Star Wars games in the past pretty much had the opportunity to craft whatever story they wanted to. It’s how we got gems like Jedi Outcast, The Force Unleashed and Dark Forces. It’s an approach that is also responsible for turkeys such as Force Commander, Masters of Teras Kasi and that horrid Obi-Wan game. Expect this expanded universe approach to be jettisoned however, as all future Star Wars games tie directly into the official canon.
Which is also all thanks to the fact that the expanded universe canon was placed in the unofficial bin after Disney acquired the Star Wars property through the LucasFilm and LucasArts deal. Millions of Wookiepedia voices cried out in pain, when that decision was made.
Instead, future games are going to be directly tied into the canon of the upcoming new Star Wars movies, according to Gamespot. Lucasfilm announced that “all aspects of Star Wars storytelling moving forward will be connected”. Which means that a dedicated story group will oversee “all Star Wars creative development”.
This new approach has already kicked off with the recent debut of Star Wars Rebels, which also paves the way for Star Wars Episode VII apparently. Throw in DICE’s Battlefront game and the project that Visceral Games is busy with at the moment, and that galaxy far, far away is about to become much, much bigger.
And hopefully not populated by Gungans.
Last Updated: October 9, 2014
Mike
October 9, 2014 at 14:38
but what does that mean for history predating all the movies storylines? Like KOTOR?
Matthew Holliday
October 9, 2014 at 14:39
more concerned about the the 50 years of comic book history thats been piling up.
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 9, 2014 at 14:54
Only movies are canon. Nothing EU is canon any more.
Matthew Holliday
October 9, 2014 at 15:07
thats dumb, years of sith storyline, the jedi order befor the jedi order actually existed, past prophecies that lead to the existance of luke skywalker, stories that spread over THOUSANDS of years, scrapped because theyr not directly tied to the new DISNEY movies.
great…
Viking Of Divinity
October 9, 2014 at 14:55
sorry, nope, not Canon. never happened.
Matewis Jubilai
October 9, 2014 at 14:56
They can’t kill Revan! They can’t destroy the Ebon Hawk!
Admiral Chief 0
October 9, 2014 at 15:01
I SHALL HUNT THEM DOWN AND DESTROY THEM!!!
HANDS OFF THE HAWK!!!!
Matthew Holliday
October 9, 2014 at 15:14
cant kill someone that wasnt actually there.
but, thats the whole point, its not canon.
Matthew Holliday
October 9, 2014 at 14:39
well its not like star wars doesnt have enough content to go around.
unless Disney are scrapping all the existing comicbook canon and going for direct movie tie ins.
because if thats the case, we all know how well the iron man & transformers games turned out.
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
October 9, 2014 at 17:32
The comic books are not considered canon… Sorry bud 🙁
Matthew Holliday
October 9, 2014 at 23:54
some are, but i worded that wrong anyway, didnt mean canon, just meant established theory.
regardless, still BS.
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
October 10, 2014 at 08:29
As far as I know only the movies are considered canon. Nothing else. From what i heard Lucas himself confirmed that Disney will only use the movies and that all games and comics are now considered non-canon
Matewis Jubilai
October 9, 2014 at 14:42
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uurrgghhhh…. thud!
PSSHHHHTT
McFancypants HD 3.0
October 9, 2014 at 14:43
I ‘read’ most of what you typed.
…today is just one of those days -_-
Admiral Chief 0
October 9, 2014 at 15:00
Awesome!
Anon A Mouse
October 9, 2014 at 15:13
You missed a VMMMM there somewhere.
McFancypants HD 3.0
October 9, 2014 at 15:15
That was when he dodged a light saber attack.
DrKiller
October 9, 2014 at 16:41
I saw the fight on Episode 1 in my head when I read your comment
Theunis Jansen van Rensburg
October 9, 2014 at 16:51
Episode 4, perhaps?
DrKiller
October 9, 2014 at 16:53
Nah Episode one.. The Darth Maul fight. It was exactly like that!
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
October 9, 2014 at 17:32
lol GG
Captain JJ Underleyened
October 9, 2014 at 14:48
I just hope they don’t go the route of games like The Amazing Spider-Man that has to be like the movie.
Matthew Holliday
October 9, 2014 at 15:08
or iron man.
or transformers.
because all direct movie tie in games turn out SO well.
Captain JJ Underleyened
October 9, 2014 at 15:22
Wow, that Iron Man one was terrible
What what
October 9, 2014 at 14:58
Dear Disney DIE!!!!
Jedi Consular Kromas
October 9, 2014 at 15:03
Why? They did amazing things with Marvel so let us hold off on death threats.
