Vaderisnothayden said:
This is not about "personal canon", this is about the issue of what's the real Star Wars. I do not pick and choose to suit myself and then call that canon. I studied Star Wars works and the overall sitaution and then made my judgement on what I believe to be the real thing.

So, Vaderisnothayden, I'm very curious; after your extensive study, what is canon?

Since forums like this is the closest the Star Wars community is going to get to the Council of Nicea, I'd love to hear your conclusions, which are in no way based on your personal preference.

If the OOT is the only thing that can be considered canon, then it leads to the next question 'canon in regards to what?' What's the purpose of defining 'canon' in a fictional universe if it excludes everything but the original work?

And since ROTJ and ESB both invalidate parts of SW, contradicting much of Lucas's original backstory, are they canon?