The term expanded universe, sometimes called an extended universe, is generally used to denote the "extension" of a media franchise (like a television...

that the expansion of the universe will continue forever. The prevailing theory is that the universe will cool as it expands, eventually becoming too cold...

collectively known as the Star Wars Expanded Universe (EU). Lucasfilm, now under Disney, later rebranded the Expanded Universe as Star Wars Legends and declared...

it does not mean that the universe expands "into" anything or that space exists "outside" it. To any observer in the universe, it appears that all but...

The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia (also known as Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love) is an American comedy television series created by Mario Lopez and...

Expanded Universe, The New Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein is a 1980 collection of science fiction stories and essays by American writer Robert A. Heinlein...

787±0.020 billion years ago and that the universe has been expanding since then. The portion of the universe that can be seen by humans is approximately...

Pictures, which owns the film rights to Spider-Man, began work on an expanded universe using supporting characters from the Spider-Man films by December...

Bang theory. This suggests that the universe began very dense about 13.787 billion years ago, and it has expanded and (on average) become less dense ever...

The observable universe is a spherical region of the universe consisting of all matter that can be observed from Earth; the electromagnetic radiation from...

Predator franchises at the request of Disney. Other books expanding this fictional universe has been released through the years, and also such that depict...

The Big Bang is a physical theory that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature. Various cosmological...

presumably for legally reasons. The Star Trek Expanded Universe website, a wiki designed to collect in-universe "facts" from fan-created content. Almost continuously...

A shared universe or shared world is a fictional universe from a set of creative works where one or more writers (or other artists) independently contribute...

2022). "Godzilla and Evangelion are forming a new Japanese cinematic universe". The Verge. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved...

would be no sequel trilogy, he explained that plot elements from the Expanded Universe were not part of his story, saying, "Luke doesn't get married". With...

discarded. The sequel trilogy also meant the end of the Star Wars Expanded Universe stories, which were discarded from canon to give "maximum creative...

other novels, short stories, comics, and video games in the Star Wars expanded universe. In 2014, these stories were rebranded as Star Wars Legends by Lucasfilm...

Killers (2025), and Predator: Badlands (2025)—as well as a range of expanded universe media, including comic books, novels, and video games, including Predator:...

dramas, and contained a number of unofficial references to the Doctor Who universe. Two short-lived spinoff series, Miranda from Comeuppance Comics and Faction...

and universe creator. Alternate history Alternate universe Campaign setting Constructed world Continuity Diegesis Expanded universe Shared universe Fantasy...

Subsequent expanded material in other media was later rebranded as the Legends universe by Disney, declaring it non-canonical to the official universe. Within...

Angel has been officially expanded and elaborated on by authors and artists in the so-called "Buffyverse Expanded Universe". The creators of these works...

Plans for Star Wars Expanded Universe". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 26, 2016. "The Legendary Star Wars Expanded Universe Turns a New Page". StarWars...

appeared in several forms of non-canonical media in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, including novelizations, comic books, and video games. Some of these...

Blog series The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire. In the Expanded Universe game Star Wars: Tiny Death Star, a random HoloNet entry states that...

the Force. Plagueis has a more prominent presence in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. The character of Darth Plagueis was conceived by George Lucas as...

systems. Heavier and more advanced TIE craft appear throughout the Expanded Universe, often including shields and hyperdrives as well as heavier armor...

video games. The Star Wars Expanded Universe and the television series The Clone Wars, Rebels, and The Mandalorian expanded upon Mandalorian lore with...

Analog's Expanding Universe is the tenth in a series of anthologies of science fiction stories drawn from Analog magazine and edited by then-current Analog...