completely nub question i know

in the following text

The chronology of the Star Wars fictional universe is subject to change as George Lucas has revised his films and deemed the revisions to be definitive. Lucasfilm manages the official continuity carefully. Their licensing arm, Lucas Licensing, maintains a Holocron database with four levels of official canon. Fan writers such as Nathan Butler augment this and in Butler's work, Star Wars Timeline Gold, he identifies 9 levels of officiality.[1]

what would the word canon mean? i see it alot on here and other places... at first i was like... well i will be able to figure it out... but after this long of not knowing i might as well ask... i know its a stupid question so please keep any mean/hurtful comments about this question to yourselves... i feel bad enough as it is thanks to whoever answers this question first... rep to you whoever you may be

A collection of works by one author (in this case Lucas) i guess.

no
canon means the true path or the true story. A story that is true to the time line and parameters of the history or the star wars universe.

canon
Definition
can·on
[ kánnən ]
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can·ons Plural
NOUN
1.
general rule: a general rule, principle, or standard
"one of the fundamental canons of free-market economics"
2.
religion religious decree: a decree issued by a religious authority, especially one ruling on religious practices
3.
religion body of religious writings: a set of religious writings regarded as authentic and definitive and forming a religion's body of scripture

and the rep goes to ptol... thanks... locked