When Disney got control condition of Star Wars , it announce that passably much everything that was n’t a television show or movie was no long canyon . That drag in off a long custom of consider almost everything produce in this world as connected and part of the same universe . But as the novel canyon has developed , not everything take away has stayed out . These are the planets , ships , character , group , and idea that have all end up back in canyon .
A Quick Note About Clone Wars
This Charles William Post primarily cover textile from after the announcement by Disney and Lucasfilm that the original Expanded Universe would be decanonized and transform into Star Wars Legends — and following the rule that any Star Wars material from that point on would be formally study part of the new canonical lore of the galaxy far , far off . However , the announcement threw a curveball by announce that the animated Clone Wars series , which had been created with the verbatim remark of George Lucas , would be bring together the movies , the then - upcoming Star Wars Rebels , and future strip and novels as part of the canyon .
Clone Wars ’ sixth and final season had already vent by the time of the EU ’s decanonization , and was created at a time when the EU was still , for all intents and determination , part of the wider Star Wars canyon . Although event in Clone Wars could officially override anything from the EU — it change several things , include the fate of Jedi Master Evan Piell , for representative — the series liberally borrowed elements , concept , character , worlds , and aim from EU fabric to flesh out its world . That means that when it was formally canonise within Disney and Lucasfilm ’s new canon , it retroactively made all of those EU - take over estimation ( everything from Darth Bane , to the Black Sun criminal offence empire , to Z-95 head-shrinker , and many , many more ) canyon textile .
For the sake of clarity and time , we ’ve decided to only refer to EU fabric that has been since added to the new canyon , post - Clone Wars and the original six movies . A perusal of the officialStar Wars website ’s databanks , however , can show just how many original EU melodic theme became canyon through their use and re - imaginings on Clone Wars .
Planets
Agamar
First look in : The Farlander Papers ( 1993 )
Recanonized in : First see in Star Wars Rebels ( 2016 )
produce for the tie - in novelette that came in limited version copies of the classical microcomputer simulator game X - Wing , Agamar was the home planet of Keyan Farlander , the protagonist of the biz , even though Farlander ’s backstory is never covered within the secret plan itself . Count Dooku mention the planet in the Clone Wars episode “ Tipping Point , ” prove it in canon , but last year ’s Rebels sequence “ The Last Battle ” give us our first official appearance of the satellite , and take over elements of its visual aspect from the original EU version of the world .
Malachor
First seem in : knight of the Old Republic II : The Sith Lords ( 2004 )
canonise in : First seen in Star Wars Rebels ( 2016 )
The web site of a major battle between the Jedi Order of the Old Republic , thousands of year before the events of the pic , Malachor — or specifically , Malachor V — was a major world in the backstory of the Jedi Exile , the actor - created agonist of Obsidian Entertainment ’s beloved RPG sequel . Malachor served as the phase for the concluding episodes of Rebels 2nd season , and its appearance included some very heavy nods to the cataclysmic event that happen the planet in KotOR II , leading to fans of the Old Republic Era to hope that the period of EU story could one day make its way of life in full into Disney ’s Modern canon .
Taris
First come out in : Knights of the Old Republic ( 2003 )
canonise in : First seen in Star Wars : Aftermath ( 2015 )
The first planet players find themselves on in Bioware ’s RPG classic , Taris was an Ecumenopolis that was all but ruin by a Sith planetary outpouring in the game ’s opening act as player and their political party take flight the macrocosm . It would go on to become a major world in the Old Republic fiction , include an appearance as a playable fix in the MMORPG followup , The Old Republic . But its reference as a location in one of the interludes of Chuck Wendig ’s first novel in the Aftermath trilogy — the first official post - recurrence of the Jedi novel in the new canon — brought at least the world , if not the event of Knights of the Old Republic , with it .
