Trivia / Star Wars Expanded Universe

• Executive Veto: Lucas was generally hands off to authors about what they could do with the established Star Wars canon and mythos in the movies but he did make one proviso: Under no circumstances was any author ever allowed to theorize or propose an origin for Yoda, or his species as a whole. Lucas believed that Yoda as a character was so fully achieved as a wise Jedi master and so much the classical mentor that any attempt to come up with a backstory or Origins Episode for him would remove a big part of his appeal. This was so highly enforced that a trading card series had to be recalled in order to replace one of its cards, which depicted multiple members of Yoda's species worshipping a statue of themselves in a temple.
• Flip-Flop of God: Jason Fry revealed on his Tumblr blog that while writing Servants of the Empire, he was told by the Lucasfilm Story Group to use terms like 'stone' instead of 'duracrete' (as Legends was fond of Calling a Rabbit a "Smeerp" for almost everything), due to how confusing and distracting it could be to readers. However, other books do use terms like 'duracrete'. Though it is worth noting that said other books are aimed at older audiences while Servants of the Empire was aimed at a younger audience, so it could just be for their sake instead.
• In Memoriam:
  • Rogue One was released a few days before the death of Carrie Fisher. The later showings of the film were edited to include an In Memoriam for her at the end of the film.
  • Droid Dilemma included an In Memoriam for Kenny Baker.
  • Poe Dameron #14 is said to have edited parts of L'ulo's funeral procession into Reality Subtext for In Memoriam of Carrie Fisher.
• No Origin Stories Allowed: George Lucas has stipulated that Yoda's species, homeworld, and origin cannot be revealed, and this still applies after the Continuity Reboot.
• Refitted for Sequel: Not just in Canon Immigrants.
  • Rebels is quite fond of reusing old concepts, such as the Bendu (the original name of the Jedi was the Jedi-Bendu; Yoda was also originally going to be a gigantic creature, which is what Bendu is), Ashla and Bogan (the original names of the Light and Dark sides; also reused in Legends' Dawn of the Jedi), character and place designs, and so on.
    • They also reuse concepts from more recent times too such as The Force Awakens, like the Fifth Brother's design being based off of an unused Knight of Ren design and Ketsu's helmet being one of Kylo Ren's concept art helmets.
    • The show's focus on a crew is based off the original concept of The Clone Wars, where a Jedi master-apprentice duo would be traveling with a smuggling crew during the war.
  • Saw Gerrera was originally supposed to be in a live-action show (presumably Underworld). After the Disney buyout, an extremist character was needed for Rogue One, leading to Saw's original purpose being refitted.
• Word of God: According to Pablo Hidalgo on Twitter, a bunch of parts about the new lightsaber lore including the bleeding crystals were actually started way back during the production of the youngling arc from The Clone Wars. There's also a rumor that the crystal bleeding was originally going to be used in Revenge of the Sith, though Hidalgo can't confirm or deny it as he was only introduced to the idea during the making of The Clone Wars.
• Word of Saint Paul:
  • Michael Stackpole (who has not written anything so far for the new Expanded Universe) has expressed interest in writing books about how Luke went into exile after the events of The Force Awakens.
  • E.K. Johnson has expressed interest in writing about Sabine's teenage years.
  • Claudia Gray has expressed interest in writing about how Kylo Ren turned to the Dark Side. She also wants to write a book on Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Satine during the Great Clan Wars.
  • Zoraida Córdova has expressed interest in writing a book about Poe Dameron.

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