Credit: DisneyTo say that the Star Wars galaxy has grown beyond Jedi, Sith, and the Death Star is a glorious understatement, but how do Disneyland, Indiana Jones, and the earthling audience fit into George Lucas’ space opera?
The Star Wars franchise is one of the biggest entities in the entirety of pop culture. With legions of books, games, comics, and more accompanying the famous film series, it truly is a great big universe.
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Because the property is so big and constantly in motion, the subject of what is canon and what is not is a scalding hot debate topic amongst hardcore fans. Whether it’s the Disney trilogy or animated series like Dave Filoni’s Clone Wars, viewers have more than their fair share of content. It’s honestly surprising what might come up.
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When Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), and the rest of their crew set out to fight against the evil Galactic Empire in A New Hope, not even the wisest Jedi Knight could have predicted the cultural phenomenon that the sci-fi sensation would become.
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As Star Wars left the silver screen for other media, multiple creators and storytellers have seasoned the galaxy far, far away with new flavors of stories to tell and new mediums in which to tell them.
Star Wars Insider is an excellent resource for both die-hard fans of the franchise and those younglings trying to comprehend the far reaches of the galaxy, but one of the channel’s recent social media posts might have some scratching their heads. It was confirmed that not only does our planet exist entirely in the canon, but that Disney and Indiana Jones are prominent in-universe figures as well.
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The comic book world has introduced a wide variety of story arcs into the Star Wars saga, both canon and otherwise. There’s something very special about giving the readers a role to play in the grand cosmic scheme of that beloved galaxy.
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In the TikTok above, it is confirmed that Earth dwells under the watchful gaze of Space Station THX-1138 (a reference to George Lucas’ breakout film), and that both Han and Chewbacca have visited the planet in its primitive days (in a non-canon event, of course). While it might seem like a minor detail, it is still truly remarkable how much the series has evolved since the ’70s.
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While some of the purists might grunt and growl at the idea of Disney’s involvement, especially with Galaxy’s Edge, the Star Wars comics are where things tend to bleed over. Comic books have always been something of a sandbox for creators to play with, and (as any Spider-Man fan knows) canon events often offer a wide field for experimentation.
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