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Forget Rogue One, Disney Is Rebuilding the Entire Star Wars Universe
The first feature film outside the main stories is just a small part of a wholesale remaking of George Lucas’s saga.
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Star Wars once had a rich, painstakingly produced canon beyond its three original movies. Hundreds of authors, artists, and game developers drew from the stories told by creator George Lucas, crafting what would be called the Expanded Universe. For decades, they wrote books about the main characters’ descendants, side stories about bounty hunters and the evil Sith, and deep dives into the affairs of the Galactic Empire.
Then Disney tore it all down.