Hammersteyn
October 9, 2014 at 15:08
Refresh my memory, what have they done with Marvel in relation with games? I’m not saying anyone should die, I just can’t recall
Jedi Consular Kromas
October 9, 2014 at 15:14
The hold of the death threats thing is just an expression. Also I was talking movies and not really games as games pretty much = EA right now even though it will still have a disney sticker slapped up somewhere in the game.
Hammersteyn
October 9, 2014 at 15:27
Thought so. Would love a new X-men game right about now.
Jedi Consular Kromas
October 9, 2014 at 16:10
Like wolverine. That was quite a nice game.
Ichigo
October 9, 2014 at 14:59
Please disney dont make movie tie in games of star wars. there has never been ( that I can think off) a good movie tie in game.
Jedi Consular Kromas
October 9, 2014 at 15:02
Tie Fighter. 🙂
Johan du Preez
October 9, 2014 at 15:28
I up you 1 with X-Wing vs Tie Fighter 🙂
Jedi Consular Kromas
October 9, 2014 at 16:09
Okay then we go Rebel Assault. 🙂
Matewis Jubilai
October 9, 2014 at 15:14
Star wars racer!
Ichigo
October 9, 2014 at 15:16
o yeah. That game was great fun…
konfab aka derp
October 10, 2014 at 09:21
Lego Star wars
Battlefront
Galactic Battlegrounds
X wing alliance
Admiral Chief 0
October 9, 2014 at 15:02
They could have just made a TFU movie, just like that, and BILLIONS WOULD HAVE LOVED IT!
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
October 9, 2014 at 17:33
Sorry. But TFU is no longer canon either 🙁
Matewis Jubilai
October 9, 2014 at 15:07
We’re never gonna get another star wars racer are we? :'(
TheBrain
October 9, 2014 at 17:20
And I venture to say that we shouldn’t.
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
October 9, 2014 at 17:34
Disagree. I’d love another one 🙂
Matewis Jubilai
October 9, 2014 at 17:43
gasp! it sounds corny if you haven’t played it, but it was actually insanenly fun.
Brady miaau
October 9, 2014 at 22:27
Nah, it was awesome
TheBrain
October 10, 2014 at 10:39
Maybe my dislike for young Anakin is clouding my judgement of the game.
Brady miaau
October 10, 2014 at 11:14
that is true, but just view it as a racer in a non specific universe, there has been nothing like it since.
Captain JJ Underleyened
October 9, 2014 at 15:41
I really gave Disney the benefit of the doubt from the start, but slowly they’ve been showing me more and more to be worried about the upcoming movies.
Brady miaau
October 9, 2014 at 22:26
I think Disney taking over Star Wars is fantastic. New ideas, new directions and some clever cartoons to build on
Captain JJ Underleyened
October 10, 2014 at 08:19
Considering the cartoons it’s very disappointing to see what route they picked. I work with Disney every day, so I get a lot of info, and on the animation side it’s not looking good.
Brady miaau
October 10, 2014 at 11:14
NOOOOOO. Cause I kind of enjoyed the cartoons. wet myself laughing at the lego star wars cartoons, just super silly
Captain JJ Underleyened
October 10, 2014 at 11:59
Me too. The Clone Wars was just excellent as well. The moment I saw the one character on the new animated series has a laser kettie I knew we were in for something disappointing.
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
October 9, 2014 at 17:31
But… but…. does that mean the old republic stories from KOTOR are… are not canon either????? I thought the official lucasarts games would at least have been canon still……
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
*cries*
konfab aka derp
October 9, 2014 at 18:14
I sort of understand why they did this, the extended universe cannon ATM isn’t really suitable for film adaptation. They would have had to step on toes anyway.
The only thing that matters is that the developers make good games, it matters little what source material is used. Maybe it might even force the film writers to consider computer games when writing the script.
From the source:
“The Lucasfilm rep told GameSpot, “[A]s far as The Old Republic MMO is concerned, nothing is going to change. [TOR] has always been a part of the Expanded Universe, and that’s not going to change.””
If they mean that, then I see no reason why a KOTOR 3 couldn’t happen. It just won’t be called cannon, which is fine by me.
Brady miaau
October 9, 2014 at 22:35
Yeah, things got a little out of hand, I have no problem with this.
Brady miaau
October 9, 2014 at 22:28
Do you have any idea how many Star Wars books I own? All crap? All non canon? Still, some of them are just good stories, that can stand on their own.
Peet Luckhoff
October 10, 2014 at 09:15
No Thrawn? No Republic Commando’s? No Karen Traviss?
I cry a single wookie tear ;(
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 10, 2014 at 09:22
Her RC books are so good.