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Just wanted to update the timeline I did on page 2 since we know more about the correct placement of things now.

PREQUEL ERA
Episode I: The Phantom Menace (film)
Episode II: Attack of the Clones (film)
The Clone Wars (animated film)
The Clone Wars (animated series - the 3D one)
Crystal Crisis on Utapau (unfinished story reels)
The Bad Batch (unfinished story reels)
Kindred Spirits (short story)
Dark Disciple (novel)
Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir (comic, takes place halfway through Dark Disciple)
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (film)

THE DARK TIMES
Kanan (comic - framing story is set during the tv series Rebels though)
Lords of the Sith (novel)
Orientation (short story, set during Lords of the Sith)
Tarkin (novel)
A New Dawn (novel)
Han Solo (film, goes somewhere around here???)
The End of History (short story)
HoloNet News Reports (tie-in with Rebels)
Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy (young adult novel)
Rebels short episodes (animated series)
Ezra's Gamble (young adult novel, ties into the last short episode)
Spark of Rebellion (Rebels season 1 premiere special event)
Rebels season 1 (animated series)
Rebels (UK comics, take place during season 1 of Rebels series)
Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks (young adult novel, takes place during the Rebels episode "Breaking Ranks")
Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice (young adult novel, takes place during second half of season 1 of Rebels)
Rebel Bluff (short story)
The Siege of Lothal (Rebels season 2 premiere special event)
Rebels season 2 (animated series)
Servants of the Empire: The Secret Academy (young adult novel, not out yet)
Rogue One (film, not out yet)

ORIGINAL ERA
Episode IV: A New Hope (film)
The Story Before The Force Awakens (Korean webtoon adaptation of the OT with extra scenes, runs through the entire OT)
The Princess, The Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (young adult novel adaptation of ANH with extra scenes, not out yet)
Last Call at the Zero Angle (short story, ties into end of ANH)
One Thousand Levels Down (short story, takes place either during or right after ANH)
Princess Leia (comic)
Smuggler's Run (young adult novel, not out yet, concurrent with Princess Leia)
Chewbacca (comic, not out yet)
Heir to the Jedi (novel)
The Weapon of a Jedi (young adult novel, not out yet)
Star Wars (comic)
Darth Vader (comic)
Vader Down (SWxDV crossover event, not out yet)
Commander (mobile game)
Battlefront (short story, tentative title, not out yet)
Battlefront: Twilight Company (novel, 18 months after ANH)
Lando (comic, exact placement unknown but between ANH and ESB)
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (film)
So You Want to Be a Jedi? (young adult novel adaptation of ESB with extra scenes, not out yet)
Moving Target (young adult novel, not out yet)
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (film)
Beware the Power of the Dark Side! (young adult novel adaptation of RotJ with extra scenes, not out yet)
Blade Squadron Parts I & II (short story, takes place during the Battle of Endor)
Uprising (mobile RPG)
Shattered Empire (comic, not out yet)
Aftermath (novel, not out yet)
Lost Stars (young adult novel, not out yet, spans the OT era and past RotJ to the Battle of Jakku)
Battlefront (video game, at least the Battle of Jakku part)
C-3PO (comic, not out yet, might actually be in the sequel era)

SEQUEL ERA
Episode VII: The Force Awakens (film, not out yet)
Episode VIII (film, not out yet)
Episode IX (film, not out yet)
 
I didnt know the unfinished reels were canon. I need to get those watched. Im almost dobe with dark disciple, but there are a lot more book I need to read. I didnt know there were that many young adult books.
 
CrunchyFrog said:
I'm shocked I'm the first person to even mention this yet, but what I'm hoping, more than anything in the world, is some reference to Malla and/or Lumpy in SW7 to force the holiday special into canon status. Honestly that kind of tongue in cheek joke is precisely the sort of thing I could see Abrams doing in some off-hand Chewie/Han dialogue. To see George's face on having that thing legitimately taped to the Star Wars mythos would be glorious.
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I think it's important to note that any character can brought back into canon, that doesn't mean the media they came from is canon. If Thawn is in something that doesn't make his books canon, if Revan suddenly appeared in something that doens't make anything from The Old Republic era canon.

Shengar said:
It's always chuckles me how Death Stars might laser beam is meant for planetary annihilation but ended up useless since fleet eradicator would be much more useful.
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I don't think the Empire thought an enemy fleet would be a problem, in their eyes they ruled the galaxy with overwhelming force and no one would match their strength or numbers. The Rebels have always relied on fighters and smaller scale strikes than a full on fleet, most of their ships were repurposed from other roles. The Death Star really only works well at destroying ships because it was unexpected, and the Rebels weren't actively trying to not be blown up by it, If they hadn't decided to stay and fight, and that their escape route was blocked they could have just jumped away. It also helps they went to the Death Star and not the other way around, a giant slow moving ball of death is only a threat to things that can't get away, like a planet.
 
