I'm going to be patient and see what happens in the show, but certainly not because of anything Dave Filoni has to say about it.


We are talking about the same show, right? The show where Obi-Wan fights Grievous frequently, sometimes with all four arms, and then is surprised to hear Grievous say he's been trained in the Jedi arts and has four arms in the movie? Even aside from the EU issues, I would not call the show's approach to continuity "meticulous."

God bless Dave Filoni for taking the time to post quite an in-depth response to the fans' overreaction to this matter.

I am going to honor what he asked us to do and be patient. George and Dave have both bent over backwards to make sure the Clone Wars does not contradict the movies. They go so far as to make it so that Anakin and Grievous can never meet face-to-face prior to Episode III, all because of that throwaway "You're shorter than I expected" line. They're very meticulous. They are not going to make such a blatant continuity error.

I know there have been times when Clone Wars has contradicted to some degree EU material. That is to be expected sometimes. Clone Wars is T-Canon, which puts it above the primarily C-Canon EU. Therefore, Clone Wars reserves the right to alter something in the EU if it makes the show better. The Clone Wars cannot, however, contradict the movies, which are a tier above them in the continuity hierarchy. George Lucas (working on the Clone Wars with Dave) is not going to contradict the G-level movies. There really is nothing to fear. Qui-Gon's inclusion in the Clone Wars will make perfect sense when all is said and done.

Bump.

Right...

Well said, but as long as the continuity is patched up right and makes sense.

It does, in a sense, have its own continuity, and that is George Lucas level of canon. And, as fans, we must respect that. That doesn't mean we have to like it or agree with it all the time, but we have to respect it because, if anything, the EU would most likely be the one to be declared seperate canon were a divide to ever happen. Personally, I prefer it all being placed in the same continuity, it gives it a sense of direction and togetherness which appeals to me. If a character dies (on screen) you know that being is dead and won't show up in a future (chronologically speaking) novel, and that gives the characters death more power. Besides, Leland Chee and the fine people at Lucas Arts, Books and Film as well as Del Rey are doing a fine job of melding all the loose ends. Just think of it as an old fashioned metal diving suit. Yes, it's been torn and knocked, but it's been patched up pretty well and, it might not be pretty to look at, but it is sea-worthy.

Why can't the Clone Wars be considered its own separate continuity? What's the big problem with that? It seems a better solution than to continue cluster-bombing existing continuity.

Look at Batman - there's comic continuity, cartoon continuity, 90s film continuity, Nolan continuity -- and it all works, all the stories stand on their own and there's no confusion. Why can't the Clone Wars be like that?

Wow, your outsmarting me bad! That's OK though, I have to start being smarter! Hahaha! "Math, hard it is!"
hahaha! I'm amusing myself with my own stupidity! Hahahaha!

Hmmm I didn't know that. That's cool, so they already got 44/100 episodes then. Almost half way.

Thanks for the reply Jedimailis, 100 sounds like a perfect even number of episodes for Clone Wars. Do you have a source?