Poll of the Day > Petition: 'Have Disney remove Star Wars Episode VIII from the official canon.'

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AC_Dragonfire
01/20/18 1:30:43 PM
#1:


90,612~ have signed. Lets get to 150,000.
https://www.change.org/p/the-walt-disney-company-have-disney-strike-star-wars-episode-viii-from-the-official-canon

Star Wars has long been a story about two things, the Jedi and Luke Skywalker. After over 260 novels where we could follow the adventures of that great hero you, the Walt Disney Company decided to strike all of that from the official canon and wiped out three decades of lore. We were excited to see Episode VII to see how our heroes lives turned out since you took away what we knew. We saw the death of Han Solo, we saw less than a minute of Luke Skywalker.

Episode VIII was a travesty. It completely destroyed the legacy of Luke Skywalker and the Jedi. It destroyed the very reasons most of us, as fans, liked Star Wars. This can be fixed. Just as you wiped out 30 years of stories, we ask you to wipe out one more, the Last Jedi. Remove it from canon, push back Episode IX and re-make Episode VIII properly to redeem Luke Skywalker's legacy, integrity, and character.

We stuck by you when you did things that hurt us before, so we ask you now, please don't let this film stand. Don't do this to us. Don't take something so many of us loved so much and destroy it like this. Let us keep our heroes.
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Blighboy
01/20/18 1:33:59 PM
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Eh, that would just make things worse.

I do hope they learn from this in the future though. When you're dealing with a big series like this, big decisions need direction. TFA to TLJ were very obviously inconsistent with one another.
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KJ StErOiDs
01/20/18 1:34:07 PM
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It's a good time to not be a fan of Star Wars.
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Smarkil
01/20/18 1:48:19 PM
#4:


Jesus christ people are such pussies. Fucking manchildren assholes need to find better hobbies.
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wolfy42
01/20/18 1:48:31 PM
#5:


I still don't get why they didn't just adapt Timothy Zhans books into movies. They were great.

Mara Jade woulda been an awesome character.
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Firewood18
01/20/18 1:50:55 PM
#6:


Petition: get a life.

Stop believing that canon equals absolute truth. It's fiction ffs.
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Zikten
01/20/18 3:06:58 PM
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they won't do it. that woudl be very stupid. accept it and move on. I happened to like episode 8 and I'm a huge fan of the original trilogy
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Kyuubi4269
01/20/18 3:12:19 PM
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Blighboy posted...
Eh, that would just make things worse.

It's fine, Star Wars Episode VIII: A Realm Reborn.
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SkynyrdRocker
01/20/18 3:13:13 PM
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Smarkil posted...
Jesus christ people are such pussies. Fucking manchildren assholes need to find better hobbies.
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AC_Dragonfire
01/20/18 3:28:37 PM
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Zangulus posted...
Get over it. Its not your story. Dont like it? Dont spend money watching them.

Go join a communist country like North Korea if you're going to think like that.
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Kungfu Kenobi
01/20/18 3:39:05 PM
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Luke being a grumpy-gus was one of the best parts of TLJ.

EDIT: And porgs. Porg Movie when?
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helIy
01/20/18 3:47:45 PM
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AC_Dragonfire posted...
Star Wars has long been a story about two things, the Jedi and Luke Skywalker.

except for the three movies about anakin skywalker and obi wan kenobi.
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AC_Dragonfire
01/20/18 3:50:49 PM
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Zangulus posted...
AC_Dragonfire posted...
Zangulus posted...
Get over it. Its not your story. Dont like it? Dont spend money watching them.

Go join a communist country like North Korea if you're going to think like that.


Well, there arent words enough on this message board to convey the insanity of that thought process.

lol. fair enough
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darkknight109
01/20/18 3:53:36 PM
#16:


You know, I'm a pretty hardcore Star Wars fan and I've never understood why such a sizable chunk of the fanbase gets their panties in a twist over the concept of canon.

It's a fictional story!. Arguing which made up story is "more real" than the rest is lunacy.

It's not like those 260 books being bitched about have ceased to exist - you can still go buy, read, and enjoy them every bit as much as you could have ten years ago when they were... *sigh*... "canon".

Also Episode VIII was awesome, so there's that.
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Kyuubi4269
01/20/18 4:02:27 PM
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darkknight109 posted...
You know, I'm a pretty hardcore Star Wars fan and I've never understood why such a sizable chunk of the fanbase gets their panties in a twist over the concept of canon.

It's a fictional story!. Arguing which made up story is "more real" than the rest is lunacy.

It's not like those 260 books being bitched about have ceased to exist - you can still go buy, read, and enjoy them every bit as much as you could have ten years ago when they were... *sigh*... "canon".

Also Episode VIII was awesome, so there's that.

