Are movie novelizations Canon or Legends?

I know they were previously considered Canon, but I've heard recently that they're now Legends.

Can anyone confirm this?

Apparently, the parts that align with the films are, the parts that don't are not. mmm

Yes, I know that, but I've heard that the entire RotS novel is now Legends or something like that.

The only aspects of the novels that are Canon are that which is on screen:

Some just don't want to hear it. Canon is only what's on the screen - Episodes I-VI, TCW and what's to come.

--Pablo Hidalgo, Dec. 2013

Thanks! Good to know 🙂

Only what is on screen, though they also released a new set of movie novels...at least for the OT which I find to be really poor.

^ Aren't they children's novels though?

Originally posted by Darth Thor
^ Aren't they children's novels though?

Don't think so.

Essentially, the only thing that's Canon is what's on-screen.

They are releasing another retelling of the Original trilogy as paperbacks on May 4, 2017.

Does the same rule count for the novelization of The Force Awakens?

What does that mean the only thing on screen? Would RotS novel count if we see different dialogues between Dooku, Kenobi, and Anakin?

No.

Because it's not on screen.

So then basically novels are not canon?

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You nailed it.

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You people are retarded and care way too much about canon when the only thing that pertains to is the continuation of a story. If anything that happened in those novels is possible in the same setting as the movies, it's still valid in a debate when discussing the limits of a character.

OK.

It's still not Canon.

No, it's not. You may as well use fan fiction for one's arguments.