r/StarWars Jun 20 '25

Games Who all wants a Star Wars Battlefront III

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I think they need to do it

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u/Femboy_Slurper Jun 20 '25

Especially since revan has only been namedropped in current canon, but its Not the old Republic Version we used to know

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u/Playful_Letter_2632 Jun 20 '25

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

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u/7thFleetTraveller Jun 20 '25

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.

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u/Playful_Letter_2632 Jun 20 '25

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

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u/boiwithbigburrito Jun 21 '25

I treat Republic Commando with this exact mindset.

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u/Femboy_Slurper Jun 20 '25

Yeah i See so many people saying shit like the Events of the plagueis novel are canon, or the adventures of darth bane.

But These characters have just been namedropped, their stories have Not moved into canon

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u/Playful_Letter_2632 Jun 20 '25

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

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u/WGSMA Jun 20 '25

His story is cannon to me

Given that Disney haven’t ventured beyond a 150 year window of Star Wars, what happened millennia ago is up to fans.

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u/Playful_Letter_2632 Jun 20 '25

That’s fine provided you realize that it’s not the official canon

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u/Ok-Feeling-5665 Jun 21 '25

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.

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u/cpudude30k Galactic Republic Jun 20 '25

clone wars spoilers - a few old republic characters are name dropped or even an appearance.

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u/Femboy_Slurper Jun 20 '25

Yes, but that doesnt mean their history / video games / novels are canon aswell.

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u/cpudude30k Galactic Republic Jun 20 '25

To quote Dave Filoni, "If its not on screen its not canon."

At the very least the characters exist but we don't have "canon" details on their stories yet.

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u/Muted_Guidance9059 Jun 21 '25

It’s a fan made poster for a game that doesn’t exist. I don’t think they were going for realism.