A consistent issue in the Star Wars fandom is that fans frequently misconstrue statements by the executives and directors in the franchise. These situations regularly revolve around remarks from the Lucasfilm Story Group’s Pablo Hidalgo, who often takes to Twitter to answer the fans’ Star Wars queries.
Here are some current tweets that have prompted some perplexity:
https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/882067767209320452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.starwarsnewsnet.com%2F2017%2F07%2Fthe-star-wars-canon-is-unchanging-and-not-really-open-to-interpretation.html
https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/882067956087144448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.starwarsnewsnet.com%2F2017%2F07%2Fthe-star-wars-canon-is-unchanging-and-not-really-open-to-interpretation.html
https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/882068157145296896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.starwarsnewsnet.com%2F2017%2F07%2Fthe-star-wars-canon-is-unchanging-and-not-really-open-to-interpretation.html
Some have interpreted this as meaning that the subtle elements of the Star Wars Canon are not too important. This further infers that numerous occasions are open to understanding and can even be changed later on by other story tellers.
I believe what’s going on in these occurrences is that jumps are being made in view of Pablo’s remarks that Pablo himself never proposed for individuals to make. He expressed that “Canon doesn’t split those hairs”, discussing that not each and every detail is highlightes. He even uses this outlook to avoid the “Who shot first?” fiasco by expressing that
“All that is canon is that two people entered that booth, and Greedo died. Reports vary”.
It doesn’t imply that there isn’t one genuine form of an occasion, or that standard events can be altered. A ton of things in the Star Wars universe are essentially indistinct until the point when somebody makes a definition for it in a future story. Different things, which have already been characterized and unmistakably exhibited in canon, are secured in actuality. That is not going alter.
Pablo’s view on dialogue is entirely intriguing. His elucidation on that point really goes down well when you consider that the language utilized in a grown-up novel may not generally be viewed as proper for more youthful readers.
I really saw a case of this when perusing the junior novelization of The Force Awakens. In the film and grown-up novel, Poe flies in to save the day at Maz’s mansion, shooting a few TIE’s out of the sky one after another when Finn shouts, “That is one hell of a pilot!” In the junior novel however, he says, “heck of a pilot”. What’s standard is that Poe saved the day and Finn was elated and stunned at the abilities of the pilot. The dialogue can change from one medium to another.
Therefore, let’s not make too huge of a jump here. Attempt to see Star Wars from a true historical point of view. There are numerous occasions that individuals would collectively concur are verifiable facts. However, if you ask 10 distinct individuals to describe that history to you, you will find 10 different solutions. It doesn’t really imply that they are not genuine. It simply means that the occasion was experienced from a specific perspective which goes about as a filter for their story.
Obi-Wan said this himself in Return of the Jedi:
“Luke, you’re going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.”
Rest guaranteed, when the Ghost goes in the shred at the Battle of Scarif in the last season of Rebels, we may get an alternate point of view on the occasion. However, the shield gate will in any case be obliterated; the plans will in any case be transmitted to the Rebel Fleet. Furthermore, Leia will escape with those plans on board the Tantive IV with Vader close behind. We most likely won’t see Vader butchering each one of those revels on Disney XD, yet that doesn’t mean it didn’t occur.
