>>114378654>Because corpo says they don't?Because Lucasfilm Ltd. designated the Old Expanded Universe as non-canon. The Old Expanded Universe, now known as Legends, is thus far the only one to have had the hierarchy of canon tiers introduced.
>If something in a movie were retconned in a book no one would fucking care and the film would still more or less be canon unless a future work referenced the book explicitly over the film.This doesn't happen because there is the story group, and unless the filmmakers are named J.J. Abrams and pull retarded shit like changing the opening crawl for Episode 7 without telling anyone, things can be caught and rectified before printing.
>Canon is the measure of legitimacy and truth there is to certain media and information.Yes. And as established by Lucasfilm Ltd. in 2014, the previous expanded universe is null and void, serving as little more than a resource for canon materials to pull from and rework to fit their liking. The new books, comics, movies, games, etc are all on the same level, with the 6 original films, Star Wars: The Clone Wars(2008 CGI series), and Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir serving as the foundation.
>Corporate can say something doesn't matter anymore but that doesn't affect the behaviour and opinion of the average audience member unless there's media relevant to them that reinforces this change.>Keep licking up those mouse pellets mate.Go fund a billboard with the help of some other buttmad nerds in a facebook group.
