven't they locked this redundant topic yet?

 

So two people answered his question? Big deal. Why don't you just quit reading this thread instead of whining about those who actually answer?

PS: I don't want an answer which is long and well researched -- nor will I care if you answer like you usually do.