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The '''Holocron''' is a ] and catalogue of the ] created by the publishing department of ] in January 2000.<ref name="leonard">{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/100462-how-disney-bought-lucasfilm-and-its-plans-for-star-wars|title=How Disney Bought Lucasfilm—and Its Plans for 'Star Wars'|last=Leonard|first=Devin|publisher=]|date=7 March 2013|accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref><ref name="chee2">{{cite web|url=http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/07/20/what-is-the-holocron/|title=What is the Holocron?|last=Chee|first=Leland|publisher=Lucasfilm|date=20 July 2012|accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> It is curated by Leland Chee, whose formal job title is ''Continuity database administrator'', but who is known as ''Keeper of the Holocron'' by Star Wars fans;<ref name="baker">{{cite news|url=http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/16-09/ff_starwarscanon?currentPage=all|title=Meet Leland Chee, the Star Wars Franchise Continuity Cop|last=Baker|first=Chris|publisher=]|date=18 August 2008|accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> Chee describes it as a "dream job".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/07/19/introducing-leland-chee/|title=Introducing… Leland Chee|last=Chee|first=Leland|publisher=]|date=19 July 2012|accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> The Holocron contains details and designs about the ], ], ], locations (], ], ], ]), ], and ] found in the ] of '']''. Before creation of the Holocron, story synopses and glossary details about Star Wars were maintained in black binders referred to as '']''.<ref name="chee2" /> |
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It is used to establish ]<ref name="rose">{{cite book|title=The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories|last=Rose|first=Frank|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|year=2011|isbn=9780393080797|pages=73-74}}</ref> and prevent ]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/mar/09/star-wars-fans-nervously-new-sequel|title=Star Wars – a new hope? Fans wait nervously for Disney's new sequel|last=Harris|first=Paul|publisher=]|date=9 March 2013|accessdate=2013-03-09|quote=The Star Wars movies need to be reinvigorated, but not reinvented. Lucas himself has already sketched out the creative map for the films. He certainly has enough material: he maintains a database called the Holocron that contains a staggering 17,000 Star Wars characters who "live" on several thousand different planets.}}</ref> of the Star Wars universe, ensuring the integrity of "a singular continuity across all forms of media"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/08/20/swcvi-the-holocron-keeper-at-celebration/|title=SWCVI: The Holocron Keeper at Celebration|last=Chee|first=Leland|publisher=Lucasfilm|date=20 August 2012|accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> using ] to resolve discrepancies when necessary.<ref name="chee2" /> New products are vetted against the Holocron and must be consistent with its contents or expand upon the ] it contains.<ref name="baker" /> This includes all ], animated series, ], ], ], ], and ] such as toys and ]s.<ref name="baker" /> Chee has said "In the end, my ongoing vision is that as long as there's the Holocron, Star Wars will not reboot".<ref name="chee2" /> |
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The ] database<ref name="baker" /> is named for an object within the ''Star Wars'' universe, a crystal ''holographic chronicle'' cube powered by the ]<ref name="leonard" /> used as a repository of mystical ] knowledge.<ref name="rose" /> In 2005, Arkansas-based ] Chad Barbry created numerous Star Wars-related entries on ], many of which were subsequently deleted<ref name="rose" /> because they were inconsistent with the policies of the ]. He then established ], a ] encyclopedia devoted to ''Star Wars'' that by 2007 was a repository of 47,000 articles,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://variety.com/article/VR1117964316/|title=Wookieepedia tracks 'Star Wars' |last=McLean|first=Thomas J.|publisher=]|date=4 May 2007|accessdate=2013-03-09|ref=McLean}}</ref> edited by Star Wars fans for those who have no access to the Holocron and "aren't satisfied with the Star Wars Databank".<ref name="rose" /> |
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Entries in the Holocron are assigned a code based on their level of ].<ref name="rose" /> The highest level is "G-canon" or "GWL",<ref name="baker" /> representing the words of Star Wars creator ] and comprising the six films.<ref name="rose" /><ref name="papazian">{{cite book|title=Game On, Hollywood!: Essays on the Intersection of Video Games and Cinema|editor1-last=Papazian|editor1-first=Gretchen|editor2-last=Sommers|editor2-first=Joseph Michael|publisher=McFarland|year=2013 |
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|isbn=9780786471140}}</ref> The "T-canon" level represents all Star Wars television canon, the "C-canon" level is the continuity canon that includes the Expanded Universe and is canonical unless superseded by G- or T-canon.<ref name="papazian" /> Two lowest levels are "S-canon", secondary canon related to older novels and texts, and "N-canon", which consists of details either not considered part of the Star Wars canon or removed from it (such as '']'').<ref name="baker" /><ref name="papazian" /> |
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In 2012, the Holocron was transferred to Lucasfilm's marketing division. By then, it had accumulated information beyond the scope of the Star Wars universe, including also "style guides, timelines, spelling dictionaries, fonts, banks of trivia and quotes, and galaxy maps".<ref name="chee2" /> |
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