Star Wars is officially dead to me.

[tnu]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/01/op-ed-disney-takes-a-chainsaw-to-the-star-wars-expanded-universe/


They have confirmed it. They are going to destroy what drew me in to the Star Wars universe to begin with. The Immersive, sprawling, largely consistent world that spans multiple mediums and just throw it out the window. I'm officially done with the franchise. Having invested YEARS of reading in to understanding the canon only to have it rebooted is just a big middle finger to the fandom that HAVE stayed with the franchise for all these years. I am left with only ONE response.

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[MrBogosity]

I always thought the whole thing was overrated.

[Ibrahim90]

I always thought the whole thing was overrated.

what he said...I did warn my friends this would happen: I told them Disney would take a chainsaw to it

[tnu]

I'd have to vehamently disagree. the Canon that has been established over the past several decades has been absolutley fantastic overall and even the stuff that leaves some to be desired or is utter crap  contributed to theliving breathign world. I've tended to favor franchises with consistent cohesive canon spanning several mediums.

[Skm1091]

The only star wars movies I watched were the phantom menace & the empire strikes back

[AnCap Dave]

Meh, I guess I'm a middle ground guy here. Thought the first three movies were at least halfway decent adventure movies and the other three ranged from mediocre to dreadful.

[BreadGod]

I believe this GIF is obligatory.

[tnu]

I believe this GIF is obligatory.

yeah that about sums it up.

[MrBogosity]

Meh, I guess I'm a middle ground guy here. Thought the first three movies were at least halfway decent adventure movies and the other three ranged from mediocre to dreadful.

Empire was the only one I'd consider a good movie.

[tnu]

I never usnderstood the "films are the be all end all of the canon" largely because I started with the Expanded Universe. I always saw the films as a relatively small part of the overall setting and cotnnuity of the whole thing.

[Gumba Masta]

what he said...I did warn my friends this would happen: I told them Disney would take a chainsaw to it

Sometimes you need to prune a tree so that it may live

[Ibrahim90]

Sometimes you need to prune a tree so that it may live

they're chainsawing the thing at the stem

[dallen68]

Well, I disagree with a couple of the premises of the OP.

1. In most universes (read games) where there is official thing/player content, "official thing" is lore. That lore can be movies (star wars, harrypotter), games (star wars, TES, Guild Wars), Novels (Star Wars, TES, Harry Potter). Some lore is more important than others, and sometimes lore conflicts with lore (happens a lot in TES). Anything else is fan fiction, and some fan fiction is more "important" than other fan fiction, which is judged entirely by the fans. In TES, basically how many people are using a specific mod determines it's "importance". Sometimes, content from fan fiction is adapted into the next release of official content, and becomes lore. Other times, content from fan fiction is specifically denounced in the next release of official content. In general, Official Content Providers are under no obligation to be "hamstrung" by fan fiction (or even previous lore, although they generally won't change "major" lore).

2. Point two would have went here, but it melded into point one.

That being said, and since almost everyone else is talking about the Star Wars franchise, and not the article tnu posted: I thought iv and vi were okay movies, I thought v was a little better than okay. I found i-iii a little meh, but not "that bad". By okay, I mean it was nice for an evening at the movies, by not that bad, I mean "wait for HBO/netflix-ville. I've never played the MMPRG, nor read any of the novels.

[Ibrahim90]

you're right, but you know how it works: people are pretty strict about it: I've seen people rail for years over Mass effect 2 having thermal clips, where mass effect one had infinite ammo (with overheating). ret-cons and segregated storytelling particularly irks a lot of fans.

[dallen68]

I'm not a particular fan of ret-cons (by which I'm assuming you mean "re-boots") myself, feeling they're totally not necessary. Typically, you can make any changes necessary in the existing universe. You can say something was discovered, something was lost, something was invented, there was a time bubble in which alternate lore happened...about as many things as you can think of. A favorite in the TES universe is "there's disagreement among scholars about...." (used when lore conflicts with lore/fanfic on the crusp of becoming lore).

For the your example above, I'd propose the following: The invention of the thermal clip, intended to prevent injury from overheating, also limited/eliminated (whichever it is) the weapons' regenerative ability.