Interesting.

You'd think it would've been caught in editing . . .

But, hey, we have an answer, so that works.

Hmm . . .

Okay, I have some Street of Shadows confusion, though nothing that would be considered spoilers, I don't believe.

1. When making references to Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker, the first and most of the second book in this series make it clear (I think) that Jax has no idea that Anakin went on to become Vader. None of his companions know this either. However, on p. 117, the "narrator" (from the perspective of our heroes) makes mention of Anakin's "one-man pogrom" during Order 66. Is this an error, or one of those few times when the narration, despite having a specific point of view, was allowed to stretch beyond the character's knowledge? It just seems jarring.

2. References to "Flame Night" were a bit unclear in the first book, but based on the second, we have to assume that it is within the first month or two after ROTS, correct? (It has to be a bit before the first book, yet after Order 66.)

3. This one feels just . . . sloppy. I'm not entirely even sure what to make of it . . .

Street of Shadows is set a few months (which they say repeatedly without pinning down a number) after Jedi Twilight, which was, itself, within the first few months after ROTS.

On p. 90, Rhinnan is considering a transmission from Drongar during "the waning years of the Clone Wars." (Given the transmission, it's dating back to the Medstar books, it seems.) However, the transmission is repeatedly said to have been about TWENTY years old, hence some degradation. It is as if this entirely little few page section has somehow leaped ahead nearly two decades in perspective, when, obviously, it is not meant to do so.

Is there something I'm reading wrong? Am I missing some contextual comment that makes those twenty year references make sense somehow?

TastyTaste,
In the Toys "R" Us comic Practice Makes Perfect, it shows Plo Koon without his mask. Is that depiction considered canon?

Whilst there could still be S-canon material made, surely it has been the policy in recent years to treat everything official as canon and try and make it fit together (even if that is difficult). So newer material is treated as C-canon because it has gone through a process of continuity checking as it was being made so it can fit into established continuity. Even so, there are sometimes contradictions which may require retcons or alterations.

So there should be little new official material that is S-canon, unless it was specifically made to be less than C-canon to get around the restrictions of continuity. Therefore most S-canon is old stories that do not fit with everything else, yet may have some referenceable elements in them. When they were written, EU was not subject to the same continuity and thus they now find themselves as S-canon. But I think the point is that there shouldn't be much new stuff labelled as S-canon because those in charge want it to fit together right from the beginning and not have stories going into various levels of canonicity which may confuse readers who do not know what is the 'real' story concerning the characters involved.

Not to mention Drew's treatment of Jedi vs Sith in PoD. Based on actions alone, JvS might as well have been S, for that is how it has been treated.

And the +Clone Wars Microseries+! Its conflict with Labyrinth of Evil and gross and unexplained overpoweredness would make it the perfect S candidate.

What is the point of having S around if you can't use it to fix problems like these?

No, but he HAS clearly stated that nothing created since the implementation of the Holocron is S-canon, and has clearly defined G, T, and N canon in such a way that they clearly don't include articles written by non-Lucas authors. It's not conjecture so much as process of elimination.

Nonetheless, that's not the stated continuity position of LFL. If this has changed, I think the fans who appreciate the hard work put in by those like Abel Peña on such articles would like to know if it's now being discounted. As one of them myself, I know I would.

Actually . . . there is an answer as to how Anakin can do it. It's in the new Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi. So, that knocks out THAT part of my question . . .

Mira:

Well, Star Wars supposedly has a monolithic canon, which means that just about everything is a part of the continuity, including articles. Also, not all of Fenn Shysa's backstory came from the History of the Mandalorians article. It first originated in the Marvel comics. So it's not like this only involves a magazine article.

EDIT: Also, as Hydronium says, articles and novels had previously been considered of equal importance, continuity-wise. At least, that was how I understood it.

Continuity gets overwritten all the time, as evidenced by the recent re-shaping of the history of the Clone Wars. I'm rather looking forward to seeing how Karen Traviss has done this, considering the fact that she has more or less taken on the Mandalorian gauntlets herself. I've always understood that the online articles, etc. are meant to be explanatory notes to tide over readers who have felt that there were questions left unanswered, not continuity bibles for the authors.