First off, I wanna say that I’m a meganerd, I get that. This is something really dumb , but bear with me.

As a teenager mumble mumble years ago, I was super into Star Wars, and as such was super into canon. I always kept up with canon, and what was going on behind the scenes in all the movies, books, comics, and TV shows.

I took the cancellation of the EU pretty hard, but was excited for what was to come with Disney’s new trilogy and all the exciting other content that took place in the already existing timeline, which was promised to flow better with the overall narrative presented with the six main films.

But now, it seems like they’re changing what’s considered canon so much to the point that it’s confusing (looking at recent Kanan comic and Ahsoka novel retcons and others), and I’m starting to get to a point where, I really just don’t care enough to worry about a gospel truth of a nonexistent world.

It’s frustrating to get invested into a franchise where at any moment, your favorite comic, novel ,game, or TV show can just be written off as never having happened in universe. For people who take these works of fiction seriously, it’s exhausting!

So I’ve found my solution, one which I maybe should have had long ago- I just don’t care anymore.

This started with Star Wars but has honestly just gone off into all my favorite works of fiction, to the point that the only thing I care about is whether its a great work of art and whether or not I have a great time with it.

Does anyone else have any thoughts regarding canon in fiction, and whether or not you actually care about it or whether you don’t care about it at all?

  • Robtheverb13@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I agree with you. If you find enjoyment in that part of the fiction, indulge in it. Who cares if it’s not officially canon. There’s still merit to those stories.

    • HectorBarbossa99@lemmy.fmhy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      Exactly! there are stories I’m reading through now that are old EU stories that I missed that feel more “Star Wars” than alot of the stuff that’s coming out now. They are downright enjoyable and I hate to think that it’s technically not part of the universe, so I just don’t care anymore and enjoy each piece of media as its own thing