I realize that continuity is going to be shifted and shuffled around in favor of the new Clone Wars movie/series--but does this mean a total "painting over" of the CW stories already in existence? In other words, is this a Clone Wars "reboot" (which I believe would be categorically bad and detrimental to the integrity of Star Wars, by the way) or just a "This is George's vision and the rest will be worked to fit accordingly."?

There's already quite the thread about this over at TF.N.

T-canon in its entirety is not supposed to be considered part of the EU pillar, but part of the Lucas pillar.

*3) i've read some articles that say the clone wars and the live action series are going to be considered official star wars canon, along with the movies. official star wars canon? is that true?

Most things novadays are official SW canon. But there are different levels of it, each more reliable, or serving a certain purpose, than another. The new series will be pretty high up in this hierarchy, but not so high as the moves themselves.*

The clarify this point just a little bit further, The Clone Wars will not be considered Expanded Universe. They'll be ranked up there with The Movies.

Lucas SW, the EU and Fanon being the three pillars.

That appears to be correct. The "three pillars" thing looks to be an expansion of the old "two universe" / "parallel universe" phrasing to acknowledge all the fan materials, while also making the same point on continuity.

Here's a collection of the recent quotes:

http://www.canonwars.com/weblog/2008/03/bounty-showest-2008-reports.html

And here's more explanation from George on the three pillars:

"The Star Wars universe has expanded far beyond the movies. How much leeway do the game makers and novel writers have?

They have their own kind of world. There's three pillars of Star Wars. I'll probably get in trouble for this but it's OK! There's three pillars: the father, the son and the holy ghost. I'm the father, Howard Roffman president of Lucas Licensing is the son and the holy ghost is the fans, this kind of ethereal world of people coming up with all kinds of different ideas and histories."
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1) how come the clone wars movie is not being considered part of the film only continuity?

Not made by Lucas, even though he is involved. It isn't "his" project. Making it less refined SW.

2) lucas was saying something about three pillars of star wars, one of which was the fans' world. does he mean continuities?

Not knowing the details around the comment you refer to, I can only assume he meant each individual fan's expansion on SW in their own minds and fanwork. Lucas SW, the EU and Fanon being the three pillars.

3) i've read some articles that say the clone wars and the live action series are going to be considered official star wars canon, along with the movies. official star wars canon? is that true?

Most things novadays are official SW canon. But there are different levels of it, each more reliable, or serving a certain purpose, than another. The new series will be pretty high up in this hierarchy, but not so high as the moves themselves.

i have 3 questions:
1) how come the clone wars movie is not being considered part of the film only continuity?

2) lucas was saying something about three pillars of star wars, one of which was the fans' world. does he mean continuities? what does he mean by that?

3) i've read some articles that say the clone wars and the live action series are going to be considered official star wars canon, along with the movies. official star wars canon? is that true? maybe all i need is an elaboration on this.

Hi Tasty. I was wondering how much information was in the Holocron regarding that infamous live-action extravaganza on ice "for kids 3 to 93", The Ewoks and the Magic Sunberries. Is there any info on the story at all (apparently from a script by Anne Snyder)?

Tasty - do you know if LFL has plans to ever make the various fonts used in the prequel films-- such as Huttese, Mandalorian, Geonosian, and "Star Wars 76"-- public, or at least the character map for them?
Hmmm... maybe I could work that into a future Insider Q&A.

Cross-reference with the EGttF reveals that even Arca throught he was being made a Dark Jedi. Given this being the most recent source, I guess that answers the ghost question.

In Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising 2, Arca Jeth is being tortured by King Ommin. According to the comic, Ommin's plan was to torture Arca until he finally gave in to the dark side and became a Dark Jedi, much like Malak did to Bastila in KotOR 1. However, the Power of the Jedi Sourcebook states that Ommin's plan was to turn him to the dark side, then kill him so that he would become a Dark Side Spirit.

Which version is correct?

True, neither actually happened, so what's the significance, right? Well, the comic version does not present any wierd questions in regard to continuity at large, but the RPG book version suggests that Ommin or Nadd had the power to actually turn other Force Sensitives into Force Ghosts, as opposed to them merely being able to learn certain techniques to preserve themselves. And that certainly would be an important point with Force Ghosthood being as controversial and diffuse a topic as it is.