From our overseas flight from Switzerland to New York:
Wanna know the reason I started reading the new Star Wars
novels this year? Besides the fact that I’ve freaking LOVED the original Star
Wars film trilogy since I was a little kid?
After years of infamous inconsistency, the novels and side projects will
all finally have harmonious continuity with the films.
Before Disney announced that they were reigning in the Star Wars Extended Universe in April 2015, the
franchise was a free-for-all of disjointed novels and graphic novels. Now, Disney's Star Wars Story Group has wiped the slate clean and made an official distinction
between the newer “canon” stories (which are promised to gel together and be in
continuity with the Star Wars films and TV shows, like Clone Wars and Star Wars
Rebels)…
...And the older, contradiction-ridden “Legends” stories of varying
quality (select elements of which the Story Group reserves the right to validate in its
upcoming canon stories).
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| Star Wars: Aftermath, the first "Canon" novel that takes place after "Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi" |
Disney’s controversial move has been bitterly protested by
fans of the old Extended Universe. But for me, the casual Star Wars fan, it
makes the new novels seem more accessible.
No offense to those hardcore EU fans, but there’s no way I’m gonna sort
through that old stuff that is now relegated to the “Legends” dust bin.
A similar commitment to franchise continuity arguably made
the Marvel Cinematic Universe more appealing, and I’ve been curious to find
out if the new canon Star Wars novels can pull off something equally consistent
with those Marvel superhero films and TV spin-offs. Either
way, my daughter Lena and I look forward to checking out some of these new canon
books and graphic novels together!
Why this post?
Consider this fair warning that a few Star Wars novels will be featured
prominently in the next few “Just Read” Garth’s Blog book reviews,
sprinkled in with my usual travel and outdoor adventure posts.
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