"In order to give maximum creative freedom to the filmmakers and also preserve an element of surprise and discovery for the audience, Star Wars Episodes VII-IX will now tell the story of 2 storm troopers walkie talkies from the post Return of the Jedi Universe. While the readers knew there would be some walkie talkies featured, plans to feature some actors and cgi monstrosities have been discarded."
Btw for those who say that only the Novels have been taken out of canon and the games are still 100% set events you might want to read the article posted in the OP "He set the films he created as the canon. This includes the six Star Wars episodes, and the many hours of content he developed and produced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. These stories are the immovable objects of Star Wars history, the characters and events to which all other tales must align." Nothing else is set as canon other than those 7 things, not even what was going on behind the scenes of Star wars 4-5-6 which was shown in the Rogue Squardron games, as much as it may never come up since obviously the characters from Kotor are long dead it does take somewhat from the feeling of playing those games to know you're enjoying nothing more than some fan fiction....
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