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Adamwankenobi

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#166924
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Family Guy
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My two favorite moments:

- The episode where Peter runs over a guy's leg in a truck. He stops the truck and asks the man "Oh my God, are you Steven King?" The guy, who is in pain replies "No." So Peter gets back in the truck, puts it in reverse (backing over the guy again) and drives off.

and...

- Episode with Bil Gates, where Gates is asked to deposit a quarter in a machine. He replies "What's a quarter?"
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#166923
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Classic Edition: Return of the Jedi by Ocpmovie (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166923/action/topic#166923
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Well, it's just that I had read an article somewhere that explained John Knoll's involvement in the prequels, and the tradition he had of creating the opening crawls for them on his mac. Well, near the end of the article, it talked of how he "finished" the process by re-doing the crawls of the OT on his computer as well. I can't remembver where I read this, but it was definately a legit article.
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#166910
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Why Boba Fett is now bunk
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166910/action/topic#166910
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Originally posted by: Knolly
I personally thought they were going somewhere with the "No Disintegrations" thing. I thought he was going to somehow disintegrate Mace in Ep III right in front of Anakin or something. That would've ruled. I also would have been a nice little touch to have Fett be one of the few people who knew who Vader was. Fett is just one of those people with badass potential that got lost.


I suppose they will explain that "No disintegrations" line in the live-action TV series.
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#166881
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Questions about AOTC
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166881/action/topic#166881
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Originally posted by: Invader Jenny
Originally posted by: Scruffy
Pulp fiction? No name?


Well, you get what I'm saying. These stories aren't exactly writen by Pulitzer winning authors. They are just fan fictions (how ever professionally writen) and Lucas can brush their stories aside easily.


Well, Lucasfilm doesn't exactly bring in some random guy on the street, yet they don't bring in Stephen King, either.

I have heard, however, that they don't just choose anyone to write their novels. For instance, they never allow people to request to write a novel. Authors are chosen, based on their past work. People like Timothy Zahn and Steve Perry are people who are deemed talented enough to write a Star Wars novel, based on the opinions of Lucasfilm. And when planning the books, the authors work VERY close together to keep continuity with each other and Lucas. However, occasionally, a few bad books slip by.
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#166880
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EU books: A funny Lucas contradiction
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166880/action/topic#166880
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Originally posted by: Invader Jenny
Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Now, let's not get in yet another canon argument. I'm going to end this once and for all. The EU is canon. It's as canon as the films.


No, Adam, it is not. It is part of the Star Wars universe, yes, but it is NOT canon. Not G-canon anyway. (is that the right term?)


No offense, but do you actually understand what canon means? Canon refers to what officially "happened." Lucasfilm considers the films and all officially produced stories that are non-contradictory to the films, canon.

However, the two are divided into two levels, for the sole purpose of resolving any contunuity issues that may arise. The films make up the G-canon, and the EU makes up the C-canon. Now, they are all part of the overall canon, and on the same level to each other as far as what "happened." Where people usually get confused is when they hear that the films take precedence when resolving continuity matters. This does not mean, however, that the films are any higher story-wise, it only means that, since they are directly from the Star Wars creator, they must take precedence.

Another common misconception is that things like the Clone Wars series or the upcoming live-action series would automatically be G-canon because Lucas was heavily involved. This is not true, as the Lucasfilm rules are that only the six theatrical films are in the G-level. Nothing else he works on in Star Wars is, unless he changes the rules, of course. But I doubt he would worry enough to do that.

So yes, everything basically is canon. The only things not canon are any officially produced stories that blatantly contradict the films, or is deemed non-canon by its author. And, obviously, fan fiction is never considered canon.



Phew.. there's my great canon rant. This message has been brought to you by Adamwankenobi, apprentice to Nathan Butler, the God of Canonicity.
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#166849
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Questions about AOTC
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166849/action/topic#166849
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Originally posted by: kev
Seriously no one gives a shit about wikipedia.

It all a bunch of bullshit when they put info about star wars.

I linked to the Star Wars wiki. And, who are you to judge the quality of their articles? You don't even write them, and obviously have no real interest in them anyway, so you have no reason to complain. If you don't like the concept of a wiki, don't read the articles. The purpose of any wiki is to spread information, and that is what I was doing.

Originally posted by: Mr Bungle
I personally think things should have been explained or seen in the films and not in a series of books, winki, explained by some Lucasfilm official or in any future TV series, i thought that was the whole idea of the Prequel films was to answer all our questions, and not have left questions unanswered or new questions to be answered...


Yes, I'll agree that it would have been nice but... at least they can be explained. That's the great thing about Star Wars: it exists in so many different types of media, and can be explained in different media. Explaining it in one of the novels actually helps the concept of the films and EU being a cohesive story, as you have to read one story for the answers to another. Though I suppose a cynical person would say it also helps $$$$-wise.
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#166843
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Questions about AOTC
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166843/action/topic#166843
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Originally posted by: 20th Century Mark
I think Sifo Dyas is Darth Maul. He was on the Jedi council, like Anakin, "working" with Palpatine / Sideous, then during the events of the Phantom Menace, they decided it was time to "reveal themselves to the Jedi. Ordered the clones, transformed to Darth Maul, got a cool looking face tattoo so no-one would recognise him and there ya go!

That is answered in the book Labyrinth of Evil


What does the book say? I'm not into EU.


It explains it in this article on Sifo-Dias at the Star Wars Wiki:

http://starwars.wikicities.com/wiki/Sifo-Dyas