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|occupation=*Keeper of the Holocron<ref name="LinkedIn">{{LinkedIn|url=in/holocron|text=Leland Chee|archiveurl=https://archive.is/byVHT}}</ref>
*Senior Creative Executive, Franchise Story & Content<ref name="LinkedIn" />
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{{Quote|Since ''Star Wars'' has become my job, it's been impossible for me to watch the films in the same way again. I'm too busy looking for which background character hasn't been named or trying to figure out how many days it took to fly from Dagobah to Bespin. However, while the actual experience of watching the films has changed for me, my love for ''Star Wars'' has not.|Leland Chee in an interview with [[Wizards.com]]|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031207222234/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20031204leland}}
'''Leland Chee''' (born [[March 1]], [[1971]]) is the [[Lucasfilm Ltd.|Lucasfilm]] employee who maintains the [[Holocron continuity database]], a [[Wikipedia:FileMaker|FileMaker]] database. He was a frequent presence on the former [[StarWars.com]] forums, where he went by the screennames "'''Tasty Taste'''" and "'''Leland Y Chee'''." He was also the main tester for the [[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (video game)|Episode I video game]],{{Fact}} and maintains two other FileMaker databases: the [[W:c:indianajones:Indycron continuity database|Indycron continuity database]], for the [[Indiana Jones]] universe, as well as the LFLcron, for other Lucasfilm properties.<ref name="TwitterCron">{{Twitter|HolocronKeeper|status/1453775265264377876|[[Leland Chee]]|quote=I maintain three FileMaker continuity databases: the Holocron, the Indycron, and the LFLcron for all other LFL properties.|archivedate=20211028174129}}</ref>

After [[The Walt Disney Company]]'s acquisition of Lucasfilm, Chee, alongside creative executive [[Pablo Hidalgo]], was assigned a job within the newly formed [[Lucasfilm Story Group]], whose main purpose was to eliminate the ''Star Wars'' franchise's canon hierarchy and create one cohesive canon.

Chee is friends with [[Dana Jennings]], a writer for [[StarWars.com]]. Chee helped Jennings write an article by telling her there was a [[Sullustan]] in a scene in [[Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones|''Star Wars'': Episode II ''Attack of the Clones'']].<ref name="Much to Learn">{{SW|url=news/much-to-learn-you-still-have-7-things-you-might-not-know-about-sullustans|text=Much to Learn You Still Have: 7 Things You Might Not Know About Sullustans|archivedate=20210422070953}}</ref>

The character [[Lechee]] in ''[[Star Wars Resistance]]'' was named after Chee. He provided a temporary recording of Lechee's dialogue before [[Fred Armisen]] was cast for the role.<ref name="Bucket's List">{{SW|url=news/buckets-list-extra-the-missing-agent-star-wars-resistance|text=Bucket's List Extra: 6 Fun Facts From "The Missing Agent" - ''Star Wars Resistance''}}</ref>

Chee wrote [[Joh Blastoh]], a [[Huttese]] [[music|song]] with the same melody as the song [[Wikipedia:Jingle Bells|Jingle Bells]].<ref name="10 reasons">{{SW|url=news/10-reasons-we-love-the-lego-star-wars-holiday-special|text=10 Reasons We Love the ''LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special''}}</ref> The [[Joh Blastoh/LEGO|song]] appeared in the [[2020]] film ''[[The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special]]''.<ref name="Holiday Special">''[[The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special]]''</ref> The entire song was later released on the ''[[Star Wars]]'' Youtube channel and is accompanied by lyrics.<ref name="Full Song">{{SWYoutube|RR0uy3Vdtuc|"Joh Blastoh" &#124; LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special &#124; Disney+|archivedate=20201221210445}}</ref>

