A surprising announcement from LucasFilm. Leland Chee says the Star Wars continuity is being looked at a a possible single continuity. No more of the movie or television show takes priority over another story because it is in a different format. This will make it nice for fans, which I’m sure will still find something to argue about, but difficult for the archivist who has to keep everything straight. Another question will be how far back into the storytelling formats will they go to say something is continuity or not. Only time will tell. Here is one statement made by Chee:
Chee tweeted that “Star Wars Canon is now determined by the Lucasfilm Story Group.” Asked whether that meant that the new Star Wars comics will be considered canon, or that they could still be contradicted by the movies and TV shows, Chee said, “Story Group has a hand in all facets of Star Wars storytelling, including movies, TV, games, and publishing.”
And asked whether the goal is to dispose of the hierarchy (in which movie continuity took precedence), Chee said, “That’s definitely a primary goal of the Story Group.”
Bringing the comics in house (see “Marvel Gets ‘Star Wars’“) could make it easier to create a single continuity across all expressions of the property. Outside licensees such as Fantasy Flight Games (see “Second ‘Star Wars RPG’ Adventure“) will undoubtedly also be impacted by the new strategy.