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Some additional points:
Lucasfilm Canon Policy: "Canon includes the screenplays, the films, the radio dramas and the novelisations. These works spin out of George Lucas' original stories, the rest are written by other writers."
This affirms the idea that only the things that GL himself directly created can count for canon. The rules that follow are awkward, but basically the films are the 'primary' canon and the books and others are 'secondary', in that you assume what they say is true unless they are contradicted by the films (like Owen Lars being Obi-Wan's brother, for example).
This is different to EU, where none of it is considered canon whether it is contradicted or not.
When asked if George Lucas considered Boba Fett to be dead regardless of what the EU said, the OS replied yes- George Lucas does consider him dead. It then points out that GL approves his ressurection for the Expanded Universe- and that only. It did not change Fett's fate in the films. The idea that these two entities have different continuities is very important to bear in mind.
Perhaps a far simpler and more handy view of canon was made far more recently when a question about continuity arose on the OS:
"When it comes to absolute canon, the real story of Star Wars, you must turn to the films themselves - and only the films. Even novelizations are interpretations of the film, and while they are largely true to George Lucas' vision (he works quite closely with the novel authors), the method in which they are written does allow for some minor differences."
I think if you follow this rule, officially stated, you will do well.
EU/Non-canon non synonimity: It must also be pointed out that just becase EU is non-canon, it does not mean the same thing as non-canon, which some people make the mistake of thinking- they see anything about Star Wars that is not truer and say "that is EU." This is not so. It so HAPPENS that the EU for Star Wars is non-canon (as opposed to the Matrix, where the opposite is true- Matrix EU is 100% canon), but it didn't have to be, and if it was not, non-canon sources would still exist.
As it is, there is plenty of non-EU material that is not canon- the back of video and DVD boxes, interviews with Rick "only three colours of lightsabre" McCallum, and even the Official Site, which has made errors from time to time. I remember when I pointed out once that the OS said that Mace Windu was the head of the Jedi Council that caused a few stirs... that's all been changed since then.
However, some modicum of common sense is needed. Whilst the Official Site might not be 100% canon, we would normally need a good reason to disbelieve anything it says about something that is specifically in the film section. Even so, on contentious issues, it is best to find something GL has had to say about the matter- either in his films or in person- and leave it at that.
A final note- none of this is in any way supposed to clamp down on speculation, Speculate using EU sources, or any sources, all you like. This is only about FACTS- the claiming that something is truth, to not be disputed, It is here where canon is important, and so only film and other GL sources can really be considered.
Thankyou for your time, and please enjoy the threads!
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