The Lucasfilm folks are taking a page from Marvel (which makes sense, given the overall Disney ownership) in defining canon and a common story backdrop for the new "Star Wars" content coming out. Which makes a lot of sense. Maybe we can get midichlorians retconned out …
I have to quote +Curt Thompson's comment that such a get-together of story group folks will be like "the Council of Nicaea, but with light sabers"
Reshared post from +Wayne Humfleet
Woohoo! A consistent story, universe rebooting time. I trust Pablo and Leland as the caretakers of this.
h/t +Christopher Helton
Lucasfilm Have Convened A Star Wars Story Group And They’re Working On Defining A Single, Coherent Canon – Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors
George Lucas said that the Star Wars universe exists, essentially, in two versions. There’s his one, and then there’s the one everybody else can play with. I
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That is the best analogy ever.