Some of the stories between episodes 3 & 4 have already been told in the recent Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game, which is already considered canon. While the game had its flaws, the story was excellent, and many have said they should've made a movie about it instead, and not the crappy Clone Wars.
I've read the Official Graphic Novel of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed published by Dark Horse. It's a nice pass time read.
Ang Lucasfilm talaga
"medyo" mahilig mang-mislead ng fans. They say that SW:TFU is set in the
"official" continuity. But one of
Lucasfilm's representative said in an interview in ToyFare (published by Wizard)
that any story in the expanded universe -meaning any story that appeared in comics, novels, short prose, video games- are not canon since they are not public knowledge:
Only themes that appeared or have been given reference in the movies are considered canon by George and his posse.
(But hooray for Jedi Master Quinlan Vos. Binanggit kasi s'ya ni Obi-Wan sa Episode 3.
)
Kaya after ko mabasa 'yun, I felt a
wee bit betrayed for buying all the comic books and assorted story stuff na hindi naman pala nila considered official. So, kahit may seal pa ng LucasBooks, LucasArts or anything,
it's just a stamp of approval as an officially licensed product. Not a part of the continuity which are the Star Wars movies plus the TV Series (Pwera lang ang Star Wars: Holiday Special at Star Wars Muppets episode. Hehe
).
So kahit naipakita na ang pagpatay ni Vader sa ibang mga rogue Jedi sa
Star Wars: Purge (an awesome comic book by Dark Horse), non-canon parin kasi wala pa sa public knowledge, kung maipapalabas ito sa movie or
at least TV series, dun pa lang magiging
official.
Ka-bad trip kasi ang laki na ng nagagastos ng fans sa pagsunod sa saga tapos 'di pala canon, 'di pa official. Lucasfilm only see comic books, novels, video games, short proses as
ancillary products; Products licensed to legally earn them & to maximize money by
capitalizing on the movie and brand just like toys, pajamas and assorted Star Wars themed items.
Buti nga sinabi nila 'yun, eh. Nakatipid na tuloy ako simula nun.
Also: Yup. Clone Wars
SUCKED big time. The characters are
"out of characters," and
plot holes a many.