For what it's worth, everything I've seen with TOR seems to add to continuity, but not to turn around and botch anything. That's the beauty of an era with little to nothing set in stone that is set between two other eras where not everything has already been set in stone.

Somehow, I have more faith in the consistency of this era than many others. I mean, heck, they already have that online timeline/chronology series going that shows that they've planned out more than just the game's story itself.

Hey, Leland.

One of the TOR interviews claims the TOR team has a number of quality SW loremasters on board, second only to the peeps of Licencing, presumably to alleviate continuity issues and inspire story elements.

Can you confirm the quality of these loremasters? Are you confident that the TOR team will be able to keep themselves within continuity without Licencing having to hold their hand?

I for one hate that the line "For a thousand generations" was translated directly into 25,000 years, on the button in the EU, as well as the 1,000 years comment. People do have a tendency to round and exaggerate. It didn't need to be 1,000 even.

Nathan: Perhaps there is an intention to suggest that it is quite common that many Star Wars characters (Talon Karrde, Gilad Pellaeon, Bastila Shan, Jax Pavan etc.) can't do arithmetics. In that light, for example, the Zahn's erroneous dates for the Clone Wars and the Outbound Flight Project don't look like that bad anymore...

Speaking as a fan only, I don't tend to take the internal dates for the Coruscant Nights book very seriously. I mean, Street of Shadows gave us four different entirely incorrect dates for when TPM took place . . .

*Leland, what does the Holocron have to say about Jake Farrell? Is Jake the A-Wing Pilot in RotJ who flies back to the surface during the DS attack? Or is he just the tutor from Rebel Assault who was obviously based on the appearance of the A-Wing Pilot?

Is it possible for a retcon to tie these two characters into one?*

Honestly, if you read the CCG card for the Green Squadron guy, it doesn't exactly line up with Farrell's bio. While Jake Farrell was an R-22 pilot, the Green Squadron pilot was said in his CCG card to have been a top X-wing pilot who switched over to the RZ-1 A-wing once it became available to Alliance squadrons. I split the Wookieepedia articles and wrote an extensive one for the Green Squadron guy because I figured if it hadn't happened yet, the retcon was probably not too important or the most viable solution.

Rancor_Orga:

(Love your screen name, btw. They DO look a lot alike, don't they?)

No, I think he said they were C-Canon. The Ewoks live-action movies were made by Lucas, so I don't see why they are S-Canon. Plus, pretty much everything was already mentioned in later sources. (Heck the cartoon segment of the Holiday Special is now canon, according to the Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia)

You are correct; they're C-canon. From here:

As far as the Holocron is concerned, they are treated as 'C' canon. While George did have some involvement in creating the initial story for those, I don't have any reference material indicating which parts are George's vision and which are the creation of the writers and directors of the movies.

No, I think he said they were C-Canon. The Ewoks live-action movies were made by Lucas, so I don't see why they are S-Canon. Plus, pretty much everything was already mentioned in later sources. (Heck the cartoon segment of the Holiday Special is now canon, according to the Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia)

To what Canon level (G,T, C, etc.) do the various earlier TV shows belong? I am referring to shows like the Droid and Ewok cartoons, Star Wars Christmas Special, Caravan of Courage, etc.

I am positive Leland has answered this for all the sources you mention, either somewhere in this thread, or in the current or last VIP thread. I am positive he said they were all S. Though I can't be arsed to dig up where he said it. If you really wanna know, do a search.

To what Canon level (G,T, C, etc.) do the various earlier TV shows belong? I am referring to shows like the Droid and Ewok cartoons, Star Wars Christmas Special, Caravan of Courage, etc.