Sentence examples for expanded universe from inspiring English sources
noun
In fiction, the extension of a media franchise (i.e. a television show, series of feature films, etc.) with other media (generally comics and original novels), often with the result being that the stories described in the other media are not considered canon in the original.
But the Imperial machine marches on, with an expanded universe of spinoffs already in the works.
20) Doctor Strange For anyone tired of superhero movies, Marvel's latest addition to their expanded universe might tempt you back to the fold.
Alternately, Disney might borrow ideas from the Star Wars Expanded Universe – even though the studio declared pretty much all of it non-canonical in 2014.
And dealing with an expanded universe of regulators will also be more expensive and less predictable for mutual funds, noted Geoffrey Bobroff, a fund industry consultant.
In this expanded universe, Radiohead have seemingly stepped outside of themselves, replacing the shuttered and enclosed dirges of internalised angst and frustrations with a broader more sweeping proclamation.
The status of the expanded universe books, games and comics within the Star Wars canon has long been something of a grey area.
It also issued a new video celebrating the legacy of the expanded universe as fans prepare for the release of Episode VII in December 2015.
We are, after all, living in the era of Marvel's highly successful expanded universe of interconnected movie and TV superhero stories.
He was also responsible for writing the first Star Wars Expanded Universe novel, Splinter of the Mind's Eye, set in-between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.
This is partly a question of place, Philadelphia traded for Paris, but it is also an effect of growing knowledge and an expanded universe, and science is the crossing point.
(We just went expanded universe on you guys).
