Star Wars Legends Video Game Characters Who Should Be Canon | Expanded Universe Characters in Canon

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Published on December 7, 2017 12:58:45 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vmGwsFGzdA

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Characters from Star Wars games who should be in canon. In 2014, Disney decanonised the original Star Wars Expanded Universe; all the books, comics and games are now non-canon. Only the six cinema films and the Clone Wars cartoon would be considered canon from then on. A lot of us felt a bit sad to see some favourite characters rendered moot. Here’s my pick of Star Wars characters from the computer games that I’d like to see in canon.

Kyle Katarn, obviously! My most favourite Star Wars EU character, Katarn is an ex-stormtrooper who quit after finding out the Empire killed his family. Over five games of the best Star Wars PC games ever, Katarn goes from a grizzled merc to a nuanced, relatable Jedi Master. Rogue One destroyed Kyle’s legacy of being the first person to steal the Death Star plans, and I can’t see it as likely he’ll be CGI’d into the background for the Special Edition.

Showing you how a real Sith lord builds a droid, HK-47 was constructed by Darth Revan in the KOTOR canon for the express purpose of murder. Appearing in KotOR and The Old Republic, HK-47 is a fan favourite and one of the few examples of a darker sense of humour in the Star Wars EU canon. HK also appears in the Galaxy of Heroes mobile game and is probably the closest to Star Wars canon he’ll ever get.

Come on, it’s got to be the old "is Starkiller canon". Sam Witwer’s greatest contribution to Star Wars, Galen Marek / Starkiller was Darth Vader's secret apprentice, hunting down the last of the Jedi before going face and helping to found the Rebel Alliance. Starkiller appeared in a bunch of non-canon games, novels and comic books, and is a fully-formed character. I made a video showing how the Starkiller myth ended up being woven into the Rebels cartoon canon so Starkiller kind of made it into canon, but I think we’d all like to see Starkiller swinging a saber for real on the screen.

Mara Jade. She’s an absolute badass. An Imperial assassin, trained in the Dark Side of the Force, sent to murder Luke Skywalker. Eventually turning her back on the Dark Side and training as a Jedi Knight. Brilliant, brilliant character and her appearance in Mysteries of the Sith is fantastic. Also had a purple lightsaber before Mace Windu appeared on the scene.

In my last video I mentioned Darth Revan, because he almost appeared in an episode of the Clone Wars. The fallen Jedi Darth Revan appeared in KOTOR - Knights of the Old Republic. He’s got his own books and comics, and remains one of the most influential Star Wars EU KOTOR canon characters. Another great example of a conflicted character, and an obvious influence on Kylo Ren.

Masters of Teras Kasi was a terrible Star Wars game but it had some brilliant characters from around the Star Wars Expanded Universe. Jodo Kast would make a great addition to the new canon. He was a bounty hunter who wore a set of Mandalorian armour that was near-identical to Bobo Fett’s. After Boba Fett fell into the Sarlacc, Kast just pretended he was Boba Fett, and traded off the supposedly-dead bounty hunter’s name. Whether they want to keep Boba Fett dead in the new canon or not, they have the opportunity for some really cool fan service by using Jodo Kast!

If they’re from the KotOR canon / Old Republic timeline they should be canon anyway as it’s so unlikely to disrupt the modern era. But I’d love to see HK wake up in an episode of Rebels or something. It doesn’t matter too much does it, you can head canon most of this stuff.

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