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'Solo' features two major deep cuts from the old, now-dead Star Wars canon

May 27, 2018

The Legends of Star Wars live on in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

First, a brief history lesson: Not long after Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, the new corporate parent made a controversial decision. The Star Wars Expanded Universe, a timeline of events outside the movies that was chronicled in books, comics, video games, and more, would be no more.

The various forms of media from that timeline would be re-branded as “Legends” to avoid confusion. Meanwhile, all future books, comics, games, etc. would fold into a new and improved Star Wars canon, grounded by the movies and the Clone Wars TV series (Rebels didn’t exist at that point).  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | 'Solo' features two major deep cuts from the old, now-dead Star Wars canon

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