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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Yes yes yes, I always felt like even post-canon-wipe that KOTOR had stronger standing than any other EU since it's so far in the past from anything else, like it could be their version of a legend (like their version The Iliad or something). Hasbro and Star Wars are apparently greatly pushing to clear any post OT EU as apparently when the fan poll that Revan so easily won was being drafted characters like Mara Jade and Kyle Katarn supposedly ended up being very high on the lists but then the official powers had them removed because of the strict canon interference they presented, supposedly anyway.

Actually Darth Bane is in the canon again although much smaller in role compared to the old EU version. He showed up in the last season of the Clone Wars as a ghost when Yoda went on his vision-quest/drug-trip. In the canon now Darth Bane is simply a very ancient Sith who introduced the rule of two, but he was voiced by Mark Hamill so that's a plus.

The KOTOR setting is also still ongoing in SWTOR, unlike any of the other Legends things. Pablo Hidalgo said they lloved Biowares work and didn't want to force it to conform with anything they were doing so its not likely to be "canon", but its definitely not in the same boat as other elements of the EU.
Hasbro did say they were surprised Revan won the fan poll, so its possible they are re-evaluating their decision not to make any EU characters. I'd rather have a 6" Bastila Shan to go with Revan (and other KOTOR characters eventually) than any characters from the EU whose existence is contradicted by the new canon.