Darth Karja said:
I didnt know the unfinished reels were canon. I need to get those watched. Im almost dobe with dark disciple, but there are a lot more book I need to read. I didnt know there were that many young adult books.
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Don't know if it's been mentioned, but the "Servant of the Empire" YA novels are really good, especially if you like Rebels. They're not really dumbed down at all. In fact they're a lot better than the mess that was Heir to the Jedi.
 
DodgerSan said:
Don't know if it's been mentioned, but the "Servant of the Empire" YA novels are really good, especially if you like Rebels. They're not really dumbed down at all. In fact they're a lot better than the mess that was Heir to the Jedi.
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Ill have to check them out. I did like Heir to the Jedi, so if these are better then good.
 
God, "canon" is so stupid, especially like this. It's just a cheap way for a billion dollar corporate content farm to value/devalue stories in order to manipulate consumers into getting excited for a whole "cinematic universe" of ultimately soulless films that will certainly bomb before you know it. What's even more heartbreaking is how much these "cinematic universe" behemoths suck it from legitimate, original filmmaking. Enjoy your Han Solo "origin story," I suppose. Yawn.
 
So is the notion there will be one source to find out what happened between Hope and Awakens (in a broad sense) laughable? I dont fancy reading 12 books with a little bit of info, I guess wikis will update and be a good source.
 
Jeevesmeister said:
God, "canon" is so stupid, especially like this. It's just a cheap way for a billion dollar corporate content farm to value/devalue stories in order to manipulate consumers into getting excited for a whole "cinematic universe" of ultimately soulless films that will certainly bomb before you know it. What's even more heartbreaking is how much these "cinematic universe" behemoths suck it from legitimate, original filmmaking. Enjoy your Han Solo "origin story," I suppose. Yawn.
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There's been a hell of lot of expanded universe content since the original films came out. A lot of it will conflict with the sequel trilogy and a lot of the anthology films they'll be releasing. It makes sense for them to clarify precisely what is canon or the whole thing becomes completely confusing. It was a necessity. But probably best to jump on the whole unoriginal filmmaking bandwagon instead.
 
Mr Cola said:
So is the notion there will be one source to find out what happened between Hope and Awakens (in a broad sense) laughable? I dont fancy reading 12 books with a little bit of info, I guess wikis will update and be a good source.
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I'm sure we won't HAVE to read anything to understand TFA. It's just extra fluff.
 
richiek said:
I read somewhere that the Inquisitors from Star Wars Rebels will tie into TFA.
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Not true. Just meaningless fan speculation that went nowhere.

You aren't going to see anything from the animated series' in the movies. It's the same reason people who hope Sabine or Ahsoka show up in a movie are setting themselves up for disappointment.
 
Wookieepedia is such a mess now considering the elimination of the old canon. Those pages were built up over a decade and pages like Luke's still mesh the original trilogy story with 500 different EU materials. Does anyone know how they're handling the switch?
 
Cheebo said:
Not true. Just meaningless fan speculation that went nowhere.

You aren't going to see anything from the animated series' o
in the movies. It's the same reason people who hope Sabine or Ahsoka show up in a movie are setting themselves up for disappointment.
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Those rumours about Felicity Jones playing Sabine were hilarious. It just wouldn't happen.
 
Chariot said:
Nice work! I quoted it into the OP.
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Thanks, I'll be trying to keep the list up to date.

Ecotic said:
Wookieepedia is such a mess now considering the elimination of the old canon. Those pages were built up over a decade and pages like Luke's still mesh the original trilogy story with 500 different EU materials. Does anyone know how they're handling the switch?
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They have two tabs at the top of each page for articles that have both canon and Legends stories. If a page is canon or Legends only, it doesn't have the tab to flip between articles.
 
The only thing that matters is Episode IV, V, and the stories I made up while playing X-Wing on the swingset at school in fourth grade.

Everything else is rabble and can easily be ignored without losing anything of value.
 
Arthr2ShdsJcksn said:
The only thing that matters is Episode IV, V, and the stories I made up while playing X-Wing on the swingset at school in fourth grade.

Everything else is rabble and can easily be ignored without losing anything of value.
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You can't really go into The Force Awakens by ignoring Return of the Jedi.
 
Unless his playground stories involved Vader dying by turning back to the light to save his son and kill the Emperor, Luke and Leia learning they are each others brothers and Leia confessing her love for Han. As well as Yoda dying then it won't work out well for him. ;) Those elements will carry forward.
 
Blader said:
Depends on how accurate his playground stories were.
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They were quite vivid, but mostly just a bunch of action scenes with very little to push the narrative forward.

Cheebo said:
Unless his playground stories involved Vader dying by turning back to the light to save his son and kill the Emperor, Luke and Leia learning they are each others brothers and Leia confessing her love for Han. As well as Yoda dying then it won't work out well for him. ;) Those elements will carry forward.
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I honestly don't care too much about what is or isn't canon. Even in a franchise, I expect that each film should be able to stand on its own. Any links to previous/future films are nice for those who follow that sort of thing, but I won't be considering any continuity checklist when I decide whether or not I like the new film.
 
