Star Wars: Canon vs. Legends, Explained
In an issue of Lucasfilm’sStar Wars Insidermagazine, the studio defined “canon” — that is, what’s gospel in theStar Warsuniverse — as the stories told within the screenplays, the films, the radio dramas, and the novelizations. The magazine notes: “These works spin out ofGeorge Lucas' original stories, the rest are written by other writers. We’ve read everything, and much of it is taken into account in the overall continuity. The entire catalog of published works comprises a vast history — with many off-shoots, variations, and tangents — like any other well-developed mythology....