==Discrepancies explained by Chee==
*In the ''[[Star Wars: Dark Empire]]'' series, [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] tells [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] that the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]] was not his first [[Death/Legends|death]], and that he had started [[Transfer essence|transferring]] his spirit into [[Cloning/Legends|clone]] bodies years prior to that, when his original body had degenerated as a result of heavy use of the dark side. However, Chee stated that [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] was lying to Luke about having died previously, and that Palpatine's demise at [[Endor/Legends|Endor]] was definitely the first time he died, although not the last. Chee also stated that, while Palpatine's clone bodies do degenerate as a result of the strong presence of dark side energy within them, his original body did not degenerate in the same way, and he only had to start switching bodies periodically as a result of having to use clone bodies following the destruction of his original body at Endor.<ref name="DHBoards">{{DHBoards|subdomain=www|url=boards/viewtopic.php?p=101353&highlight=|thread=Dark Empire does NOT need a rewrite because of ROTS|user=Leland Chee (Tasty Taste)|PTtime=[[May 26]], [[2005]] 06:39|archivedate=20071030202227|quote=None of the versions of Palpatine that you see in the films is a clone. The original Palpatine had a normal lifespan. He went through the clone transfer process between Eps VI and DE. (I concede that some "retconning" might need to be considered with the exact wording of the DE text.)}}</ref>
*Chee answered a long debated question about the number of toes on the feet of [[Yoda's species/Legends|Yoda's species]]. Where some sources depicted three, and some ambiguously five, his official response in the "Ask Lobot" section of [[Star Wars Insider 122|''Star Wars Insider'' 122]] was four; three in the front and one in the back.<ref name="Insider 122">{{InsiderCite|122}}</ref>

==Continuity confirmed by Chee==
[[File:Leland_Chay.jpg|thumb|Leland Chee playing [[Chay Lelando]] for the ''[[Star Wars: Millennium Falcon: A 3-D Owner's Guide]]'' book trailer]]
As [[George Lucas]] is considered the highest level of continuity (G-[[canon]]) in ''Star Wars'' fandom, any mention by Lucas of a name, character, place, or thing not previously known as canonical seems to eventually gain that status. This is partly due to the item being added to the Holocron database, if it has not been used in literature or other media beforehand.

After Lucas' interview with Jon Stewart at [[Celebration V]], in which Lucas mentioned that [[Stewjon/Legends|Stewjon]] and [[Skywalker wine]] existed, the two were soon after added to the Holocron, as Chee confirmed on his Twitter account.<ref name="LYC">{{Twitter|HolocronKeeper|status/22222850016|[[Leland Chee]]|quote=Why not, I just added planet Denile/Denial (sp?) and Skywalker wine as an in universe beverage into the Holocron.|archivedate=20200406095156}}</ref>

==Sources==
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20031204leland|text=The Go-To Guy|archivedate=20031207222234}}
*{{Blog|holocron||Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Y Chee|Leland Chee|archivedate=20100330010640}}
*''[[Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy]]''
*{{SW|url=news/introducing-leland-chee|text=Introducing... Leland Chee}}
*{{SW|url=news/swcvi-the-holocron-keeper-at-celebration|text=SWCVI: The Holocron Keeper at Celebration}}
*{{SW|url=news/swcvi-the-holocron-101-panel-recap|text=SWCVI: The Holocron 101 Panel Recap}}
*{{InsiderCite|152|The Making of A New Dawn|The Making of ''A New Dawn''}}
*{{InsiderCite|155|Classic Moment|Classic Moment: Warriors Clash!}}
*{{SW|url=news/much-to-learn-you-still-have-7-things-you-might-not-know-about-sullustans|text=Much to Learn You Still Have: 7 Things You Might Not Know About Sullustans|archivedate=20210422070953}}
*{{SWYoutube|Akw5ZODAMOs|Inside one of the COOLEST JOBS at Lucasfilm & Mark Hamill will speak at Celebration Orlando!|archivedate=20190218084317}}
*''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide]]''
*{{SW|url=news/buckets-list-extra-the-missing-agent-star-wars-resistance|text=Bucket's List Extra: 6 Fun Facts From "The Missing Agent" - ''Star Wars Resistance''}}
*{{SW|url=news/10-reasons-we-love-the-lego-star-wars-holiday-special|text=10 Reasons We Love the ''LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special''}}
*{{SW|url=news/swca-2022-lego-star-wars-panel|text=SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Summer of LEGO ''Star Wars'' Panel}}

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*{{InstagramCite|holocronkeeper||Leland Y Chee}}
*{{LinkedIn|url=in/holocron|text=Leland Chee|isprofile=1}}
*{{Twitter|HolocronKeeper||Leland Chee}}
*{{Imdb|url=name/nm0154863}}
*{{MobyGames|url=developer/sheet/view/developerId,9253|text=Leland Chee}}
*{{Cite_web|url=https://www.wired.com/2008/08/ff-starwarscanon|title=Meet Leland Chee, the Star Wars Franchise Continuity Cop|author=Baker, Chris|date=2008-08-18|work=[[Wikipedia:Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|archivedate=20220121165117}}

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