DresG Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) About Kylo's lightsaber found in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens visual dictionary As well as revealing that the saber housed a cracked crystal (hence its volatile beam and the need for crossguards to vent the energy), the description describes Kylo’s saber hilt as “an ancient design, dating back thousands of years to the Great Scourge of Malachor.” http://io9.gizmodo.com/all-the-backstory-you-desperately-want-to-know-about-th-1751196966 Edited January 5, 2016 by DresG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasussgc Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 It's not canon until Disney says it is. Personally I don't care if it is, I love it and it will continue to be canon in my head forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanArgent Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 There's a blink-and-you'll miss it cameo by a SCORPIO-type droid, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efffel Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 There's no real difference between canon and legend. Legend is canon as long as canon don't contradict it and anything canon can also be interpreted in many ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorioko Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 The OLD Republic ERA has allawyas been canon. All the implemented "Things" in the game........no they are not canon The Era however is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghisallo Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 There's no real difference between canon and legend. Legend is canon as long as canon don't contradict it and anything canon can also be interpreted in many ways. Actually false. Disney specifically stated the only Canon would be Clone Wars, Rebels, the movies and Print stuff published by them after April 2014. They also specifically said that they will allow their writers to mine Legends for ideas so at some point individual bits currently legends may find themselves Canonized. So example... There was a Ben Skywalker. Now there is a Ben Solo and clearly Kylo/Ben is modeled in part on Jacen Solo but this does not make Darth Cadeus Canon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twpotter Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 There's a blink-and-you'll miss it cameo by a SCORPIO-type droid, too Yep, spotted that as well. actually let out a small squeak of joy when i saw her in the canteena!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vhaegrant Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 There's a blink-and-you'll miss it cameo by a SCORPIO-type droid, too To be fair SCORPIO bears more than a passing resemblance to Maria from 'Metropolis' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilNob Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 There's a blink-and-you'll miss it cameo by a SCORPIO-type droid, too Yeah I kinda freaked when I saw that... I'm also positive IG-88 was there, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedip_enguin Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 It's really not you know. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MopSopS Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Its not canon lol, we do know there is an old republic era because plo koon mentioned it in the clone wars but other than that this is not canon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSVEindhoven Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Because this book says something about "The Scourge of Malachor" it doesn't mean that this whole era is canon suddenly. Only the named event is canon, though we don't know anything about it canonwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlogg Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 The whole idea of setting this game about 3600 years before the events in the movies, was not to risk conflicting background stories. A smart choice of the original developers; all the lore of the game world can claim some sort of 'deuterocanonical' or 'apocryphal' status without having to depend on explicit permission of Lucasfilm (and nowadays, Disney). I was never too thrilled about the name though... Not that I know an obviously better alternative, but The Old Republic seems too specific, and also too much detailing one political side of the conflict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordArtemis Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I wish I could find the quote, someone else here posted it, but an executive from Disney stated clearly that there is no such thing as a light side sith and never will be. I'll see if I can find the quote, it was a while back. IMO, if it is accurate that pretty much keeps SWTOR in the legends slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permaximum Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Lucasfilm Story Group confirmed before that this game is not and won't be canon. According to them even the new games won't be canon because of things such as player choices and different endings and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertrayer Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) Good for them. For me this game always will be canon and kotors too. This game is awesome for me and i love it so much, so i couldn't care less what a Disney guy says. That's it. I will choose my own canon. Edited January 6, 2016 by Vertrayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmobile Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 There's a blink-and-you'll miss it cameo by a SCORPIO-type droid, tooActually that is a nod to the droid that C3-PO was based on, which 3PO originally looked like. That original design was then used by BW to create Scorpio. The original droid is from the 1927 movie Metropolis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoofa Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I will choose my own canon. Yer, then you see it isn't canon You can feel what you like about any Star Wars product, but unless it is part of Disney's canon then simply put - it isn't canon. This is the whole reason we have canon - so that we have a set text that explains everything that you need to know. By not having a "canon master" you end up with the incredible pile of BS that was the "expanded universe" and boy was there some complete and utter rubbish there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xostro Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 The game the old republic canonicty is still undecided with no official word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDymond Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 This past April at a Celebration Anaheim Q&A session on the new Canon, Pablo Hidalgo, of the Story Group, was asked about the canon status of SWTOR and point-blank said it is not canon. As with anything non-Canon, the writers are free to mine it for names or ideas they like (but even then, using an individual name or idea from a non-Canon work doesn't make the whole work Canon). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xostro Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 This past April at a Celebration Anaheim Q&A session on the new Canon, Pablo Hidalgo, of the Story Group, was asked about the canon status of SWTOR and point-blank said it is not canon. As with anything non-Canon, the writers are free to mine it for names or ideas they like (but even then, using an individual name or idea from a non-Canon work doesn't make the whole work Canon). Is there an article about this statement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDymond Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Is there an article about this statement? Well, the "Canon status" of an MMO doesn't really make headlines on CNN, but yeah there are multiple gaming / geek culture sites that reported on it: 'The Old Republic' No Longer 'Star Wars' Canon Disney: BioWare Games Not Officially Canon BioWare's Star Wars Games Are Not Official Star Wars Canon Or you can go right to the source with the Celebration Anaheim "One Big Story" panel's liveblog of the Q&A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xostro Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Well can you post a link? Because I've been using google and found nothing on it besides the fact that they wont comment on it and the same response from long ago saying that they are undecided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDymond Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) Well can you post a link? Because I've been using google and found nothing on it besides the fact that they wont comment on it and the same response from long ago saying that they are undecided. There are four links to different articles (and the panel transcript) in my previous post. Just click on the text that is a bronze/brown color. Edited January 6, 2016 by DarthDymond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xostro Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 There are four links to different articles (and the panel transcript) in my previous post. Just click on the text that is a bronze/brown color. This is all old news that was challenged by fans to the point where their comment changed to "We are undecided or unsure" Since many old fans took offense so this news is glossed over by their new statement of "unsure" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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