Kyle Katarn vs Darth Vader

Originally posted by Nephthys
None of those books will be canon in a year or two. I'm not sure if they're canon now. The new movie will **** things UP.

No offence but I find that unlikely. It would make no sense financially. Most Star Wars fans are only interested in the franchise because of the EU. Why would Disney want to alienate them?

Originally posted by Q99
Everything is still canon as it was for now. That's likely to change, but hasn't yet.

Even if there's a new canon, old stuff will still be debatable. Just ask DC comic fans ^^

Precisely.

Originally posted by chilled monkey
No offence but I find that unlikely. It would make no sense financially. Most Star Wars fans are only interested in the franchise because of the EU. Why would Disney want to alienate them?

Uh, no. The EU makes a fraction of what the movies make. Few people actually give a damn about the EU.

Originally posted by ares834
Uh, no. The EU makes a fraction of what the movies make. Few people actually give a damn about the EU.

Beg your pardon but then why is practically every Star Wars novel a best-seller? Clearly many people like the novels and buy them.

Like I said, why alienate an existing fan-base?

Let's be honest. If it hadn't been for the EU keeping peoples interest in the franchise alive, Star Wars would have faded into relative obscurity and there would never have been a Prequel Trilogy.

Originally posted by chilled monkey
Let's be honest though. If it hadn't been for the EU keeping peoples interest in the franchise alive, Star Wars would have faded into relative obscurity and there would never have been a Prequel Trilogy.

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Originally posted by chilled monkey
Beg your pardon but then why is practically every Star Wars novel a best-seller? Clearly many people like the novels and buy them.

Like I said, why alienate an existing fan-base?

Because making more movies will make them more money....

Plus many of the current EU fans will continue reading SW even after the reboot.

Originally posted by chilled monkey
Let's be honest. If it hadn't been for the EU keeping peoples interest in the franchise alive, Star Wars would have faded into relative obscurity and there would never have been a Prequel Trilogy.

Why the hell do people say this?

Originally posted by ares834
Because making more movies will make them more money....

They can make new movies without contradicting the established continuity.

Originally posted by ares834
Plus many of the current EU fans will continue reading SW even after the reboot.

True.

Originally posted by ares834
Why the hell do people say this?

Because it's true. Sure the OT is great but people get tired of watching the same thing over and over again.

Do you honestly think there would have ever been a PT if there hadn't been any new material via the novels, comics etc to keep people interested in the intervening years?

Originally posted by chilled monkey

Do you honestly think there would have ever been a PT if there hadn't been any new material via the novels, comics etc to keep people interested in the intervening years?

Of course there would. The OT are considered amongst the best movies of all time. 99% of people who watched the Prequels don't give a rats ass about the EU.

Originally posted by DARTH POWER
Of course there would. The OT are considered amongst the best movies of all time. 99% of people who watched the Prequels don't give a rats ass about the EU.

Then why has practically ever Star Wars novel been a bestseller? If, as you say, the EU was so irrelevant, then why were people buying the novels if they didn't care about them?

A book only has to sell in a few thousand copies to land on a best sellers list.

By contrast the movies have been seen by hundreds of millions of people.

I just don't want this to impact TOR.

I doubt it will.