When George Lucas first sat down to pen a story about a hopeful farm boy with dreams of space travel, odds are he didn’t foresee how popular further adventures set in that galaxy far, far away would become. Forget spawning eight direct sequels and a handful of spin-offs, Star Wars also went on to be explored in realms outside of the standard movie format – including comics, books and countless video game tie-ins that made immersing yourself into this world of Wookiees and space wizards easier than ever.
Then suddenly, on April 25, 2014, the new Disney overlords saw fit to de-canonise almost four decades’ worth of Expanded Universe stories. Those tales of bravery, triumph, and tyranny still exist, sure, yet now they’re referred to as ‘Legends’ that sit firmly out of the main Star Wars timeline. Disney has since decided to cherry-pick certain concepts from this period, when the EU…
