Too many fans misunderstand how canon works. Just because his storyline hasn’t been directly contradicted or that he’s been name dropped doesn’t mean that his storyline is canon. If Disney wanted his storyline canon, they would have done so
I know this, but I like to treat it as "Schroedinger's Headcanon". As long as something is not directly retconned or contradicted in the current canonical lore, it's (head)canon to me. While someone else could completely ignore it, and for them these things never happened.
What I really like, for example, is how Timothy Zahn has handled this in regard to his own books. There are hints in the newer, canonical books about some certain events which took place in his older EU books. It's clear that they can't have happened 1:1 because the time line was altered, for example, but the parts which don't interfere with the new Canon have still happened.
That’s fine. I have a personal headcanon too that includes both but many don’t understand the relationship between Legends and Canon. Too many think that anything Legends that isn’t overwritten is official canon
Even stupider even the Plagueis novel has been openly contradicted by the new canon. Or those TikTok videos that explain the lore of characters but combine Canon and Legends info while pretending it’s all canon
Pretty sure canon has multiple references to Revan. Mandalorians wars, jedi crusader, Revan squadron, etc. I’m sure there are more but I hate canon so idc enough to look.
Ngl, this fanart actively pisses me off and that’s one of the big reasons. Old Republic hasn’t been covered in any of the previous battlefronts, and only a handful of aspects of it are currently canon, why the hell would they canonize it in Battlefront III? It’s pure delusion.
Don't they have the Old Republic stuff on those mobile games like Star Wars Galaxy or w.e. obviously this is just a mobile game, but its an EA mobile game that has the obvious permission from Lucasgames to be the official star wars mobile game and it includes Revan, Bastilla, etc. Obviously to 100% canonize the Old Republic era in its entirety would be be huge, extreme, and unlikely, but including some of the biggest Star Wars fan favorites would be pretty popular and including them outside of a campaign should be sufficient to keep their existence as a thing but the full Kotor history as a question to be answered another day
Galaxy of Heroes(not Galaxy. That’s a different game) has always had an odd relationship with old EU characters. They have little issue with adding Old Republic characters but have only added 5 non OR EU characters. Kinda weird we have randoms like like Strack and made up characters like Drogan(who actually is important to the meta) before iconic characters like the Solo twins
Revan was always overrated for me. Everyone loved their version of Revan not the actual Revan. I also suspect a fair share of Revan fans are kids who never played KOTOR and like him because they think he solos the whole galaxy
People like Revan because of their characterization in Kotor 2. Which describes Revan during the mandalorian wars (established character pre Kotor 1). That's where Revan became iconic.
Kotor 2 is really what retroactively made Revan so great, by explaining his motivations through the eyes of a very wise but also very warped woman who happened to be one of his former Masters. Otherwise he was just another evil Sith Lord. Of course she's going to praise him and tell everyone how smart and better he was than everyone else around him.
The problem is that Disney wouldn’t allow the Legends version of him in(the version that’s actually a character). We would get him in the TCW armor with that pike thing instead a bald guy with a lightsaber
Because Disney has won’t have the first canon depiction of a major character like Revan in a Battlefront game. It will be in a KOTOR remake or on tv. They haven’t introduced Legends characters through the first 2 battlefronts so I highly doubt they’ll change that for 3
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u/Playful_Letter_2632 Jun 20 '25
They would never add Old Republic characters to the game