I'm really enjoying EotE, but I notice everything they put in is pulled from some other (official?) source. I'm thinking back to my days in WEG where they'd make up planets, systems, ships, aliens, whatever, wholesale. A lot of their made up stuff has since become canon. I know WEG had a lot more time and books, so there could certainly be stuff coming in the future.

I'm just wondering if in these days where Lucas maintains a much tighter control over there license if it's even possible for FFG to decide to create a planet or make up a ship to fit a need.

I make stuff up in our game all the time. I need a planet, I create one. We rarely ever visit a world from the movies. I like going places where the players won't know what to expect, or creating a ship that they won't immediately have memorized stats for. Truly make it a mystery.

Well they certainly are allowed to make stuff up, but how much is indeed the question. WEG had a lot of freedom in it's day, but if you consider how little EU there was at the time and the fact that the franchise was a lot less main stream back then with only a few old movies and some novels, comics, and cartoons to go on, WEG kinda had to make up stuff or they'd only be able to make about half a dozen books.

The franchise is a lot more main stream now, has a huge EU, and there's probably some interesting behind the scenes stuff with the new movies and rumors of a cleaning up of the universe.

Actually, they have been making stuff up. There's a number of elements in Enter the Unknown and Suns of Fortune that didn't exist until those books were published.

From my two stints working on WotC's Saga Edition product line, we did have a degree of flexibility in what we created, but I at least was given a word of caution of going too far outside the lines (i.e. the existing EU), though I did manage to sneak in a few fanon elements (which will likely fall into "canon discontinuity under the new system); granted the authors did get to each create two entirely new planets for Unknown Regions with the only real restriction being "they have to be located beyond the Outer Rim" and falling into a given theme (eight themes, split up amongst four authors). But since our work was done during the "layers of canon" stage, obviously we couldn't contradict the movies, and I'm sure FFG is under the same restriction with their products.

Actually, they have been making stuff up. There's a number of elements in Enter the Unknown and Suns of Fortune that didn't exist until those books were published.

From my two stints working on WotC's Saga Edition product line, we did have a degree of flexibility in what we created, but I at least was given a word of caution of going too far outside the lines (i.e. the existing EU), though I did manage to sneak in a few fanon elements (which will likely fall into "canon discontinuity under the new system); granted the authors did get to each create two entirely new planets for Unknown Regions with the only real restriction being "they have to be located beyond the Outer Rim" and falling into a given theme (eight themes, split up amongst four authors). But since our work was done during the "layers of canon" stage, obviously we couldn't contradict the movies, and I'm sure FFG is under the same restriction with their products.

So how far outside the EU were you allowed to go?

Is that part of the reason why the EU tends to get a little...umm... it goes to far when referencing other EU when it should really just make something new and move on?

Is there someone at Lucasfilm whose job is to cross reference all this stuff? (and if so what's that job title? Nerd Lord?)

Man, I make stuff up all the time and barely stick to established EU sources. Granted, neither myself nor my players are terribly familiar with anything other than the major novels and comics, so I'm not treading on any toes.

Still. Having fun comes first. I'm sure WEG, WotC, and now FFG have their own policies regarding that. (If they don't, maybe Disney will cut them some slack now.)

Is there someone at Lucasfilm whose job is to cross reference all this stuff? (and if so what's that job title? Nerd Lord?)

His name is Leland Chee, and his official title is "Keeper of the Holocron."

Edit: Typo.

On the "Order 66" podcast, Jay Little has already stated "the only canon is the 6 movies, everything else is "fluff". Its pretty clear that FFG is primarily focusing on the original trilogy and treating the prequels like a 7th hand account of what happened.

On the "Order 66" podcast, Jay Little has already stated "the only canon is the 6 movies, everything else is "fluff". Its pretty clear that FFG is primarily focusing on the original trilogy and treating the prequels like a 7th hand account of what happened.