Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Jun 12, 2005 8:44:51 GMT -5
When I look at the 6 SW films I wonder if perhaps the EU should be viewed in a similar way as fan fiction. No one worries about the continuity of the body of fan fiction; each work is just supposed to follow the path set by the movies (at the time). I suppose it's the same with the licensed fiction as well.
It's fairly obvious from the prequel films that Lucas did not use the EU as either a guide or a constraint to what he was writing. None of the EU books say a word about the Jedi Temple. Nobody knew about it until TPM came out. And with the re-release of ROTJ on DVD, we know that the Jedi Temple is still there. It's too large of a hole to ignore that the pre-prequel EU never mentions Luke dealing with it. And many pre-prequel, post-ROTJ, EU Jedi appear to come from Jedi families, even though it's clearly stated that Republic Jedi are forbidden familial attachments.
Now LFL seems to have made some effort to get quality writers for the games, comics and books. But do they warn the writers about being contradicted in future film work? I assume so.
Will a "new" EU evolve with future cartoons and TV shows?