They keep churning out new Star Wars stuff, after the announcement of legends/canon and I can't help but wonder if this is legends or canon?

I would just consider all board/card/miniature game stuff as independent of canon. RPGs depends a little on who us running things, but most other table top games they have to make allowances in regards to canon to make things work.

It is worth noting that under the new canon, the blockade runners seen in the product image are known as Alderaan Cruisers (I wish I were kidding), and therefore since the letters in the previous model name, CR90 are a contraction of "Corellian Engineering Corporation," keeping the familiar title will put this game into Legends status.

It is worth noting that under the new canon, the blockade runners seen in the product image are known as Alderaan Cruisers (I wish I were kidding), and therefore since the letters in the previous model name, CR90 are a contraction of "Corellian Engineering Corporation," keeping the familiar title will put this game into Legends status.

Well, the new canon Wookieepedia has to be strictly minimalist, but I wonder if the editor didn't take liberties here. It might need to read an 'Alderaanian cruiser' in terms of it is owned by the Alderaanian government or royal family. And then even calling it a 'cruiser' might be a liberty on the part of the editor.

Then again, there's this .

Stormtroopers were actually seen playing this game in the background of Episode IV, so yes this game actually is Canon.

As I was just poking around Wookieepedia, I found that (last year) they appointed a Nicaean Council to determine what is canon and what is not. It's called the Lucasfilm Story Group , and made up of four members. (Sorry if this is old news, but it's new to me.)

I actually applaud this, but I'm curious what the vision of this conclave is. We know that the slate is wiped clean aside from the movies and The Clone Wars, but will they try to reincorporate the best of the EU (according to their definition of 'best'), or are they going to try to build new stuff from whole cloth?

I stumbled into this, as I was trying to look into the canonicity of the Victory-class Star Destroyer. Apparently, it will be mentioned in the upcoming canon novel, ' Tarkin '.

All the Legends stuff is still in a shrodingers cat situation. It is both canon and non-canon at the same time until a new source says explicitly. The only certain thing at the moment is that it is safe to say that the NJO and beyond are gone thanks to Chewie's return.

All the Legends stuff is still in a shrodingers cat situation. It is both canon and non-canon at the same time until a new source says explicitly. The only certain thing at the moment is that it is safe to say that the NJO and beyond are gone thanks to Chewie's return.

Hm, I see what you're saying on Schrödinger's cat, though I think FFG's presumption should be non-canon unless explicitly (re)established as canon. It seems that the Victory will be re-established, though they may to be going out on a limb to assert that it will look like the way that it used to look. That said, I'd be annoyed at the LSG (Lucasfilm Story Group) if they re-adopted the Victory, but then mandated that it look different.

Is there any possibility that FFG is consulting with the story team to ensure that their properties and those of the new canon mesh?

Is there any possibility that FFG is consulting with the story team to ensure that their properties and those of the new canon mesh?

That's what Forgottenlore is telling me in this thread . It sounds like there's a vetting process at least, but there's no telling how interactive that is.

Yeah, all we know for certain us that Lucasfilm has final approval of designs. For all we know though they may just be rubber stamping things because they don't consider a miniatures game worth the effort of adhering to canon.

Yeah, all we know for certain us that Lucasfilm has final approval of designs. For all we know though they may just be rubber stamping things because they don't consider a miniatures game worth the effort of adhering to canon.

I think it would depend on the committee's workload. How many of these appeals for canon approval do they get per week/month? I think you're probably right that the miniatures game is fairly low on their to-do list. I've heard it said that Disney has a fairly micro-managing corporate culture, but that's just hearsay on my part. So, who knows.

All the Legends stuff is still in a shrodingers cat situation. It is both canon and non-canon at the same time until a new source says explicitly. The only certain thing at the moment is that it is safe to say that the NJO and beyond are gone thanks to Chewie's return.

This is what it is like to be a DC comics fan, as they reboot every few years. Even stuff that you would think is out, like the Chewie stuff sometimes still happens just slightly differently, but they never come right out and say it.

I know what youll redabout canon but the day after one of Lucas higher ups answered question about canon. Games except probably post jedi are unknown canon. Through her question she said they were noncanon over and over BUT at the end she said not to listen to her about anything game related.

I guess it depends on Lucasfilm's involvement? heavy or light? FFG can't do a thing without LFL's approval over things, that's why we see "pending licenser approval" on images.

Since armada strictly covers the Galactic Civil War- a period we might not see directly referenced in the movies again (and thus, become strictly un-cannon), I think all of this is permissible. The ships we see are presumed to have existed as far as canon is concerned, even if the individual battles have not.

And as stated the games are kind of in their own universe. TIE Defenders, HWK-290s, TIE Phantoms, E-Wings, and the like all exist in X-Wing. So, I would say they're canon as far as FFG depicting game pieces is concerned.

...CR90 are a contraction of "Corellian Engineering Corporation"....

CR90 is not a contraction of Corellian Engineering Corporation, that would be CEC.

CR90 only signifies that it's model 90 in the CR series of vessels built by CEC.

But I agree with you, Armada seems to be Legends and not Canon, and I'm fine with that. It means we could get Thrawn *crosses fingers*

Yeah, the fact that we have Ysanne Isard seems to indicate it is firmly in the Legends camp. Not that I think that is a bad thing.

I don't think this game can really be classified as canon or not canon. there is no story to it, so it has no effect on anything else. It's just kind of there in the void and can pull from all sources, be they legends or other wise depending on what LFL/Disney approves.

Yeah, the fact that we have Ysanne Isard seems to indicate it is firmly in the Legends camp. Not that I think that is a bad thing.

That'd be X-Wing, not Armada

I don't think this game can really be classified as canon or not canon. there is no story to it, so it has no effect on anything else. It's just kind of there in the void and can pull from all sources, be they legends or other wise depending on what LFL/Disney approves.

Agreed. I think this is precisely how FFG treats both X-wing and Armada.

...armada strictly covers the Galactic Civil War...

Where is that stated?