The Returned One
Hello there!
General Kenobi?
Right, serious mode, okay.
A few days ago, I was having a discussion with a few people about Chaos, and if Chaos follows Canon or Legends. This lead to a lot of discussion about how both can exist simultaneously, if we just edit a few details from the new Canon stuff. But obviously not everyone likes that, some people will argue that Canon says Han and Leia only had one kid, in Ben Solo, so how do we get away with talking about Jacen and Jaina.
Chaos is set in like, 800 odd ABY, probably closer to 900 ABY now. A lot of these canon/legends stories are just that, legends in the galaxy. Yet people still roleplay reading the story of Luke Skywalker, obviously being a galaxy wide hero. Do we read the Legends story, the battles against Abeloth with the One Sith (Lost Tribe of the Sith) or that Canon story where Luke buggered off for a few years then died on that rock island I can never spell.
But obviously, people and stories aren't the only difference.
Lightsaber crystals, here we go. Canon lightsaber crystals annoy me, all of the crystals being based off of the Kyburr crystal annoys me. I love legends explanations of lightsaber crystals where like, loads of different crystals exist and each one does it's own thing that's different to this other crystal. I love legends lightsaber crystals, and I always tend to write legends lightsaber crystals over canon crystals.
I also know that legends opens up way more force powers to Canon.
I started writing on Chaos before new Canon was even a whisper, god I've been here a while. I started writing here when Legends was just the expanded universe and when Lucas Films classed most of it as Canon. What a weird time. To me, I've grown up with Legends and I've always written Legends, too this day a lot of the things I write are heavily influenced by Star Wars Legends over this new, honestly rubbish, Canon.
This begs the question though.
Do y'all write based off of Star Wars Canon or Star Wars Legends? Do you mix and match? If so, how?! I guess I started this just to try and get a general discussion on Canon vs Legends and how they can both be included into writing, I guess.
General Kenobi?
Right, serious mode, okay.
A few days ago, I was having a discussion with a few people about Chaos, and if Chaos follows Canon or Legends. This lead to a lot of discussion about how both can exist simultaneously, if we just edit a few details from the new Canon stuff. But obviously not everyone likes that, some people will argue that Canon says Han and Leia only had one kid, in Ben Solo, so how do we get away with talking about Jacen and Jaina.
Chaos is set in like, 800 odd ABY, probably closer to 900 ABY now. A lot of these canon/legends stories are just that, legends in the galaxy. Yet people still roleplay reading the story of Luke Skywalker, obviously being a galaxy wide hero. Do we read the Legends story, the battles against Abeloth with the One Sith (Lost Tribe of the Sith) or that Canon story where Luke buggered off for a few years then died on that rock island I can never spell.
But obviously, people and stories aren't the only difference.
Lightsaber crystals, here we go. Canon lightsaber crystals annoy me, all of the crystals being based off of the Kyburr crystal annoys me. I love legends explanations of lightsaber crystals where like, loads of different crystals exist and each one does it's own thing that's different to this other crystal. I love legends lightsaber crystals, and I always tend to write legends lightsaber crystals over canon crystals.
I also know that legends opens up way more force powers to Canon.
I started writing on Chaos before new Canon was even a whisper, god I've been here a while. I started writing here when Legends was just the expanded universe and when Lucas Films classed most of it as Canon. What a weird time. To me, I've grown up with Legends and I've always written Legends, too this day a lot of the things I write are heavily influenced by Star Wars Legends over this new, honestly rubbish, Canon.
This begs the question though.
Do y'all write based off of Star Wars Canon or Star Wars Legends? Do you mix and match? If so, how?! I guess I started this just to try and get a general discussion on Canon vs Legends and how they can both be included into writing, I guess.