If only they'd just flat-out used the Timothy Zahn novels instead of the piecemeal butchering they did to the material after claiming they were jettisoning that canon. At this point any statement they make about removing from canon is honestly a bad joke. It's more like a cop-out so they don't have to admit whose material is being used.
Sad to say it but Star Trek isn't much different at this point. It all depends on whose in charge at the time and that can be changed again down the road. Pick a series and at one point it won't be considered canon only then to have some story element included in another at some random point down the road.
At this point both franchises are more of a cut/paste and throw it at the wall to see what sticks. Seems to be a common theme these days in Hollywood. I was saying something similar in regards to DC and Batman the other day.
I'm going to disagree with this for a variety of reasons. Many people often say this, but given how much time had passed since the original trilogy was filmed, it simply wasn't possible without recasting everyone. Beyond that, there are several story issues and problems with canon that arise from using that story without heavy rewrites. The biggest problem with it is that the end of the Last Command is anticlimactic at best. It almost comes off as fan fiction. The series is solid as a whole, but that last novel really falters at the end. There are also issues with the villain, and I'm not talking about Grand Admiral Thrawn.
That said, from what I've heard from the rumor, and given some of the sources have good track records I think this is happening. There are two schools of thought on the rumors and what form that will take
. 1.) It will be swept away quickly by some other material using the Veil of the Force concept introduced in Rebels Season 3. What medium this will happen in and how well publicized this will be isn't clear.
2.) It won't be swept away one day really quickly or with massive fanfare. It's believed that Disney is going to set all future material before The Force Awakens and if their new directions with the Mandalorian and other projects are ultimately successful, you will see them slowly contradict and invalidate the sequel trilogy until it's totally incompatible. Eventually, the sequel trilogy will probably be re-branded quietly as Star Wars "Legends." In the meantime, they'll ignore the sequel trilogy entirely. I think there will still be some sort of in-universe Veil of the Force stuff to explain this, but it may be done in a lesser known format, such as in a comic or animation.
There is supposedly a plan to create a Star Wars multi-verse as other franchises have done, which will be the necessary explanation for how the sequel trilogy gets cleared off the board. Supposedly, the seeds of this have already been planted via Episode 9. To be frank, Disney paid a massive sum for Lucasfilm and it's not been nearly as successful as hoped. The merchandise isn't selling but as Disney found out, there is a market for merchandise if they can produce material the fans actually like. The Clone Wars Season 7, The Mandalorian and Jedi Fallen Order were all well received.
It isn't franchise fatigue or any BS like that which is killing Star Wars. People like Kathleen Kennedy and Rian
"Roundhead" Johnson do not give two squirts of piss about Star Wars. They wanted to use it as a vanity project and as a form of evangelism to sell people on whatever message they felt like peddling. They chose to alienate the fans in order to broaden its appeal, and this failed entirely. The audience they wanted to bring into the fold aren't the people that spend the money on merchandise and they aren't invested in the brand in the first place. Disney only cares about making money, and they bought a huge cash cow to do it. Unfortunately, the milk that cow is producing isn't palatable to the fans that have been consuming it for decades. It turns out, new people that stepped up to try it don't care for it either.
Disney has a long way to go to repair the bridge between themselves and fans. Invalidating the sequel trilogy may not be necessary entirely, but it will go a long way towards winning the fans back and it will help from a creative standpoint moving forward.
