User blog comment:Ordeaux26/Pure Evil Removal: Scar (Disney)/@comment-24097388-20190917172033/@comment-1705775-20190917235236

horrible canon is still canon, regardless of how fans feel - comic fans have to deal with this a LOT, like when "scrub-tier" cosmic beings like Lord Order and Master Chaos managed to kill off Living Tribunal or when DC has the Source Wall break apart etc..

personal feelings don't apply when it comes to "canon" versus "non-canon".. it is literally dictated by those who own the franchises.

for example, if for some insane reason the owners of Dragon Ball made it canon that Goku became a chicken that would be it, regardless of what anyone else said.. until the owners retconed it away..

so until Disney says otherwise the Lion Guard and any other spin-offs they plan are canon - whether the majority likes it or not.