Also, this is only a bit off topic, but I came across this quote from Abel Pena, the man responsible for reconciling the Star Wars canon: "Continuity errors are bound to occur even with an active vigilance against them, but if this action is not taken"—that is, writers making efforts to reconcile or, ideally, avoid continuity errors—"the number of inconsistencies will become enormous, and consequently lead to more and more events being labeled apocryphal and being tossed out. This fate will befall the works of even those authors who are presently considered 'current,' as their works inevitably age like all the rest, and thus fall victim to the same neglect that now systematically renders older materials apocryphal, the practice perpetuating until the Star Wars mythos collapses into a marginally linked web of confusion and inconsistency, in which references to certain events, people, and other things become meaningless, for they may not even officially exist."

And yet, on Twitter, he said he loved the latest episode of the show. Way to contradict yourself, man. He's written about the Mandalorians before, so I know he knows what a huge puke in the canon this is but, apparently, he's going to tow the Lucas line. Oh well, we'll see what happens. The only problem is that canon inconsistencies aren't usually resolved by fiat, but rather in subsequent books, sourcebooks, etc. Even if this story arc is resolved in the coming episodes of the show, thus, it could potentially be quite some time until it's thoroughly reconciled with the volumes of contradictory information.

(Gay people aren't necessarily pacifists, incidentally. This seems to be the implication in Havoc's post. Consider, for example, the Sacred Band of Thebes, or even the Spartans, who practiced homosexuality. The Stonewall Riots are a more contemporary example. Also, it's worth noting that Mandalorians do practice gay marriage in at least one instance in the canon, and none of the other characters seem to find it unusual. I'm just sayin').

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