I've once again gone and updated the list:

PREQUEL ERA
Episode I: The Phantom Menace (film)
Obi-Wan & Anakin (comic)
Episode II: Attack of the Clones (film)
The Clone Wars (animated film)
The Clone Wars (animated series - the 3D one, seasons 1 - 5 in chronological order)
Crystal Crisis on Utapau (unfinished story reels)
The Bad Batch (unfinished story reels)
Kindred Spirits (short story)
Dark Disciple (novel)
Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir (comic, takes place halfway through Dark Disciple)
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (film)

THE DARK TIMES
Ahsoka (young adult novel, not out yet)
Adventures in Wild Space: The Escape (young adult novel)
Adventures in Wild Space: The Snare (young adult novel)
Adventures in Wild Space: The Nest (young adult novel)
Adventures in Wild Space: The Steal (young adult novel, not out yet)
Adventures in Wild Space: The Dark (young adult novel, not out yet)
Lords of the Sith (novel)
Orientation (short story, set during Lords of the Sith)
Mercy Mission (short story)
Tarkin (novel)
Bottleneck (short story)
A New Dawn (novel)
Han Solo (film, not out yet, exact placement is unknown)
The End of History (short story)
HoloNet News Reports (tie-in with Rebels)
Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy (young adult novel)
Ghost Raid (video game)
Rebels short episodes (animated series)
Ezra's Gamble (young adult novel, ties into the last short episode)
Spark of Rebellion (Rebels season 1 premiere special event)
Rebels season 1 (animated series)
Kanan (comic - framing story is set during Rebels tv show but most issues take place in prequel era)
Rebels (UK comics, take place during Rebels series)
Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks (young adult novel, takes place during the Rebels episode "Breaking Ranks")
Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice (young adult novel, takes place during second half of season 1 of Rebels)
Rebel Bluff (short story)
Servants of the Empire: The Secret Academy (young adult novel)
The Siege of Lothal (Rebels season 2 premiere special event)
Rebels season 2 (animated series)
Rebels season 3 (animated series, not out yet)
Catalyst (Rogue One prequel novel, not out yet)
Rogue One (film, not out yet)

ORIGINAL ERA
Episode IV: A New Hope (film)
The Story Before The Force Awakens (Korean webtoon adaptation of the OT with extra scenes, runs through the entire OT)
The Princess, The Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (young adult novel adaptation of ANH with extra scenes)
The Original Trilogy: A Graphic Novel (comic adaptation of the OT)
Last Call at the Zero Angle (short story, ties into end of ANH)
One Thousand Levels Down (short story, takes place either during or right after ANH)
Princess Leia (comic)
Smuggler's Run (young adult novel, concurrent with Princess Leia)
Star Wars Annual #1 (comic)
Chewbacca (comic, exact placement is unknown)
Heir to the Jedi (novel)
The Weapon of a Jedi (young adult novel)
Han Solo (comic, not out yet, exact placement is unknown)
Star Wars (comic)
Darth Vader (comic)
Darth Vader Annual #1 (comic)
Vader Down (SWxDV crossover event)
Commander (mobile game)
Inbrief (short story)
Lando (comic, exact placement unknown but between ANH and ESB)
Battlefront: Twilight Company (novel, takes place before and after ESB)
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (film)
So You Want to Be a Jedi? (young adult novel adaptation of ESB with extra scenes)
Moving Target (young adult novel)
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (film)
Beware the Power of the Dark Side! (young adult novel adaptation of RotJ with extra scenes)
Blade Squadron Parts I & II (short story, takes place during the Battle of Endor)
The Levers of Power (short story, takes place during the Battle of Endor)
Shattered Empire (comic)
Uprising (mobile RPG)
Blade Squadron: Zero Hour (short story)
Aftermath (novel)
Aftermath: Life Debt (novel, not out yet)
Aftermath: Empire's End (novel, not out yet)
Lost Stars (young adult novel, spans the OT era and past RotJ to the Battle of Jakku)

SEQUEL ERA
Scorched (short story)
Bloodline (novel, six years before TFA)
The Perfect Weapon (e-Book, exact placement is unknown)
Bait (short story, exact placement is unknown)
All Creatures Great and Small (short story part of "Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away", exact placement is unknown)
The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku (short story part of "Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away", exact placement is unknown)
The Face of Evil (short story part of "Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away", exact placement is unknown)
High Noon on Jakku (short story part of "Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away", exact placement is unknown)
Before the Awakening (young adult novel, different chapters take place at different times)
Join the Resistance (young adult novel series, exact placement is unknown)
C-3PO: The Phantom Limb (comic)
Poe Dameron (comic)
Episode VII: The Force Awakens (film)
The Force Awakens (novelization)
The Force Awakens (comic adaptation)
Episode VIII (film, not out yet)
Episode IX (film, not out yet)

REFERENCE MATERIALS
Ultimate Star Wars
Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
Databank
On the Front Lines
Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
My Rebel Sketchbook
Rebel Journal
Rogue One Ultimate Visual Guide
The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary
The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections
Rey's Survival Guide
Poe Dameron: A Pilot's Logbook

edit (5/18/16) updated it some more
 
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