# Star Wars geeks - is the Marvel comics series canon?

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**Created:** [April 7, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-is-the-marvel-comics-series-canon/298252 "2005-04-07T17:16:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-is-the-marvel-comics-series-canon/298252/21 "2005-04-08T22:28:31Z")

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_Star Wars geeks - is the Marvel comics series canon?_

Yes. However, the movies are not. 😃

Oh, wait, I’m a comix nut, not a SW geek. Never mind, carry on.

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-is-the-marvel-comics-series-canon/298252/22 "2005-04-08T23:58:18Z")

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> [@Tengu](#):
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> Again:
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> The Marvel universe isn’t just 20-21st century Earth.
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> ‘Long long ago, in a galaxy far far away’ is not an undefined point in the Marvel Universe.
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> The Star Wars universe would have gotten the attention of Galactus, or the Watchers, or the Living Tribunal, or any of the other beings who came into existance with, or before, the universe

I see no reason why the Star Wars characters ever had to encounter Galactus or the Watchers. Galactus seems to like hanging out in the Milky Way, and even if he was tooling around other galaxies, it’s quite possible he never got around to grazing on their galaxy, at least during the time frame of the Republic. The Watchers I can assume, usually did what they were supposed to, like watch, and not let themselves be seen.

The Living Tribunal is harder to explain, seems like he might have gotten involved during the imbalance in the Force, but then again, mystical energy imbalance was his department, not Force imbalance. Or, as **Cliffy** pointed out, in the Marvel universe it’s easy enough to just have another alternate cosmos where the physics of everything is similar, yet different enough there’s no Living Tribunal.

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**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-is-the-marvel-comics-series-canon/298252/23 "2005-04-10T08:32:21Z")

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> [@Cliffy](#):
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> – if Marvel ever gets the rights back, you know there’ll be a Wolverine crossover.
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> –Cliffy

Wolverine wins.

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