E.K. Johnston has taken to social media to respond to people who have decalred her book as non-canon. Released in 2016 and set 18 years before the Battle of Yavin, the novel told the story of Ahsoka Tano beyond Order 66.
Star Wars: Ahsoka Writer Speaks Out Against ‘Frustrating’ Canon Dispute
Only a Sith deals in absolutes. While this oft-quoted line from Revenge of the Sith was directed at Anakin Skywalker, it also applies to the question of Star Wars canon. From the franchise’s earliest days, canonicity has been an issue due to The Star Wars Holiday Special, early comics, and the Expanded Universe books. And, despite Disney’s efforts to set the record straight, Star Wars canon confusion continues with the latest cause rooted in Ahsoka Tano and the upcoming Disney+ series, Tales of the Jedi.
Lucasfilm officially announced the new six-episode animated series from The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels’ Dave Filoni at the 2022 Star Wars Celebration. Set to release this fall, three of the episodes’ shorts are expected to focus on Ahsoka Tano.
Of course, this is far from the first and only series to further explore this heroine’s story. Filoni is currently filming the Ahsoka live-action series, starring Rosario Dawson, which is expected to release in 2023. But long before either series went into production, fans read about this character’s past in 2016’s Ahsoka by E. K. Johnston.
While Tales of the Jedi is expected to show more of Tano’s past, there have been rumors suggesting that the Filoni-directed series will contradict what fans first read from Johnston nearly six years prior. As to what Johnston thinks about this and the issue of canon, the writer has taken to social media to respond.
In the wake of the potential Tales of the Jedi plot leaks circulating online, certain fans have suggested that Dave Filoni and Lucasfilm conspired to change the canonicity of E.K. Johnston’s Ahsoka. But according a post on Twitter by Johnston, that’s not the case at all – she commented on how it’s “frustrating to see people gleefully declare my book non-canon:”
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