The canon thread

I think queeqs response to you post #17 is the next requirement here.

I think queeqs response to you post #17 is the next requirement here.

For me, books and games are utterly non-canon EU, yet they do contribute to the SW experience. They provide a platform to enjoy more of the SW world/experience. Yet, they are non-canon, just an enjoyable SW passtime.

Well, as for XWA, may I remind you it's a space sim. It simulates the battle in the manner of "what would happen if you were a great pilot and you do so well YOU would be elected to lead the attack on the DS2". That's basically what all simulation games do, even the board games that replay historical battles. So that's legit IMHO.

Good point, I guess that discounts ALL games from the series.

It's EU anyway. And not all of them are non-sims.

Well Sims or Adventures would be pretty boring if the interaction of thre player didn't actually change the outcome of events.

I think discounting games is a good idea, too much licence to change events to suit the medium.

Same goes for the books. So that's all non-countable EU to me.

So how about interviews with GL? Would you say that is canon?

Actually, at base, there is nothing to seperate the games from the books, officiality wise. They all tend to go through the saem purpose; much of the basic XWA plot is now considered part of the EU canon, ditto for Kyle Katarn (soon to get a third outing! Woo-hoo!)

It just happens that, even more so than the books, the games tend to mess up continuity.

As for GL's interviews, technically speaking, yes, they are.