Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Star Wars 'expanded universe' stories to feature in Episode VII? A fat hope

Lucasfilm says JJ Abrams' Star Wars movie will not draw on the wealth of books, games and comics associated with the series

Disney has signalled a fresh start for its Star Wars trilogy by officially ruling out storylines borrowed from the scores of "expanded universe" (EU) novels in book shops.

Fans of the books, written to sate the appetite for more stories about Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and company following the release of 1983's Return of the Jedi, had hoped the tales would inform JJ Abrams' forthcoming Star Wars: Episode VII and successive films. But a statement by Disney-owned Lucasfilm has ruled out that possibility by declaring that only the six Star Wars feature films and animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars series are considered part of the saga's official canon.

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Source: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/28/star-wars-expanded-universe-stories-episode-vii-lucasfilm

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