A sizeable chunk of every fanbase cares about continuity and canon.
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Blighboy
01/20/18 4:05:00 PM
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darkknight109 posted...
You know, I'm a pretty hardcore Star Wars fan and I've never understood why such a sizable chunk of the fanbase gets their panties in a twist over the concept of canon.

It's a fictional story!. Arguing which made up story is "more real" than the rest is lunacy.

It's not like those 260 books being bitched about have ceased to exist - you can still go buy, read, and enjoy them every bit as much as you could have ten years ago when they were... *sigh*... "canon".

Also Episode VIII was awesome, so there's that.

As someone who generally doesn't care about canon, the big issue is that nothing TLJ introduced is going to go away. Star Wars is probably stuck with that forever, unless it gets rebooted in 20 years. So future films or books or comics are going to be based around the Rey and Luke characterizations introduced in TLJ.
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Far-Queue
01/20/18 4:09:49 PM
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Smarkil posted...
Jesus christ people are such pussies. Fucking manchildren assholes need to find better hobbies.

No joke. Anyone whose life is so mundane that they feel compelled to go to these lengths over a fucking movie is pathetic.
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Locke90
01/20/18 4:25:37 PM
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Smarkil posted...
Jesus christ people are such pussies. Fucking manchildren assholes need to find better hobbies.

you are on a gaming site and you are telling others to choose another "hobby" if thats not irony I dont know what is.
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Pikazard1
01/20/18 4:25:54 PM
#21:


it's things like this that make me despise petitions in any form, for any cause.

if one doesn't like to read/listen to/or watch anything star wars related, then leave it be and walk away. don't pollute the amazement, excitement, wonder, and love, myself and millions of other like me enjoy about this particular franchise
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VeeVees
01/20/18 4:26:19 PM
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LMFAO@star wars fans
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spikethedevil
01/20/18 4:28:00 PM
#23:


AC_Dragonfire posted...
Zangulus posted...
Get over it. Its not your story. Dont like it? Dont spend money watching them.

Go join a communist country like North Korea if you're going to think like that.


North Korea isn't communist.....
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Andromicus
01/20/18 4:31:00 PM
#24:


No one hates Star Wars more than Star Wars fans
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Grendel
01/20/18 4:41:00 PM
#25:


As a Star Trek fan who believes the TNG movies utterly destroyed Picard and Data's characters, they'll get over it.
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Tropic_Sunset
01/20/18 4:44:19 PM
#26:


Locke90 posted...
Smarkil posted...
Jesus christ people are such pussies. Fucking manchildren assholes need to find better hobbies.

you are on a gaming site and you are telling others to choose another "hobby" if thats not irony I dont know what is.

I'm sure you don't, considering your own post.
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Phantom_Nook
01/20/18 4:51:57 PM
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KJ StErOiDs posted...
It's a good time to not be a fan of Star Wars.

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Mead
01/20/18 4:54:17 PM
#28:


Firewood18 posted...
Petition: get a life.

Stop believing that canon equals absolute truth. It's fiction ffs.

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Rexxar500
01/20/18 5:20:54 PM
#29:


Signed and signed. Thanks for the link.
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OhhhJa
01/20/18 5:26:21 PM
#30:


Lol nothing ever comes of stupid petitions like this. And honestly you could probably get a million signatures and they wouldn't give a shit anyway
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darkknight109
01/20/18 5:56:04 PM
#31:


Kyuubi4269 posted...
A sizeable chunk of every fanbase cares about continuity and canon.

And it's no less dumb anywhere else. That said, perhaps it's just confirmation bias talking, but Star Wars fans seem especially rabid about it.

Blighboy posted...
As someone who generally doesn't care about canon, the big issue is that nothing TLJ introduced is going to go away. Star Wars is probably stuck with that forever, unless it gets rebooted in 20 years. So future films or books or comics are going to be based around the Rey and Luke characterizations introduced in TLJ.

Yeah, but Star Wars has survived a lot worse (specifically the prequels), so I feel pretty confident in saying that the franchise will manage.
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TheCyborgNinja
01/20/18 6:23:41 PM
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This will never happen...... The movie made money. If they'd lost hundreds of millions, I could see them side-stepping it.
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Nightengale
01/20/18 6:45:44 PM
#33:


The canon was simplified because it was mostly bad and incredibly disorganized. And the stuff thats no longer canon was rebranded as Legends to denote that it is still an officially licensed story. Honestly they were too lenient about it.
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vhiran
01/20/18 6:55:46 PM
#34:


Movie wasn't that bad

Finn storyline was completely pointless, everyone dies at the end without marey sue to lift the rock pile and save them.

Ackbar gets killed randomly while jurassic park lady steals the spotlight and creates a massive plot hole by weaponizing hyperspace travel.

force wielder storyline was great, eminently watchable and enjoyable. People butthurt about Luke don't realize he's guaranteed to be back ob1 style in the next one, especially since Fisher is dead.

overall i dont think it was bad enough to be stricken from canon. I'd rather TPM / AOTC go away tbqh.
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Zeus
01/20/18 7:01:49 PM
#35:


The new movies mostly exist to help you appreciate the prequel trilogy >_>

wolfy42 posted...
I still don't get why they didn't just adapt Timothy Zhans books into movies. They were great.

