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I'm in full agreement with Sol Pacificus.

I also disagree with our attempts at reconciliation being a "highly convoluted mess". It certainly seemed like a mess when we began this discussion when the movie first came out, but at this point we've got a pretty solid timeline.

When I think of convoluted I generally think of the stuff on Wookiepedia and the Metal Gear wiki. The stuff on those sites makes this look incredibly mild by comparison, which only further exacerbates my suspicion that Ubisoft didn't give this as much thought as it deserves.

Declaring something non-canon should, ideally at least, never be something that's done lightly, only as an absolute last resort. Even the creator of Metal Gear, Hideo Kojima, generally avoided declaring something non-canon. Instead, he was willing to settle for "canon, with some details off".