Nar Shaddaa
First come out in : Dark Empire ( 1992 )
Canonized in : Marvel ’s Star Wars ( 2015 )
The infamous “ smuggler ’s moon , ” and Sun Myung Moon to Hutt homeworld Nal Hutta , Nar Shaddaa was a whole celestial body ’s Charles Frederick Worth of trouble . The home of many a speculative deal croak skew-whiff or a shady character , Nar Shaddaa was a fixture in stories about the surlier underbelly of the Galax urceolata . That did n’t change when the 2d story arc of Marvel ’s ongoing Star Wars amusing gave the moon its first young canon show , as Luke Skywalker quickly see , in his quest to con more about the Jedi , that the moon was just as seedy as it had been in the old EU .
Shantipole
First appeared in : Star Wars : Strike Force Shantipole ( 1988 )
Canonized in : Star Wars Rebels ( 2015 )
Originally part of an adventure for the West End Games Star Wars tabletop roleplaying game , Shantipole was really a research place , the home of a crack squad of rebel engineers who turn create the B - Wing in secret . When Rebels decided to bring in the B - Wing for its own plot line , the name was borrowed as a nod — but Shantipole itself was upgrade to a full - on planet , and keep its legacy in being part of the B - backstage ’s development .
Concord Dawn
First appear in : Tales of the Bounty Hunters ( 1996 )
Concord Dawn has a strange history in the EU — it was first mentioned as the homeworld of Boba Fett , whose real name was purportedly Jaster Mereel . Later EU works would split Mereel into his own lineament , and make Concord Dawn his homeworld . The planet would keep its Mandalorian root when it transition into the new canon , however , as the home of Fenn Rau and his craftsman shielder in Rebels .
In Fact, Pretty Much Any Planet You Can Think of From the EU
While the above worlds have been given big roles in the new canyon , it ’s in reality secure to adopt that any world mentioned in the one-time EU is still part of the unexampled canon , unless a new Star Wars chronicle says so . Lucasfilm Story Group appendage and renowned “ steward of the Holocrons ” Leeland Chee took to Twitter last year to reassure fan that , unless stated otherwise , most planets created for the exposit Universe would still exist in the novel canon , with the same name and mintage — it ’s just that details may change if they ’re specifically mentioned , like all of the pillowcase above . So there ’s still hope forZonama Sekotyet .
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Characters
A note : Save for one exception — because the change in his scope is screaming — we’ve only included character reference who existed solely in the old EU and were brought forward . People who showed up onscreen in the motion picture and then were render big parts in the books are n’t here . Or you ’d never stop reading this department .
Grand Admiral Thrawn
First appeared in : Heir to the Empire ( 1991 )
First canonize in : Star war : Rebels ( 2016 )
Moving Grand Admiral Thrawn from the honest-to-goodness canon to the new is not only the bighearted one of these , it ’s in all likelihood the one lover were clamoring for the most . We ’ve covered who Thrawn wasbefore , but his appearance in Star war : Rebels kept the gist of his part entire . He ’s still a Chiss , still a ruthless commander , and still uses nontextual matter as his primary source for understanding people . Rebels even fall in him the ship Chimaera , which was his flagship in the old EU . The biggest variety is that before , Thrawn ’s assignments took him away from the Empire ’s battles with the Rebels . That is definitely not the typeface in Rebels .
Derek “Hobbie” Klivian
First appear in : The Empire Strikes Back , ( 1980 )
Yes , Hobbie “ appear ” in Empire Strikes Back , but his background was importantly extend in the erstwhile EU . And somehow it ’s even more complicated in the new canon . Hobbie ’s receive the interesting background of picture up for two desertion . In Rebels , Hobbie mar from Skystrike Academy with Wedge . Except , Hobbie was also canonically on the Rand Ecliptic to defect with Biggs Darklighter . So now , the latter situation is the result of him having go hush-hush and being at the Imperial Academy with Biggs and help Biggs defect . This mirrors Hobbie ’s name ; he was give the name “ Derek Klivian ” in Star Wars : Card Trader and also the name Hobbie in Star Wars in 100 Scenes . He hold multitudes .
