Thread:Alexander of Volzhsky/@comment-3298705-20150714035858/@comment-3298705-20150714170058

Yes, we can use any characters, weapons, vehicles, creatures, and so on that we choose that come from Legacy. However, we have to make their histories entirely our own. Basic concepts and principles will still be intact; for example, Darth Krayt is still the Dark Lord of the Sith and leader of the One Sith. But he is no longer an ex-Jedi named A'Sharad Hett who is killed by Darth Wyrrlock and then comes back to life.

Ultimately, I realize we can still accomplish our goals by creating a canon Legacy era:
 * With a story that is set so far in the future, we will not clash with Episode VII, VIII, or IX.
 * We will still be able to create a second Star Wars saga that focuses on new characters (the first saga is the "Skywalker story"); we have the potential to have an Original Trilogy, Prequel Trilogy, and/or Sequel Trilogy.
 * We will create an all-new, "canon" era for people both in and outside our project to set their works in; with all of the conflicts and such we utilize, we will be able to have spin-off novels, comics, TV shows, et cetera (all hypothetical concepts like our films would be, of course)

I'm going through Wookieepedia's Legacy-related articles to see what we should canonize and how we can take the basic concepts from those things without simply ripping them off. Since you seem to have a greater knowledge of the EU than I do, feel free to start compiling a list somewhere of ships, planets, races, weapons, and conflicts/events that we can utilize. From that timeline of our canon Legacy era, we can figure out what kind of story our Original Trilogy should tell.