Star Wars expanded to other media
Although the "Star Wars" film series itself has never been rebooted, a decision was made, due to works set after the original trilogy that contradict and deviate from Lucas' own view of the "Star Wars" story, to discard the "EU" works from the franchise canon. Lucas decided to cease creative involvement after selling, in October 2012, the "Star Wars" franchise as well as Lucasfilm (the production company of "Star Wars") to The Walt Disney Company. When Disney began development of a sequel trilogy of films and other works, and needed its films to have full creative freedom unbound by the "EU", nearly all "EU" works were removed from "Star Wars" franchise canon and rebranded as "Star Wars Legends". (The two 2008 "EU" works which remained in canon were and its .)
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After The Walt Disney Company acquired ownership of Lucasfilm in 2012, plans for a sequel trilogy to the "Star Wars" films were announced. On April 29, 2014, Disney announced a cast list for "", set 30 years after "Return of the Jedi". Some fans were disappointed with Calrissian's absence. However, it was announced in July 2018 that he was cast in "Episode IX".