As much as I give Disney flak for a lot of what they’ve done with Star Wars, the Legends treatment of the EU is something I’ll give them credit for. They couldn’t excise the entirety of the EU without pissing off fans, but it’s also unavoidable that Lucas exercised little control of the EU so while there’s great stuff in there, there’s also a lot of slop and, more importantly, contradictory stories. So they couldn’t make it canon without a god awful mess to clean up.
Legends was the only way to square the circle: it’s not canon, but it’s not necessarily not canon, and (unless overwritten by something we make), it could become canon down the line.
As much as I give Disney flak for a lot of what they’ve done with Star Wars, the Legends treatment of the EU is something I’ll give them credit for. They couldn’t excise the entirety of the EU without pissing off fans, but it’s also unavoidable that Lucas exercised little control of the EU so while there’s great stuff in there, there’s also a lot of slop and, more importantly, contradictory stories. So they couldn’t make it canon without a god awful mess to clean up.
Legends was the only way to square the circle: it’s not canon, but it’s not necessarily not canon, and (unless overwritten by something we make), it could become canon down the line.