Armand Isard
First seem in : X - Wing : Rogue Squadron ( 1996 , mentioned )
First canonise in : Tarkin ( 2014 )
Isard makes a abbreviated appearing in James Luceno ’s Tarkin , as a member of Emperor Palpatine ’s inner circle . His name ’s a much braggart business deal to EU fans , since in the honest-to-god playscript he ’s the longtime Director of Imperial Intelligence , mightily up until his girl framed him for traitorousness and he was executed . His daughter , Ysane Isard , eventually take over his occupation and , for a abbreviated time , the post - Palpatine Empire .
Sate Pestage
First come out in : turn off scenery from The Empire Strikes Back , let in in Star Wars : The Empire Strikes Back : Official Collectors Edition ( 1980 )
Pestage is in a similar boat to Armand Isard . He pop up in both Tarkin and Catalyst : A Rogue One Novel . In the latter , he ’s one of the Imperial emissary sent to Geonosis . By Tarkin , he is a member of Palpatine ’s Imperial Ruling Council . In the honest-to-goodness EU , Pestage was possibly Palpatine ’s closest friend , knowing him well . His title was Grand Vizier , and he was the first to take control of the Empire after the Emperor died . After everyone started turn on him , he test to make a deal for his life with the New Republic . He was caught by Imperial forces and executed . ( Or he was exiled and drop dead on a planet . Depends on which one was a clon . )
Ars Dangor
First appeared in : Imperial Sourcebook ( 1989 )
Everything said about Pestage in the young canon , repeat for Dangor . He ’s one of the emissaries on Geonosis and a fellow member of the Imperial Ruling Council . In the erstwhile EU , Dangor was another penny-pinching adviser to Palpatine , assuming most twenty-four hours - to - day running of the Empire during the difference of opinion with the Rebel Alliance . After Palpatine break down , Dangor bring off to stay put important and alive , which was itself a feat when the Empire kept losing loss leader and direction .
Terrinald Screed
First appear in : Star state of war : Droids ( 1985 )
In the one-time EU , Screed was an royal full admiral who served with Grand Moff Tarkin and who survived long enough to be one of the citizenry trying to get mastery of what was leave of the Empire after the decease of Palpatine . He was killed by Warlord Zsinj . In the new canon , he ’s still a one - eyed full admiral . Now , he ’s one of the few who saw the rebel threat a real problem .
Sian Tevv
First come along in : Heir to the Empire Sourcebook ( 1992 )
First canonized in : front line : Twilight Company ( 2015 )
front line : Twilight Company mentions Sian Tevv as a maverick with “ jazz ties to Sullust . ” Back in the sometime EU , Tevv was a Sullustan politician who was a loss leader in the fight against the Empire and in the New Republic .
Arhul Narra
First appear in : The Empire Strikes Back wireless drama ( 1983 )
First canonise in : The Weapon of a Jedi : A Luke Skywalker Adventure ( 2015 )
Arhul Narra was the starfighter commandant in charge of Red Squadron after the Battle of Yavin , which had Wedge Antilles and Luke Skywalker as members . That ’s roughly the same position he had in the sometime EU , although his backstory was a minute more developed . His most authoritative business was to die so Luke could take bid of Rogue Squadron , though .
Malla
First appear in : Star Wars Holiday Special ( 1978 )
First canonized in : A New Hope : The Princess , the Scoundrel , and the Farm Boy ( 2015 )
This is a weird one , in the sense that Malla was first introduced as Chewbacca ’s wife in the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special and kept in the former EU . And she ’s still his wife in the new EU .
Hindane Darcc
First appear in : Star Wars : Galactic Battlegrounds ( 2001 )
First canonized in : Star Wars : Rogue One : The Ultimate Visual Guide ( 2016 )
Nowadays , he ’s just the captain of Tarkin ’s flagship , the Executrix . Back in the EU , Darcc serve on the Executrix , yes , but he went from there to governing Kashyyyk , and eventually made it to Moff . He fly when the planet ’s release from the Empire was in process , and finally snuff it in a encounter with the New Republic .
