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I'm not calling that a reasonable stance. We have Wookieepedia now. But I can see the human mind going in that direction.
Canon; A philosophical question. — Page 2
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Reegar said:
without having to refer to Obscure Series #54, Page 259.
Dude, spoiler alert!
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Anchorhead said:
What I can't grasp is why some fans don't accept that vast amount of material as legitimate. The entire entity is fiction. Why is there a need for some fans to have some parts of it be seen as more official than others?
I think fear that the supplementary material (for want of a better term) will affect how the "official" material is perceived and/or influence the development of "official" works in the future colours their perception.
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Anchorhead said:
Reegar said:
without having to refer to Obscure Series #54, Page 259.
Dude, spoiler alert!
;-)
ALLOL
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What I can't grasp is why some fans don't accept that vast amount of material as legitimate. The entire entity is fiction. Why is there a need for some fans to have some parts of it be seen as more official than others?
What do you mean by "legitimate" and "official"?
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Just what those words mean. To some fans, if the stories and characters in the novels aren't acknowledged by the owner of the franchise as canon, they don't accept them.
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I'm old enough and lefty enough to shudder when I hear the word 'franchise' in this context so I think you can imagine my reaction to words like that.
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Same for me. I suppose there were film series considered franchises before Star Wars (planet Of The Apes comes to mind), but it doesn't seem like it was quite the behemoth until the past 20 years or so.
I'm sure the studios were ecstatic when a film grew into one. However, it seems like they're created specifically with that as the goal now. Canon becomes much more important now because of it. At least to the licensing arms of the rights holders anyway.