Catching Up: Backstage Info

I've got quite a backlog of old links and errata that I've wanted to address on CanonWars, but never have gotten around to.

One thing is this post from TheForce.Net, wherein we hear second-hand that the Dooku rationale of creating an Empire of Man and whatnot came from Lucas.

This ties in a bit with something I've always said. See, I find the use of backstage info tricky at best when it comes to analyzing canon. The above ties in because the whole Empire of Man bit is one of those things where pro-Empire types have said that was just Stover interjecting his own ideas, while folks who viewed the Empire as evil said it made sense and was probably part of it.

The problem, of course, is that if it weren't for some second-hand report off some random dude that happened to get 15 minutes of internet fame, we wouldn't know either way. So the issue, instead of being properly treated as canon, would have this air of question and debate about it . . . which of course is what the pro-Empire types were hoping for.