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In a separate conversation not tied to Endgame or McCoy, Lucasfilm Story Group creative executive Matt Martin recently made a very important point while discussing the difficulties the Star Wars fandom has had with the way that the franchise’s central canon has shifted over the years. Much as fans may feel compelled to cling to a single unified canon, the fact that Disney’s done away with a significant chunk of what was established in the old Star Wars books makes that somewhat difficult. But that shouldn’t be a problem, according to Martin, for one very specific reason: “It’s all fake anyway so you can choose to accept whatever you want as part of the story.”

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Much as diehard fans who shed tears for their favorite fallen superheroes might not like to believe it, comic book characters, Jedi, Sith—they’re all made up. They don’t exist. The stories about them we love so much are quite real, as are the emotions that people attach to them, but it’s beyond ridiculous when someone acts as if being spoiled about something has mortally wounded them.

Thousands of people saw McCoy’s Stark tweet, sure, and it’d be safe to bet that a significant chunk of those same people spent months ahead of Endgame’s release reading rumors about which Avengers might bite the bullet before the end of the film. The idea that Tony Stark was going to die was far from off the table, and one could argue that his death was rather expected given that the film closed out a major chapter of the MCU.

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The important thing to bear in mind, though, is that even with the spoiler out there, the world kept spinning, and we’d all do well to remember this the next time some big secret manages to make its way out into the public before studios want us all to know about it.

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