How Tales of the Jedi Retcons Canon

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi is an anthology series released on Disney+ in October 2022. The show delves into various stories of former Jedi, including and especially Count Dooku and Ahsoka Tano. It uses the same high-quality CGI animation featured in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008). Unlike Legends, which represents the original Expanded Universe, the modern Disney Canon (aka the official continuity) makes no apologies for its blatant discrepancies in screen media vs. print media. Read more: The Entire Disney Star Wars Canon, In Chronological Order TLDR: Take Tales of the Jedi with the same grain of salt as you would Star Wars: Visions (2021). Count Dooku In Tales of the Jedi, we get to have a visible look at the life of Count Dooku during his years with the Republic and the Order. We also get to see his dissatisfaction with galactic politics and the Senate, which would lead to his inevitable fall to the Dark Side. During Episode 4, "The Sith Lord," key moments include the removal of Kamino from the Jedi Archives and his turn to the Sith. The issue with this is the contradiction of the timeline that takes place in the 2019 canon book known as Dooku: Jedi Lost, which makes it clear that Dooku had already abandoned the Jedi Order, left the public domain and became Darth Tyranus. Canon material that appears in print works such as Padawan (2022), Master & Apprentice (2019), and Dooku: Jedi Lost (2019) all establish that Dooku became a member of The Lost Twenty prior to joining the Sith. Although Dooku had permission to visit the Jedi Temple in this absence, given his history, Tales of the Jedi portrayed him as still being a part of the Jedi Order and not a recluse. Dooku was then able to directly access and manipulate the Jedi Archives without anyone suspecting him. https://twitter.com/cavanscott/status/1585560415949529089 https://twitter.com/cavanscott/status/1585560419392970752 While Cavan Scott, the original author of Dooku: Jedi Lost, tried to go on Twitter to clear up various discrepancies, it doesn't help the fact that Disney has once again retconned its own canon. Ahsoka Tano Outside of Dooku, the rest of Tales of the Jedi mainly focuses on Ahsoka Tano, the young Togruta female that eventually becomes the Padawan of Anakin Skywalker in The Clone Wars. The more dedicated fans that consume both canon screen media and print media will inevitably find similarities between the 2016 novel Ahsoka and Episode 6 of Tales of the Jedi, entitled "Resolve." Life on the Farm In the aftermath of Order 66, Ahsoka felt she had no other option but to lay low. Fortunately, the book and the show agree on this. They also agree on the fact that she renames herself "Ashla" and chooses to settle on a farm on an ordinary planet. Yet, nearly everything else about the situation is a different story. During the plot of Ahsoka, the former Jedi lives in comfort for quite some time, posing as a mechanic amongst the farmers on the planet. This all changes when the Empire invades Raada to secure crops for Imperial rations. When push comes to shove, she eventually has to intervene with the Force and reveal her powers to those she tries to protect. Unlike the book, she saves the person from heavy bales of hay in Tales of the Jedi, and does not actually expose herself to everyone. Furthermore, the book shows a plot line of how Ahsoka helps a Force-sensitive from being captured by Imperials. Unfortunately, we do not see this during "Resolve." Reuniting With Bail Organa During the opening minutes of "Resolve," Bail Organa quickly catches up with Ahsoka at the funeral of Padme to try to motivate her to stay strong and keep fighting. However, the book tells a different story, as Organa doesn't actually meet her until much later when he isn't even sure she's alive. Another big plot point is when she crafts the Fulcrum moniker, as originally told in Star Wars: Rebels. This is a big plot point that was sadly left out of Tales of the Jedi.

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