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Question: Is Star Wars: Fact Files considering characters from the Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO video game, and in particular Star Wars: Fact File 22's article on Darth Bane page that labels him as more powerful than any Sith who came before him, in their analysis of information?
Answer: Thank you for your query. If you mean 'The Old republic' Online computer game or the comic and books based on the computer games, not really as this isn’t cannon. It is possible our writer may have included some information into a relevant article, for example a planet/location that they visit in the game. But an actual card based solely on the ‘Knights of the Old republic' or 'The Old republic’ was never done. We hope that you have enjoyed the series so far and please let us know if we can be of any further assistance!
Question: Thank you for your response. I really enjoy the publications! However, a lot of material featured within the Fact Files are not considered canon. They are under the "legends" umbrella. For example, the events described in the Fact Files for Darth Bane are from the "legends" continuity, not canon. Likewise, The Old Republic computer game is also considered "legends", hence why I am confused by the distinction you are drawing between other "legends" content like the Darth Bane trilogy, which is featured in the Fact Files, and then The Old Republic computer game. Can the author of the Fact Files verify that The Old Republic computer game is still not being considered within the Fact Files content despite it also being in the "legends" continuity. I ask because in Star Wars Fact File 22, it claims that Darth Bane is the most powerful Sith Lord in history, which is inconsistent with information from The Old Republic computer game that features characters like Revan and Emperor Vitiate. Due to this, some fans within the community are confused.
Answer: As you might imagine, there’s no simple answer to this, so bear with me while I give you some background. When we started the 2nd edition of the fact files in 2013, Lucasfilm had not yet been bought by Disney let alone implemented the Legends/canon criteria. We had 120 planned issues into which to fit an immense amount of content. Inthe years since the first edition of the Fact File, all 140 issues of that, there was an immense amount of information to add. We made the conscious decision to cover the history from a little before the Invasion of Naboo (including touching briefly on Darth Bane and a little bit of additional background to Republic history pre-Naboo) and then stop just after the Battle of Endor. We had no idea things were about to get complicated. After the buy-out, and as we continued to produce the Fact Files, the Lucasfilm Story Group in April 2014 decided that the only previous published materials considered canon were the six Star Wars films and the Clone Wars TV series. As you know, they also decided that all Expanded Universe material was re-termed Legends. At that point we were working on issue 40 of the Fact File and, all of a sudden, we’d ‘lost’ a huge wedge of content. That was… exciting. As you’re probably also very aware, some Legends content will be brought back into canon as it’s required by the likes of the new comics, the novels, and so on. Some of it will be largely intact, some of it altered (for example, the new canon origins of the B-wing pay tribute to old canon beautifully). As I said, complicated. Darth Bane is an interesting case in point. We don’t know officially how much of his former background is still canon. We can only go by what’s been said so far in the new materia and, at the time we went to print, Bane was as I wrote – the most powerful of the old Sith Lords. Arguably, Darth Sidious may have taken that crown. Mind you, until we know more about Bane’s past, that debate is set to rage on. So far as the amazing Knights of the Old Republic material goes, it’s strictly Legends for now. Whether that’ll change will entirely depend on the Story Group and people like Dave Filoni (all hail the Chosen One of the Mighty Hat). If KotOR makes it back into the new canon, we will reflect that in future publications. In the meantime, the 2nd Edition Fact File remains a testament to a moment in time when everything got complicated.
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So, in short, even as ridiclous as it sounds, Fact Files, despite operating under the Legends banner, is primarily writing from a Canon perspective (same for the Force and Destiny sourcebooks). The above confirms they were not considering Legends content, even despite the publication being "officially" Legends. Of course, context is key. I concede the point that, in Canon, Darth Bane is the most powerful of the ancient Sith Lords, but in Legends, he simply isn't.
Did you even read what he said, lmfao? The quote *was* referring to Disney Canon, not Legends. That was, like, the whole point of his speech.
We can only go by what’s been said so far in the new materia and, at the time we went to print, Bane was as I wrote – the most powerful of the old Sith Lords.... So far as the amazing Knights of the Old Republic material goes, it’s strictly Legends for now... If KotOR makes it back into the new canon, we will reflect that in future publications.