Oh LucasFilms. The company that loves to tinker with it's own franchise until it resembles a 70 year old celebrity thats gone through so many plastic surgeries her face no longer moves. In it's latest move all Star Wars games have been declared non-canon. This means that some great games, such as Knights Of The Old Republic have been removed from the timeline, as well as some not so stellar entries such as Super Bombad Racing.
While I might not be a huge fan of all the Star Wars games, this does remove a lot of the punch of certain story moments from the older games. And, of course, it causes concern for the future games that may be tied to the series. LucasFilms has set up a "story group" that will oversee all entries into the expanded universe in the future to ensure it fits into the canon. A prime example of this would be the new Battlefront game being developed by DICE. While it's nice that this will mean all titles will have LucasFilm's seal of approval, it also means that game developers are going to be more limited. What makes for a great movie, or great canon may not necessarily be what makes for a great game.
On another note, even though the games are no longer canon, some of them are now considered part of the 'Legends' content, meaning that they could potentially be used in some facet later on. In the end, it remains to be seen what the 'story group' will do, but part of me isn't convinced that it will be a good thing. Then again, neither was Jar-Jar Binks, and we still haven't managed to get him retconned.
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