It was never SW canon, you proceed from a false assumption.
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It was never SW canon, you proceed from a false assumption.
Why? Because it appeared in the expanded universe?
Correct.
Coruscant.
Riceball
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The EU was always secondary canon to the movies and to The Clone Wars, this meant that Lucas was free to contradict, or overwrite anything established in the EU that he felt like. I suspect, but not certain, that everything shown and established in The Clone Wars was not necessarily written in stone either but since it was on TV that put it above the EU in terms of canon. At the end of the day it Lucas' right to change the name of the Sith homeworld, was it necessary to do so, no, but still his right regardless.
The name change isn't really all that big of a deal and can be easily explained to allow both names to exist as canon. The original name of the planet could have been Korriban but over the centuries or eons the name eventually changed to Morriband which is what it's known by today. The change could be easily explained by changes in the language which altered the pronunciation or for the same reasons that Burma is now known as Mianmar.
The name change isn't really all that big of a deal and can be easily explained to allow both names to exist as canon. The original name of the planet could have been Korriban but over the centuries or eons the name eventually changed to Morriband which is what it's known by today. The change could be easily explained by changes in the language which altered the pronunciation or for the same reasons that Burma is now known as Mianmar.
Of course it's his right. I'm just saying it's not a really good one. Why bring in more inconsistency to the franchise when you can just say that the planet is Korriban? That planet is still kind of relevant to Star Wars material even to this day. And for that "easily explained' bit, why bother if the only way such an explanation is going to exist is in expanded universe material, that everyone declares non-canon? We're trying to justify a name change from a planet that has never existed in canon with material that will also not exist in canon. See how needlessly dumb this makes everything?
Made canon by GL in the Phantom Menace, not before.
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Kind of like getting all hot and bothered over the name of a planet.
Actually, yes before. Return of the Jedi Special Edition. Gotcha!
Riceball
Master Member
Didn't the name Coruscant originally come from the Thrawn trilogy?
Oh, right, forgot about that but was the name actually said? I think they jus show the celebration montage.
Riceball
Master Member
I never said or even suggested that it was a good idea, just that it was his right to do so. Chances are that Lucas wasn't even aware of the name Korriban and simply came up Morriband out of the blue because I doubt that he bothers to check on or even really cares all that much about the EU, he certainly didn't seem to review his own notes and scripts from the OT when he worked on the PT so why would he do the same for the EU. On top of that I'm sure that none of his lackeys would bother correcting George about the EU if they knew about any contradictions, can't tell Uncle George that somebody already came up with a name for something or that an idea for something in the Star Wars universe didn't spring full formed from his mind.
My suggestion for the two names existing together isn't so much a justification as much as a for allowing both names to exist in the canon. Should it be necessary to do so, no, but it does allow for both names to exist together and could even be something that eventually gets used in the new EU.
Hey, if you want to raise a flag and say that planet is not Coruscant, go right ahead. But back in the day when EU was considered canon (Dash Rendar's ship being in ANH as well), there was no mistaking that planet to be Coruscant. That was kind of awesome.
There has never been such a time that the EU was considered canon.
Mara Jade's Father
Master Member
I think they should go out of their way to contradict the EU as much as possible. It would would be a bold statement to how they no longer want to be associated with EU material that is about 80-90% a suckfest.
Mara Jade's Father
Master Member
That's pretty much true. I think LFL tried to develop tiers of canon, Movies, Novelization of movies, Radio Drama of the movies, blah blah blah. Which is just stupid, either it is canon or not. I think they only did that to keep fans happy when reading books, comics, etc… I don't know why. The Trek books outright non-canon and fans still read them.
But they always held that any non movie material was a target to be overwritten by a Star Wars Movie or Series.
I think that's kind of a silly statement since the new work they'll produce is just as liable to be as much of a suckfest as the 80-90% EU material you speak of. And if there was any EU material that really did suck, Korriban was definitely not one of them. I thought it was one of the most interesting places you got to visit in the original "Knights of the Old Republic" games.
Mara Jade's Father
Master Member
Yes, I'm with you there.
third3ye
Sr Member
Season 6 felt like a disappointment, more random episodes that don't really bring the entire series full circle and transition it into the end of the 2003 CW series. Order 66 arc felt too long and I didn't like the Padme arc (then again I never like her stories). The Yoda arc wasn't the best but the last moments of the final episode felt somewhat like a conclusion though not a satisfying one at that. No mention at all of Ahsoka, kinda hoping they'd tie up that loose end but maybe they'll guest star her in Rebels? I'm also hoping other characters like Rex and Cody make appearances in Rebels, and they show Vader hunting down Jedis shown in CW as well.
To be fair the CW series finale was the final episode if Season 5. Although we keep referring to the Lost Missions as Season 6, it's not.
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