# Fuck you, Disney! (Star-Wars-related) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 27, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091 "2014-04-27T02:40:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/121 "2014-04-29T01:18:41Z")
> [@Brican14](#): > > Okay i dont even know how to respond. Canon!! Im beginning to hate that word. Oh yeah and to whoever said the eu is for nerds can go jump off a cliff. For us REAL star wars fans the novels, comics etc. are what we turned to when wanted more of the story. The novels filled the storyline in damn near perfectly. It gave us a way to explore the ST universe that the movies couldnt possible do. Everything in it is sooo amazing and makes perfect sense. Lots of fans have dug deeper into this for decades and become familiar and somewhat attached. To rip this away is tantamount to erasing a part of us and pissing on the many genius authors who have put so much into giving this to us. To anyone out there who isnt upset by this is not a true fan. If they do this it will not be star wars to me. Yanno, I tried really hard to stay away from this one, really I did. And you nearly got me. Very, very nearly. But there is simply no possible way this is not a parody post. It’s so spot-on Comic Book Guy, I just…damn. There are no words. Bravo, friend. That post is a work of motherfucking **art**. . ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/122 "2014-04-29T01:28:43Z")
Has everyone here watched [Spaced](http://www.hulu.com/spaced)? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/123 "2014-04-29T01:46:49Z")
I have. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/124 "2014-04-29T03:13:39Z")
> [@Brican14](#): > > Okay i dont even know how to respond. Canon!! Im beginning to hate that word. Oh yeah and to whoever said the eu is for nerds can go jump off a cliff. For us REAL star wars fans the novels, comics etc. are what we turned to when wanted more of the story. The novels filled the storyline in damn near perfectly. It gave us a way to explore the ST universe that the movies couldnt possible do. Everything in it is sooo amazing and makes perfect sense. Lots of fans have dug deeper into this for decades and become familiar and somewhat attached. To rip this away is tantamount to erasing a part of us and pissing on the many genius authors who have put so much into giving this to us. To anyone out there who isnt upset by this is not a true fan. If they do this it will not be star wars to me. Oh, look…[an April 2014 join date](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=718216). ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/125 "2014-04-29T13:24:31Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [Disney fucks 40 years worth of Star Wars readers](http://www.dailydot.com/geek/star-wars-expanded-universe-not-canon/) > > This is probably something that only I care a goddamn jot about, but whatever. Why do the readers always get fucked? “We’re going to ignore 40 years of story so we don’t have to actually try to follow an existing storyline.” Fuck. You. Go ahead and make up some half-assed plot for the next three movies. I’m mad enough right now to follow my long-held Brian-Herbert-Dune plan with anything SW that Disney comes out with. The new movies are going to have to get AMAZING reviews from non-fanboys for me to even consider watching them, at least how I’m feeling right now. > > Goddamit…fuck Disney! Ha. I’m a DC Comics fan. They just chucked out more than 70 years of their \*actual \*continuity. But I’m sure this is bad too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/126 "2014-04-29T13:58:52Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > It would guarantee shitty movies for years to come. They guaranteed that when they hired Abrams. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/127 "2014-04-29T14:04:51Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [Disney fucks 40 years worth of Star Wars readers](http://www.dailydot.com/geek/star-wars-expanded-universe-not-canon/) > > This is probably something that only I care a goddamn jot about, but whatever. Why do the readers always get fucked? I’m still interested in an explanation of how this fucks you or hurts you in any way. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/128 "2014-04-29T14:31:23Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Ha. I’m a DC Comics fan. They just chucked out more than 70 years of their \*actual \*continuity. But I’m sure this is bad too. 😉 “Just?” Your precious funnybooks _invented_ the retcon! But Star Wars has always been _pure_, man! [Pure, I tells ya!](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Retcon)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/129 "2014-04-29T15:57:40Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I’m still interested in an explanation of how this fucks you or hurts you in any way. You see, the world isn’t exactly the way he wants it to be and that’s not fair. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/130 "2014-04-29T16:18:48Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > LOTR followed the plot and each movie made hundreds of millions of dollars and is a generally respected and praised version of how to adapt a book to a movie. You’re not ACTUALLY comparing the Star Wars EU to LOTR are you? You make sure the LOTR movies follow the plot of the book because the book is the entire reason the movie exists. The new SW movie can discard the EU because the interest in a new SW movie is based on interest in the first 6 movies, not interest in the EU. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/131 "2014-04-29T16:24:24Z")
Do you really want a movie that follows EU canon? Episode VII is taking place 30 years after ROTJ According to the [Timeline of Galactic History](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_galactic_history) Chewbacca has died, as well as Han and Leia’s son Anakin, and the war with the Yuuzhan Vong had just ended. You start the movie with just that and millions of casual SW fans will just say “Huh?” People are going to expect the movie to start with Han happily married to Leia, living in a prosperous Republic with healthy children, and Chewie by his side. Anything else will piss off anybody who thinks the story ended with ROTJ. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/132 "2014-04-29T18:19:01Z")
Geez…post in a fit of pique and everyone suddenly wants logic and cites… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/133 "2014-04-29T18:35:28Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > This “not a true fan,” business is really irritating. I was being irritated by this “not a true fan” business _before_ it was cool. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/134 "2014-04-29T18:42:50Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I was being irritated by this “not a true fan” business _before_ it was cool. Hapester! _sneer_ ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/135 "2014-04-29T18:46:57Z")
> [@andros](#): > > “Just?” Your precious funnybooks _invented_ the retcon! But Star Wars has always been _pure_, man! [Pure, I tells ya!](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Retcon)😃 There’s a difference between a retcon and a wholesale throwing-out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/136 "2014-04-29T20:13:26Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > There’s a difference between a retcon and a wholesale throwing-out. 🙂 Yanno, philosophically I’m not sure there is. Every retcon essentially creates a completely new alternate universe, which is arguably comparable to completely discarding the old one. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/137 "2014-04-30T12:43:27Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Yanno, philosophically I’m not sure there is. Every retcon essentially creates a completely new alternate universe, which is arguably comparable to completely discarding the old one. Not in any argument I’ll ever have, it’s not. ---
**Author:** ![billywayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@billywayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billywayne)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/138 "2014-06-16T23:34:01Z")
im a big fan and have been reading the eu since i was 11. it may have even saved my sanity. i know new movies contradict fine what ever. call them legends cool if it floats ur boat. but to cancel the eu, FUCK YOU DISNEY!!! the eu has made more profit than the movies and that gay ass clone wars. games books and comics that were scheduled to continue great stories are now canceled to leave the universe i know and love unfinished forever incomplete. so they can pander to ass holes that will watch the films once or twice and say yeah that was all right but it was all special effects. FUCK DISNEY AND THE CYNICS THEY WILL TRY AND FAIL TO SATISFY!! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/139 "2014-06-16T23:49:09Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Ha. I’m a DC Comics fan. They just chucked out more than 70 years of their \*actual \*continuity. But I’m sure this is bad too. 😉 Have you _seen_ the latest X-men film?😛 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091/140 "2014-06-16T23:51:36Z")
Gay ass clone wars? I need to get around to watching that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-disney-star-wars-related/687091.md?page=8)