Moff Therbon
First seem in : The Essential Guide to Warfare ( 2012 )
Moff Therbon is mention in Tarkin by the embassador to Murkhana , who requests more stormtroopers from him . And , fundamentally , Therbon was just a constitute Grand Moff in the older EU as well .
Ships and Tech
Interdictor
Canonized in : Tarkin ( 2014 )
A special kind of Star Destroyer marked by a curing of bulgy domes on its top and bottom , Interdictor cruisers were fit out with specialized “ gravitational attraction well ” generator that could kibosh any ship in the neighbourhood from entering hyperspace . The plan of the ship , ground on its description in Timothy Zahn ’s iconic novel , was created for the Star Wars Roleplaying plot as an “ Immobilizer 418 . ” It would later be repurposed for the Interdictor ’s first on - screen debut in Star Wars Rebels in 2015 .
Carrack-Class Light Cruiser
First appear in : Heir to the Empire ( 1991 )
canonise in : Tarkin ( 2014 )
A vulgar sight in the Old Republic and the Imperial Navy , the Carrack - class was a light pleasure boat that was intemperately armed and as tight as an X - wing . It was first mentioned in Heir to the Empire and was brought back into canon via a quotation in Tarkin as part of a manifest of ships at a location .
Hammerhead Cruiser
Canonized in : Star Wars Rebels ( 2016 )
Although technically unlike ships , the Hammerhead corvettes created for Princess Leia ’s debut in Rebels last year — and later used to arresting effect in Rogue One ’s space conflict — share both a name and some designing aesthetics with the Hammerhead - socio-economic class cruiser from Knights of the Old Republic , received capital vessels in the Old Republic Navy .
TIE Defender
First appear in : TIE Fighter ( 1994 )
Canonized in : Star Wars Commander ( 2014 )
A Hellenic ship made for one of the peachy Star Wars video game of all time , the Defender might have looked slaphappy with its three - wing apparatus , but it was a ship to be feared in the Imperial Navy — as agile and lethal as the standard TIE Fighters , but equip with shielding to rival that of the X - Wings . Although its balmy - canon introduction came in EA ’s free to act mobile game in 2014 , the Defender will make its on screen debut in the second half of Star Wars Rebels third season this year .
HWK-290 Light Freighter
First appeared in : Dark Forces ( 1994 )
canonize in : Marvel ’s Kanan ( 2016 )
Best know to fans as the beloved ship of Dark Forces Italian sandwich Kyle Katarn , the Moldy Crow , the HWK inhabit on as a dear fighter class in the EU , finally make its way to Fantasy Flight Game ’s ten - Wing miniatures series as a ship for the biz ’s “ scum ” sect . While it ’s not the Crow itself , the model and pattern makes its launching in Marvel ’s Kanan : The Last Padawan mirthful series .
YT-2400 Light Freighter
First appeared in : shadow of the Empire ( 1996 )
The character of spaceship used by Dash Rendar , the YT-2400 ( known to fan more as the Outrider , Dash ’s ship ) , was create as part of the EU ’s first major multimedia movement , vestige of the Empire , a Lucas - approved attached story that played out across book , comics , game , and toys in the mid ‘ 90s . Although we first get to see a YT-2400 in great contingent in last year ’s “ Iron Squadron ” episode of Rebels , they were technically first canonized in the 1997 re - release of A New Hope — one bottom is meet in a blink - and - you’ll omit it cameo fly above the streets of Mos Eisley as Luke and Obi - Wan make their way into the town .
Sith Holocron
First appeared in : Tales of the Jedi : Dark Lord of the Sith ( 1995 )
While Clone Wars canonized the concept of force users — mainly Jedi — storing datum and teaching in intricate devices call in Holocrons , the idea of the Sith have their own similitude ( something that had been part of the EU for twelvemonth ) was only canonized last year by Rebels , when Ezra and Darth Maul found one as part of their exploration of the Sith tabernacle on Malachor in the climax of season two . Despite only being late added to the new canon , Sith holocrons kept the classic EU Great Pyramid design ( compared to the cube shapes of Jedi Holocrons ) they ’ve had since their first entry 22 years ago .
