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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.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-03-07/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|work=]|date=7 March 2013|accessdate=3 August 2016}}</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=9 March 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128165235/http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/07/20/what-is-the-holocron/ |archivedate=November 28, 2012 |deadurl=yes}}</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 '']'' 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=9 March 2013}}</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=9 March 2013}}</ref> The Holocron contains details and designs about the ], ], ], locations (planetary systems, ], moons, cities and towns), ], and ] found in the ] of ''Star Wars''. Before creation of the Holocron, story synopses and glossary details about ''Star Wars'' were maintained in black binders referred to as "]".<ref name="chee2" /> | |||
| The Holocron 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 a ]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/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=9 March 2013|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=9 March 2013}}</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" /> | |||
| 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" /> that is used as a repository of mystical ] knowledge.<ref name="rose" /> | |||
| ==Structure== | |||
| Entries in the Holocron are assigned a code based on their level of ]icity.<ref name="rose" /> The highest level is "G-canon" or "GWL",<ref name="baker" /> the content of which represents 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 | |||
| |isbn=9780786471140}}</ref> The "T-canon" level, standing for "television canon", represents the 2008 ] and ] ''The Clone Wars''. 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" /> The two lowest levels are "S-canon," secondary canon related to older novels and texts (and the poorly received '']''), and "N-canon", which consists of details either not considered part of the ''Star Wars'' canon (such as crossovers with unrelated continuities) or removed from it, for example alternate endings to video games.<ref name="baker" /><ref name="papazian" /> | |||
| In 2012, the Holocron was transferred to Lucasfilm's marketing division. It had by this time accumulated information beyond the scope of the ''Star Wars'' universe and incorporated "style guides, timelines, spelling dictionaries, fonts, banks of trivia and quotes, and galaxy maps".<ref name="chee2" /> | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| *, a publicly accessible subset of the Holocron | |||
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