KMC Forums - TPM Darth Maul VS RotJ Luke Skywalker

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Originally posted by Jen'ari
It is your logic and a perfect analogy. You disregard how Mace Windu was depicted in the cartoon because of your interpretation of his skills in other higher forms of canon. I am doing the same here, Luke can't have been as skilled as he was described in the novel imo because of my interpretation of his skills in the movies, the higher form of canon. You're doing the same thing as I am.

No, I'm passing off things that are already stated to have exaggerated circumstances behind them. Some parts of the CW cartoons clearly inflated the power the Jedi used and were ridiculous for the sake of the general audience. If your analogy was "perfect", then do tell - how is it that the novelizations don't usual have anything about actions that are exaggerated to the point of being ridiculous whereas the Clone War cartoons are directly stated to put overestimations of the "Jedi abilities"? Not like the simple hyperbole of description "Anakin's blue blade was nothing but a blur" , but it actual powers and actions. For instance, as I already said, Mace Windu jumping several miles.

Obviously, the non-contradictory elements of the storyline can be taken as canonical. Most of the things that had happened in Volume 2 were contradicted by Labyrinth of Evil, but still. In any case:

"One other thing to keep in mind is that the target audience for the cartoons and the novels is different so they will each have a different approach to storytelling. As a result, certain action scenes and Jedi abilities sometimes will be exagerated in the cartoon a bit."

-- "Tasty Taste" Leland Chee, EU Leadup to Revenge of the Sith topic.

From this, it's obvious he wanted to put emphasis on the fact that the cartoons are exaggerated compared to the novelizations. Hence why he singles the cartoon out. So, your analogy was not perfect because of the fact things in the cartoon are exaggerated, compared to the novelization which do not tell bedtime stories like that. No doubt because the cartoons were meant to capture the younger crowd.

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No, that's completely wrong. The novel is even somewhat contradictory to the film.

Some elements. Such as, as I already said, Maul back flipping across the shaft when dueling with Qui-Gon. We know that didn't happen. There's always material, not just novelizations of the movies, that are contradictory. Obviously, if they are contradicted by the movies - they're plainly trumped. But ultimately, they are canon.