Cubikahd
First Appeared In : bequest of the Force : Revelation ( 2008 )
canonise In : Star Wars Rebels ( 2016 )
One of the most controversial alterations Clone Wars made to EU material was the translation of Mandalorians from an aggressive warrior culture mostly explore in Karen Traviss ’ beloved Republic Commando books , to a peace - get laid democracy that had cast away its old way . Although that interpretation is now canon — a decisiveness that ultimately pushed Traviss aside from write more Star Wars novels — some rare element of Traviss ’ Mando acculturation live on in the new canon , such as this holographic game played by Sabine and Kanan .
Organizations
New Republic
Canonized in : Aftermath and Lost Stars ( 2015 )
In both the honest-to-god EU and the new canyon , the government established by the Rebel Alliance once the Empire has been reduced to a minor power is called the New Republic . Of course , the new canon interpretation has a very weak military , was n’t free-base on Coruscant , and had a relatively fallible Chancellor . The one in the EU was a bit firm , although it was still just as prone to political gridlock , put its center back on Coruscant , and had a very robust military left over from the war .
Republic Outlands Region Security Force
First appeared in : Star war : Rogue Planet ( 2000 )
The ORSF was a paramilitary organization designed to protect planets in the Seswenna sphere that could n’t be efficaciously protected by prescribed Republic Forces . But aside from being a major player in the event of the Stark Hyperspace War ( a conflict between the Republic and a sea robber organisation call the Stark Collective just decades before The Phantom Menace ) in the one-time canon , it had a major link to the account of Grand Moff Tarkin . The ORSF was founded by Ranulph Tarkin , a distant cousin of Whilhuff . The ORSF still exists in the new canon , as does cousin Ranulph , but he was retconned to have been a major air force officer in the governing body rather than its founder .
Journeyman Protectors
First appear in : story of the Bounty Hunters ( 1996 )
The Journeyman Protectors were the law officer of Concord Dawn , go by Jaster Mareel and his ring of warrior , a group Boba Fett himself would later join in the EU ( once he and Jaster were retconned as separate characters ) . When Concord Dawn was quicken as the homebase of Fenn Rau in Rebels , its defender were bring with it as Rau ’s grouping of Mandalorian mercenaries operating from the lunar month .
Imperial Inquisitorius
First appeared in : Young Jedi Knights : The ascent of the Shadow Academy ( 1996 )
Canonized in : Star Wars Rebels : A New Hero ( 2014 )
The concept of the Empire having its own shadowy mathematical group of force spiritualist to hunt down down and eradicate what was pass on of the Jedi Order is one of the old in the EU , built out of the mention of an Imperial Inquisition in the original Star Wars Roleplaying game in 1988 . Their history was almost exclusively land out of EU material in the years since its creation , from their roles in the tabletop RPGs to appearances across books , comics , and games . But they were in reality one of the first conception from the EU get over to new Disney - owned material , as the Grand Inquisitor and his order formed a major antagonist function in the very first season of Star Wars Rebels .
Imperial Security Bureau
First seem in : The Politics of Contraband ( 1992 )
Canonized in : Star Wars Rebels : Ezra ’s Gamble ( 2014 )
The Imperial ’s secret inner intimacy branch was first really talk over in backstory created for the original West End Star Wars RPG to flesh out source material for purple characters to be used in the secret plan , and continued to thrive throughout the EU as the Empire ’s umbrageous intelligence group . Although ISB agent such as Admiral Yularen come along as early in canon material as A New Hope , and operatives such as Agent Kallus appear in Star Wars Rebels , the name “ Imperial Security Bureau ” was only officially saint as the Imperial ’s intelligence and internal affair branch by its quotation in Ezra ’s Gamble , a sleeper - in novel released to coincide with the launching of the TV show in late 2014 .
Slayn & Korpil
First appeared in : Star war : Strike Force Shantipole ( 1988 )
canonize in : Star Wars Rebels ( 2015 )
The company that help widely construct the B - Wing design has yet to be remark by name on - screen , although rebel ’ take on the origins of the B - Wing still indirectly notes that the fledgling Rebellion has found a shipworks to build the Starfighter for them . However , Slayn & Korpil were further reconnected back to the B - flank ’s origins with their reference in the Ultimate Star Wars Dictionary , making it official canyon once again .
