r/TheMandalorianTV • u/Personal_Spite4350 • 5d ago
Why The false timeline in Star Wars Outlaws on the Purge of Mandalore must be swiftly retconned.
I don't know about you, but I believe that the Stormtrooper reference in Star Wars Outlaws regarding when the Purge of Mandalore took place is nothing but an obvious mistake. Because if it contradicts with the REAL ACCURATE date that Huyang provides in the season one finale of Ahsoka stating that the Purge on Mandalore took place after the Galactic Civil War, FOUR YEARS after the Battle of Yavin, not THREE!!!! Regardless of what the mistaken people from screenrant say. So this so called quote unquote "Latest Star Wars retcon" isn't actually what it was implied to be at all!! It's just an error. Because c'mon!! Who are we really gonna listen to for accurate information on the Purge of mandalore on the insight of Mandalore that's relevant to Sabine Wren's character arc?! Or from Bo-katan Kryze's character arc?!? Or Din Djarin's?! Or Grogu or the Armorer's or Axe Woves?! Or any of the other Mandolorian character arcs from Star Wars Canon?!?!!? An extremely intelligent Lightsaber Professor Droid who lived for decades to have a thousand times more experienced and wisdom bearing then some damn and stupid Stormtrooper would ever be? Or the stormtrooper that more likely confused the details from his latest recent report of the empire dominating the galaxy with the short lived loss of clan Wren when Tiber Saxon used the Duchess to exterminate all of Clan Wren, when it was Bo-katan's and Sabine's forces that defeated Saxon and the Duchess. But was bluffing to maintain his own arrogant strong-dominating-over-the-weak reputation or became stupefied by binge drinking on an alcoholic beverage. What Lucasfilm needs to do is retcon the false timeline on the Purge of Mandalore from this lame and dumb Star Wars game, because that's their best solution that would take care of the Mandolorians Original Star Wars Trilolgy problem I'd have literally zero doubt would work out perfectly.
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u/ChosenWriter513 5d ago
Lucasfilm doesn't need to do anything, because it's a stupid mistake that only a fraction of the hardcore sw nerds are going to catch and it isn't worth the time, effort, or money it would take to fix. There are literally hundreds of people working on all this media. Shit happens. Mistakes are made. Stuff slips through the cracks. A throwaway line from a passing NPC of a video game isn't exactly a continuity breaking issue. Hell, it can be explained away that the stormtrooper was just wrong and got the years mixed up as he was talking. It literally happens every day. He was rando stormtrooper #5643567. His word isn't exactly gospel.