Tobar said:
Vaderisnothayden said:
Tobar said:
Vaderisnothayden said:
Tobar said:
They're referring to G-level canon which is George canon. Even if they weren't while I appreciate Splinter of the Mind's Eye for what it is, there's not a lot in it that can easily fit with the rest of the EU.
You have to remember, Lucas himself doesn't take the canonical status of the EU seriously, so it makes sense that some of his employees would dismiss it too, even if some others are busy promoting it as canon.
George himself has stated that there are different levels of canon. As well, the person who wrote that article was Pablo Hidalgo who is a big fan of and contributes to the EU regularly himself.
George himself has clearly stated the EU is a separate universe from his Star Wars and that it doesn't happen (he's given examples such as Luke marrying or the Emperor being cloned as things which don't happen). And I've read a lot said by George about canon, but I've never heard of him saying there's different levels of canon. I think you need to provide a quote for that.As for Hidalgo, just because he contributes to the EU doesn't mean he adheres to the fiction that it's canon.
That's what I mean when I say levels. When George gave the whole Father, Son, Spirit analogy. As for the Clone Wars team throwing the EU out the door, it's NOT them that's doing that. It's George. If it were up to Dave Filoni the whole show would strictly adhere to it because he's such a huge fan of it. However, since George decided to latch onto the project and basically take creative control over it all Dave can do is bring up as much of it as he can to try and preserve it.
The father, son and holy ghost analogy wasn't about different levels of canon. It was about there being different Star Wars worlds or universes -his stuff (his films and tv) , the EU and the fans. The whole different levels of canon thing is something solely adhered to by some of his employees.
As for the Clone Wars team throwing the EU out the door, it's NOT them that's doing that. It's George. If it were up to Dave Filoni the whole show would strictly adhere to it because he's such a huge fan of it. However, since George decided to latch onto the project and basically take creative control over it all Dave can do is bring up as much of it as he can to try and preserve it.
But George is ON the Clone Wars team. He's the head of it and a very important part of it, so you can't say the team is all in favor of the EU. This is George's project, not just Filoni's, and that's why it's being taken more seriously than EU.