Mara Jade woulda been an awesome character.


Would have been the best option. Probably wanted to get away from paying the guy or something.

darkknight109 posted...
You know, I'm a pretty hardcore Star Wars fan and I've never understood why such a sizable chunk of the fanbase gets their panties in a twist over the concept of canon.

It's a fictional story!. Arguing which made up story is "more real" than the rest is lunacy.

It's not like those 260 books being bitched about have ceased to exist - you can still go buy, read, and enjoy them every bit as much as you could have ten years ago when they were... *sigh*... "canon".

Also Episode VIII was awesome, so there's that.


Nuh uh, with a wave of Disney's hand they all blinked out of existence! Can't even find my copies on my shelves any more.
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bulbinking
01/20/18 7:02:56 PM
#36:


Oh boy! Is the emperors new clothes hype train over and we can a tually discuss how garbage the new starwars movies are without hollywood shills and political extremists engaging in apologetics???
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rexcrk
01/20/18 8:01:36 PM
#37:


Of all the neckbearded, fedora-wearing, Mountain Dew-swilling, man-childish, loser virgin things Ive ever heard of... this is towards the top of the list.

Id like to believe this is satirical. Fuck.
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DarkKirby2500
01/20/18 8:08:28 PM
#38:


Finn wakes up from his coma and goes...

"Thank god that was all a dream".

Lol.

I wouldn't mind Last Jedi being made non canon, but I don't need Star Wars to be saved, I'm okay with it dying instead of Disney milking it's corpse.
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Snake
01/20/18 8:09:08 PM
#39:


Shit like this from fans of anything is embarrassing. All you're doing is screaming "I'm so butthurt that I didn't like the movie." It's fiction. Not the end of the world. If you don't like it, give your criticism and then get over it like any normal person.
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Stupid Pirate Guy
01/20/18 8:09:31 PM
#40:


I wasn't a huge fan of the movie but I'd rather the prequels be stricken from canon.
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SpaceBear_
01/20/18 8:56:16 PM
#41:


Muh Star Wars.

I reckon you'd need about two billion signatures for them to say "Lol okay, please completely ignore that massive mega-popular movie we just made.
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WarGreymon77
01/20/18 9:31:09 PM
#42:


Stupid petition. Don't these people realize that The Force Awakens is what set up all this mess? THAT is where the anger should be directed.
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AC_Dragonfire
01/20/18 9:38:06 PM
#43:


WarGreymon77 posted...
Stupid petition. Don't these people realize that The Force Awakens is what set up all this mess? THAT is where the anger should be directed.

No, TLJ is a million times worse.
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WarGreymon77
01/20/18 9:45:48 PM
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I disagree. TFA is the worst abomination to ever enter theaters under the Star Wars name.
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Blighboy
01/20/18 9:47:13 PM
#45:


I agree that alot of the issues people had with TLJ stem from TFA and it's inability to setup a new setting and story properly, though that doesn't completely excuse problems with TLJ
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AC_Dragonfire
01/20/18 9:47:25 PM
#46:


WarGreymon77 posted...
I disagree. TFA is the worst abomination to ever enter theaters under the Star Wars name.

Either give some intelligent explanation or STFU with the trolling.
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dainkinkaide
01/20/18 9:52:07 PM
#47:


AC_Dragonfire posted...
Star Wars has long been a story about two things, the Jedi and Luke Skywalker.

Consider those two TV movies about Ewoks, that holiday special about Wookiee Life Day, that cartoon series about Ewoks, that cartoon series about Threepio and Artoo going on fun adventures in space, those three movies about Obi Wan and Anakin, that animated series about clones, that animated series about a ragtag group of rebels, all those books and short stories not about Luke Skywalker, that video game about Kyle Katarn, that video game about Dash Rendar, those video games about Starkiller, those video games about the Old Republic, or Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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WarGreymon77
01/20/18 9:53:05 PM
#48:


AC_Dragonfire posted...
WarGreymon77 posted...
I disagree. TFA is the worst abomination to ever enter theaters under the Star Wars name.

Either give some intelligent explanation or STFU with the trolling.

I have never trolled in my life, and I don't take kindly to the accusation. I was polite enough to say "I disagree" instead of "You're wrong", so I owe you nothing.
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Lil69Leo
01/20/18 11:25:20 PM
#49:


People acting like Luke didn't act like he should have clearly have no understanding of what happened to him. Quit being fucking crybabies.
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Amuseum
01/21/18 1:06:32 AM
#50:


complaining about other people complaining.

if you don't like the petition, don't sign it. if you don't like other people's opinions, don't read them nor reply. and move on. /per your advice
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