Star Wars Legends vs. "Canon"

Okay, so one thing I'd like to get started on in 2021 is making my way through Star Wars Canon. Plan to watch Episode I & II, then The Clone Wars movie and series, then Rebels & Rogue One, Episodes 4-6, The Mandalorian and then Episodes 7-9 and whatever else comes down the line. Also I'm going to be working my way through the Legends books, the series of novels that ran from the 1990's to when Disney purchased Lucasfilm (and Star Wars) in 2012. Then I want to contrast that with the novels that came out after, the rebooting of Star Wars canon and compare the two. So I'm following the guidelines of the podcasts Tapcaf Transmissions (for Legends) and Star Wars: New Canon Book Club (for Canon). So I'm starting with:


For Legends and...


For Canon. As I read them, I'll probably post a little review and ranking of each Canon and keep track of this all as best as I can. Knowing me, I'll probably abandon this little project soon, but hey, what can ya do?

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