One more question. I assumed that KOTOR I and II are both C-canon, but one person said KOTOR I is G-canon because Lucas mentioned it somewhere. Is it true that the first game has a higher canonicity level?

jarjarsmeagol:

In Star Wars Episode I Journal: Anakin Skywalker, Todd Strasser spells the planet, on which the angels Anakin talks to Padme about in TPM come from, Iego (that's an i, not an L). However, in Labyrinth of Evil, James Luceno spells it Viago, the "V" being silent I suppose. Out of curiousity, which spelling is considered canon?

It's also spelled Iego in Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds, which devotes an entire section of the book to the planet (a portion of which you can read here). Given such prominent usage, I imagine it's an error in LoE.

My understanding of the canon is that the EU is bound by the movies (and naturally not vice versa), that it's also bound by other directives (in the way you've described) and that the canon policy is inclusive and includes elements from all the various divisions involved in the franchise: LFL (the movies), LL (novels, comics etc.) and LA (story elements from videogames).
I'm picky when it comes to the EU. I don't read the comics (they're not as easy to come by here in Sweden either) and I prefer some authors before others, but I still recognize the comics and the novels by other authors to be part of the official story of SW which is something that only you people can decide on. I don't dismiss the entire EU just because I happen to disagree with some of the stories or individual details in the movie canon reference works. I apologize if I'm a little longwinded, but it would interesting to get these issues cleared up.

Ackbar's Trap, George Lucas has clearly indicated what he means with the "two worlds". Since you're aware of the sources, I'll only mention them briefly. In the Cinescape interview, GL said that his world is "a select period of time" that the EU doesn't intrude upon, but that the EU does "intrude in between the movies". From the Empire magazine interview the sentiment was that the upcoming television series as well as the novels only are parallel in the sense that he's not the one making them. He also said that: the TV series "It's not about Darth Vader or the saga, it just takes place in that world. It's like the spin-off novels. I'm not doing it, other people are doing it". GL has also shown at least some interest in the EU. Tom Veitch said in an interview that GL wanted to have input on the ancient history of the Jedi, why would he want to have that (in such a trivial matter) if your interpretation of "parallel universes" is correct?

I think that fan fiction is non canon. I knew that secondary canon is what's not so accurate.

I think that the EU contriadicts with the movies because it's not accurate enough to George Lucas's vision of Star Wars.

Tasty Taste:

The question I'm about to ask is silly, and the answer probably goes without saying. It was already asked on page 12 of this thread, but the only people who answered it were a bunch of regular posters. I want to know your "official" answer. Someone I know won't believe it any other way.

Are game mechanics (video games or rpg) canon? For example, does a rpg damage rating like "7d" mean anything? If a C-canon source (like a novel or reference book) contradicts what the game mechanics say, will the book win out?

Silly, I know. But like I said, the person I'm discussing this with won't believe it unless he hears it from you.

Keep in mind that George wanted to use Quinlan Vos in Episode III, and even featured a mention of him by Obi-Wan. This suggests that he does consider the EU to be canon, at least to a certain extent.

Starlog #337 was from just a few months ago, and it goes with other quotes he's made over the years. A direct quote with scans can be found here. You might also find Sue's response to a report of that quote interesting. It's here.

True, Lucas isn't giving us a formalized, rigid canon policy with such statements, but many would argue that they can't be dismissed because of that. He's giving a very clear position about what is or is not part of the same continuity as the films. It's interesting to consider.

Against I have to say that there's no policy beyond the scope of Licensing's Holocron.

To address the Starlog quote (when was this quote taken from, anyway?), listen to GL's comments about Boba Fett on the Return of the Jedi DVD commentary. He considered it a misstep that more of an event wasn't made of Fett's defeat in light of his role in the prequels. He even considered adding an extra shot where Boba Fett crawls out of the Sarlacc since "most people don't believe he died anyway."

Tasty Taste,

We all know that the EUs are bound to the films and Lucas material -- one of Sue Rostoni's quotes said that there was a continuity decision made to ensure that the EUs would be kept consistent with Lucas' films and each other, so as not to undermine Lucas' vision and ensure product quality. But this is not what I'm after. What I'm after is this: is the Expanded Universe material considered "Canon" by George Lucas and LucasFilm Ltd Proper? By a "Canon Policy" I mean what is/is not considered part of the Star Wars continuity, perhaps a "Continuity Policy" would be a better term. What is LucasFilm Ltd. Proper and George Lucas' positions on what constitutes the Star Wars continuity/timeline? George Lucas in Starlog seemed to imply that the EU was not considered by him, and perhaps others (the "we" statement) (Lucasfilm?), to be part of the SW continuity ("two universes").