Count Dooku vs. Luke Skywalker

Commentary from GL and Filoni are indeed canon to an extent... Until they are contradicted by more recent canonical sources. That's why I referred to them as Legends in this case.

GL intended for Vader to have been gimped after RotS. That is no longer the case in canon, however, so his intent is effectively negated.

Same with Filoni's 2012 comment. More recent canon info has Luke's power AND skill on par with Vader's during RotJ.

Originally posted by Galan007
Commentary from GL and Filoni are indeed canon to an extent... Until they are contradicted by more recent canonical sources. That's why I referred to them as Legends in this case.

GL intended for Vader to have been gimped after RotS. That is no longer the case in canon, however, so his intent is effectively negated.

Same with Filoni's 2012 comment. More recent canon info has Luke's power AND skill on par with Vader's during RotJ.

Has there been any established tiering in the new canon? My understanding is everything is just equally canon?

There's no strict tiering system in the new canon. It's all on equal footing.

So guidebooks, novels, and comics are just as canon as the films.

my question is- can secondary sources override or retcon the movies?

for example- if a novel is released in the future that says Rey's lightsaber has a purple blade, would that become canon even though the movie shows her with a golden blade?

Well that would just be a error. But I would still say if it came to it the movies & TV shows > rest.

Mainly because we see Ahsoka's lightsabers as blue in the Clone Wars when they were originally Green, so they clearly just changed them regardless of the novel.

Originally posted by juggernaut74
So if we can get him to say it again in 2020 it's canon?

Matt Martin has made it clear that published works always take precedence over random creator statements. In fact, Martin has flatly stated that creator statements are non-canon unless confirmed in official storytelling:
https://i.imgur.com/32n1bgs.jpg
*He even used GL as an example of *why* random statements are not always reliable.

I suppose the exception would be if a statement is made by a member of the Story Group, as they essentially dictate canonicity across the franchise... Though it still seems like published stories are always going to take absolute precedence where canon is concerned.