DEBUNKED: No, Lucasfilm Is Not Going To Retcon The Sequel Trilogy In The Ahsoka Tano Series
When it comes to Star Wars, fans can be a little...emotional. The original three films are some of the most beloved films in cinematic history, and regardless of generation, it holds a special place in the hearts of people all over the world. For a lot of people (myself included), it's an important, nostalgic part of childhood. Hopes were high once The Phantom Menace was released in 1999, and then it did not live up to expectations of some of the viewers. Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith weren't exactly being nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars either. However, as the years have gone by, people have softened on them, and now they have their defenders.
Once Disney purchased the rights to the franchise, nobody knew what we would get with the next three main movies. Lucas was not in charge, so anything was possible. Maybe Disney could do for Star Wars what it did for the Marvel superhero films. That turned out to not be the case, and just as the prequel trilogy had its negative critics, so did the sequel trilogy, with criticism directed at repeated storylines, weak concepts, and takes on both old and new characters that weren't well received.
Whether or not the films deserve the hatred that they get (they don't), fans have been clamoring for Disney to retcon the sequel trilogy, making it non-canon. There have been several rumors about how that would happen, but the latest one is from a YouTuber named Doomcock who says that the retcon will happen during the upcoming Ahsoka Tano TV series. This is not the first time that they've made this claim, but this one seems to be on the crazier side of things. According to them,
“Favreau and Filoni are working to retcon the sequels out of canon on their own authority without consulting anyone else at Lucasfilm. The moment Luke took Grogu, everything in the timeline changed. Luke knows Grogu is being hunted at the end of The Mandalorian, though he is not yet sure why. Luke training Grogu is putting a chain of events into motion that will erase the sequel trilogy. A chain of events that begins in 'Chapter 13: The Jedi.' Ahsoka, up to this point, has already changed the Star Wars timeline, and her entire purpose moving forward is to continue changing the timeline away from the sequel trilogy.”
While the events of The Mandalorian do raise interesting questions on what happens with Grogu, Ahsoka, and Luke Skywalker between the events of the second season finale of The Mandalorian and when we see Luke Skywalker in the flashback shown in The Last Jedi, there is a gap 19 years between these events. A lot can happen. Besides that, the sequel trilogy is too entrenched by this point. While it's true that Disney and Lucasfilm have made things non-canon before by making everything outside of the original six films and The Clone Wars TV show part of a Legends timeline, those weren't projects that Lucasfilm made under Disney. Disney almost always stands by its creations, and given that the films took hundreds of millions of dollars to make, and grossed billions of dollars, the chances of them doing some kind of major retcon is about equal to them making a Jar Jar Binks show.
The sequel trilogy is imperfect, there's no doubt about that. All of the films are. Regardless of how good or bad they may be, they are what they are, and they don't detract from how much we love the original films and, lately, The Mandalorian. While we are all looking forward to the Ahsoka Tano show and whatever lore it may add during the time period in which it's set, the fact remains that it can add things without retconning the sequels. And who knows? Over the years, people have even softened on the prequels. Maybe in twenty years, people will be okay with Luke drinking the green milk out of the alien cow.