Czerka Arms
First appeared in : Rebel Alliance Sourcebook ( 1990 )
canonise in : Ultimate Star Wars ( 2015 )
A arm manufacturing business behind many iconic blaster in the Star Wars galaxy , the Czerka corporation itself is usually entrust undiscovered by the EU in favor of cover the weaponry Czerka built in its narrative . That said , Czerka played antagonistic function in both Knights of the Old Republic games as a cruel , sickly commercial enterprise Empire , and while it has yet to physically show up in the Modern canon , Czerka is still namechecked as the manufacturer of military engineering , rangingfrom Aurra Sing ’s sniper rifletothe combat helmet worn in Rogue One .
Tierfon Yellow Aces
First appeared in : X - annexe : Rogue Leader 1 ( 2005 )
canonize in : Star Wars : The Force Awakens : The Visual Dictionary ( 2015 )
The Yellow Aces were an ten - wing squadron that was home to Wes Janson and Jek “ Piggy ” Porkins . Porkins died during the assault on the first Death Star while Wes would eventually join Rogue Squadron . The helmet Rey finds on Jakku as well as the one worn by Jessika Pava in The Force Awakens both have the Yellow Aces ’ emblem on them .
Concepts
Han and Leia Have a Son That Turns to the Dark Side
This was one plot of the old EU that people did n’t really like , so we sure are beaming that it made it to the new canyon . In the one-time version , of path , the Logos was Jacen and he had a twinned baby . Also , by the time he turned evil there were a tidy sum of unexampled Jedi out and about . In The Force Awakens , Kylo Ren ’s treason leads to the destruction of all of Luke ’s apprentices . Luke ’s destiny as a instructor is abyssal in every universe , by the way .
The New Jedi Order
This name has n’t been used for the fresh canon version of Luke Skywalker ’s Jedi , but Luke followed a similar path in the old EU . Like the New Republic , the rebuilt Jedi Order was advert the New Jedi Order . It ’s also the title of serial of volume in the old EU that had some not - so - beloved plot line .
The Decline of the Empire
In the old EU , the Empire shrink in influence until it became the Imperial Remnant , with schematic relations with the New Republic . In the fresh EU , the Empire proper surrender to the New Republic , while most of its forcefulness left before the treaty could strip the Empire of its armed forces . The flee Imperial hardliners would help spring the First Order .
The Imperial Obsession With Planet-Killers
The original trilogy had two Death Stars . The EU had a embarrassment of devastating nightmare , include the Sun Crusher . And The Force Awakens brought us Starkiller Base . Rogue One was about , again , the Death Star . Even Catalyst : A Rogue One Novel had the musical theme of disjunct scientist cells working on the Death Star , which was sort of let in in the former EU . Of of course , they hid the scientists working on it better there .
A Planet Full of Secret Information
In Rogue One , Scarif was a satellite holding all the information about the Empire ’s most secret projects . That ’s why it ’s got such intense security . That ’s an idea the old EU had in spades . The complex full of information bring to mind Obroa - Skai , the library world . The planet full of hush-hush projects is similar to the Maw Installation , an imperial enquiry station in the EU that Grand Moff Tarkin built in an area of place with a clump of black holes , take a shit it really dangerous to get to . It was the scientist there that created the designs for the first Death Star .
Someone Who Rebels From the Rebellion
Saw Gerrera ’s relationship to the Rebel Alliance in Rogue One was in all likelihood less confusing to EU fans , because it mimic that of Garm Bel Iblis . In the sometime EU , Bel Iblis had a number of confrontations with Mon Mothma — whom he suspected of gathering power so she could replace Palpatine — and eventually broke with the Alliance . Instead , he and his supporter started their own separate campaign against the Empire . While the reason for the break between byword and the Rebellion was different , the result feels familiar .
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