Originally posted by Scotchy
People are confused as to what EU does and does not mean.What it does mean: Until GL directly contradicts it, it is gospel.
What it does not mean: Apocrypha that can be dismissed out of hand like it's totally unimportant. Star Wars as far as I know is the only Movie Franchise that has a solid extended universe that it considers as official as the movies (though GL has the final call as to what becomes official Canon through the movies)
The basic layout of legitimacy is thus: Movies, Novels, Radio-Plays... EU
The first 3 are undisputable Canon. EU is indisputable until it clashed with the canon. So unless the canon specifically contradics the EU, the EU is the official accounting of events not presented in the Canon.
Plain enough?
But untrue. Please read the thread about EU at the top of the page and follow the policy towards EU that these boards follow.