The Clone Wars Was Part Of Separate Canon - Theory Explained
2008’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars often contradicted the Legends continuity during its original run in both theaters and on television. The Clone Wars is a fan-favorite series that introduced original characters like Clone Captain Rex and Ahsoka Tano to the Star Wars mythos, but it also regularly changed lore from older Clone Wars-era material. This has led to heated discussions about canon integrity, but comments from Dave Filoni might explain the discrepancies between The Clone Wars and Legends.
While the Star Wars franchise is best-known for its pop culture-defining films, it also includes decades of comic books, video games, novels, TV shows, and spinoff films. From 1977 to 2014, the non-movie material, originally called the Expanded Universe, was treated with equal legitimacy to the films, as was often confirmed by Lucasfilm creatives. Key moments from Legends-era material, such as Chewbacca’s death in 1999’s The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime, were even covered extensively by media outlets at the time. When the continuity was rebooted in 2014, the only previous material to join the new canon were the original six saga films and The Clone Wars.
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From its 2008 beginnings, The Clone Wars contradicted numerous elements of the Legends continuity, with its discrepancies becoming more overt as the series went on. In the summer of 2012, an issue of Star Wars Insider included an interview with Dave Filoni, where he revealed that he never considered the Expanded Universe to be part of the same timeline as his show. Filoni said the following in regards to George Lucas’ movies, Legends material, and The Clone Wars:
“There is no more clear illustration of
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